So, let me get this straight, we’re supposed to DONATE our blood, which is then sold to Hospitals, and billed to patients insurance? Is that right? We’re supposed to DONATE our blood, which, if we need blood in the future, we will then be billed for out of pocket if our insurance companies simply choose not to pay for the procedure? We’re supposed to DONATE blood which we may have to pay for in the future, which might ruin us financially?
Am I getting this right?
America, land of the fucked.
So simple, yet so profound. I for one feel honored to be FREE™ enough to enjoy this fuckery
Yeah fuck you pay me. We’re a capitalist nation let’s fucking capitalize.
Yes, we never put a system in place to support another method.
To save time for those who wonder which nation the title forgets to mention;
The American Red Cross
For those wanting sustainable red cells, hit me up. I’m gonna modify the 500 genes or so in the pig genome to insert the human cDNA and make them compatible for xenotransfusion. Gonna need a gofundme though, probably gonna cost half a billion or so.
Nice try, Vampires.
Do they still actively try and discriminate against gay guys and their blood? Last I checked it disqualified you from donating if you had same sex action within the last 6 months.
Maybe when they’re legitimately desperate (and not artificially for the sake of boosting numbers), they can set that aside or have realistic time periods for LGBT people.
I believe in August the rules changed a bit:
Individuals who have had anal sex in the last three months may be eligible to donate as long as they did not have sex with someone new or with multiple partners during that timeframe.
https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/how-to-donate/eligibility-requirements/lgbtq-donors.html
Sorry, my blood is too gay to donate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I worked for a company 20 years ago that had already been trying to bring synthetic blood to market for 20 years.
Far as I know they still haven’t released it.
It’s really, really hard to do.
Most of it is not approved for use in humans.
What does all this synthetic blood get used for, then?
Mostly in veterinary medicine, few countries that have lax regulations also allow the use on humans in limited cases.
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