The move may encourage some unvaccinated Americans to get the shots as well as give more private businesses across the nation greater confidence to implement vaccine mandates.I would be OK with prioritizing those who were proactively vaccinated if we get there. Latest data shows 8-9% of hospital beds are occupied by those with Covid, including those with a positive test but no symptoms
Triage doesn’t violate the Hippocratic oath. Allocating limited medical resources is sometimes a necessity.
That said, yes, they shouldn’t be refused. We don’t refuse the mentally ill or others who self harm. But unless it can be shown to be a product of mental illness, the voluntarily unvaccinated should be on the hook for the cost of their treatment.
If hospitals are full the voluntarily unvaccinated should be de-prioritised. (If they recover, they’re going to be right back in with the next variant.) But if the hospitals aren’t full, there is no reason to refuse care.
Hospitals cannot roll the gurneys out into the street and dump non vaccinated people when they need to make room. Once admitted, they can occupy lots of resources for lots of days, so I say just make it easy and tell them to hit the road for the time being.
I do not even see a reason why elective procedures should be affected by the selfishness of non vaccinated people.