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12. I hear ya, it's a horrible situation

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #11)

Sat Jan 8, 2022, 02:05 AM

Jan 2022

But hospitals can't turn away an unvaxxed Covid patient that is there just to keep an icu bed free in case someone more deserving comes in. That's just a door you don't want to open.

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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