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Comment author: Zubon 05 April 2015 01:05:36AM 0 points [-]

But there are already enough people donating blood.

Citation?

Comment author: DanielLC 05 April 2015 03:37:36AM 0 points [-]

It costs $130 to $150 for a pint of blood. You have about ten pints, so even if you needed to replace all of your blood, that would still only be $1,400 or so. If it was life-or-death, people would be willing to pay far more than that.