Gem
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- Aug 11, 2004
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Can you just IMAGINE the lawsuits when a healthy man who suffered an accident that damaged his corneas was given "high risk" corneas and developed HIV?!?!?!?
You could have him sign 8 million waivers and agreements and none of them would mean anything. The right (or wrong, more appropriately) lawyer would sue the doctors and/or hospital out of existence...and he/she would win.
The Red Cross is right on the money, covering their ass and protecting people (even though I agree, its a shame to throw organ donations away) from getting communicable diseases through high-risk organs.
Hey, when I was in college I spent the majority of my 4 years unable to give blood. Between my tatoo, my eyebrow piercing, and my tongue piercing, I was out of the running for blood donation due to my higher risk for hepatitis. I always made sure that the tatoo/piercing parlor used a clean, new needle and an autoclave...and I've never contracted hepatitis...but my blood (I'm 0+, universal donor) was rejected everytime...and it should have been...why waste the time and supplies on blood they might have to reject...why risk giving a child blood that is going to harm them forever?
(For the record, all the piercings except for the ones in my ears have gone...somehow I didn't think they'd go over so well when I was interviewing for teaching positions )
You could have him sign 8 million waivers and agreements and none of them would mean anything. The right (or wrong, more appropriately) lawyer would sue the doctors and/or hospital out of existence...and he/she would win.
The Red Cross is right on the money, covering their ass and protecting people (even though I agree, its a shame to throw organ donations away) from getting communicable diseases through high-risk organs.
Hey, when I was in college I spent the majority of my 4 years unable to give blood. Between my tatoo, my eyebrow piercing, and my tongue piercing, I was out of the running for blood donation due to my higher risk for hepatitis. I always made sure that the tatoo/piercing parlor used a clean, new needle and an autoclave...and I've never contracted hepatitis...but my blood (I'm 0+, universal donor) was rejected everytime...and it should have been...why waste the time and supplies on blood they might have to reject...why risk giving a child blood that is going to harm them forever?
(For the record, all the piercings except for the ones in my ears have gone...somehow I didn't think they'd go over so well when I was interviewing for teaching positions )