” It’s even more absurd that number will resolve a shortage.”
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If that 100,000 figure comes from the entire populace, how many organs will be available from a 2% portion of the populace? Of that two percent people have to die with no damage to the heart, decreasing the number even further.
I’d reference this as the ability to extrapolate meaning from the numbers, not comprehension skills:
“…hope breakthrough will help tame America’s massive shortage of heart donations”
That’s about like saying 200 hamburgers will help end massive hunger in the the U. S.
I had a quibble with the way this was framed in the headline.