Initial vaccinations also have leveled off. His family said he was in line for a heart transplant but his hospital won't consider the procedure for a patient who refuses the Covid-19 vaccine. Fergusons family declined to speak with the Daily News. Its a policy they are enforcing and so because he wont get the shot, they took him off the list of a heart transplant, Ferguson told the outlet. Your content is delivered instantly to thousands of users in Antigua and abroad! The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also recommends that immunocompromised people, which includes organ transplant recipients, be vaccinated because they are especially vulnerable to COVID. Unvaxxed father of two DJ Ferguson, 31, is REFUSED heart transplant by We do everything we can to ensure that a patient who receives a transplanted organ has the greatest chance of survival, a spokesperson told The Post. Natalie's Cakes and More has raised $84,000 through GoFundMe. The decision to shut down the Holtzclaw campaign contrasts GoFundMes handling of the Wilson campaign. Tracey said Ferguson resisted the vaccine due to concerns about its effect on his cardiac condition and the potential risk of heart inflammation: Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) previously cited cardiac inflammation as a possible side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine, the risk was declared to be extremely rare and temporary. This is all for a great man and his family. $20. The mortality rate for transplant patients who contract the virus is more than 20 percent, according to the healthcare system. Ohio man Mike Ganin, who is vaccinated against COVID, was denied a kidney transplant last October because his donor hadnt received her shot. Father of unvaccinated man denied heart transplant says son has