No Heart Transplant Because He’s Not Vaccinated Against COVID

[Otis Mayfield]

BOSTON (CBS) – David Ferguson is speaking out passionately on behalf of his son DJ. He says the 31-year-old is fighting for his life at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in desperate need of a heart transplant. “My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns and he’s been pushed to the limit,” Ferguson said.

The family says he was at the front of the line to receive a transplant but because he has not received the COVID-19 vaccination he is no longer eligible according to hospital policy. And Ferguson says his son refuses to get the shot.

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

Man Can't Get Heart Transplant Because He's Not Vaccinated Against COVID

DJ Ferguson was set to receive a heart transplant, but because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 he is no longer eligible, according to hospital policy.

boston.cbslocal.com

Do you think it's right to deny someone medical care based on their vaccination status?

 

[jbrownson0831]

BOSTON (CBS) – David Ferguson is speaking out passionately on behalf of his son DJ. He says the 31-year-old is fighting for his life at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in desperate need of a heart transplant. “My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns and he’s been pushed to the limit,” Ferguson said.

The family says he was at the front of the line to receive a transplant but because he has not received the COVID-19 vaccination he is no longer eligible according to hospital policy. And Ferguson says his son refuses to get the shot.

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

Man Can't Get Heart Transplant Because He's Not Vaccinated Against COVID

DJ Ferguson was set to receive a heart transplant, but because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 he is no longer eligible, according to hospital policy.

boston.cbslocal.com

Do you think it's right to deny someone medical care based on their vaccination status?

Why are you asking such a stupid question? Gestapo rules are only for Nazis.

 

[L.K.Eder]

medical care per se? no.

a transplant? yes.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

Thats what happens when you live in a gestapo authoritarian state.

 

[pknopp]

Do I think they can? Obviously they can. Do I think it's right? no.

 

[Otis Mayfield]

It takes about 10 seconds to get the vaccine.

The guy is too stubborn for his own good.

 

[flewism]

Since mandates are viewed as illegal for the general population by the supreme court, and if this hospital receives federal funding, refusing treatment would be illegal.

A 100% private hospital can do what they want, it is immoral but not illegal. Is there a hospital in the USA that does not receive federal funding?

 

[L.K.Eder]

you don't give a new liver to an alcoholic who is still drinking if there is another patient who is sober.

you don't give a new heart to a voluntarily unvaccinated who is at high risk of contracting covid with high probability of mortality if there is a vaccinated patient who needs the heart as well.

it's his body his choice. lol

 

[L.K.Eder]

you morons think hearts grow on trees and anyone can get one.

 

[jbrownson0831]

It takes about 10 seconds to get the vaccine.

The guy is too stubborn for his own good.

The man lives in America and has free choice. No law requires him to get a vaccine he doesn't want, simply an idiotic fascist mandate by those who want to control. To withhold a heart he needs to live is criminal.

 

[pknopp]

The man lives in America and has free choice. No law requires him to get a vaccine he doesn't want, simply an idiotic fascist mandate by those who want to control. To withhold a heart he needs to live is criminal.

It's hardly this simple. As noted above, this is a free country. You are free to drink yourself silly but you aren't going to get a kidney unless you quit.

 

[L.K.Eder]

The man lives in America and has free choice. No law requires him to get a vaccine he doesn't want, simply an idiotic fascist mandate by those who want to control. To withhold a heart he needs to live is criminal.

lol. the man is free to remain unvaccinated. however, he is not entitled to a new heart. consequences.

 

[Grumblenuts]

Priorities.

 

[surada]

BOSTON (CBS) – David Ferguson is speaking out passionately on behalf of his son DJ. He says the 31-year-old is fighting for his life at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and in desperate need of a heart transplant. “My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns and he’s been pushed to the limit,” Ferguson said.

The family says he was at the front of the line to receive a transplant but because he has not received the COVID-19 vaccination he is no longer eligible according to hospital policy. And Ferguson says his son refuses to get the shot.

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

Man Can't Get Heart Transplant Because He's Not Vaccinated Against COVID

DJ Ferguson was set to receive a heart transplant, but because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 he is no longer eligible, according to hospital policy.

boston.cbslocal.com

Do you think it's right to deny someone medical care based on their vaccination status?

I just had surgery for an aortic aneurism.

I was dismissed 3 days early so as not to risk exposure to Covid patients.

 

[surada]

The man lives in America and has free choice. No law requires him to get a vaccine he doesn't want, simply an idiotic fascist mandate by those who want to control. To withhold a heart he needs to live is criminal.

He would increase his risk by not having the vaccination.

 

[hadit]

medical care per se? no.

a transplant? yes.

A transplant is literally a life-saving procedure, no less than sewing up a gunshot victim in an ER. Are you really going down that road?

 

[L.K.Eder]

A transplant is literally a life-saving procedure, no less than sewing up a gunshot victim in an ER. Are you really going down that road?

oh my god. an earth shattering finding provided by a USMB fucktard.
thank you for nothing.

www.jhltonline.org/article/S1053-2498(21)02539-0/fulltext

A requirement for full vaccination against COVID-19 prior to transplantation is consonant with the value of responsible stewardship of a donated solid organ as this immunization would substantially increase the opportunity for ongoing successful utilization of the graft in a time of pandemic. As a result this recommendation is also supported by the duty of beneficence to the patient. Furthermore, requiring vaccination to become a transplant candidate is entailed by the health-care team's duty of nonmaleficence to the patient. Successful transplantation requires continuous immunosuppression of the patient making them more susceptible to infections such as COVID-19 and less likely to benefit from vaccination post-transplant. Vaccination prior to transplant is an effective and efficient means to minimize this induced vulnerability. Perhaps of the greatest importance is that the requirement is consistent with other requirements to which transplant candidates must agree in order to increase the opportunity for successful outcomes. Thus, it respects the integrity of the shared decision-making process and fundamental medical ethical principle

 

[JoeBlow]

you don't give a new liver to an alcoholic who is still drinking if there is another patient who is sober.

you don't give a new heart to a voluntarily unvaccinated who is at high risk of contracting covid with high probability of mortality if there is a vaccinated patient who needs the heart as well.

it's his body his choice. lol

If it's his body, his choice, then fucking respect his choice and give him a transplant, you fucking douchebag.

 

[L.K.Eder]

as i posted above, you morons compare sewing up a wound with a heart transplant. it is idiotic.

 

[L.K.Eder]

If it's his body, his choice, then fucking respect his choice and give him a transplant, you fucking douchebag.

entitled little bitch, eh?

gimme a new heart!!! i won't comply with the regulations, but i WANT IT; NOW