MapleEngineer to CanadaEnglish · 1 year agoAlberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccinelocknationalpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square453fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down137cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1614arrow-down1external-linkAlberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccinelocknationalpost.comMapleEngineer to CanadaEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square453fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareStringTheory@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoIf she won’t jump through that hoop, how many others will she refuse down the road? “Taking this anti-rejection medication offends my conscience. These drugs are chemicals!” “Getting an hour of cardio a day offends me, I should decide what activities I perform.” “Being told to keep my BMI in the healthy range to keep my transplant healthy is offensive and is implying I’m fat.” Transplant teams want compliant patients. Refusing a vaccine right off the bat means you are the non-compliant type who likely won’t be a success.
If she won’t jump through that hoop, how many others will she refuse down the road?
“Taking this anti-rejection medication offends my conscience. These drugs are chemicals!”
“Getting an hour of cardio a day offends me, I should decide what activities I perform.”
“Being told to keep my BMI in the healthy range to keep my transplant healthy is offensive and is implying I’m fat.”
Transplant teams want compliant patients. Refusing a vaccine right off the bat means you are the non-compliant type who likely won’t be a success.