> 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 h

> 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.