This is a simple ethics equation. When demand exceeds supply you assign resources to accomplish the greatest net good. Vaccines increase your chances of survival, thus all other things laid equal, you would chose to provide care to the vaccinated individual over the unvaccinated should you be forced to make the choice.

I actually read the article and the rules they laid out make perfect sense:

1. “COVID-19 vaccination decreases severe infection and death. Vaccine status therefore may be considered when making triage decisions as part of the physician’s assessment of each individual’s likelihood of survival.”

2. “When vaccination status is considered, accommodations may be needed when the reason for non-vaccination is beyond the patient’s control such as but not limited to caretaker refusal to have a disabled dependent vaccinated, recent COVID-19 infection, or medical contraindication.”

3. “Many are understandably angry and frustrated with the unvaccinated, but triage must remain grounded upon likelihood of survival. Health care professionals should continue to honor duties of care and compassion.”

Can't disagree with that. To even consider the vaccination status is unconscionable and from the current statistics on who are not getting the shots quite racist.

Emit does have the most timely stories. All liberals do, it's a lyin thang.

I don't watch much news but is the USA the only country having problems with the delta right now?

Good summary.

If any hospital made a decision to not treat someone on vaccination status and not the overall medical prognosis they would find themselves investigated by CMS and most likely lose all government funding which would mean out of business.

y'all better go get yer jab

Last time I checked 37.5 million in the USA have had COVID and have little need for the jab. If they get sick we treat the survivors differently than the regime compliant?

No

England started going up their Delta curve in Late May/early June.
They were hopeful it would just be a four month spike as it was in Other countries; but it looks like they never came off the spike and are headed in the wrong direction again.

I know there are still lots of unvaccinated people. But how is it so much worse at the hospitals now, with three million people taken out of the pool.

The Delta variant has a higher chance of causing illness in younger/healthier people relative to the original strain.

Yep, they have ZERO interest in straying from the singularly focused one size fits all narrative - vax everybody early and often. There is zero interest in understanding the existence and impact for those with natural immunity who may (or may not) have better protection than the vaxed.

That's not what the article says. That's actually called out in number 2. A previous infection would be relevant information in determining survival odds.

How would you propose the doctors choose who gets care when demand exceeds medical supply?

I wonder if all the sugars, preservatives and cigarettes consumed prior to the virus has anything to do with the death rates?

yeah the 88 year old fatty that got the jab is gonna get a bed before a 45 year old person in decent shape. makes perfect sense