A 12-year-old girl in Indiana has been refused to be put on its heart transplant waiting list because of her vaccination status, her family has confirmed, as a GoFundMe has been set up in an attempt to raise funds to get the necessary operations.
Janeen Deal, who is related by marriage to Vice President JD Vance’s half-siblings, stated that the hospital requires her daughter to get both the Covid-19 and flu vaccinations.
These are requirements that Janeen and her husband are unwilling to comply with. This is due to their belief that the concepts of vaccines conflict with their religious and medical beliefs, demanding a religious exemption from the hospital.
Janeen’s daughter’s doctor said that she would not be put on the transplant waiting list unless her vaccinations were up to date.
“I thought, wow. So, it’s not about the kid. It’s not about saving her life,” Janeen told The Cincinnati Enquirer.
The couple adopted Adaline from China when she was just 4 years old. Janeen explained that Adaline was born with two heart conditions, and they knew at the time of adoption that she would eventually need a heart transplant.
For nearly 10 years, Adaline has been receiving care at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, and the family had hoped she would receive a heart transplant there, as they regard it as the best hospital in the region.
According to Cincinnati.com, Janeen claims that vaccines are unsafe, and also said they came to their decision after “the Holy Spirit put it on our hearts”, meaning they could well be denying their child of essential surgery due to their religious beliefs.
JD Vance, when appearing on Joe Rogan, said that his opinion on vaccines changed when he got sicker after getting the Covid jab than he did when he had Covid itself.
He said: “We’re not even allowed to talk about the fact that I was as sick as I’ve ever been for two days, and the worst Covid experience I had was like a sinus infection. I’m not really willing to trade that.
