Doctors, Ethicists Blast Colleagues Who Threaten To Withhold Treatment From Unvaxxed
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 3 months ago
A growing number of doctors have threatened to withhold treatment from the unvaccinated, sparking backlash from doctors and bioethicists who say such sentiments violate the Hippocratic Oath. Those critics are even more troubled by the silence from professional organizations tasked with upholding medical ethics.
Doctors in Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama have announced they will refuse to treat unvaccinated patients, while Dallas hospital workers reportedly discussed considering vaccinated status when delegating ICU beds. Such comments have infuriated top medical professionals. Dr. Brian Callister, governor of the Nevada chapter of the American College for Physicians, said doctors should never blatantly refuse to treat unvaccinated patients who are otherwise willing to comply with the rules set out by the practice.
“It is absolutely unethical, period, end of story, to not treat a patient in need,” Callister told the Washington Free Beacon. “It is absurd and amoral for any physician to say they will not treat unvaccinated patients.”
First, I wouldn’t want to be in the services of a doctor who refused to treat patients based on their vaccination status, where I was vaccinated or not. Such a person is wicked and without a doubt cannot be trusted.
Second, fellow physicians should report each and every person who said or intended such a thing and have their license revoked. It would be like me deciding that I was going to intentionally do harm to a client’s engineering project based on their political positions. That’s what they should do – if they had any morals themselves.
Finally, he didn’t mean that it was “absurd and amoral.” That’s the wrong word. The correct word is immoral. And based on the context, that’s what he meant. Does anyone take English any more?
On September 13, 2021 at 10:50 pm, David S said:
There was a doctor from Alberta doing an AMA (ask me anything) regarding Covid. He had been vetted by the group admins of r/alberta.
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QUESTION:
How do you feel about people calling for physicians to refuse treatment to unvaccinated people, or put them at the bottom of triage?
REPLY
WildRoseThrowaway:
This is a difficult, but important question to answer. There are certainly MANY physicians and allied health professionals who advocate for not treating these patients (behind closed doors). Empathy is at an all-time low.
In general, I disagree. I am a strong advocate of a public healthcare system.
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And then the waffling starts. You can read the rest there. In the end, yes, he’s OK with it as I read it if it’s done under “triage,” but with a version of triage where having Covid determines your treatment.
I ended up chatting with him and he did not change his opinion. It’s ok if it’s his version of triage.
The whole medical community has lost all credibility.
On September 14, 2021 at 3:54 am, Joe Blow said:
No, its “language arts”, Shakespere has been removed to make room for a unit on ebonics and why you’re a racist if you object. Othello was always just a token anyways!
On September 14, 2021 at 10:33 am, Fred said:
Most docs have upwards of half a mil in debt. They’ll do as they’re told.
On September 14, 2021 at 10:53 am, Bradlley A Graham said:
So much the Hippocratic Oath.
On September 14, 2021 at 10:54 am, Bradlley A Graham said:
So much for the Hippocratic Oath.
On September 14, 2021 at 1:44 pm, ExpatNJ said:
If a ‘health professional’ refuses to treat a patient – because some act (CovidVax?) had been medically or spiritually contraindicated to that patient – said ‘health professional’ would be in violation of The Law of Unintended Consequences, and should expect to receive the ‘Jenny Brooks Treatment’ from that patient’s survivors. I know I could count on my family.
Don’t know Jenny Brooks? Read and download Mike Vanderboegh’s article. Then, send it to whoever needs it:
https://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2014/03/an-open-letter-to-legislatures-of-new.html
On September 14, 2021 at 4:18 pm, HouseWolf said:
I long ago lost my respect for the modern medical industry, and nothing I have seen recently has changed that. Where we once had professionals dedicated to helping individuals manage their health, we now have corporations concerned primarily with their Earnings, and bottom line.
The family doctor is an extinct fossil, replaced with political profiteers, and Science!, which isn’t either, it’s simply Finance!…
And at what point did these “services” decide they were in charge of the patient? Last I knew the man paying the bill is in charge. Time to kick them to the curb, they’re now apparatchiks, and tools of the regime.