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A 12-year-old girl, a distant relative of vice president JD Vance, has reportedly been denied heart transplant because she is not vaccinated.
An Indiana family has claimed that their 12-year-old daughter has been denied a heart transplant as she's not unvaccinated, the
Cincinnati
Enquirer said. The family, linked to vice president
JD Vance
, is reluctant to get their adopted daughter Adaline vaccinated against Covid-19. Janeen Deal, the mother who also has 11 other children, said, "But I know I cannot out this (vaccine) in her body knowing what we know and how we feel about it."
Janeen Deal is related by marriage to JD Vance's half-siblings.
Janeen and her husband adopted Adaline from China when she was four years old knowing that she was born with two heart conditions and would require a heart transplant as she grows up. Janeed said Adaline has been receiving treatment at Cincinnati Children's for 10 years and they thought the heart transplant would also be done there but the hospital demanded a vaccination certificate.
The
nondenominational Christian
family told the hospital that the vaccines are in conflict with their religious and medical beliefs. "I thought, wow. So, it's not about the kid. It's not about saving her life," Janeen told The Enquirer.
The report said that Janeen believes that vaccines are unsafe and they came to their decision after "the Holy Spirit put it on our hearts". The report said the couple will now consider taking Adaline to a different transplant center, one that won't require her to be vaccinated.
After her story was spread on social media, contributions for the family's GoFundMe jumped from around $1,500 to $50,000.
Janeen said Adaline's doctor at Cincinnati Children's said the hospital's vaccine requirement follows guidelines from the National Institutes of Health. A Cincinnati Children’s spokesperson declined to confirm that Adaline had been kept off the transplant list, but told the Enquirer that the hospital’s clinical decisions are “guided by science research and best practices” and that the hospital follows guidelines from the National Institutes of Health.“We tailor care plans to each patient in collaboration with their family to ensure the safest, most effective treatment,” spokesperson Bo McMillan said.
