I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Disease Zone. It has scientists studying the causes and processes of illness . Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
That’s a tough question. My personal opinion would be ‘yes’, for two reasons. First, though I understand how it feels unfair if they don’t want to donate but get organs anyways, making it a requirement to be a donor before you can benefit is full of problems. For example, though I’m not religious, I can understand that some people have religious or spiritual beliefs that make it impossible for them to donate. Would we condemn those people to die? Secondly, I would hope that people who received organs might be more likely to donate themselves once they see the benefit that donation brings!
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I had to think long and hard about this one, but my answer is ‘yes’.
People may want not to donate their organs for a lot of reasons, and we can’t possibly know what their reasons were. Maybe their religion doesn’t let them donate their organs. It might be something as simple as they have never thought about it before. If someone hasn’t registered to be an organ donor, but ends up in hospital needing a kidney transplant, should they be denied because they haven’t thought about it before?
Some people may also be unable to donate their organs because of illness. I don’t think that should mean that they are not allowed to have a transplant.
Finally, if someone benefits from an organ transplant, they may rethink their decision not to donate their organs when the time comes.
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I had to think a long time about this, but my answer would be yes. I know it seems on the surface to be unfair, but we can’t possibly know a person’s reasons for not wishing to be an organ donor. Some peoples religious beliefs prevent them, some people have jsut never thought about it and some people are just not informed about the process, but I don’t think we should deny them the second chance at life if they are fortunate enough for it to come up. And who knows, if they are given that opportunity, maybe (hopefully) it will change their minds and they will talk to their friends and family and let them know that donation is a good thing. Its something thats hard to talk about, but we all need to let our loved ones know what we think!
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Mmmm, yeah, I think so. We all know there are not enough organs and too many people that need a new organ. I think in a lot of European countries, you are automatically signed up as a donor, unless you actively tell the government you do not want to be a donor.
I think the problem here is too many people are lazy and can’t be bothered in changing their donor status, or don’t know how to change it.
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