Some controversies, some issues are considered "zero-sum" *.
Are they all?
In our new millennium human vital organs such as kidneys can be therapeutically transplanted from a deceased donor to a dialysis patient.
We have institutional assistance to facilitate such therapeutic vital organ transplantation. BUT !!
Currently we generally conduct them as "opt in".
That means, those listed as vital organ donors on driver's license because the licensee explicitly directed the DMV to list them as organ donors.
Kudos to those that have already attended to this. BUT !!
Demand, need of human vital organs exceeds supply.
Is there nothing that can be done about that?
One option would be to convert from "opt-in" vital organ donator DMV status, to "opt-out".
That would still leave the choice up to the individual citizen. BUT !
It could substantially reduce the number of vital organs disposed of,
thereby simultaneously multiply the number of patients whose lives could be transformed for the better by receiving vital organ donation.
This is a modern medical miracle that can literally restore sight to the blind.
If YOU were blind. If what was preventing you from receiving the gift of sight was squeamish DMV practice,
would you favor this revision?
Should States convert to an opt out standard, where vital organs are automatically preserved for therapeutic transplantation?
* ref:
zero-sum game
n.
A situation in which a gain by one person or side must be matched by a loss by another person or side
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
Are they all?
In our new millennium human vital organs such as kidneys can be therapeutically transplanted from a deceased donor to a dialysis patient.
We have institutional assistance to facilitate such therapeutic vital organ transplantation. BUT !!
Currently we generally conduct them as "opt in".
That means, those listed as vital organ donors on driver's license because the licensee explicitly directed the DMV to list them as organ donors.
Kudos to those that have already attended to this. BUT !!
Demand, need of human vital organs exceeds supply.
Is there nothing that can be done about that?
One option would be to convert from "opt-in" vital organ donator DMV status, to "opt-out".
That would still leave the choice up to the individual citizen. BUT !
It could substantially reduce the number of vital organs disposed of,
thereby simultaneously multiply the number of patients whose lives could be transformed for the better by receiving vital organ donation.
This is a modern medical miracle that can literally restore sight to the blind.
If YOU were blind. If what was preventing you from receiving the gift of sight was squeamish DMV practice,
would you favor this revision?
Should States convert to an opt out standard, where vital organs are automatically preserved for therapeutic transplantation?
* ref:
zero-sum game
n.
A situation in which a gain by one person or side must be matched by a loss by another person or side
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.