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minus-squareDragging up again@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 days agoIt’s a loophole for laws on selling body parts. You can’t sell the plasma so you donate the plasma and they pay you for the time it takes to collect, which to be fair is a hell of a lot longer than collecting blood.
minus-squareLiana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 days agoPossibly “donation” because the payment isn’t guaranteed? I mean this in a way that the company is using to protect itself.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoCompany?? This is getting too much. I thought it was a public service.
minus-squareLiana@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 hours agoRegular blood donation goes through the Red Cross, which is a nonprofit. This plasma donation happens through private companies though.
That’s not what donating means…
It’s a loophole for laws on selling body parts. You can’t sell the plasma so you donate the plasma and they pay you for the time it takes to collect, which to be fair is a hell of a lot longer than collecting blood.
Possibly “donation” because the payment isn’t guaranteed? I mean this in a way that the company is using to protect itself.
Company?? This is getting too much. I thought it was a public service.
Regular blood donation goes through the Red Cross, which is a nonprofit. This plasma donation happens through private companies though.