The organ transplant aftershock

Post Reports

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🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Early on in the pandemic, we solicited queries from Post Reports listeners about covid-19. We received all kinds of responses — about masks, social distancing, food safety, testing, symptoms. And we received an email from one listener, Charlotte Cudd of Jacksonville, Fla., who was curious about whether people who die of covid-19 can still become organ donors. On today’s episode, we seek to answer her question — and we ask a few of our own.

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0:23.8	I'm routine powers.
0:25.6	It's Wednesday, August 5th.
0:31.0	Hi, wait, why can't I hear you?
0:39.0	Because I didn't hit on mute.
0:41.0	That would make sense.
0:43.0	How are you?
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0:45.0	How are you doing?
0:46.0	Good.
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0:48.0	Thank you for taking the time to get on the...
0:51.0	This is Charlotte Cud.
0:52.0	She lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and she is a Post Reports listener.
0:57.0	She'd written me an email a while back earlier in the pandemic when we were asking people for their questions about COVID.
1:03.0	I think it was a previous episode had talked about...
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