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OftenBen  ·  2319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: America is now an outlier on driving deaths

    Neither of those directly affect others.

Technically speaking, those things benefit other people. Not to be too grim about it, but quite a few high-quality organs come from folks riding motorcycles without helmets. There's a reason ER doc's make jokes about 'Donorcycles.' Source: My boss works directly with Gift of Life, and we are starting a new project in conjunction with them soon.

It's a temporary benefit until we get all the kinks out of growing organs in petri dishes, but until that day comes, there is still a high demand for every tissue type you can think of.