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According to this; blood is a $21b export: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-top-exporters-of-blood.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-

• arcticfox 7y ago
  The author of the oec.world site used as the source for the original article already updated the site to be more clear and posted in this thread because this was, in fact, fake news. The $21B number includes human and animal vaccines, which is the overwhelming majority.
  • scottlocklin 7y ago
    Citations needed: most of it is actually blood plasma as far as I can tell[1] [2]. Just because you don't like the messenger doesn't mean the message is false. [1] https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-does-the-us-export-blood-despite-vermonts-shortages/Content?oid=24981787 https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-does-the-us-expo... [2] https://www.newsweek.com/two-percent-us-export-income-blood-1476763 https://www.newsweek.com/two-percent-us-export-income-blood-...
• glofish 7y ago
  The most important attribute of fake news is the appeal to emotion and outrage, and using that to paint a manipulative picture - that's is the primary reason for this being a fake news. Not even wether or not blood is the biggest export. As it turns out the "blood category" was a mislabel, it included vaccines as well - thus this fake news lost even that shred of credibility. But even if this tidbit were true the main original article is still nothing more than propaganda.