From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sat Feb 23 2002 - 06:20:10 MST
On Friday, February 22, 2002 11:33 PM Spike Jones spike66@attglobal.net
wrote:
> What if, instead of offering 20 bucks cash, they would
> spend 20 bucks on a quickly chemical analysis of the
> blood, measuring iron levels, sugar, lipids, etc, to provide
> the donor with a few numbers she could keep in a
> spreadsheet. This way she could note trends or unusual
> readings, perhaps providing advance warning of medical
> problems, kind of a free and convenient mini-health
> screening with a bonus warm fuzzy.
That would be nice, but I wonder if such testing would cost more than
the $20... Or is that testing done already before passing the blood on?
If so, then it might be cost effective and have the impact you predict.
(It doesn't matter much for me being a gay: I'm not allowed to donate.)
Cheers!
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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