Cleveland Clinic Denies Boy Kidney Transplant Because He Didn’t Get COVID Shot
As of October 2021, the Cleveland Clinic will not permit patients who have not gotten COVID-19 vaccine to undergo lifesaving organ transplants, either as a recipient or a living donor. The clinic’s reasoning is that the recipient, who receives immunosuppressant drugs post-transplant, could be at high risk of contracting SARS-Cov-2. The unvaccinated will not be […]
SMART Health Card Digital Proof of Vaccination Launched in More Than 20 States
In April 2021, the Biden administration made an announcement that the federal government would not be mandating a vaccine passport system in the United States. White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated: Let me be very clear on this, I know there’s been lots of questions. The government is not now, nor will we be, […]
Some American Companies Dropping Vaccine Mandate for Employees After Supreme Court Ruling
Several large corporations across the country including Starbucks, General Electric, Intel and Adidas are dropping COVID-19 vaccine mandates and weekly testing policies.1 The policy changes came following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down COVID vaccine mandates for companies with more than 100 employees, which were put into place by the Biden administration. The administration’s […]
I Will Not Force a Medical Treatment on Anyone
Opinion | I’ve always loved the holidays, but last year was bittersweet. As 2021 came to a close, I walked away from a comfortable career where I once did good in the world. Unsure of how we would make ends meet and wondering if I’d just made a huge mistake, I knew only that I […]
Unvaccinated Parents Banned from Seeing Their Hospitalized Children in Western Australia
The Premier of Western Australia, Mark McGowan, recently announced new restrictions for Australians in the region who have refused to receive COVID-19 vaccinations.1 Premier McGowan said that proof of COVID vaccination will be required before anyone can enter a wide range of public spaces and engage in activities deemed by the government to be “high-risk,” […]
Unvaccinated Americans are Removed from Organ Transplant List
A young father of two children with a baby on the way, who was first in line for a heart transplant, was removed from the transplant list and denied the life-saving procedure when he failed to get the COVID-19 vaccination at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. The patient, DJ Ferguson, has been hospitalized since […]