California Beaming: State Credits Facebook With 1,400 Percent Spike In Organ Donors
It was early Tuesday when Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced on “Good Morning America” that Facebook users could now indicate whether or not they were organ donors in their social-network bios. By half past noon PT the same day, Donate Life California had experienced an 800 percent uptick in online donor registrations, the Los Angeles Times reported.
It was early Tuesday when Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced on “Good Morning America” that Facebook users could now indicate whether or not they were organ donors in their social-network bios. By half past noon PT the same day, Donate Life California had experienced an 800 percent uptick in online donor registrations, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Hours later, a Facebook status update on the organ donor registry’s page reported that as of 5 p.m.
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