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They do exactly that for transplants. edit: but as I understand it, this isn't meant to be a moral judgement, just giving the organ to someone who will get the
by scottlamb 5y ago
They do exactly that for transplants.
edit: but as I understand it, this isn't meant to be a moral judgement, just giving the organ to someone who will get the most life from it. Maybe a distinction vs anti-vaxxers is that hospital staff don't expect choosing a vaccination or not to be a pattern that extends beyond this pandemic? or just that they haven't established a process? I don't know.
- swader999 5y agoNo they don't. They assign donors based on most likely to have a successful outcome and longevity afterward.
- scottlamb 5y agoI just was editing my comment to add exactly that, but nonetheless I think the list you gave matches their criteria pretty accurately...
- hotsauceror 5y agoMy father was on a kidney waiting list for a little over a year. His physician told him that if they were to learn that he had even one alcoholic drink while he was on the list, he'd be moved to the end (he had no history of alcohol misuse, this was just kidney donor boilerplate). So it would appear that lifestyle factors can figure into these medical decisions, although it's not a moral judgment.
- lakis 5y agoAlcohol drinking affects the liver. So this is relevant for the success of kidney transplants and not a "drinking alcohol is bad" reason.
- SpicyLemonZest 5y agoMy understanding is that transplants are triaged as organs become available, and there's no situation where available organs would be held in reserve to wait for someone who can use them better.