But what does a patient do when the hospital refuses to treat -- even for things like a car wreck or a gunshot -- because the patient doesn't wear a mask and/or hasn't been injected?
Yes, by law (at least in this region of the country), they HAVE to render treatment. But many of them flout the law, even when threatened with a lawsuit. It's a conundrum for sure.
I could not possibly imagine a Patient being declined emergency care due to vaccination status. Of course in 2020 there was no vaccine, but even in 2021 the same rules applied. The Workers in my place were not mandated to vaccinate until mid October just passed.
Still, it is all great foolishness and now the Supreme Court has ruled that vaccination mandates are not Constitutional, unless you are a Health Care Worker. This is pure madness.