{"id":10073,"date":"2021-05-17T18:35:30","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T18:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=10073"},"modified":"2021-06-23T20:03:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T20:03:19","slug":"what-many-donors-dont-know-their-blood-is-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/what-many-donors-dont-know-their-blood-is-sold\/","title":{"rendered":"What many donors don&#8217;t know: Their blood is sold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What many donors don&#039;t know: Their blood is sold\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> A&nbsp;<em>lawsuit<\/em>&nbsp;between Oklahoma&nbsp;<em>Blood<\/em>&nbsp;Institute and a Minnesota&nbsp;<em>blood<\/em>&nbsp;broker reveals details of the valuable&nbsp;<em>blood<\/em>&nbsp;business. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/article\/4985779\/what-many-donors-dont-know-their-blood-is-sold\">https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/article\/4985779\/what-many-donors-dont-know-their-blood-is-sold<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> \u201cThe general public \u2014 99 percent of Americans \u2014&nbsp;<strong>don&#8217;t know<\/strong>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<strong>blood is sold<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rh Negative Scientists\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPcc5LBXq6o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>See also:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> When you donate blood, you may get a bit dizzy, but it&#8217;s a great feeling to know you&#8217;ve helped someone in need for free. Well, maybe.<br><br>The&nbsp;Oklahoma Blood Institute, supposedly a non-profit donation service, is currently in a legal battle with General Blood, a blood bank.<br><br>OBI claims&nbsp;General Blood&nbsp;owes more than $420,000 for blood it delivered, revealing to many donors that their blood is sold.<br><br>So while you&#8217;re just giving it away at the clinic, some companies are selling it off for profit.<br><br>According to court documents, your precious fluid is worth as much as $300 a pint. But what&#8217;s really disturbing is that even expired blood can be sold at a reduced rate.<br><br>It takes 42 days for red blood cells to expire, but other elements, like platelets, expire in as few as five days because they can&#8217;t be refrigerated.<br><br>According to&nbsp;The Oklahoman, OBI works with companies like General Blood to avoid wasting product. It also claims it&#8217;s not selling the blood but all the equipment it takes to get it into the patient.<br><br>General Blood&#8217;s chief executive says about 99 percent of Americans don&#8217;t know their blood is sold, but blood banks aren&#8217;t allowed to pay donors.<br><br>The company is counter-suing for $14 million alleging the non-profit violated a confidentiality agreement with a lab in Utah.<br> <\/p><cite>https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/2014-07-08-lawsuit-reveals-donated-blood-can-be-sold-for-profit-20927009.html<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What many donors don&#039;t know: Their blood is sold\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"What many donors don&#039;t know: Their blood is sold\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>A&nbsp;lawsuit&nbsp;between Oklahoma&nbsp;Blood&nbsp;Institute and a Minnesota&nbsp;blood&nbsp;broker reveals details of the valuable&nbsp;blood&nbsp;business. https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/article\/4985779\/what-many-donors-dont-know-their-blood-is-sold \u201cThe general public \u2014 99 percent of Americans \u2014&nbsp;don&#8217;t know&nbsp;that&nbsp;blood is sold,\u201d he said. More here: See also: When you donate blood, you may get a bit dizzy, but it&#8217;s a great feeling to know you&#8217;ve helped someone in need for free. Well, maybe. The&nbsp;Oklahoma Blood Institute, supposedly a non-profit donation service, is currently in a legal battle with General Blood, a blood bank. OBI claims&nbsp;General Blood&nbsp;owes more than $420,000 for blood it delivered, revealing to many donors that their blood is sold. So while you&#8217;re just giving it away at the clinic, some companies are selling it off for profit. 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