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To: NonValueAdded
Donor screening nonexistent?

Read the article, it says it is believed that most people dying of a lung disease would be satisfied to take their chances with the lungs of a smoker. So screening is performed but apparently the screen is not very selective.

23 posted on 12/19/2012 10:27:31 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Who is John Galt?)
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To: pepsi_junkie

“most people dying of a lung disease would be satisfied to take their chances with the lungs of a smoker”

Reminds me of the days when ardent anti-smokers would accept tables in the smoking area of a busy restaurant instead of waiting for one in the non-smoking area.


25 posted on 12/19/2012 10:47:11 AM PST by fruser1
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Its the patients not selective, not the screen. They pass up and then have further wait which could be fatal as well.


33 posted on 12/19/2012 12:07:21 PM PST by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

But it was more than that. For her to die from cancer that quickly, it had to already be active in the donor’s lungs. Taking your chances with a smoker’s lungs is one thing; bringing in an active tumor is quite another.


36 posted on 12/19/2012 1:47:02 PM PST by NonValueAdded (If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, you've likely misread the situation.)
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