New Zealand’s self-reliance in plasma for plasma therapies is declining It’s down to 81%

The NHS is calling for 200,000 new blood donors. For the last year, England’s been on amber alert because of low blood stocks. Now, there’s a warning it could reach red alert - meaning supply is so low that there's a threat to public safety. Catherine Jones | #5News

Say it louder for the people in the back

It’s a surprise to me that so few people know that you can be paid for plasma in Canada Lots of locations here: giveplasma.ca/donors/book-an… plus drumlinplasma.ca in Halifax

The U.S. collects enough blood without paying anyone In the U.S. people get paid for plasma. The U.S. supplies 67% of the entire world’s plasma. Every country that doesn’t pay plasma donors imports from the U.S. All of them

What should blow your mind more is that the few countries that pay are how countries that don’t make up for their plasma collection shortfalls Like Australia and New Zealand and Belgium and Denmark and France and Italy and… (literally all of them)

The failure to pay plasma donors despite no safety issues has and will continue to have tragic consequences Bioethicists exaggerate the moral risk of paying while ignoring the moral risk of not paying

Taboo. Emotional. Ethically fraught. This is the first Taboo Trades episode in 5+ years where I cried on mic. We discuss Imminent Death Donation, organ scarcity, and the cost of missed opportunities. 📢 buzzsprout.com/1227113/episod…

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Headed to Nola! With the 4️⃣0️⃣th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft the Washington Wizards select Micah Peavy! But that pick is traded to the New Orleans Pelicans! #HoyaSaxa