Are you an organ donor? I'm not. \ stacker news ~alter

A week or so ago, I listened to a podcast with Tom Woods interviewing Will Boytim, whose son drowned. (https://tomwoods.com/ep-2665-we-saved-our-son-by-ditching-the-hospital)

He and his wife were subject to unrelenting pressure to have their son taken off the machines that were keeping him alive, and declared dead, so that his baby's organs could be harvested. It was crazy to listen to. I didn't know that's where organ donation was going.

The hospital wasn't using any of the latest treatments to reduce the brain inflammation that can actually heal kids that have technically "drowned". And they reacted very poorly when he suggested some alternative therapies.

After he and his wife took their baby out of the hospital, and got him the needed treatments, he improved dramatically. His son is now doing okay, with some issues with fine motor skills, but basically, doing well. Will Boytim created a website https://drownedbaby.org/ to teach other parents how to deal with this situation.

I was reminded of this whole issue by this article that just popped up, also about organ donation: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dead-or-just-mostly-dead

I am NOT currently an organ donor, though I was in the past. I think I changed my mind on organ donation quite some time ago. But my experience with hospitals and the whole medical industry during covid has definitely solidified that position.

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67 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 7h

I used to be, but I’m not now because of this kind of BS in the medical system.

146 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 6h

I currently am. It’s tough because you want to and then you hear stories like this and it makes you wonder:

Was the intent getting organs or were they incidental and just top of mind for the parents
If the intent was getting organs, how common is that

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 5h

Yeah i am, ever since i lived in Europe. Never felt the need to distrust hospitals there. Not so much profit driven, so doctors mostly felt reliable in their medical assessment.

In Korea, much less so. They will prescribe a full MRI-like battey of tests, even when it makes no medical sense.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Machiavelli23 5h

I’m a donor. I watch this movie John Q when I was a younger and after watching it I decided I would be a donor when I grew up. It’s actually a really good movie I believe it’s based on a true story Denzel Washington is in it so you know it’s good.