But its a lot.It is indeed a lot of hurting and waiting for about 2,800 black Texans on the kidney transplant list. In Texas, more than 45% of the 10,000 people on the kidney transplant waiting list are Hispanic and more than 25% are black. Many patients die waiting for those organs and during the pandemic, its gotten even worse. Its a good plan, if he can find someone because, during the coronavirus pandemic, transplant operations plummeted when doctors werent sure whether it was worth bringing patients in for an operation and hospital stay. A: Almost any healthy person can donate a kidney or liver while alive and continue living a normal life.