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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Maybe someone who refuses to donate can comment, but other then your organs being cancer infested or full of disease I can't think of a single good reason to not donate.
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I've been looking back at some of the tainted blood scandals from the 80s/90s recently, and one of the big recommendations is maintaining a volunteer donation system (not paid in this context). I think the reasoning is still valid and draws some parallels in that having an opt-in/volunteer system provides an extra layer of safety/security.
There is always a chance that something gets missed on a screening test. In the context of blood donations, when someone gets paid, then people have a motivation to donate blood and introduce something to the system when they shouldn't (even if it should get caught, it might not).
Same thing with the opt-in on organ donations. You should opt in when you know/have every reason to believe your organs will be fine for someone. If you place the onus on people opting out (let's be honest, people are lazy, or might not know that they should), then you risk missing diseases, cancer, degenerative conditions that haven't shown up, etc. It's a small risk, but it might be an unacceptable risk to take.