From the Atlanta Daily World:
Photo: Getty Images Kidneys donated by Black Americans are more likely to be discarded due to a flawed system based on race, according to a report. Black Americans are three times more likely to develop kidney failure than their white counterparts. While accounting for only 12 percent of the U.S. population, 35 percent of Americans … Continued
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My only real question is: can’t you tell that…before you take them out?
Yeah, that’s the reason it’s got to be “organ donor” like on your driver’s license and they take everything they can right before you die.
So like, if the algorithm is leading to rejecting healthy kidneys due to race of the donor, this could be a huge deal.
But also, kidneys aren’t good forever, and maybe a match isn’t close by?
It’s very interesting just nowhere near enough details for an article.