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Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 06:00 PM Dec 2021

Sad to say this!

No unvaccinated person over 18 should be given hospitalization nowadays. They have been warned and begged to receive the vaccine. If they get seriously ill that requires hospitalization, they should not receive any additional treatment but cold medicine.

Those under 18, should receive the treatment.

Don't like to say it and I don't want to wish it.

Stupidity goes only so far and responsible individuals pay the consequences of ignorance.

Like to see in 2022, hospitals turn away those who seek their services. It would send a message, get vaccinated!

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Sad to say this! (Original Post) Smackdown2019 Dec 2021 OP
They used to turn people away if they had no money... 2naSalit Dec 2021 #1
It's not the matter of money, but resources. Smackdown2019 Dec 2021 #3
I totally get that it's about resources. 2naSalit Dec 2021 #4
This is stupid. n/t demmiblue Dec 2021 #2
they should be given the option for assisted suicides pstokely Dec 2021 #5
A second option... SergeStorms Dec 2021 #6
To conservatives, personal responsibility means finding some other person to blame. keithbvadu2 Dec 2021 #8
Seriously.... how will that happen? Smackdown2019 Dec 2021 #10
I never said it was a good plan.... SergeStorms Dec 2021 #13
This is a shit take. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2021 #7
yep quaint Dec 2021 #9
Sad to say if it's your child that's a difficult stance WaterSong1951 Dec 2021 #11
Understand and hopefully you could talk sense into him. Smackdown2019 Dec 2021 #12
My son was the same way. AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #15
Agree. If they reject dr's advice to take the vaccine radius777 Dec 2021 #14
Let's add the obese, DJDog Dec 2021 #16
It's complicated when it comes down to a family matter WaterSong1951 Dec 2021 #17

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
1. They used to turn people away if they had no money...
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 06:08 PM
Dec 2021

I guess actual life is cheaper than that these days but it makes sense. Rights and freedom come with responsibilities. If you can't act responsibly, you have no claim to rights/freedoms.

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
3. It's not the matter of money, but resources.
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 06:17 PM
Dec 2021

People are dying due the unavailability of of simple surgeries. Our resources are tied up for covid patients. Those who took the vaccine and still require additional treatments that was once simple to do are forsaken due those who wish to not prevent serious hospitalization.

Again, they made their choice. It's kinda like running the rail road crossing and got hit by a train. You have been warned to stop at railroad crossings. Therefore you have been warned to get vaccinated.

2naSalit

(86,612 posts)
4. I totally get that it's about resources.
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 06:25 PM
Dec 2021

Have a few medical professionals in my immediate family, they are tapped out beyond belief. I was trying to imply that turning people away, due to dwindling resources, isn't the worst or first time that would be done, only it's refusal to do the bare minimum to help yourself rather than lack of money.

I suppose it will come to that eventually. It's starting to seem like a scifi movie lately.

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
6. A second option...
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 06:43 PM
Dec 2021

that they be held personally responsible for all costs associated with their treatment, whether they're insured or not.

The republican party IS the party of personal responsibility, are they not? At least that's what they tell us all the time. Surely, they wouldn't lie to us, right? 😉

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
10. Seriously.... how will that happen?
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 07:14 PM
Dec 2021

Most of vaccinated are responsible. The unvaccinated are not... Therefore, those that are responsible, usually have money. Those that are not responsible, usually blow their money. So, Trump nation of 25 year trucks burning 10 miles per gallon and living in houses that look that needed a roof since their first born, don't have two cents to rub. They rather blow their money to Washington Jan 6 insurrection or trumps pocketbook.

You can't get blood out of a turnip!

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)
13. I never said it was a good plan....
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 10:30 PM
Dec 2021

just another option for an already hopeless plan.

We're at the point now where we have to throw everything at the wall, and see if anything will stick.

WaterSong1951

(74 posts)
11. Sad to say if it's your child that's a difficult stance
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 07:14 PM
Dec 2021

Three of us in our family are vaccinated- one is vehemently against it - he works from home and wears a mask when he goes out - I agree that his choice should not take up a bed in a hospital but he is my son and I worry about his choices: a worried mother posts this

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
12. Understand and hopefully you could talk sense into him.
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 07:19 PM
Dec 2021

I have kids and I understand. Talk to him with reason and find out why. Read up on all angles of their reasons and have that ammunition to throw at him why he needs it or why his reason is flawed.

Tough love!

AngryOldDem

(14,061 posts)
15. My son was the same way.
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 10:44 PM
Dec 2021

The only one in the family who didn’t want to get vaxxed. I didn’t nag, but would ask every so often if he had given it any more thought. I would try to counter his excuses, but still didn’t press.

After awhile, he got this first dose.

Don’t give up on your kid. He can change his mind.

radius777

(3,635 posts)
14. Agree. If they reject dr's advice to take the vaccine
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 10:37 PM
Dec 2021

they cannot come looking for a dr to save them once they get covid.

We can supply them with a priest, who can read them inspirational verses from the Bible.

Hosea 8-7: "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind."

 

DJDog

(8 posts)
16. Let's add the obese,
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 10:49 PM
Dec 2021

The smokers, the drug users, the alcoholics, et al, to list. See how much sense that makes?

WaterSong1951

(74 posts)
17. It's complicated when it comes down to a family matter
Sun Dec 19, 2021, 11:10 PM
Dec 2021

As a parent of a nonvaxxer I accept the consequences of his decisions - it’s not easy but I will live with his decisions - just want people to know it’s heart breaking and not accepted easily

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