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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by jokethrowaway on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:22PM (#30091203)
Your example is a transaction between people (the doctor and you). You don't have a right to that transaction. The other party can withdraw for whatever reason (including not having time).

The freedom to roam is freedom. I understand the point you're trying to make, but the parent comment is correct in the usage of the world freedom, whether you like it or not.

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by kube-system on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:04PM (#30091816)
>You don't have a right to that transaction. The other party can withdraw for whatever reason

This is not always the case, even with hospitals in the US. Few markets are 100% laissez-faire in the US, and definitely not regulated industries like healthcare.

For example, if you are a hospital in the US that participates in Medicare, you must provide basic treatment to stabilize a patient with an emergency medical condition, or transfer the patient to another facility that can.

https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/EMT...

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by jatone on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:37PM (#30091428)
no its not, you can't roam into another's house. another's place of business. or a government building without following the rules of said environment.

nor do mask or vax mandates limit this concept of 'roaming' in any way.

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