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Unvaccinated Kidney, Heart Patients Denied Transplants Get Day in Court With Michigan Hospital

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Unvaccinated Kidney, Heart Patients Denied Transplants Get Day in Court With Michigan Hospital
A group of activists join Ross Barranco to protest COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Rochester Hills, Mich. on Dec. 21, 2021. Courtesy of Ross Barranco
Steven Kovac
By Steven Kovac
1/29/2023Updated: 2/1/2023
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A Michigan judge will soon decide if 73-year-old Ross Barranco can be denied a donated kidney because he won’t take the COVID-19 vaccine.

“I just don’t see the logic of it,“ Barranco said in an interview with The Epoch Times. ”Everybody knows an organ transplant procedure requires the nearly complete suppression of a recipient’s immune system so the body won’t reject it.

Steven Kovac
Steven Kovac
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Steven Kovac reports for The Epoch Times from Michigan. He is a general news reporter who has covered topics related to rising consumer prices to election security issues. He can be reached at [email protected]
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