Hospital system will deny transplants to unvaccinated "in almost all situations"

[Tanuki]

https://www.boston.com/news/health/2021/10/06/hospital-system-deny-transplants-unvaccinated/?p1=hp_featurestack&utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation

"A Colorado-based health system says it is denying organ transplants to patients not vaccinated against the coronavirus in “almost all situations,” citing studies that show these patients are much more likely to die if they get covid-19.

The policy illustrates the growing costs of being unvaccinated and wades into deeply controversial territory – the use of immunization status to decide who gets limited medical care. The mere idea of prioritizing the vaccinated for rationed health resources has drawn intense backlash, as overwhelmingly unvaccinated covid-19 patients push some hospitals to adopt “crisis standards of care,” in which health systems can prioritize patients for scarce resources based largely on their likelihood of survival.
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UCHealth declined to discuss particular patients due to federal privacy laws, and The Washington Post could not independently verify the woman’s story. But the health system confirmed Tuesday that nearly all of its transplant recipients and organ donors must get vaccinated against the coronavirus – on top of other vaccinations and health requirements. A spokesman, Dan Weaver, said that other transplant centers in the United States have similar policies or are transitioning to them.

Conditions on organ transplants are not new. Weaver noted that transplant centers around the country may require patients to get other vaccinations, stop smoking, avoid alcohol or demonstrate that they will take crucial medications, in an effort to ensure that people do well post-surgery and do not “reject” organs for which there is fierce competition."...(more)

[Maru Kitteh]

2. This is only logical.

Organs are scarce and precious and must be protected from irrational and reckless destruction.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Any treatment that suppresses immune response should requre vaccination...

I guess they're saying there are "rare" exceptions, but transplants require immuno-suppresive drugs so the body doesn't reject the organ they put in.

Common sense.

[catsudon]

4. hell

they deny transplant for alcohol users too

[Texasgal]

5. As they should!

Organ donation is a gift!