The virus doesn't live in your blood, it lives in your respiratory system, it isn't transmitted by blood They neither have this test at the blood bank nor need it So first of all this is false Second of all if it were true it would be a reprehensible thing to do https://twitter.com/vL0k0/status/1237117540297572354 …
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Replying to @arthur_affect @6502_ftw
"There are no donor screening tests available for this virus. All donors are screened." https://www.bloodcenter.org/donate/donor/covid19-response/ … Two things though 1) Blood is needed from donors who aren't a risk (no travel, etc) 2) More reprehensible than donating for cash when you have neither $ nor insurance?
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Replying to @scp_localhost @6502_ftw
You can't donate whole blood for cash, it's illegal People who donate for cash are donating plasma, which is used for research and as an ingredient to synthesize drugs, not for transfusion into people
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Replying to @arthur_affect @6502_ftw
God one thing that's trying my patience with this conversation is people opining who clearly have never given blood or last gave blood years ago
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Replying to @arthur_affect @6502_ftw
I would be especially weary of those who might not have been to an inner city center to volunteer or donate.
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Paid blood donation has been illegal since 1984 and that was after blood donation centers had already pushed to move to an all volunteer donor base in the 1970s So either you're talking out your ass or your memories are of 50 years ago
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