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Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by graywh on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:36AM (#28117418)
the unvaccinated are filling up hospitals -- would it be ethical to kick out an unvaccinated covid patient and give priority to vaccinated patients (regardless of illness of injury)?

some people cannot get vaccinated

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Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by core-utility on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:41AM (#28117490)
Do you have a source for your information? Many hospitals are reporting very low ICU numbers, nowhere near capacity.
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Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by jollybean on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:08AM (#28117882)
In the South in particular [1] things are picking up in bad way, and some healthcare systems are once again being burdened.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/01/health/us-coronavirus-sunday/...

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Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by stickfigure on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:45AM (#28117560)
If you're polling, I'll go out on a limb and say yes.

Obviously triage is more complicated than that, and acuity is always going to be the dominant factor. But if you have limited resources and have to make hard choices about who gets treatment, I don't see why vaccination status shouldn't be considered.

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Re:Masks Are Back, Maybe for the Long Term by generj on Monday August 09, 2021 @10:43AM (#28117528)
Honestly at this stage if people had the opportunity to be vaccinated and didn’t I’m OK prioritizing care for those who chose to be vaccinated and are sick with non-preventable illnesses.

Triage has lots of ethical questions, this doesn’t seem to be among the most controversial to me. There are patients haranguing doctors for daring to tell them they are dying of COVID. We are exhausting our medical system to care for the uncaring.

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