I’ve been a blood donor for most of my adult life, and have donated about 30 liters. Where I’m at you get a token donation and a thanks for donating, but someone mentioned that in the US you get paid quite a lot depending on the quality and the blood type.

I have a fairly uncommon blood type (about 10% of the population) and a blood count of around 150.

So, how wealthy would I have been if I had donated my blood in the US instead?

  • BigPotato@lemmy.world
    5·
    4 months ago

    I’d give for free if they gave it for free. They rip people off for the stuff I freely gave? No, I’ll take a few bucks out of their profit, thanks.

    Besides, I usually can’t donate anyway but I give that shit all the time when I can. Especially when I know where it’s being used (for free.)

    • reesilva@bolha.forum
      1·
      4 months ago

      So that’s the problem with the USA. Why does the country allow companies to make profit with people’s blood? That’s ridiculous. This is the type of thing that happens when you allow everything to become a product, even stuff from your body. It is like insulin, that people die for not having money to buy, and it is not that expensive, but someone has to get some profit from others’chances to survive. This is selfish at it’s maximum.