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I think you're confused about a couple of things here.

1) I'm saying to take five minutes and register as a potential donor. If you're found as a match, you're not required to donate. You then get to chose if you want to donate more of your minutes.

2) You're vastly overstating the liklihood that you'd have to undergo surgery to donate bone marrow. This is typically referred to as FUD, and is generally considered a bad thing to do.



It's not FUD. If you donate bone marrow, the likelihood is 100%. The likelihood of donating may be < 100%, but that's not what is being discussed.


You're right, I mis-spoke. There is a difference between donating actual marrow, and donating peripheral blood stem cells.

The latter is far more more common and isn't technically donating marrow, but can be used in place of it.




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