The people that make the decision on who is The United Network for Organ Sharing. (UNOS) is a non-profit organization that contracts with the federal government’s Department of Health and Human Services to serve as the nation’s organ transplant system. UNOS establishes allocation policy and manages the national transplant waiting list matching donors to recipients 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The organization’s policies and computerized network match donated organs with transplant candidates in order to save as many lives as possible while providing recipients with the best chance for long-term survival.
Using a combination of donor and candidate medical data—including blood type, medical urgency and location of the transplant and donor hospitals—UNOS’ system generates a rank-order of candidates to be offered each organ. This match is unique to each donor and each organ. Before an organ is allocated, all transplant candidates on the waiting list that are incompatible with the donor because of blood type, height, weight and other medical factors are automatically screened out.
While many factors are used to match organs with patients, only medical and logistical factors are taken into consideration for all organs. Personal or social characteristics such as celebrity status or income do not play a role in transplant priority.
There is nothing in the system that puts any basis on race, gender, religion, or anything but what is displayed here. So trying to make something out of nothing is close to a bald faced lie. If the organ matches up with a receiver, and it fits the scrutiny, it is transported and the receiving medical facility can accomplish the surgery. It’s very cut and dry and can’t be made any more fair because of match.
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Logic is racist.