No one should be refused healthcare. Not the vaccinated, not the unvaccinated, and not people who say they’ve been vaccine injured. Medicine isn’t supposed to work on the basis of settling political scores. But the version of events you’re presenting is also a pretty selective memory. During the pandemic most of the debate was about public health measures in the middle of an emergency - vaccination drives, temporary restrictions, trying to stop hospitals getting overwhelmed. That’s a very differnt thing from saying people should be permanently denied medical care. Were there heated comments at the time? Of course there were. People were scared, frustrated, and the internet amplifies the worst takes on every side. But acting like there was some universal movement demanding the unvaccinated be refused treatment isn’t accurate. And the idea that people should now go and “remind” someone who is sick or injured how they felt during an argument two years ago… is a pretty grim way to look at things. Healthcare shouldn’t be about revenge or scoring points. If anything, the whole pandemic should have reinforced the opposite principle: healthcare is there for everyone, regardless of their decisions, opinions, or which side of an argument they were on at the time. Thats kind of the whole point. That said, it also opened a bit of a pandoras box of moral dilemnas - especially when it comes to things like herd immunity, collective risk, and how much individual choice should weigh against public health in a crisis. Those questions aren’t simple, and pretending they are doesn’t help anyone.
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