The religious arguments are handled in a few paragraphs at the start of an article, even in publications dedicated solely to this question, and the rest of the material argues endlessly about the dangers of blood transfusions. It follows from the very nature of medical activities that transfusions are dangerous. After all, blood transfusions are administered to persons who are in mortal danger. If a person were not on the verge of dying from disease or injury, the complicated procedure of transfusing blood from another human would not be undertaken.
Blood is, after all, a liquid organ, and a blood transfusion is an organ transplant .
People are unique individuals, and the dangers of organ transplants are outlined in great detail in serious medical journals. In the pages where medical professionals are urging each other to caution, WTS writers can find an endless supply of quotations. There is ample information available on hazards of transfusions . . . Sure, every transfusion may not result in a reaction or disease, but as one author stated on the subject, it is like playing liquid Russian roulette. Every drunk driver does not cause a death or accident, everyone that smokes does not develop lung cancer, . . .