Quote Originally Posted by Tyndmyr View Post
For instance, a kidney transplant recipient was recently denied by the hospital because she wasn't vaccinated. Given that she has end stage renal failure, well...living without kidneys isn't really in the cards. I'm not certain that this decision made her, or anyone else, safer.
I think this needs to be added. While she DOES have end-stage kidney disease, which requires regular dialysis, the issue with transplants is that you need to take immunosuppressants to fight off tissue rejection. Barring cloning, it's still a part of someone elses' body that's in them, and their body sees it as an invader, no matter the function of the organ.

Transplant recipients have a higher rate of negative outcome of COVID due to the immunosuppressants hindering the body's ability to mount a defense.

Not to mention have a higher chance of contracting COVID after exposure to the virus because of the weakened immune system.

That's why they're insisting before the procedure. So that the immune system has a chance to learn before they weaken it.