A doctor says he will soon refuse to treat unvaccinated patients in Alabama, where low vaccination rates and the highly transmissable delta variant are overwhelming hospitals.
Dr. Jason Valentine, a physician at Diagnostic and Medical Clinic Infirmary Health in Mobile, recently posted a photo on his Facebook page showing him next to a sign that says, “Effective Oct. 1, 2021, Dr. Valentine will no longer see patients that are not vaccinated against COVID-19.”
NBC News has not verified the authenticity of the post, which is now private. Neither Valentine nor representatives at the medical clinic where he works could be reached for comment.After sharing the picture on social media, Valentine wrote that three unvaccinated patients asked where they could get a vaccine, according to“If they asked why, I told them COVID is a miserable way to die and I can’t watch them die like that,” Valentine wrote.
Valentine planned on mailing a letter to his patients about his decision. He posted the letter online, the newspaper reported. “We do not yet have any great treatments for severe disease, but we do have great prevention with vaccines. Unfortunately, many have declined to take the vaccine, and some end up severely ill or dead. I cannot and will not force anyone to take the vaccine, but I also cannot continue to watch my patients suffer and die from an eminently preventable disease,” the letter stated, according to the newspaper.
As the delta variant of the coronavirus increases infection rates throughout the country, Alabama has been pummeled with new cases that are burdening hospitals. The state ran out of intensive care beds this week, according to
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