There is growing rhetoric from many in the U.S. and elsewhere recently that those who are unvaxxed should not be given healthcare access, that they should be placed at the bottom of the list in the ICU and be left on their own to deal with the illness if they get sick.

There is more than one reason why this is cruel and why this move is empty of any understanding, reason, and empathy.

There are some doctors who know better and are more professional than to advocate for such harm, reminding the public that they took an oath to help people and that they shouldn't be cherry picking who gets help based on what lifestyle they lead.

If certain areas are going to deny people healthcare based on their lifestyle then many other individuals would also be deprioritized to the bottom of the list as well.

Why would it be just unvaccinated people? Consider costs all around. This means considering the cost of those who are texting and driving or engaging in harmful road rage behavior, as well as those who drink and drive, or those who cannot stop eating unhealthy fast food who end up needing costly services and surgeries. It's a slippery slope to start treating individuals in this way and there is no empathy in this sort of healthcare approach.

All of a sudden governments and healthcare departments care about cost.

But can't we just print more money to deal with the issue because they'd like us to believe that the debt doesn't matter after all, so why don't we see more money printing now? If you are worried about cost and lack of space then BUILD MORE HOSPITALS AND BEDS.

What if there were an event in the future that required this healthcare demand? There are various events that could take place, earthquakes and other natural disasters and more, we cannot expect people to stay away from needing healthcare then.

The first response to the problem should be to look to strengthen that industry so that it can deal with the demand. When the pandemic hit and toilet paper started emptying off the shelves along with other goods we didn't see companies tell people to just stop eating or using other goods, instead they ramped up production and did everything they could to try and keep up with the demand.

Now those companies are stronger and even more prepared for the next time such an event takes place, will the healthcare industry be able to say the same?

Why isn't more being done for healthcare markets today? After 20+ years on unjust military intervention overseas that has cost trillions it is hypocritical now to complain about the few tens of thousands one unvaccinated person might cost in the hospital.

There hasn't been much discussion about the quality of the healthcare system overall throughout this ordeal and the gross inefficiency we have seen in standards as far as capacity for some hospitals today.

This might not be the last virus that humanity sees and if there were another problem in the future will we see them lock everything down again and destroy hundreds of thousands of more businesses and lives? This doesn't have to be the only choice to dealing with the issue.

Instead of punishing the public for the lack of quality found in the healthcare system they should seek to do better so that they can have beds and service available for those who need it. This way they might not need to send people away with serious heart problems to drive to dozens of different health centers, or send pregnant mothers away and seniors, to delay life-saving surgeries, because they are poorly dealing with this pandemic and the amount of people who need help.

If someone paid for their healthcare service and you want to deny them or deprioritize them then give them a refund.

Any healthcare professional who would advocate for this careless approach to "medicine" in choosing to ignore some patients because of their lifestyle, would go on to cause harm to their communities, which is exactly what they're not supposed to do.

It is no better than denying someone service or goods because of their personal faith or lifestyle choices.

How decent are your politics if it will prompt you to argue that sick people should be left to die or that those who disagree with you should be beat down by the police in the street when they are protesting and exercising their supposed Constitutionally-protected rights? We can thank the government and the media for playing a significant role in this division.