THEThe Singapore government has decided to no longer cover the costs of treatment for people “not vaccinated by choice” against Covid-19. Did they do it right or wrong? They explained that “unvaccinated people make up a considerable majority of those requiring intensive hospital care and contribute disproportionately to the pressure on health resources.”
No vax: to cure them or not? What the Italian law says
Why don’t we do it too? The health minister Roberto Speranza explained that the Italian health system is based on the principle of universality enshrined in the Constitution and that therefore everyone, vaccinated or not, has the right to be treated. And this is a fundamental principle.
But in September L’Catholic University has counted 64 million euros spent in a single month by the national health system to treat unvaccinated Covid-19 patients. Public money that could be used for other things, such as screening, palliative care, used to shorten waiting lists, to renew equipment, to increase staff.
Professor Paolo Veronesi, Director of the Breast Program of the European Institute of Oncology (IEO)
The right to be treated
The right to be treated is also fundamental for those who have already paid a lot for this pandemic: i cancer patients, heart patients, the disabled, our elderly, children. Has anyone who has chosen not to protect themselves and the community with an effective, safe and free vaccine ever think about it?
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