Peter Jaworski

I donated 925ml of plasma to Grifols Halifax today! 🙂 They got new plasma machines today too!! 😎👍
It’s easy to donate & they compensate you for your time there & you get paid extra when you refer someone! 😘 Book your appointment now! Make extra money, save lives & feel absolutely great about it! 🥰

BBC World Service - The Documentary, America: The human plasma factory Kathleen McLaughlin investigates the multibillion-dollar global plasma industry

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Hello!

“The most important ethical issue in this space is how do we get this essential, life-saving medicine to patients in low- and middle-income countries.” (Is what I said in this documentary)

Think of them as battle scars you earned saving lives

Thanks for doing it! (And sorry about the bruises)

Tell them that they don’t collect enough plasma and so rely on imports from the U.S.

(Also, Takeda is one of the largest Japanese companies that operates a fleet of Biolife centers in the U.S. now numbering 240)

Yes!

But also Germany, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic allow it.

Oh, and LFB is a company owned by the French government that collects plasma in the U.S. (and obviously pays donors)

The Krever Commission also “warned” against relying on imports.

As I say in the article, you can’t have it both ways: You can either pay donors or rely on imports from countries that pay donors.

No country has figured out a third option

Image is a screenshot from Canadian Blood Services app showing weekly plasma donation history.

Thanks for sharing!
I’m a weekly (free) plasma donor (missed last weekend for a liver conference).
A few weeks ago, a plasma product recipient came and chatted with donors. Woa that was moving. A powerful reminder for why we donate.

Understood. I also have trouble doing it.

The way it works is that Grifols acts as an “agent” of CBS, and so can do it under the exemption from the ban on payment given to CBS in The Voluntary Blood Donations Act

Go on Google Maps and search for plasma centers near you. Then check their ratings. Many are great, some less so.

Thanks for thinking about doing it! It saves the lives of rare disease patients

That’s not quite right. BC doesn’t allow it. Only Manitoba had a paid plasma centre (since 1984), until Saskatoon got one in 2016. Then Moncton NB in 2017. Then AB repealed their ban in 2020, and now has 4 centres. Nova Scotia got two this year

And here is the rest of Canada (the recent jump in self-reliance is thanks to the Grifols paid plasma centres):

Here is Quebec’s self-reliance for immunoglobulin (one of the medicines made from plasma):

Quebec collects 27% of the plasma Quebec patients need. The rest is imported from the United States where plasma donors are paid

See here: giveplasma.ca/donors/book-...

Yes, you can. There’s a centre in Hamilton and one in Whitby. Soon, there will be more

We also now have centres that pay donors (www.giveplasma.ca) and that plasma is used to help Canadian patients. So far, we have increased our self-reliance to 27% thanks in part to these centres

In what country is this?

‘Confessions of a Good Samaritan’ filmmaker tests her own altruism Filmmaker Penny Lane joins MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss her film “Confessions of a Good Samaritan,” in which she documents donating a kidney to a stranger and how the process was “really hard...

Superb Interview!
Penny Lane donated her kidney to a stranger, made the excellent film, "Confessions of a Good Samartian" & supports the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act.
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The Coalition to Modify NOTA website has a new look!
25 organizations support the passage of the End Kidney Deaths Act.
Join our team & help us get this legislation to the finish line!
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Conditions:

1. I will give up to $500

2. You must post a pic of you donating somewhere I can see (Bluesky is good, and you can tag me)

3. Only valid where legal (sorry Ontario and BC friends)

4. If you donate twice, I’ll pay twice etc.

5. Thanks for doing it!

It’s almost Giving Tuesday

If you donate plasma beginning Tuesday through the month of December, I will Venmo or PayPal you $25

Details & conditions 👇

The American Red Cross collects the same way as Red Cross Lifeblood in Australia (meaning: no payment). They have the same participation rate of around 3%

But the U.S. allows a parallel system that ensures rare disease patients all over the world get the medicine they need. Australia should too

There are about 23 plasma centres collecting plasma for Australian patients in the U.S.

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Hey, Australian folks — do you guys know that Australia doesn’t collect enough plasma and so is reliant on plasma collected in the U.S.?

It’s true. The U.S. supplies more than half of the plasma Australia needs

My latest Blood Plasma Quarterly is out

I look at plasma collection in the United States

A few highlights 👇 🧵

America’s plasma contribution to the world All about blood plasma collection in the United States

Read the rest of “America’s plasma contribution to the world” here, and subscribe if you’re interested in the plasma industry: open.substack.com/pub/peterjaw...

Four states and the District of Columbia have no plasma collection centers. They are: Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Vermont

But the picture looks different if we look at the numbers relative to population. Texas falls to sixth place, Florida to 29th, and Utah takes the top spot, followed by Iowa.

The top five in per capita terms looks like this: