The wait for organ transplants is on the rise as fewer people die in car crashes and other accidents amid coronavirus restrictions.
Those numbers -- 2 very good things in a vacuum -- are bad news for people desperately waiting for new organs. It's also happening at a time of year when UNOS usually sees a surge in donations due to more people traveling ... which leads to more accidents on roads, and during vacations.
Organ donors from traffic deaths plummeted 23% nationwide from March 8 to April 11 compared to the same period last year, and organ donors dying in all other accidents were down 21% ... according to UNOS. Emergency room visits are down too -- people are scared to go because of COVID-19 -- and that creates another problem. Many transplanted organs come from stroke and heart attack victims -- the 2nd and 3rd most common sources -- but now they're happening less frequently in hospitals ... rendering those organs useless for donation.
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