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   michaelk (michaelk@mas.to)'s status on Monday, 11-Dec-2023 15:51:18 JST michaelk

   Did you know: If you have a pacemaker, you can put it in your Will to have your pacemaker donated to a dog in need after you pass. Pacemakers cannot be donated to another human, but they can be donated to dogs with cardiac issues who would depend on it to stay alive. You can have the pacemaker brought to a vet of your choice. Pacemakers get thrown away & dogs die because people don't know they can do this. Which sometimes means the difference in being able to afford lifesaving treatment or not.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Monday, 11-Dec-2023 15:51:15 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     @michaelk The danger it poses for a human (prion diseases) are the same it poses for a dog. I'd be concerned with how it might be used.

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     🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 13:44:07 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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     • Alan Miller :verified_paw:

     @fencepost

     Depending on the disease, yes, slower than viruses and the sorts of stuff we are familiar with. But it depends on the exposure of course and the specific form of the disease.

     @michaelk

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     Alan Miller :verified_paw: (fencepost@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Dec-2023 13:44:08 JST Alan Miller :verified_paw:

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     • 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

     @freemo @michaelk aren't prion diseases typically pretty slow? There may be an expectation that dogs needing pacemakers aren't expected to live long enough for diseases to be an issue simply because of canine lifespans.