This week while appearing as a guest on CNN, Medical Ethics Director at New York University’s Grossman Medical School, Arthur Caplan, said, “that he will ‘condemn and shame’ individuals who have not received the COVID-19 vaccine until they come around on getting the shot.”
On CNN’s “New Day,” Professor Caplan shared his innermost thoughts on those who’ve yet to be vaccinated: “I’ll condemn them. I’ll shame them. I’m blame them… We can penalize them more, say you will have to pay more on your hospital bill. You can’t get life insurance, disability insurance at affordable rates if you aren’t vaccinated.”
Reminder: this is the medical ethics director at one of the most prestigious medical schools in the nation.
What’s next? Higher prices if you look a certain way? If you worship a certain way? If you vote a certain way?
Not only are Professor Caplan’s words wildly unethical, but they are also blatantly discriminatory toward many who may not be able to receive the vaccine in the first place or choose not to for religious or cultural reasons.
If this is the future of American healthcare, each and every one of us should be wildly concerned.
