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You Really Should Test Bits of People You Are Going to Put Into Other People
It seems like we keep having to revisit this, and I am not sure why. It took a while to realize we really should test blood before transfusing it. It took a while to make sure that we were testing body parts (like cadaver gum tissue) before transplanting them. I mean, this seems pretty obvious by now. But, no, we are still rediscovering that this is an issue.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/06/killer-poop-fecal-transplant-patients-death-prompts-fda-to-push-out-warning/
Surprise: you need to test the poop before transplanting it. Because, it came from a human. And humans have cooties. Now, in the poop case, you want some of the cooties. But some of the cooties you do not want. Testing!
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/06/killer-poop-fecal-transplant-patients-death-prompts-fda-to-push-out-warning/
Surprise: you need to test the poop before transplanting it. Because, it came from a human. And humans have cooties. Now, in the poop case, you want some of the cooties. But some of the cooties you do not want. Testing!