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I actually donate about twice a week to help pay bills. I agree with people hearing about the practice of blood for money and saying “that doesn’t sound healthy.”. I actually feel awful for 24 hours or more post donation.
It’s also really cool you don’t get saline anymore because the US is out of it. Just a Powerade and goldfish so you don’t pass out driving home
I just read instruction from the Polish program of Honorary Blood Donor* and it said that a healthy adult person should not donate more than 8 times per year.
*remnant of socialist healthcare which got retained even in capitalism because it works and is popular, participation is actually rising steadily since 2000