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Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 22:59:30 EST
Subject: John de Rivaz' question

I think John de Rivaz recently asked how many of our patients had been 
members for at least two weeks before death.

By my count, 26 of the 37.

I really don't know what that tells us that wasn't already obvious, namely, 
that people tend to procrastinate. And I don't know what we can do about it 
that we aren't already doing.

In a way, it's encouraging that we get so many death-bed and post-mortem 
inquiries. It shows that (relatively) a lot of people have it on their minds 
in some degree. In a death-bed or post-mortem situation, most of those figure 
it's too late, and we never hear from them, especially since the patient 
him/herself can do little or nothing. But we are easier to find now, and 
becoming better known, which will gradually help. (Since the ABC-TV broadcast 
last week, we have heard from people who say they had never heard of us 
before.)

Robert Ettinger
Cryonics Institute
Immortalist Society
http://www.cryonics.org

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