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How do you travel to another country, and come back with new kidneys specially when you are already of old age and so not so high on a donation waiting list?



> not so high on a donation waiting list?

The CCP will move you to the top of this list if you're powerful and well-connected, as she was.


I mean you can replace CCP with any large groups of people or say any country and that’s going to be true.


I know other western countries were people in their 60ies regularly receive transplants.

This is in itself nothing sinister and cause for questioning. I don't know about the regulations in mainland China that govern organ donations, so I am not equipped to argue in this specific case.

Just the fact that one received a transplant doesn't mean that there is suspicious activity involved.


Steve Jobs travelled to Tennessee and came back with a new liver.


Is there something about being old that prevents you from traveling on planes or receiving organ transplants?


Life threatening blood clots for one. Deep vein thrombosis is a very real killer in long haul flights.


I assume it's usually the younger, higher scored potential organ recipients, even in your own country.


China has one of the largest organ transplant programs in the world and there's a very well documented practice of well connected CCP members getting preference.


No. But China had very recently only 31 ( yes 31 ) persons officially registered as organ donor. So how do you travel to another country, and come back with new organs that fast? How do you jump the queue? In the West you are even refused a heart transplant if you are not vaccinated for Covid...




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