Comment on at the plasma donation place, one of the screening questions is "have you had a condition with scab formation?" - like, a superficial cut, or a mosquito bite?

• thebestaquaman@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok, so systems for donating blood are different in different places, I get that. Where I’m from, the only benefit you get from donating blood is a thumbs up, pat on the back, and a popsicle or a coffee cup or some other small gift.

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  • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    donating blood is NOT donating plasma.

    blood is probably more valuable, especially if you’re near something crazy, like a war or natural disaster. blood is so valuable it’s insane

    plasma, also super valuable, not so immediately helpful to people dying in a war zone

    i was literally just asking about mosquito bites what the fuck

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    • StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      To be fair, what yanks call donating plasma is a misnomer. This confuses the rest of the world, who would call it what it actually is: selling plasma.

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    • Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i was literally just asking about mosquito bites what the fuck

      You also asked if you should lie about safety on stuff to inject into other human beings who need medical aid. That shouldn’t even be a question. Needing money is no excuse to gamble with the lives of others.

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      • unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Whether I should lie about critical safety matters was not the question, and I got a ton of disingenuous flack and you’re buying into that.

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