Link: https://www.npr.org/2021/05/14/996921658/blood-money
The United States provides two thirds of the world’s blood plasma and incentivizes donors with money each time they donate. The more they donate, the more money they receive which is something the World Health Organization and many other countries are against. When discussing the moral issues of paying donors, a doctor from Brazil argues that moral implications are the least of our worries when a shortage of blood plasma could be a death sentence for his patients.
Original Air Date: May 14, 2021
Length: 26 minutes 46 seconds
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