Transplant patient Steve Harrison has barely left his house since the end of February last year, because he’s terrified of catching Covid. And with good reason.
The 38-year-old logistics manager suffered kidney failure, and in December, after a torturous ten-month wait, he finally underwent a kidney transplant. But the drugs Steve takes to ensure his body does not reject the new kidney suppress his immune system – and, unfortunately, this has rendered the Covid vaccine ineffective on him.
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