Should health care be denied to people who take part in anti-mask/anti-lockdown protests?

[SavannahCatGiannis]

The Canadian government is considering this.

Canada has public health care, so it’s not that people would be denied care, it’s just that if you show up at an anti-mask/anti-lockdown protest, and if hospitals get overwhelmed, you will be considered to have voluntary forfeited your access to public health care and will have to pay for hospital visits out of pocket.

Ethicists debate whether anti-mask protestors should forfeit COVID-19 medical care

'If you are a real believer in liberty, then you have to say, "I’ll pay the price" '

nationalpost.com

Some issues there:

1. Against Canadian laws: Access to health care is actually in our constitution. So to deny a Canadian citizen health care, or charge them for access, is actually illegal. It would require enhanced government powers like Emergency Measures or the Notwithstanding Clause.

2. Against international human rights laws: The anti-lockdown/anti-mask movement is a far-right movement. As much as I hate the far-right, it’s against international law to kill or deny basic services like health care to somebody because of their political beliefs.

3. It’s unethical. Read the article.

 

[AlbertWesker]

Interesting question. I think so. Because I pay cash here were I live but not in Los Angeles were we the people have more benefits. So yea.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Interesting question. I think so. Because I pay cash here were I live but not in Los Angeles were we the people have more benefits. So yea.

Yeah, but like I said: The law.

 

[Carlito's Way]

Maybe not denied but others should have top priority over them
if these people are out protesting not carrying about their health and putting other's in dangerous, then why should they be a top priority over those who are doing whatever they can to keep themselves and their loved ones (including others) safe by wearing a mask?

There was a protest in California because the state went in another quarantine and people were not happy about it, and those are the people that piss me off so much because they do not care about anyone else but themselves

as cruel as I may sound, fuck all these people

 

[AlbertWesker]

Maybe not denied but others should have top priority over them
if these people are out protesting not carrying about their health and putting other's in dangerous, then why should they be a top priority over those who are doing whatever they can to keep themselves and their loved ones (including others) safe by wearing a mask?

There was a protest in California because the state went in another quarantine and people were not happy about it, and those are the people that piss me off so much because they do not care about anyone else but themselves

as cruel as I may sound, fuck all these people

I agree brah. Indeed. This is what I think also.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Tonight I had a gun pulled on me by a security guard, not a cop but hired muscle for the cops, who was on a power trip because he’s tasked to enforce COVID lockdowns. I’ve been crying ever since.

So obviously, I’ve changed my mind on lockdowns.

 

[AlbertWesker]

Tonight I had a gun pulled on me by a security guard, not a cop but hired muscle for the cops, who was on a power trip because he’s tasked to enforce COVID lockdowns. I’ve been crying ever since.

So obviously, I’ve changed my mind on lockdowns.

Wow. Where was this. Crazy.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Wow. Where was this. Crazy.

New Brunswick/Quebec border.

I had to go to Toronto, and was returning home to Halifax and had to pass through New Brunswick.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Here’s the thing:

I was following all the lockdown rules, not questioning them, just accepting them as something that really sucks, but a necessary evil.

I am by no means one of those idiots you see at anti-lockdown protests. And you still won’t see me at one.

So yeah, I was never one of these problematic people but I was still brutalized by the police who have been given way too much power.

Some concerns are valid. What the cop did to me was illegal. My rights as a Canadian citizen were thoroughly violated.

 

[AlbertWesker]

Here’s the thing:

I was following all the lockdown rules, not questioning them, just accepting them as something that really sucks, but a necessary evil.

I am by no means one of those idiots you see at anti-lockdown protests. And you still won’t see me at one.

So yeah, I was never one of these problematic people but I was still brutalized by the police who have been given way too much power.

Some concerns are valid. What the cop did to me was illegal. My rights as a Canadian citizen were thoroughly violated.

Damn. It is getting out of control for sure with this problem we have now. I hope it doesn't get worse the situation. You know like in some movies. Let's hope not.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

I have lawyered up. They’re gonna take on my case free of charge.

 

[SavannahCatGiannis]

Somebody in Toronto was shot 9 times by police for not wearing a mask.

These lockdowns are like the Stanford Prison Experiment man.

 

[El_Abo]

Somebody in Toronto was shot 9 times by police for not wearing a mask.

These lockdowns are like the Stanford Prison Experiment man.

From the start they were just a means of control. It's sickening

 

[IberoTarasco]

No, healthcare is a human right for everybody.