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Frogs in Boiling Water  Posted By Submitted On July 15, 2013 @
5:17 pm In Letters to the Editor | Comments Disabled  A
researcher once put a frog in a pan of tepid water, then put the
pan on a burner turned very low. As the water warmed gradually,
the frog, being cold-blooded, thought it was pleasant and saw no
need to move. Since it’s normal for a frog’s body to change
temperature along with the environment, the change caused no
alarm. Only a sudden change would have triggered a response.
Eventually the heat caused the frog to pass out and he was
boiled to death.  What frightens me is that our entire
civilization may be on a similar track when it comes to organ
transplants. Fifty years ago the number of people on waiting
lists for new organs was zero. The amount of money paid for
transplants was zero. None of our tax dollars went to support
such operations, and the budgets of HMO’s were not being
strained by the enormous costs of transplants. When