Harper, a 35-year-old father of five children, was denied a life-saving kidney transplant in Ontario, because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID

Garnet tragically passed away on May 22, leaving behind his wife of 12 years and their five children.

While he was fighting for his life in the hospital, staff even asked his wife if they could harvest his organs after he died.

The system deemed him unworthy of a transplant while alive… but worthy as an organ donor once dead.

Why deny a living man a transplant because he wasn’t vaccinated… but happily harvest his organs the moment he dies?

This is heartbreaking and wrong on every level.

Garnet Harper, a 35-year-old father of five beautiful children, was denied a life-saving kidney transplant in Ontario, solely because he wasn’t vaccinated against COVID. ????????

Despite two of his brothers volunteering to donate, no doctor or hospital would perform the surgery.… pic.twitter.com/g03KJl4rtG

— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled)July 21, 2026