I am sure that you are squeamish about this sort of recycling. But, as you say, there are from thousands to millions who cannot afford a pacemaker under the current plan. So, for them, it is recycled or DEATH. That choice might make part of the choice simpler for them to make.
Now, as for them having been inside another living creature, there are a couple of things to say about that. There are millions of folks living with transplanted pieces of either living or dead people inside them: if you add to that the folks who have had blood from live folks put inside them, the number climbs precipitously.
The other is that lots of people TOUCHED and HANDLED the pieces of the pacemaker before the first person had it inserted. It may have been sneezed on or other dirt may have encrusted it. That is cleaned off before the first implant. They will do that same for the second implant...and on, and on....
I'm sorry that you have the phobia about this recycling. For others who ACTUALLY face the choice, this may be the necessary path.
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I am sure that you are squeamish about this sort of recycling. But, as you say, there are from thousands to millions who cannot afford a pacemaker under the current plan. So, for them, it is recycled or DEATH. That choice might make part of the choice simpler for them to make.
Now, as for them having been inside another living creature, there are a couple of things to say about that. There are millions of folks living with transplanted pieces of either living or dead people inside them: if you add to that the folks who have had blood from live folks put inside them, the number climbs precipitously.
The other is that lots of people TOUCHED and HANDLED the pieces of the pacemaker before the first person had it inserted. It may have been sneezed on or other dirt may have encrusted it. That is cleaned off before the first implant. They will do that same for the second implant...and on, and on....
I'm sorry that you have the phobia about this recycling. For others who ACTUALLY face the choice, this may be the necessary path.
November 6, 2010 - 11:25pmThis Comment
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