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https://nypost.com/2023/02/13/australian-mom-denied-heart-transplant-due-to-her-covid-19-vaccination-status/
Australian mom denied heart transplant due to her COVID-19 vaccination status
A mother has been denied the opportunity to receive a heart transplant because she is not vaccinated for COVID-19, despite having a medical exemption.
Vicki Derderian, from Melbourne, relies on a ventricular assist device to keep her heart functioning after it failed in 2020, and is desperate for a transplant.
She did not receive the vaccine because she is concerned that doing so could increase her risk of heart conditions such as myocarditis or pericarditis which, although rare, can be serious.
Ms. Derderian, a mother of two, expressed her frustration with the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services for their stance, which she characterized as “no jab, no heart.”
“The hospital stance at the moment is no jab, no heart. I‘m ready to be on the heart transplant list because medically I’m stable to be on it. But unfortunately, because of these mandates, it has interfered with patient-doctor relationships,” she told Channel 9’s Today show.
“Patients like myself, we‘re being pushed into a corner and coerced to take something that goes against what we believe in. Or not receive lifesaving treatment. And also for doctors as well, they are forced to implement this on their patients otherwise they’ll lose their jobs.”
Former Deputy Chief Health Officer Dr. Nick Coatsworth expressed empathy for Ms. Derderian‘s situation but stood by the rules.
He remained adamant the biggest risk to a patient is getting Covid-19 without being vaccinated, which could result in death and the loss of the transplanted organ.
“From a transplant physicians point of view… the biggest risk to you when we hit your immune system like that if you get Covid-19 without having the vaccine, then there‘s a really significant risk that you’ll die and that organ will die with you,” Dr. Coatsworth said.
“And we don‘t want that to happen to you and we certainly don’t want it to happen to the family whose made that sacred donation. So it is such a complex area. I don’t envy your decision, but I do standby the rules of the transplant physicians have made here.”
The risk of post-vaccination myocarditis and pericarditis has been a hot topic among a number of medical professionals since the beginning of the jab rollout.
In August 2022, the TGA updated its vaccine fact sheet to include a disclaimer about the Pfizer and Moderna shots and their link to heart issues in young Australians.
The updated document published by the health authority showed the side-effect was unknown to the group until May 2021.
The vaccine was provisionally approved for use on January 25, 2021 – almost five months prior.
OSHA moves ahead with permanent COVID-19 standards for health workers
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/OSHA-permanent-COVID-rule-healthcare-workers/638432/
Dive Brief:
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is moving ahead with a permanent standard to protect healthcare workers from exposure to COVID-19 on the job. The agency submitted a final rule to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and Office of Management and Budget for review on Thursday.
OSHA implemented a temporary emergency standard for medical facilities in June 2021, mandating those sites follow requirements around ventilation, physical barriers and other protections to reduce virus transmission.
The agency then withdrew the rule last December, saying it was working toward a permanent regulatory solution while considering broader infectious disease rulemaking.
Dive Insight:
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, labor unions have pushed for greater protections for healthcare workers — especially concerning adequate personal protective equipment, or PPE, and measures to protect workers from viral transmission.
The rule OSHA submitted Thursday is under review and details haven’t yet been made public.
National Nurses United, the country’s largest nursing union, wants the rule to include terms around screening and testing of patients, visitors and staff, measures ensuring optimal PPE, exposure notifications for healthcare workers and paid leave for those exposed or infected with COVID-19, according to a release.
“Protecting nurses and other health care workers is of paramount importance as we face an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, in addition to high and increasing influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalizations,” Deborah Burger, president of National Nurses United, said in a release.
Alongside other unions, NNU petitioned an appellate court in January to compel OSHA to codify a permanent standard on occupational exposure after the temporary rule was withdrawn.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that it lacked the authority to force the agency to make certain rules, effectively leaving discretion up to OSHA.
Provider groups including the American Hospital Association originally pushed back at the emergency standard, saying the rule was long and complex with a quick compliance date and short comment period.