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Always wondered why those places exist but there's nowhere that will pay you for whole blood. A little bit too on-the-nose?
The plasma centers make medicines from your antibodies and shit. Technically you aren't selling your plasma, and it is a donation, but they are Just compensating you for your time. That's the loophole I guess
Idk why blood banks don't pay except for a $10 amazon gift card or a tshirt here and there. Maybe they just have enough public goodwill and there is still enough altruism left in this world
I think it’s a legality thing, if it weren’t illegal I’m sure there would be places buying the whole blood too.
Plasma has a longer shelf life than whole. A lot of the blood products extracted in America are sold elsewhere in the world so they prioritise the products that are easier and cheaper to ship around.