Interesting fact - The Canadian Red Cross stopped managing Canada's blood donation system in 1998 following the Krever Commission investigation into tainted blood.
@RogerKelman Oct 17, 2026
Here in the UK the NHS does all blood collection, processing and transfusion no chance of a rip-off
@iago314 Oct 17, 2026
Brasil does It for free, US health system IS dumb
@terryfranguiadakis Oct 17, 2026
Another fine pair of glasses
@GeneralNickles Oct 17, 2026
It also kinda depends on your blood type.
If you have AB+ blood, then there's literally no reason for you to donate blood.
People with AB+ can accept transfusions of any blood type. That means, despite it being the rarest "standard" blood type, hospitals don't really need it. They can just give…
@JaharNarishma Oct 17, 2026
I am nor a blood hoarder. I am a blood "just enough"-er. My body mass is too small for regular donation units. The lack of blood severely affects me.
I did try to donate several times. I was just over the recommendation for minimum weight as a donor, and I experienced why there is a minimum weight.…
@Adore_Mouse Oct 17, 2026
My iron is way too low to donate. I've only been able to do it once in my life. When I have to do blood tests I always get the lady who pretends to be a mosquito. Which is silly and I kind of love it.
@s.b.e.6917 Oct 17, 2026
I saw an arte documentary once and one thing they said is that blood is used for or a large part to make drugs for certain diseases which is fair if you need blood cells for that. but they get a lot of money for that blood because it is from Pharma companies. I think it would be fair to just get pa…
@craigcook9715 Oct 17, 2026
I did give, a lot, before I became ineligible. I believe I gave at least a gallon over several years.
@wylantern Oct 17, 2026
There's also that time the red cross infected ~2000 people with HIV and ~30,000 people with hepatitis c.
@amandaharvey-moon872 Oct 17, 2026
You should do supplements. The fact they can just purchase a certificate of analysis without any test is just the tip of this shady iceberg
@GhostOfRazgiz Oct 17, 2026
There is no such thing as a 100% charity. Just find something that gets close.
