IffThen comments on Open thread, Aug. 03 - Aug. 09, 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: IffThen 09 August 2015 02:12:01AM 1 point [-]

From the Freakonomics blog: "FDA prohibits any gifts to blood donors in excess of $25 in cumulative value".

Various articles give different amounts for the price per pint that hospitals pay, but it looks like it's in the range of $125 in most cases.

Comment author: ChristianKl 09 August 2015 09:06:40PM 0 points [-]

Basically that means that the FDA thinks that putting that limit on blood donations won't reduce the amount of blood donation in critical way that results in people dying as a result.