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“Donated” plasma today (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by andros_rex@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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The staff were pretty kind all around, facility was clean.

The dystopian aspect was how many people I saw denied, because they had donated yesterday. You can give twice a week, but have to wait a day in between. I saw at least four or five people get turned away, and they were all pretty upset. The line was extremely long - there are tons of people desperate enough to wait in line for hours to go through the painful process of having their blood sapped out.

I also got a preloaded card as my payment, which has a ton of fees associated with it - I’ll get charged if I use it at an atm or check the balance. I know these cash cards are often also used to pay people who work at like McDonald’s - it just seems like so much of the US is designed to nickel and dime the shit out of the poor.

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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 79 points 2 days ago (22 children)

Is that not for health reasons? Donating twice in a row like that seems like it would take a real toll on you.

I don't know why that's dystopian, if anything what's dystopian is that people are relying on doing this to support themselves at all.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (6 children)

Paying people for donating parts of their body is obviously a recipe for disaster. What they observed here is a general growing trend in the US of poor people having to use blood donations as a means of survival. Its not donating if you get payed for it, its selling. OP sold their blood and is rightfully upset that people are so desperate that they try to sell unhealthy amounts of blood.

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Another thing I noticed is that you can’t donate if you are on PREP or PEP. The info screen says that you shouldn’t discontinue those meds to donate - but if you are in the situation where you need food, what’s the choice going to be there?

[–] needanke@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Idk how it works in the us but in Germany you can always anonomously order them to destroy your sample afterwards (you get a little number which is accociated to your sample but not your person). So If you're reallx desperate you could just lie about that, give the blood/plasma, take the money and have it destroyed afterwards.

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