Aug. 5, 2020
The organ transplant aftershock
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A listener asks a question about organ donations in the time of covid-19 … and her question leads Martine down a rabbit hole on the current state of organ transplantation in the United States.
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.
