Worcester, Massachusetts, July 16, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – A father of three young children has been denied a kidney transplant by UMass Memorial Health Center unless he agrees to take experimental COVID-19 shots before the surgery.
Bernard LaPierre, 37, who has been a Type 1 diabetic since his childhood, was told in 2019 that his kidneys were failing and he needed to be put on the waiting list for a transplant when he was hospitalized for a major reaction to one of his prescription drugs.
Meagan LaPierre told LifeSiteNews her husband has not consented to the COVID-19 vaccines at all, however, and has instead found two other hospitals willing to do the surgery without requiring him to take shots.
The ordeal of trying to evade vaccination and what the couple see as the unreasonableness of being forced to undertake an experimental injection has led the LaPierres to consider alternatives to transplantation altogether.
I did read the article. The title misstates the facts - badly so. It says he was denied being placed on the transplant list at one facility. Two others were willing to put him on the list.
There are multiple transplant regions in the US. You can only sign up with one transplant facility in one region. He wasn’t “denied” anything. Two other facilities were willing to place him on their list.
That doesn’t means he’s going to get a kidney. It just means if an organ becomes available, his criteria will be applied to it and he will be ranked for compatibility. The fact that one transplant team denied putting him on the list should tell him he doesn’t want those doctors managing his health care.
I don’t assume to know what anyone on here knows or doesn’t know, but I can spot and call bullshit on exaggerated facts when I’m knowledgeable. I would wager I know more about kidneys, dialysis, kidney transplants and the transplant system in the US then 99% of the people on this board. The title is over exaggerating the article and who knows if the article is even accurate. THAT’S my point.