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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
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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.
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