Prohibiting gays from donating blood

[qazwart]

@Urbanredneck

All the problems of blood supply would end if they would pay people for donating.

Years ago I used to donate regularly, about every other month. But the last time I was lieing there donating it occurred to me that everyone in that room was getting paid except me. Here I was giving 2-3 hours of my time (if you count the time to drive there, donate, then come home to rest and recuperate) and I got nothing for it except some cookies.

Then I thought, yeah there are places where one can get $50 for donating blood. Plus I did some research and I found out they turned around and made like $100 for each pint I “donated”.

I quit donating after that.

Do they still pay people to donate blood plasma?

[WhyNot]

@qazwart

Do they still pay people to donate blood plasma?

In some places, yes. But blood plasma doesn’t carry nearly as many disease risks, because it’s tested individually (I believe) rather than batch tested, and it’s “cleaned” of everything that isn’t plasma as it’s separated into components given to the person who needs them AND it can be heat treated to kill pathogens before it’s administered, while whole blood cannot.