car-crash-organ-transplants

id: title: Organ Transplants Down As Stay-At-Home Rules Reduce Fatal Traffic Collisions slug: car-crash-organ-transplants date: 2020-05-21 10:21:00 AM format: Narrative url: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/20/858712314/organ-transplants-down-as-stay-at-home-rules-reduce-fatal-traffic-collisions duration:

Morbidly, auto crashes are a good source of healthy organs for transplantation. Pandemic lockdown means fewer crash deaths, and therefore fewer organs for transplant.