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One of the benefits of blood donation is your blood is screened for a bunch of stuff. I do wish they'd expand the testing a bit. I think a lot of people would
by chneu 2y ago
One of the benefits of blood donation is your blood is screened for a bunch of stuff.
I do wish they'd expand the testing a bit. I think a lot of people would donate if it came with a metabolic panel, for example.
- toast0 2y agoThere are ethical concerns if a donation is not of free will and with no expectation of benefits. If you get blood panel results with a "donation", it's an exchange of value, not a donation.
- Scoundreller 2y agoAlso ethical problems with paid staff and executives that treat the volunteer donation system like a business. See: various blood-donation-borne disease scandals in history. Nobody seems to ask for those positions to all become volunteer/unpaid. Nevertheless, there seems enough blood from a donation-only system, but not so for plasma (or most other live donation systems).
- wkat4242 2y agoAlso there's more incentive to lie about things that can disqualify one like sexual practices which is not a good idea.
- mvdtnz 2y agoThat doesn't answer the question.