It’s not like these people were born a certain way. It’s not like they were born on the wrong side of the tracks, or in India, or Mexico, or Haiti. We didn’t refuse to give them the information necessary to make an informed decision. We didn’t seem them unworthy of our resources for something completely out of their control.
These folks have actively, and obnoxiously in some cases, declared that they’d rather take their chances with the virus. They claim “if I die, I die” morality as part of their choice many times. They are seeing the same information the rest of the world sees and then refusing to accept it on some sort of moral principle, (prideful stubbornness most of the time).
Why are we allowing the kids who refuse to do their chores to get their ice cream anyway?
Nah, if we are on crisis standards of care and needed care is being delayed or foregone because the neighboring clan decided it was their right to decide “if I die, I die” but only after I go to the hospital for this preventable disease, it’s time to take drastic action. It’s called triage and rationing. We do it every day and have for generations. I’m just suggesting we change the triage model a bit.