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Lots of people object to the idea of people paying for blood to stay healthier longer -- but they ignore the fact that it happens today with blood plasma, which
by nostromo 3y ago
Lots of people object to the idea of people paying for blood to stay healthier longer -- but they ignore the fact that it happens today with blood plasma, which is collected from donors who are paid.
There is even a market for blood itself, with the strange stipulation that in the US the donor isn't compensated. (But everyone else along the supply chain is paid handsomely).
- slipheen 3y agoHow does the idea that "People are already doing objectionable thing X", make "objectionable thing Y" better? I appreciate where you are coming from - It seems like you're saying it's not that far from existing common practices. But if people find something distasteful and think it's a bad idea, how close it is to other things isn't really relevant. Maybe those should be banned/fixed too, maybe not. But if people dislike something or find it "yucky", it's fair for them to raise objections.
- codethief 3y ago> with the strange stipulation that in the US the donor isn't compensated I used to work in that field and it's actually a great stipulation. Otherwise you'd have poor people coming in to sell their blood to make a living. The place I worked at paid people for plasma (but not for whole blood) and it was a difference like night & day in terms of the kind of people that this attracted. They often came in as often as was legally allowed (every 10(?) days) and looked awful.