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Regardless of the moral issue, due to EMTALA hospitals are legally required to care for unstable patients regardless of whether they made unhealthy choices. Changing that would require an Act of Congress.

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You can dump covid patients with low odds of a positive outcome off support equipment (vents and ECMOs) when healthier patients come in for treatment and equipment supply is constrained. This is already occurring (crisis standard of care).

Get vaccinated.

This could be a way that systemic pro-vax bias reinforces the statistical outcomes.

Especially in Israel, where their coronavirus spread reaches new heights [1], despite 78% of their population being innoculated! [2]

1. https://www.timesofisrael.com/health-ministry-chief-says-cor...

2. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-vaccine-data-how-...

They have to do something because the vaccine just isn't stemming the tide!

They are also giving boosters out. Someone please explain why Israel is struggling with COVID-19?

Because the vaccine helps a lot; but doesn’t solve Covid.

Even at 100% vaccination rate there would still be issues, less issues, but far from Zero.

I'm guessing that's eligible population as the numbers mentioned in the article line up more with around 66% of the total population, which isn't enough to stem the tide.

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