All Organ Donors and Recipients Must Be Vaccinated

A Colorado hospital reversed transplant rules in August so only vaccinated donors and recipients are on the list. Yet, they don’t mandate a vaccine for another common infectious disease.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Leilani Lutali is not taking someone's spot on the transplant list, but she and her direct donor are mandated to take the COVID shot, or she will not get the life-saving surgery

• The hospital reasons the shot will reduce the risk of infection and death when Lutali takes antirejection drugs for the transplant, but they do not mandate the f…