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9. Much as I loathe and resent the pro-Covid people,

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 8, 2022, 01:21 AM

Jan 2022

I'm fully committed to the idea that everyone is entitled to proper medical care.

Even those who just committed horrific crimes, even those who harmed themselves or others, etc. everyone, period.

Of course, if while they're there the nurses constantly remind the unvaccinated fools what idiots and *ssholes they are, that wouldn't bother me....

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yet another right-wing frame: anti-vax, "freedom" not to get vaccinated, to control their own body [View all] unblock Jan 2022 OP

And freedom to tie up hospital resources HariSeldon Jan 2022 #1

Yes indeed. They are causing more harm than merely spreading Covid. unblock Jan 2022 #2

If I was their neighbor... DBoon Jan 2022 #3

Yes! And if they get sick, it's the mosquito's fault, not yours, right? unblock Jan 2022 #4

could be their fault too DBoon Jan 2022 #5

Hey I hear ivermectin and bleach keep mosquitoes away unblock Jan 2022 #6

I've also heard bleeding with leeches is great for curing malaria DBoon Jan 2022 #7

I honestly don't understand why hospitals PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #8

Much as I loathe and resent the pro-Covid people, unblock Jan 2022 #9

Except that the Covid deniers wind up occupying hospital beds needed PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #11

I hear ya, it's a horrible situation unblock Jan 2022 #12

So, the end result is that unvaxxed Covid patients occupy beds that vaxxed heart attack PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #13

I mean I don't want hospital personnel deciding who "deserves" treatment and who doesn't unblock Jan 2022 #14

But the heart attack and stroke victims have been showing up. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2022 #15

"refuse to admit the unvaccinated". Most public hospitals have in their mandate to treat mitch96 Jan 2022 #18

It's like knowing that you are infected with a deadly venereal disease and littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #10

" then hooking up with as many people as possible" It happened during the aids crisis...nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #19

I don't think that works as an additional example. There was a time, during the AIDS/HIV initial littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #23

"I don't think that works as an additional example"...I disagree...nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #24

So... littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #25

"So...".. So what..you are putting your words in my reply to justify your statement..uff mitch96 Jan 2022 #26

Nope, just reiterating my original point, which you so obviously missed. littlemissmartypants Jan 2022 #27

Oh, there was a point? Sorry, it must have been very faint. This is boring looking for points mitch96 Jan 2022 #28

"What next? Laws against having dynamite and blasting caps in my carry-on luggage? struggle4progress Jan 2022 #16

The moment one says to you "to control their own body" thank them for agreeing abortion should be ZonkerHarris Jan 2022 #17

Totally agree... "my body my choice"... accept for abortion.. then not so much...nt mitch96 Jan 2022 #20

I disagree. LiberatedUSA Jan 2022 #21

Freedom to them has become listening to Russian propaganda spread on the social media Johonny Jan 2022 #22

They want all the rights and freedom to themselves Mad_Machine76 Jan 2022 #29

Control their own bodies! peggysue2 Jan 2022 #30

Indeed. The only reason they came out pro-Covid was because Donnie saw democrats opposed to Covid unblock Jan 2022 #31