I want mandatory vaccinations and passports for Republicans/Trumpsters and those who don't want them. Voluntary for everyone else. — James Riley
flimsy paper card that is easily lost or destroyed. — Count Timothy von Icarus
All most people got as proof of vaccination is a flimsy paper card that is easily lost or destroyed. — Count Timothy von Icarus
Finally, if a hospital is ever faced with a triage situation they ought to boot unvaccinated Covid patients out of the IC regardless of other considerations like age, likelihood of survival, etc. Some consequences ought to be felt. — Benkei
Finally, if a hospital is ever faced with a triage situation they ought to boot unvaccinated Covid patients out of the IC regardless of other considerations like age, likelihood of survival, etc. Some consequences ought to be felt. — Benkei
Some consequences ought to be felt. — Benkei
If people wilfully refuse preventive treatment and then get the illness they could've prevented then obviously they ought to move down the line of priorities when doctors have to make decisions about where to commit resources. — Benkei
Your disdain for people who make different decisions than you, regardless of their reasons, shines clearly through your posts. — Tzeentch
Like it is a game, it is stated that "people should be booted out of the IC." — Tzeentch
Should doctors treat car passengers above motorcycle riders in a RTA? Cars are a demonstrably safer means of travel and such information is publicly available, so if someone willfully avoids a practice which reduces their risk of hospitalisation, they should feel the consequences, right? — Isaac
Those with learning difficulties will need to be identified (we can't hold them to the same standard of willful disregard), those with English as a second language, recent immigrants, the minorities in culturally oppressive groups like women and older children... All shunted to the back of the queue for refusing advice they barely understood or had little control over? — Isaac
The difference is when you have a victim of the person exceeding the speed limit and the person who exceeded the speed limit. If that information would be available at the moment if having to decide who to operate first, the moral decision is clear. It's about conscious choices and whether that choice is a proximate cause or not. — Benkei
A learning disability is no excuse for paying taxes late, parking in the wrong zone or not knowing how to lodge a complaint against a government institution. — Benkei
Riding a motorcycle is a conscious choice. — Isaac
You're suggesting that above the value of human life, we should hold the value of 'teaching them that actions have consequences', or the value of creating a more 'deserving' society by weeding out those less worthy of its benefits. — Isaac
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