A 31-year-old man in desperate need of a heart transplant was removed from the transplant list because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. For the Mass General Brigham Health System along with many other hospitals across the country a COVID-19 vaccine is “one of several vaccines and lifestyle behaviors required for transplant candidates”. Professor Brendan Parent, JD and Director of Transplant Ethics and Policy Research at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine joins Dan to discuss.