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a hospital system in colorado has said the if you arent vaxxed your not eligible for a tranplant
they booted a woman off the kidney transplant list because she refuses to get the vaccine
good. if your not vaxxed you shouldnt be eligible for hgh demand health care
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/10/05/uchealth-transplant-unvaccinated/?utm_source=reddit.com
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Certainly, demonstrating that you will take care of your new organ should be a basic one. If you kill yourself with COVID, you've wasted the organ.
JohnSJ
(92,116 posts)that would make them even more vulnerable against covid
niyad
(113,232 posts)Belated congratulations on your posting milestone.
JohnSJ
(92,116 posts)congratulations to you also
hlthe2b
(102,200 posts)At worst, some of these patients may not mount a robust immune response, but in most cases, some response is better than none. So, those refusing may not get into a clinical trial or any other advanced option. This hasn't been publicized, except among referring physicians, but it started at most of these facilities early last year.
As with the transplant patients, that is the way it SHOULD be.
Wounded Bear
(58,634 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,868 posts)But your response nailed it.
If you dont believe in medicine and science, stay out of the damn hospitals. Go to a faith healer or a MAGA rally instead.
irisblue
(32,960 posts)But won't take a vaccine that is also science & medicine based.
Dumb fuck
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Hav
(5,969 posts)for transplant recipients ranges from 20 to more than 30% if they get Covid. Holy shit, no wonder hospitals have that rule.
How dumb do you have to be to take such a risk? To the end of the waiting list for you, you selfish idiot. Someone else obviously values that kidney and their life more.
70sEraVet
(3,483 posts)Makes sense to me. Save these vital organs for people who are committed to taking care of themselves.
Maybe people will complain that that's undemocratic. But our healthcare system has never BEEN democratic! The rich and powerful don't wait years for a transplant.
Ocelot II
(115,661 posts)or drug addicts, or others with unhealthy lifestyles, either. They want to be sure the recipients will take care of themselves so those organs, which are in short supply, won't be wasted. And since they have to take immunosuppressive drugs after the transplant, their immune systems need extra help. Won't get the jab, won't get the new kidney.
GB_RN
(2,347 posts)Youre on after a transplant, youre more likely to get COVID (or any other nasty infection), and have a worse case of it. Therefore, not having the vaccination would be a suicidal combination with a transplant operation, and a waste of the organ. Also, a waste of the time and resources of the transplant team, the hospital, ICU, nurses, etc. I know, because Im a former transplant ICU nurse.
If you need a transplant and refuse to do whats needed to get the transplant, you dont DESERVE it. Dont waste MY time if you arent willing to work for it. Dont waste the sacrifice of the donor (or the donors family), either.
This is the right call by the hospital.
Consequences.
seta1950
(932 posts)You dont care about your health, period
Jon King
(1,910 posts)Freedom works both ways. Consequences.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,841 posts)Especially when heart attack and stroke victims can't get admitted sometimes these days.