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Re:The case against masks at school by nradov on Thursday January 27, 2022 @04:51PM (#30107280)
For hospitals it's the federal EMTALA law which makes it illegal for hospitals to deny emergency care on the basis of vaccination status. If a patient shows up with unstable vital signs then the hospital is required to at least stabilize them. For COVID-19 patients that's usually based on respiratory distress or low blood oxygen saturation.

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

Re:The case against masks at school by boilerupnc on Thursday January 27, 2022 @05:24PM (#30107780)
So, we essentially have mandates to "treat" with no corresponding agreement on defining any mandates to "prevent". Prevention mandates could be a tapestry of options and defined within specific contextual and cultural boundaries. But having nothing on the "prevent" tilts the scale entirely to obligatory treatment and clearly feels imbalanced.