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Originally Posted by 11mile
When did homicide become the gold-standard by which we guage our transplant rates? How are these two concepts even remotely related (other than to plant a seed of suggestion)?
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Because when somebody gets murdered; it's a tragedy and gets played on the news. Stations even go so far as to announce "this is the city's 5th murder this year."
But more lives are being lost to another cause, and it's getting more attention. If the article ends up reminding 100,000 people to sign their cards and talk to their family; then it has done its job. Odds are one of those people will eventually have their organs available for transplant, and a life can be saved.