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Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine
(nationalpost.com)
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Yeah medical providers routinely do deny limited treatments (like organs) to people who refuse to stop taking drugs, smoking, or drinking. It makes complete sense too.
In the US, no one forces anyone to get a vaccine. But if a patient doesn't cooperate with the doctors' orders, they won't get the treatment.
It's not even really denying. They are just giving that organ to someone else. I'm sure if there were a glut of organs on the market somehow, then they could get less picky, but you don't. For every successful organ donation there are probably a dozen people who die waiting.