‘I will die free’: Vaccine-free man denied kidney transplant after being administered Remdesivir
Chad Carswell, a double amputee with kidney failure, made a name for himself recently after being refused a kidney transplant by a North Carolina hospital. Despite Carswell having recovered from COVID-19 twice, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital refuses to perform the surgery if he does not get vaccinated, as reported by AFLDS Frontline News.
But Carswell really achieved renown for his response to the hospital when they pressured him to get the shot. Carswell’s message was simple: give him liberty or give him death.
"They said the last thing we need talk about is your vaccination status," Carswell said. "And that's when I politely told him there was nothing really to talk about. It wasn't up for debate that I wasn't getting it. And then he told me, you know you'll die if you don't get it. And I said I'm willing to die."
He added: “I was born free. I will die free. I'm not changing my mind.”
Carswell, an Air Force veteran and motivational speaker, has survived six heart attacks, over 50 surgeries, and sepsis from a diabetic foot ulcer. By September 2021, his kidneys were operating at only 23%. He contracted the Delta variant and was hospitalized.
“I should have been dead a long time ago, but G-d's blessed me,” Carswell told AFLDS Frontline News.
But after Carswell was administered Remdesivir, his kidney function plummeted to 4% capacity.
Remdesivir is a COVID-19 drug recommended by the FDA and the CDC despite warnings by many doctors. While other drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin have been verified to cure early COVID-19, they have been largely shunned by the medical establishment and mainstream media, who continue to favor Remdesivir.
“Use of Remdesivir provides a 20 percent bonus payment from our government to the hospital on the entire hospital bill for that COVID patient,” said Dr. Lee Vliet, president and CEO for the physician-founded Truth for Health.
“It’s a bounty on people’s lives, basically, to use Remdesivir and prevent access to other medications such as Hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin,” Vliet added.
Carswell checked himself out of the hospital and went home. He self-medicated with ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine and zinc. He recovered quickly.
“In three days I was a brand new human,” Carswell said.
But despite the recovery and the antibodies that came with it, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Hospital has let Carswell know in no uncertain terms: if he refuses to get vaccinated, they will let him die.
“Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's policy follows the current standard of care in the United States, which is to vaccinate all patients on waiting lists or being evaluated for transplant,” said the hospital in a statement.
Carswell says that Dr. Bob Stratta, who is the clinical coordinator of the transplant division, agreed with him.
“[Stratta] called me and said that I was a very intelligent man and that the reasonings that I had for not agreeing with everything, he agreed with 100 percent, and that if it were up to him, he would allow me to get it," said Carswell.
Carswell is still looking for a hospital that will perform the transplant surgery. Please contact chadcarswell@icloud.com ASAP with any leads.
Unfortunately, Atrium Health is not the only hospital making life-saving treatment a quid-pro-quo. That’s why a bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives to stop hospitals from demanding vaccination in exchange for a transplant. H.R. 6534, otherwise known as the SAVE Act, was introduced by Rep. Ben Cline (VA-06) along with six other representatives.
As explained on Cline’s website:
“Congressman Ben Cline (VA-06) was joined by Representatives Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Bob Good (VA-05), Rob Wittman (VA-01), Jeff Duncan (SC-03), Rodney Davis (IL-13), and Chip Roy (TX-21) in introducing H.R. 6534, the Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement (SAVE) Act, which would prohibit organ transplant centers from denying an individual from receiving or donating an organ solely based on whether he or she is vaccinated against COVID-19.”
To urge your congressman or congresswoman to support H.R. 6534, please click here.
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