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Florida Doctor Says No to Unvaccinated Patients.

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Some doctors have done this in the past for other vaccines. American doctors are a private business, we have a for profit healthcare system. They are under no obligation to help people they don't want to or won't make a profit from. Tis' the American way. Looks like it's biting the Republicans in the ass this time.
 
Curious. Do they feel the same way about obesity? It kills and cripples a massive number of people each year as well as being an extremely common co-morbidity in COVID deaths.
 
Tettsuo said:
Curious. Do they feel the same way about obesity? It kills and cripples a massive number of people each year as well as being an extremely common co-morbidity in COVID deaths.
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I would be fine with a doctor doing this if I could take a couple of injections a few weeks apart and be a nominal weight.
 
The Hairy Fiddler said:
Apparently she doesn't want her staff and other patients exposed to Delta.
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The vaccinated can spread COVID just as well as the unvaccinated, but I believe the amount of time one is infectious is less if vaccinated. Still, the concern about staff exposure is not a valid excuse.
 
SCrider said:
Just watch, the group that is fine with cake makers will hate this doctor.......
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Cake is a public health risk?

Was it carrot?

Sorry, couldn't resist the joke.
 
Tettsuo said:
True, but you can catch COVID from being near either a vaccinated person or an unvaccinated person.
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There are cases of breakthrough infections, those are lower than the unvaccinated. And it the unvaccinated just got vaccinated, we could slow the spread and better be able to get ahead of the pandemic. Of those who are able to be vaccinated, only dumb people are refusing to do so.
 
Ikari said:
Can't catch obesity from being near an obese person.
lol
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The doctor is admitting that even though she and her staff are vaccinated it's not enough to protect them from catching covid.
 
Overitall said:
The doctor is admitting that even though she and her staff are vaccinated it's not enough to protect them from catching covid.
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There are breakthrough cases, we already know this.
 
Tettsuo said:
The vaccinated can spread COVID just as well as the unvaccinated, but I believe the amount of time one is infectious is less if vaccinated. Still, the concern about staff exposure is not a valid excuse.
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I was just thinking the same thing... Vaccinations don't have any effect on the ability to spread the virus, so this sounds a lot to me like this doctor is making a political statement.
 
Ikari said:
There are cases of breakthrough infections, those are lower than the unvaccinated. And it the unvaccinated just got vaccinated, we could slow the spread and better be able to get ahead of the pandemic. Of those who are able to be vaccinated, only dumb people are refusing to do so.
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I'd suggest you look up the current state of Israel. They have the most vaccinated numbers and they are currently having a huge (relative, I know) spike in COVID cases amongst the VACCINATED. You can still catch it vaccinated or not. The vaccines don't prevent you can contracting the disease, it prevent you from having a serious case of the disease.

I'm not against vaccines, but we have to be led by the facts, not propaganda.
 
Ikari said:
There are breakthrough cases, we already know this.
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And some of those breakthrough cases might be the next patient she sees in her busy schedule. Perhaps she should require a covid test prior to seeing anyone, but who among her staff would administer it?
 
Tettsuo said:
I'd suggest you look up the current state of Israel. They have the most vaccinated numbers and they are currently having a huge (relative, I know) spike in COVID cases amongst the VACCINATED. You can still catch it vaccinated or not. The vaccines don't prevent you can contracting the disease, it prevent you from having a serious case of the disease.

I'm not against vaccines, but we have to be led by the facts, not propaganda.
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Not propaganda like vaccines make you magnetic or that there are chips in it?

lol

The vaccines have been tested, we know they work well enough. Israel is having a spike, but it's nothing like we're going through. And one of the reasons we're going through such a huge spike is because of the unvaccinated idiots.
 
Luce said:
That is an incorrect statement.
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Not totally incorrect. If you have the virus, you can spread it the same as an unvaccinated person. The difference is the time you're contagious.
 
Grim17 said:
I was just thinking the same thing... Vaccinations don't have any effect on the ability to spread the virus, so this sounds a lot to me like this doctor is making a political statement.
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Wait, why don't the various vaccinations have any effect on the ability to spread the virus?

That doesn't sound right.
 
Tettsuo said:
Curious. Do they feel the same way about obesity? It kills and cripples a massive number of people each year as well as being an extremely common co-morbidity in COVID deaths.
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The problem with this analogy is that someone being obese doesn't put their staff and families at risk. It's not really fair to expect healthcare professionals to put themselves at additional risk because someone doesn't want to take a vaccine. They can find other places to get treatment. That being said, this shouldn't exist for emergency rooms.
 
Tettsuo said:
Curious. Do they feel the same way about obesity? It kills and cripples a massive number of people each year as well as being an extremely common co-morbidity in COVID deaths.
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Huh? terrible analogy.

To the OP, We have an epidemic of a potentially lethal virus. The staff doing this work understand the enhanced risk that their jobs entail and are in a great position to understand how to mitigate it. They have complete access to the PPE, to the vaccines and the training. I don't like the direction this takes us when doctors and nurses with all those safeguards step aside when they are most needed.

As long as the employers supply access to the vaccine, the staff should grab at the opportunity to get the shots and roll up their sleeves. As long as the employers supply the equipment , the staff should pick them up, put them on properly and get to work.

At least see these patients long enough to offer them the vaccines that they don't already have.
 
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Tettsuo said:
Not totally incorrect. If you have the virus, you can spread it the same as an unvaccinated person. The difference is the time you're contagious.
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The statement was "Vaccinations don't have any effect on the ability to spread the virus". They most certainly do.

Are they foolproof? No. Do they have an effect? Yes.
 
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