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Vance's 12-Year-Old Relative Denied Heart Transplant due to no covid vaccine [View all] moonshinegnomie Feb 2025 OP

It's apparent they don't care if the kid lives or dies. She'll definitely die without a heart transplant, so you'd Vinca Feb 2025 #1

Kool ade Wifes husband Feb 2025 #4

They are willing to kill their child to make a political point. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #32

You would certainly think so. I know I would... ananda Feb 2025 #44

Even the lives of their children. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #49

From some of their comments, it seems they think karynnj Feb 2025 #75

Also, there's a hella lot of anti-immune system drugs the kid will have to take... haele Feb 2025 #88

Exactly Sanity Claws Feb 2025 #101

Virginia had two children die from flu also Maggiemayhem Feb 2025 #109

They kill their child either way. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #90

At this point, there is likely no compatible heart, karynnj Feb 2025 #98

If Trump orders the hospitals to do surgery on high risk patients, Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #102

then you arrest trump for practicing medicine without a license moonshinegnomie Feb 2025 #113

Maybe Rebl2 Feb 2025 #111

Yeah, pretty shallow thinking. GoodRaisin Feb 2025 #55

More than like because they failed to follow rules set up. If they can not follow the simple rules LiberalArkie Feb 2025 #62

Some people... GiqueCee Feb 2025 #64

The intentions of this administration are harsh enough, the unintended concequences they're sowing will be brutal ... marble falls Feb 2025 #2

If they don't trust them about the Vaccines why would they trust them to do a heart transplant ? JI7 Feb 2025 #3

Truly UpInArms Feb 2025 #18

Wow Emile Feb 2025 #5

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So you dont come in sicker than you already are, or infect medical staff or other patients. hatrack Feb 2025 #7

Not a good enough reason Renew Deal Feb 2025 #22

How about being chemically immunosuppressed long after the operation, so that COVID likely means death? hatrack Feb 2025 #26

No Renew Deal Feb 2025 #31

It is not fair to other patients waiting for a heart. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #42

Hard to say if it's fair or not. Renew Deal Feb 2025 #46

Hatrack you are 100% correct. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #40

This right here spinbaby Feb 2025 #47

My daughter is a renal dietitian 26+ years Marthe48 Feb 2025 #94

Renew Deal, do you have a medical degree? Have you looked at the research? Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #33

I agree with you Renew Deal Feb 2025 #39

Every time an organ is transplanted, there are others who could have gotten it who may die. Ms. Toad Feb 2025 #91

+ 1 n/t TubbersUK Feb 2025 #103

I disagree, when the supply of organs is limited HariSeldon Feb 2025 #60

On the surface this sounds good but poke it with a stick.... AkFemDem Feb 2025 #85

What part of they will be immune suppressed for life escapes you? travelingthrulife Feb 2025 #117

What's wrong with you? AkFemDem Feb 2025 #122

Here is my personal experience with my mom's need for a kidney donation. MLAA Feb 2025 #84

What about the fact that viable hearts are a scarce resource karynnj Feb 2025 #93

actually the fact that the child is non compliant with medical advice is a terrific reason to deny the transplant dsc Feb 2025 #119

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That has nothing to do with the requirement. Ms. Toad Feb 2025 #81

Covid is still out there, still killing people Blues Heron Feb 2025 #11

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"So?" Are you kidding me Renew Deal? hlthe2b Feb 2025 #37

There's lots of stuff killing people. You can't reduce all risk. Renew Deal Feb 2025 #43

They are respecting the fact that the heart could be wasted and others are waiting for it who WOULD hlthe2b Feb 2025 #50

Well this year is a brutal flu year Johonny Feb 2025 #14

Because when you have a transplant Bettie Feb 2025 #15

Vaccines are basic medicine Renew Deal Feb 2025 #24

Covid didn't exist until a few years ago Bettie Feb 2025 #45

Did this person actually refuse? Renew Deal Feb 2025 #48

Her parents refused Bettie Feb 2025 #51

You forget that hearts are not commonly available. ExciteBike66 Feb 2025 #78

if you get a transplant you get major immunosuppressant drugs moonshinegnomie Feb 2025 #17

The guideline in this case drives certain people toward the same outcome. Renew Deal Feb 2025 #27

Truly pathetic - WTI hatrack Feb 2025 #29

And by the way; they are 12, so it's actually the parents Renew Deal Feb 2025 #30

How about maxrandb Feb 2025 #53

You said it better than I did. hunter Feb 2025 #73

bullshit!!!!!!!! eShirl Feb 2025 #66

Except, it does. And has for decades. Not everyone gets on the list, and not everyone ends up with an organ. mucholderthandirt Feb 2025 #106

Renew Deal, I address this below, but realize the recipient will have zero immunity to nearly anything hlthe2b Feb 2025 #21

Does this patient actually have a choice? Renew Deal Feb 2025 #28

No. The usual situation--as I addressed below when it is life and death is that courts get involved hlthe2b Feb 2025 #34

Absolutely tintinvotes Feb 2025 #38

Are you questioning science because it sounds like you are? nt yaesu Feb 2025 #52

No Renew Deal Feb 2025 #57

Manmade requirements based on science VMA131Marine Feb 2025 #77

Scientific research has indicated that heart transplant patients have tavernier Feb 2025 #86

There are not enough hearts for everyone who needs one. hunter Feb 2025 #56

I am curious. mgardener Feb 2025 #63

Do you have kids? Renew Deal Feb 2025 #83

Gift tintinvotes Feb 2025 #97

I am curious. mgardener Feb 2025 #65

There is a very limited supply of organs. Girard442 Feb 2025 #68

Transplants are different pinkstarburst Feb 2025 #69

Because anti-rejection drugs weaken the immune system VMA131Marine Feb 2025 #72

Because when you get a transplant, you take immunosuppressant drugs Ms. Toad Feb 2025 #74

Remember how many people died of Covid before the vaccine? Most of them were Scrivener7 Feb 2025 #82

A human heart is no small matter Americanme Feb 2025 #8

Transplant centers often require a sobriety period, usually 6 months, before a patient can receive a liver transplant. sop Feb 2025 #35

What yiz don't get..... there are little geo-locaters in the vaccine. 3Hotdogs Feb 2025 #9

I'm a transplant nurse ismnotwasm Feb 2025 #10

She sure as shit does . . . . hatrack Feb 2025 #19

Better parents. sop Feb 2025 #36

Wasting a heart or any organ on someone refusing vaccines knowing they will have zilch immunity hlthe2b Feb 2025 #12

Morons...must run in the family spanone Feb 2025 #13

This story makes me ill. Kennedy and his ilk have contributed to the dumbing down Passages Feb 2025 #16

Yet that guy (RFK Jr) ... mwooldri Feb 2025 #92

I know, and we don't know the circumstances of each child at the time. Passages Feb 2025 #99

basically the parents trust science when its convienient moonshinegnomie Feb 2025 #20

When my friend got a kidney transplant in 2019 Marthe48 Feb 2025 #25

What a compelling testimonial, Marthe. Thank you for sharing your experience. Diamond_Dog Feb 2025 #70

I foresee another worthless Executive Order displacedvermoter Feb 2025 #41

I feel bad for the kid... they didn;t choose this. Happy Hoosier Feb 2025 #54

I agree, it is felony abuse and neglect, resulting in death of child. Irish_Dem Feb 2025 #58

Why are we being given this information? It feels manipulative. 33taw Feb 2025 #59

Maybe JD feels ignored Bettie Feb 2025 #79

Or, he is trying gain sympathy to force a system change. 33taw Feb 2025 #95

What kind of system change? Bettie Feb 2025 #107

Exactly 33taw Feb 2025 #118

And the ass clown MAGATs talk about "post-birth abortions". Texin Feb 2025 #61

Gawd damn 3auld6phart Feb 2025 #71

Good, no sense in throwing away a heart. Autumn Feb 2025 #76

A translpant patient is immunocompromized for life tinrobot Feb 2025 #80

She'll probably get on a list in Texas. LeftInTX Feb 2025 #87

Well... bye. Oopsie Daisy Feb 2025 #89

If the girl dies, the parents should be charged with murder. Wiz Imp Feb 2025 #96

Too many Americans live in a magical, "rules are made to be broken" world dlk Feb 2025 #100

The cult kills a kid... JT45242 Feb 2025 #104

Non vaccinated child Dave Id Feb 2025 #105

Great parents. bif Feb 2025 #108

I would do anything to save my children bronxiteforever Feb 2025 #110

FAFO Raftergirl Feb 2025 #112

Ethical question GusBob Feb 2025 #114

Good. Why should a heart be wasted when she gets covid in her immunosuppressed state? travelingthrulife Feb 2025 #115

I have quite a few Trumpers VGNonly Feb 2025 #116

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I had a relative that needed a kidney, refused the vax. Swede Feb 2025 #121

After the transplant what would prevent the parents from refusing the suppressants and leaving it to God? Marcuse Feb 2025 #123