Month: October 2021

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The University of Washington Medical Center says patients who refuse to get a COVID vaccine before an organ transplant will be dropped from the wait list.  Patients must be fully vaccinated before their procedures unless they have a specific medical exception that prevents them from getting the vaccine, UW Medicine says.  FILE: A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif. (AP) Hospital officials say patients’ immune systems are suppressed and in a prolonged weakened state after a transplant, making them more vulnerable to infections from viruses like COVID-19.  This policy requiring patients to have the COVID vaccine before an organ transplant is only a few weeks old, but UW Medicine has long required patients awaiting s...