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University of Michigan Refuses to Consider Mom of 5 for Heart Transplant Over COVID Vaccine

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University of Michigan Refuses to Consider Mom of 5 for Heart Transplant Over COVID Vaccine
Katie and Ron Shier with their children. Family Photo
Alice Giordano
By Alice Giordano
8/1/2022Updated: 8/2/2022
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Despite a mother of five’s desperate appeal to the University of Michigan hospital for a life-saving heart transplant, the state-run facility won’t budge from its refusal to consider her for surgery until she is vaccinated against COVID-19.
The university hospital, which has deep ties to vaccine maker Pfizer, also denied 35-year-old Katie Shier’s application for a religious exemption.
Alice Giordano
Alice Giordano
Freelance reporter
Alice Giordano is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times. She is a former news correspondent for The Boston Globe, Associated Press, and the New England bureau of The New York Times.
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