• sir_pronoun@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    9 months ago

    The real crime here is how much money the companies selling the products made from the plasma make.

    Scam poor people out of their plasma, then charge sick people horrendous prices.

    Sound bad? Yes! But thankfully there’s a solution! It’s… drumroll guillotines!!

      • Kayday@lemmy.world
        3·
        9 months ago

        Huh, TIL. I’ve donated at blood drives in the past and got a cookie but that was it. Must be different.

        • ArmyTiger@lemmy.world
          16·
          9 months ago

          The US approach to donation is odd, to say the least. You can’t be paid for blood, or organs. Blood products, like plasma, aren’t actually regulated and you can be compensated for them. The companies that collect those blood and organs you can’t profit from? They can make money from those transactions.

        • CaptainEffort@sh.itjust.works
          7·
          9 months ago

          Donating plasma and blood are different, yeah. My dad would donate plasma and was given a card that would be added to every time he went. I want to say it was like $50 each time, but you weren’t allowed to go too often.

    • cron@feddit.de
      5·
      9 months ago

      Here you can get up to 40€ per donation, max 50 times a year. So in theory, you could maybe earn a third of your rent this way (best case).

  • wellee@lemmy.world
    18·
    9 months ago

    She wouldn’t be able to donate because she has a full sleeve, you need to see her veins…

    So it must an April fools!

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      Maybe she doesn’t on the other arm or has a usable vein elsewhere 🤷

      The veins in my arms are difficult to find, so when I need blood extracted they use one on the back of my hand. They could do the same with her…

      • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        They can’t/wont use hand veins for this, since they have to extract, process, and return the volume not used. IME they wanted an arm vein and only went after the inner elbow for the needle site. The hand vein likely isn’t large enough to use for this purpose.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
    9·
    9 months ago

    Back in my old job I actually did this.

    You could make $400 a month for 30 minutes a week. It was better than a part-time job, but definitely still a testament to the fact that we’re all being robbed of our labor, seeing as how you shouldn’t need it if you’re a working adult.

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    9 months ago

    I got money for donating plasma. It was cool.

    Lots of people need plasma.

    I don’t think this is as hellish as everyone is pretending, this is straightforward supply and demand.

    Red cross is way worse, since they ask for donations, sell blood at a profit and don’t disburse any compensation to their volunteers.

    • onkyo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      7·
      9 months ago

      Boy Boy made a great video about this. A lot of the blood is actually going towards silicon valley tech billionaires who think other peoples blood can cure aging. Companys also sell the blood at a profit so it’s not like they’re actually better than the red cross who give the blood to actual hospitals. There is a reason we don’t allow people to sell their organs. Giving too much plasma can be dangerous. It shouldn’t be any different.

        • onkyo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          1·
          9 months ago

          So you’re saying it’s better that you donate plasma to companies that sell it to silicon valley bros at the highest bidder than donating for free to the red cross and having it going to a hospital?

            • onkyo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              1·
              9 months ago

              Thank you! I envy your imagination though in thinking that the red cross can donate the blood plasma to hospitals while also paying the donors a bunch of money. Seems like it would cut into the other important work the red cross does just so they can compete with for profit companies that sell the plasma to the highest bidder where it goes to tech companies wasting it on fake anti-aging cures. But what do I know.

      • TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee
        2·
        9 months ago

        In germany there is a limit how often you can donate. I think that is something that every country should implement. If you can only donate 5 times a year there is no real medical problem with doing it.

  • WoahWoah@lemmy.world
    3·
    9 months ago

    Interesting fact though: plasma donation is an effective way of dramatically lowering PFAS and other “forever chemicals” as well as possibly microplastics in the bloodstream.

    True story.