Adam Carroll

In Winnipeg, asking for safer streets can get you a label. Some councillors have begun describing residents who support lower speeds or protected bike routes as “extremists” or members of a “radical bike lobby.” It is a strange way to talk about people who simply want to get home safely. The rhetoric suggests an adversarial relationship between city hall and the public it serves.

Highlights • The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a deficit in transplantation in the US. • There was a 6% decrease in the number transplants and 14% in registrations. • This impact was the strongest in kidney transplantation. • There are no data to forecast the rebound effect this will have on transplantation. Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has uniquely affected the United States. We hypothesize that transplantation would be uniquely affected.