Question about people being taken off of the transplant lists, due to not being covid vaccinated

[Siwsan]

I check the FB page of Shamgar Connors, who was taken off of the kidney waiting list. Apparently, people are claiming they will donate one of THEIR kidneys to him so he's raising funds to pay for the surgery.

My question is, will a transplant team do this surgery, even though he doesn't meet the criteria? And, yea, when push comes to shove, I doubt anyone will actually follow through.

Certainly not an option open to the anti vaxxer guy who needs a heart transplant.

[LastDemocratInSC]

1. It's major cost for major surgery for the donor and recipient.

And recovery, possible time in a rehab facility, who knows what else, plus a liability for all medical staff involved.

Sounds iffy to me.

[we can do it]

2. Let me get this straight. You won't get a simple vaccine to help others.

But you will have a massive serious surgery to help one stranger. Yeah right.

[Siwsan]

4. This guy has also gone to Costa Rica for some sort of experimental stem cell treatment

So there's really not any logic to his thinking. This is going to be an interesting 'story' to follow. I keep waiting to read he's in the hospital with Covid. Of course, with stage 4 kidney failure, if he catches it he might not live long enough to make it to the hospital.

[we can do it]

6. These idiots are making a mockery of our medical professionals.

There are strict protocols in place for transplant recipients.

First it’s the pick and choose bible with these idiots, then pick and choose facts now pick and choose science.

[LisaL]

3. He will have to find a hospital that will do it for the un-vaxxed patients.

NT

[Siwsan]

5. It's pretty obvious that logic and rational thinking aren't his strong points

But delusion is pretty strong.

[HUAJIAO]

7. "Modern Americans behave as if intelligence were some sort of hideous deformity." Frank Zappa

[NYC Liberal]

12. There's usually someone out there willing to do ethically questionable things.

The family of Jahi McMath found someone willing to perform a tracheotomy on her corpse after she died. Of course, that’s not an organ transplant. But the point remains. They may find someone.

[Hekate]

15. /shudder/ I remember that. You may be right. nt

[inthewind21]

8. People are stupid

Yeah, get a kidney on FB that's the trick. Best of luck to them all. It will NEVER happen. I'd almost bet my life on that. Little more to a kidney (or any organ) transplant than soliciting one on FB.

[Nevilledog]

9. I would think insurance would refuse to pay.

When does he announce a GoFundMe?

[Claire Oh Nette]

10. Transplant surgeons want their 5 year survival rates to be high.

No transplant surgeon or hospital is going to blow their five year survival rates on people likely to die.


When my husband needed a kidney, his sisters, very churchy Iowanians all said they'd give a kidney. The screening to see if his sisters matched involved a blood test. We sent the paperwork, and all of a sudden, Well, gee, I've got this, I'm not sure....All talk.

If your transplant team, who's aware of you long before you need a transplant, determines you are medically ineligible, then bummer. If you've got coronavirus, then you are not a good host for the new kidney. Them's the medical facts.

Kenny the Kidney is almost 9.

We thank the donor and his family every day, not god, not jeebus, either.

It's a culling of the herd at this point.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. From the Hoarse Whisperer

Link to tweet

[struggle4progress]

13. Don't pay an expensive team of doctors for your heart transplant! Our DIY kit

contains everything you need, including:

* aspirin!
* scuba set! (must purchase tank separately)
* circular saw!
* bactine!
* bandaids!
* handheld sewing machine!
* freeze-dried animal heart!
* easy-to-understand instructional video!

[Hekate]

14. I wonder if any insurance company would pay. I have a feeling they aren't touching the costs ...

…of this surgery with a 10-foot pole. That is a LOT of Go-Fund-Me bucks.

[Ms. Toad]

16. Not as a general rule.

Even if you bring your own donor, you still have to qualify to be listed. Vaccination for COVID is a criteria for being listed.