Is Cryonics Safe???

The Ted Williams case in the last few years, along with a push for
longer, healthier lives in America, has sparked the idea that has been
around for years which is starting to gain more and more attention:
Cryonics. Cryonics is the "freezing" of the human body after death
to preserve it for the future, when cures for the causes of death can
be reversed and cured. In reality what sounds like a fairy tail has
many unanswered questions and criticism from many people in the United
States.
During the cryonic stage, most of the blood in the body is drained and
replaced with an anti-freeze like solution. The body is then lowered
in temperature to the point where no chemical reactions can occur to
prevent decomposition. The body is then hung, and stored in a metal
cylinder, waiting until cancer, Alzheimer's, mental disabilities and
other illnesses can be reversed.
However, the future of cryonics is uncertain. Who knows if a
cure for cancer will ever be found, and if it is, how certain are the
doctors that they can bring the person out of the frozen state, and
back to life. No such cases in which the patient who has been frozen
have successfully been brought back. Also, a majority of the human
body is water. When water freezes it expands, so when the body is
frozen, what damage will be caused? With Cryonics there are too many
uncertainties to be deemed safe.
I am in no way saying that Cryonics is a lost hope. I believe that
more research should be made before it is put into practice. With more
research not only will the procedure be safer and more certain, but
also it will be more affordable to the average person. Right now, only
the upper-class can afford the procedure and the storage fees.
Therefore I believe that government funding should be put into place to
research cryonics. It would be excellent in the future if a paraplegic
could be frozen and then be brought back to walk again, but until
research is done, this can not be determined as safe. What do you
think?

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