Some of them are. If the principle isn't idiotic.
I also wonder if some of these people are not confusing their principles with their pride.
That monkey body of yours can't handle the alcohol?
No, hereditary disease. So I am in a similar position as that guy, tho my situation is not as dire. Will still die a miserable death from being poisoned by my own blood if I don't take the necessary steps to ensure my own survival, many of which are bigger asks in terms of time, effort and general lifestyle changes than the couple minutes it takes to get a shot. Hence why I think the guy a colossal moron.
But in all seriousness, that's shit having to get a transplant
Yes, it is. Fortunately, hemodialysis to tide things over until a donor organ can be found. Tho that is in itself also pretty rough. Next few years are gonna suck.
When you get an organ transplant your immune system has to be suppressed so that the organ doesn't start getting rejected by the body, which means you're much more likely to die from something as basic as the flu. When something as virulent as the flu and 10x more deadly is around and infecting massive swaths of the population of course they don't want to waste an incredibly valuable organ on someone who is significantly more likely to die post transplant than the next person on the recipient list.
Yup, and they check absolutely everything to make sure you're as healthy as can be and there is as little as possible that could cause complications. Down to your teeth. Got a cavity? That, if not the entire tooth, has gotta go. Cuz even something as minor as an infected tooth could end you in the first couple weeks after your transplant.
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