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[โ€“] PostalDude@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm sorry WTF!? Since when does not wanting to take a flu vaccine sign your death warrant?

[โ€“] papertowels@lemmy.one 32 points 1 year ago

Seems like it's been that way for a while...

Transplant candidates must also receive the seasonal influenza and hepatitis B vaccines, follow other healthy behaviors, and demonstrate they can commit to taking the required medications following transplant.

Nevermind you trying to misrepresent the subject by saying it's a flu vaccine.

[โ€“] LeFantome@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago

Why sentence somebody that wants to live to die ( by denying them a transplant ) so that the organ can be wasted on somebody making choices inconsistent with survival.

All transplants have waiting lists. Getting an organ probably means denying one to somebody else.

The headline should be โ€œIdiot sacrifices their life opening a spot for somebody smarter to liveโ€.

[โ€“] Chinzon 23 points 1 year ago

Not vaccinating against an infection puts you at dramatically increased risk of poor outcomes. When deciding who gets a lifesaving organ, you have to consider chance of success and the chance that person can follow through with the rigorous regimen for successful outcome. This is the same reason drug users are denied organs. This is nothing unusual or unethical. She can choose not to get vaccinated, and doctors will choose a more suitable recipient for the organ.

[โ€“] Natanael@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 year ago

Organ transplant recipients have a weakened immune system for months to years afterwards, in large part due to immune suppressants taken to prevent organ rejection.

That does not go well with being unvaccinated in a pandemic. The vaccination gives you a fighting chance even with weakened immune system, but without you're screwed.

[โ€“] FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago

There is a very limited supply of organs. They need to give them to people who have the best chance of success and longevity.

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