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Doctors and nurses have to take an oath on registration to "first do no harm". I would take this to mean that if they have the skills to help someone in danger they should do so.
The UK nurses I know don't, and as far as I know haven't, had to abide by the Hippocratic Oath. Just medical staff, as far as I'm aware. Is this different in other countries? Curious now.
I think the question of denying care based on lifestyle choices is indeed a slippery slope, but it's already happening sadly. A friend who is of big build, a familial trait, is now classified as clinically obese because she's shrunk with age. Walking is painful because of osteoarthritis, after years of physical work as a nurse and midwife, but she's been told that she will probably not be accepted for hip replacement. She's a nonsmoker, minimal drinker who eats sensibly The rules are already affecting many clinicians' decisions.
I understand where the OP is coming from, I am also furious with the flat earth, anti-everything types but as for stopping their treatment this won't happen. However, unfortunately, for more non-Covid related conditions I'm afraid the stable door has already swung wide and the horse is long gone.
My daughter took this oath when she graduated so maybe it's a new requirement. It also should be a requirement for registered nurses.
It has never been an oath for nurses in the UK and doubt it would be allowed now. Nurses don't have oaths. They go to Uni, have practical experience, pass their course and register as a nurse. They then have to abide by the Code of Professional Conduct which has several aspects to it but not oaths. I have no idea if medical doctors still have this oath or not. Perhaps a doctor could reply.
As for the poster, look back at the UK news from March 2020 till present day - we had a horrific nightmare (still having) of a time with Covid patients dying, care home residents dying, people at home dying - vaccinated and unvaccinated. Australia is only now experiencing higher cases because of closures of state boundaries. Our relatives in Perth don't have a b....y clue how bad it has been for us and might be for them as they reopen the borders. The UK has no mandatory vaccinations - not tetanus, not measles, not mumps, not TB, not diphtheria, not rubella, not men c, not whooping cough, not hep A,B,C or whatever for anyone. It is personal choice or parental choice and people who fall ill are treated as and when they need it by our health care teams in whatever setting required and by vaccinated and unvaccinated staff who put their own lives and family lives at risk. It is the nature of the job, always has been in most countries. I would have reregistered as a nurse to go back to help but instead minded my DGS so my daughter could keep working as a nurse because the childminder closed.