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This is all anecdotal but thought I'd share. I had a kidney transplant and go for regular testing and appointments with my specialist. It also means I'm immunocompromised.

Talked to my nephrologist recently and she gave me some numbers regarding kidney transplant patients in Alberta.

Of all of the kidney transplant patients in Alberta that got covid, approximately 40% of them ended up in hospital due to Covid. Another 40% of those then ended up in the ICU. Of those that ended up in the ICU approximately 50% died from Covid.

She further said that they've done testing on those that have been hospitalized and it appears that about 40% of transplant patients show zero protection from the vaccines, even though we've all been given 4 shots. Its due to us being immunocompromised and our immune systems not having proper reactions to the vaccines. As such, she can't tell me with any certainty if I'm protected. I could have 0% protection, 20% or 90%. They have no idea, but tend to guess that we are all much lower than the general population. There's a blood test they can do to check, but she said the system is overwhelmed and they are only doing the tests on those that are hospitalized.

As a result she told me that while restriction have been mostly lifted I should continue to live as though restriction are still in place. I've been advised to avoid public gatherings and always wear a mask. All this is only for kidney transplant patients, as thats the program she oversees, but I'd assume other immunocompromised people are facing similar realities.