A woman in Lycoming County with Stage 4 kidney disease was recently told she wouldn’t qualify for a kidney transplant because she refuses to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to WNEP-TV.
Sherry Breen has waited nearly seven years to make it to the top of Geisinger’s kidney transplant list, but when it finally happened, her vaccination status stood in the way.
“Someday, my life will hopefully be back to normal and receive a transplant, and then when I was told I couldn’t receive the transplant without the vaccine, it was really a mix of irritation, frustration, and fear,” Breen told WNEP-TV.