Patient Removed From Heart Transplant List for Refusing Vaccine.

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1-25-2022

Patient removed from heart transplant list for refusing Covid-19 vaccine.

DJ Ferguson, 31, had previously been prioritized
for a transplant by Brigham and Women’s hospital
in Boston.

A Boston-area hospital said it will not perform a heart transplant on a patient who refuses to get a Covid-19 vaccination.

DJ Ferguson, 31, was previously prioritized for a heart transplant at Brigham and Women’s hospital, but is no longer eligible as he refuses to get vaccinated, said Ferguson’s family, according to a report by CBS Boston.

“It’s kind of against his basic principles – he doesn’t believe in it,” said David Ferguson, his father.
“It’s a policy they are enforcing and so, because he won’t get the shot, they took him off the list [for] a heart transplant.”

Brigham and Women’s explained its reasoning in a statement:
“Like many other transplant programs in the United States – the Covid-19 vaccine is one of several vaccines and lifestyle behaviors required for transplant candidates in the Mass General Brigham system in order to create both the best chance for
a successful operation and also the patient’s survival after transplantation.”

Other medical experts have declared their support of the hospital’s policy, noting that the immune system is extremely weak after a transplant, making vaccinations all the more important.

“Post any transplant, kidney, heart whatever, your immune system is shut off.
The flu could kill you, a cold could kill you, Covid could kill you,” said Dr Arthur Caplan, the head of medical ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, told CBS Boston.

“The organs are scarce: we are not going to distribute them to someone who has a poor chance of living when others who are vaccinated have a better chance post-surgery of surviving.”

Ferguson’s family have said they are unsure of what to do next given his refusal to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. They have considered transferring him to a different facility but acknowledge he might not survive the trip.

“We are aggressively pursuing all options, but we are running out of time,” said David Ferguson.

The family said that while had received excellent care at Brigham and Women’s, they do not agree with the policy.

“I think my boy is fighting pretty damn courageously, and he has integrity and principles he really believes in, and that makes me respect him all the more,” said Ferguson of his son, who is a father of two children with another one on the way. “It’s his body. It’s his choice.”

I can see one helluva lawsuit on the horizon if the guy dies before getting the transplant.

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The Wise And Powerful wrote:: I can see one helluva lawsuit on the horizon if the guy dies before getting the transplant.

We do everything we can to ensure that a patient who receives a transplanted organ has the greatest chance of survival,” a spokesperson told The Post.

“Our Mass General Brigham healthcare system requires several CDC-recommended vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine,
and lifestyle behaviors for transplant candidates to create both
the best chance for a successful operation and to optimize the patient’s survival after transplantation, given that their immune system is drastically suppressed

“Patients are not active on the waitlist without this.”

The hospital’s policy requiring recipients to have the COVID-19 shot is in line with many other transplant programs across the US, the spokesperson added.

Temple wrote:

The Wise And Powerful wrote:: I can see one helluva lawsuit on the horizon if the guy dies before getting the transplant.

We do everything we can to ensure that a patient who receives a transplanted organ has the greatest chance of survival,” a spokesperson told The Post.

“Our Mass General Brigham healthcare system requires several CDC-recommended vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine,
and lifestyle behaviors for transplant candidates to create both
the best chance for a successful operation and to optimize the patient’s survival after transplantation, given that their immune system is drastically suppressed

“Patients are not active on the waitlist without this.”

The hospital’s policy requiring recipients to have the COVID-19 shot is in line with many other transplant programs across the US, the spokesperson added.

Quote :: DJ Ferguson, 31, was previously prioritized for a heart transplant at Brigham and Women’s hospital,

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1-24-2022

The choice for a Colorado patient:
Get vaccinated, or miss out on a kidney transplant.

A hospital system said she would be inactivated on the waiting list for “noncompliance” because she had not received a Covid inoculation.

A Colorado health system told a prospective kidney transplant recipient that she would not receive an organ donation if she remained unvaccinated against the coronavirus, a state lawmaker said this week.

Representative Tim Geitner, a Republican, said in a Facebook Live post on Tuesday that a local resident had received a letter from the service,
UCHealth, stating that her status on the transplant waiting list had been changed to inactive.

“Unfortunately and sadly, UCHealth has said that unless and until this individual is willing to take a Covid vaccine, that they will not be able to perform this lifesaving surgery,” Mr. Geitner said.

Posting on Twitter, Mr. Geitner shared a letter from UCHealth to the patient that cited “noncompliance.” The letter, dated Sept. 28, advised the patient that she had 30 days to “begin the vaccination series” and that she would be removed from the list if she did not.

UCHealth did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday. But the health system told 9 News, a local television station, on Tuesday that organ transplant recipients and living donors were required to be vaccinated against Covid-19
“in almost all situations.”

UCHealth told the TV station that studies had shown that transplant recipients who later tested positive for Covid-19 had a significantly higher mortality rate, of 18 to 32 percent, compared with 1.6 percent among those in the general population who tested positive.

The health system said its policy stemmed from that mortality rate and from concern that living donors could pass on the virus.

A hospital spokesman told The Denver Post that transplant patients were generally required to meet similar requirements before and after surgery, even before the pandemic.

“Patients may be required to receive vaccinations including hepatitis B, MMR and others,” the spokesman told the paper in an email. “Patients may also be required to avoid alcohol, stop smoking, or prove they will be able to continue taking their anti-rejection medications long after their transplant surgery.”

The patient, Leilani Lutali, told the TV station that she had learned of the hospital’s policy as her donor was undergoing required testing.
She said that she worried about how the vaccines might affect her health in the future, and that she and her donor had declined them for religious reasons.

“I’m being coerced into making a decision that is one I’m not comfortable making right now in order to live,” Ms. Lutali said.

UCHealth, which operates hospitals and urgent care facilities throughout Colorado, said the COVID vaccine was one of several measures patients needed to take to give the organ the best chance of not being rejected.

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Temple wrote:: 1-24-2022

The choice for a Colorado patient:
Get vaccinated, or miss out on a kidney transplant.

A hospital system said she would be inactivated on the waiting list for “noncompliance” because she had not received a Covid inoculation.

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DJ Ferguson was prioritized

Do try to keep up, Temple.

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Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria don't happen because nobody is using antibiotics.

They happen because overuse of antibiotics leads to a genetic "arms race" that encourages more adaptability (which translates to more virulence and resistance) in the bacteria.

Gee, I wonder what effect it will have on the covid vector if everyone takes a jab that doesn't even prevent someone from getting covid?

It's a mystery for the ages, I reckon.

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Vitriol wrote:: Antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria don't happen because nobody is using antibiotics.

They happen because overuse of antibiotics leads to a genetic "arms race" that encourages more adaptability (which translates to more virulence and resistance) in the bacteria.

Gee, I wonder what effect it will have on the covid vector if everyone takes a jab that doesn't even prevent someone from getting covid?

It's a mystery for the ages, I reckon.

That's a good point .. I'd imagine the virus could adapt and/or mutate if it's not eradicated (which it hasn't been) .. Each jab could be making it more resistant ..

They just want to give him the jab so he'll die of a heart attack before they have to spend the money on a transplant.

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