Donations » Dr. A

“This isn’t balancing… you are saying we need to continue to make the same level of profits that gave us millions per vampire vs. keeping poorer patients alive”

“Well… yes. I believe the people running the program will insist on this, whether we like it or not. At least we need to give up profits only as a final measure.”

“Are we actively trying to prove Mark and his vampires are right? Or are we just stupid, greedy bastards?”

“So it sounds like we have to options of: (a) increase donors, (b) expand conversion, and (c) prioritize death… as viable alternatives. I will take this to higher pay grades, but my guess is they will prioritize it as ‘a’, ‘c’, and ‘b’ where we will do all three and use ‘b’ (and I am hoping profits) as a control nob. Trading one almost-past life for several longer future lives seems a very likely approach. Premature vampiric conversion of some for the benefit of the community.” I say all this with military stoicism. Inside I am losing breakfast and every other meal I have had recently. I can feel my left eye glistens from a single tear. Mark would have seen it, but these elite doctors are now studying a swarm of imagined butterflies.

DONATIONS » DR. A

They spent several million dollars hitting the airwaves and social media with the ‘Save a life… give a kidney’ campaign. The uptick in people getting evaluated for donations was noticeable within the first week. More than ten times as many people (two thousand) discussed kidney donation with their doctor or transplant clinic in that week alone than the number of undirected donations in a normal year. That sounds like a pretty effective marketing campaign, but…