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Rather than ethically fraught body fluid markets, why not just pay people for 'missed work costs'? Sick leave is a perfectly reasonable policy that governments
by giantDinosaur 6y ago
Rather than ethically fraught body fluid markets, why not just pay people for 'missed work costs'? Sick leave is a perfectly reasonable policy that governments interested in public health should support.
- lixtra 6y agoBecause then there’s less incentive to give your blood, so it doesn’t solve the problem at hand.
- giantDinosaur 6y agoThe government can likewise introduce legislation (or whatever) to allow for emergency blood donations with payment if it turned out to be the best solution to covid. But I was responding to the criticism that it should be allowed for recouping the costs linked to a lack of sick leave and precarious working conditions, where it seems exactly the wrong solution.
- nickpp 6y agoSolving a botched government intervention with another botched government intervention, huh? That is how Venezuela got to be the amazing success story that it is.
- giantDinosaur 6y agoYou cannot be seriously suggesting that government mandated sick leave results in Venezuela. I'm living in a country that provides mandated sick leave (which should be expanded to more casual workers, especially in this context, at least temporarily) and, shockingly, we haven't gone the way of Venezuela. Nobody should have to sell their blood to recover costs - if things are that dire, there needs to be a proper support system in place, and in exceptional times that certainly includes some level of sick leave support for low paid/casual workers.