A Bloody Waste: Why is the Red Cross turning down healthy blood that is being thrown away?
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Throwing away usable blood should unethical. The reason advanced countries supposedly do not believe donors should not be paid for blood is because it is thought vulnerable people are more likely to sell blood than healthy people. It is assumed that vulnerable member of society are more likely to have blood-borne diseases like hepatitis. Making blood donation purely benevolent supposedly ensures better-quality blood. Throwing away blood because a select group benefit from donation misinterprets the reason why donors are not compensated.