More Hospitals Are Removing Transplant Patients From Lists Due to COVID Vaccine Status

David Ferguson has spoken out on the behalf of his 31-year-old son DJ who is no longer eligible for the transplant according to hospital policy.
"It's kind of against his basic principles; he doesn't believe in it," Ferguson told WBZ. "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."

Brigham and Women's released a statement saying, "And like many other transplant programs in the United States – the COVID-19 vaccine is one of several vaccines and lifestyle behaviors required for transplant candidates in the Mass General Brigham system in order to create both the best chance for a successful operation and also the patient's survival after transplantation."