Originally published at: Alabama doctor refuses to treat patients who reject Covid vaccine | Boing Boing
…
10 Likes
36 Likes
It’s only freedom when I don’t want to do something. When you don’t, it’s oppression!
51 Likes
This is a good message but not a strong or clear enough one for covidiots: if you don’t trust the system now, don’t attempt to clog it later.
21 Likes
I 
Dr. Valentine.
22 Likes
Unlike refusing to treat the children of gay couples, this one has at least a baseline rational basis of concern for the safety of the doctor and patients seen at a place
28 Likes
I’m wondering if today’s Libertarian-anarchist-paranoiacs could be transported back in time to when US cities still had no sewerage, and people dumped out chamber pots from their bedroom windows, if that would illustrate the problem with “personal freedoms” when it comes to “public health.”
28 Likes
I don’t think the ER docs will have the legal ability to refuse service. 
7 Likes
My doctor (in PA) doesn’t have a sign, but it’s also the first question he asked me I showed up.
However when I asked him if he requires his staff to be vaccinated, he said no. WTF?
28 Likes
I also wonder if it may run afoul of state medical board rules.
1 Like
Free market vs the traditional MD oath; no idea how this will turn out, but I do understand the doc’s motivation.
20 Likes
5 Likes
Either everyone’s moved out of Nebraska, or they’re lying.
20 Likes
Depends on the state. There are states that allow any medical provider, including EMT’s, to refuse care to those “violating a sincerely held religious belief.” This is generally employed to deny care to LGBTQ individuals, of course, but it is not written that way.
17 Likes
off topic
So I’m guessing the white lines outline counties? How come they’re much smaller in the south east and large in the south west?
Some kind of historical reasons mixed with environment?
2 Likes
I made a gif.
4 Likes
Depends on the patient.
An unvaccinated covid patient can be treated like someone who is radioactive or with Ebola. Someone requiring extraordinary care beyond the resources of the doctor, due to potential danger to people rendering treatment.
8 Likes
Not necessarily - people refusing the vaccine are a(n avoidable) health hazard to the doctor, their staff and other patients (both directly and indirectly). So there’s certainly an argument to be made that they’re adhering to the oath still.
15 Likes
I was thinking about ‘Do No Harm,’ and the basic ideal of treating everyone who needs it, whether they are selfish, idiotic assholes or not.
I see your point though, and I hate it that this is even a relevant conversation.
17 Likes
