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I don't think this is a very useful comparison because stem cells, blood, plasma, and vaccines are all things people choose to have done to their bodies based on guidance from medical science, and in all cases people are allowed to opt out of those things if if they disagree.
On the other hand lynchings, racial violence and other kinds of discrimination are not things anyone is likely to choose to happen to themselves, and they are also generally done to people against their will. Literally no one chose to be shot by the Christchurch shooter and he did not allow anyone to opt out.
Ah right, I get it. There aren't many things that fit into this category.