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Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h... by ksenzee on Monday March 03, 2025 @03:55PM (#43246587)
But every country that bans payment turns around and buys plasma from countries that don’t. So it doesn’t make their plasma supply one bit safer. All it does is make plasma-derived products rarer and more expensive.
Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h... by burnished on Monday March 03, 2025 @05:13PM (#43247492)
Might be a demographic difference that explains it. I donated materials when I was a broke college student, wouldn't surprise me if the bulk came from people in similar situations
Re:James Harrison, whose blood donations saved >2M babies, h... by xnyan on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:11PM (#43247971)
This is correct, and is also true for healthy volunteers in clinical trials. I did them when I was a young broke college student, 100% of the healthy volunteers were where what I would consider to be quite poor.