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TLDR Takeaway; Do NOT check the Organ Donor Box at the DMV.

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Archive.org mirrors Play in expando to watch as an embedded video. Link only let's you download, not watch on-page.
720x1280, ~385mb, 1:15:20 https://web.archive.org/web/20240202230358/https://s56.123apps.com/vconv/d/s5665bd74158bbeb_Hrs9NhpC.mp4
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I read about this a few years ago. It's fucking terrible.

I immediately pulled myself off the organ donor list and advised everyone around me to do the same.

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I had read a bit of this, but to hear it laid out so methodicly, and realise it's all a coordinated effort, is a bit chilling. You are only valuable as long as you can work and produce.

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One of the few benefits of being a voluntary alcoholic is never having to worry about unscrupulous medics stealing your organs.

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Not true. Even hiv positive people can be organ donors.

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The Harvard definition for brain death was in 1987. It says brain death is the death of the entire brain and the brain stem. No, EEG's are not used to determine brain death because an isoelectric eeg could be inaccurate. Brain death is determined now days through exams such as transcranial doppler, apnea testing; CT scan to assess blood flow in the brain.

People that work in organ donation look for signs of life, not signs of death. No one wants to be involved in the demise of a patient for the purposes of organ donation.

Organ donation is one of the touchy subjects that scares people because they hear stuff like what's in this video. Organ donation does save lives but, at what cost? My issue with it is not only the determination of brain death or removal of cardiac life support but the fact that families give organs to people that need them. Hospitals, big pharma and organ donation agencies make millions of dollars on those donated organs.

Give that money to the families if you're going to donate.

No, I am neither an organ or a tissue donor.