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[tacomonstrous]

Nothing could possibly go wrong with this plan.

[slv77 → tacomonstrous]

"And there once was a generation so selfish they even harvested the blood of their own children to prolong their own lives."

"Grandma, you're telling stories again. That couldn't possibly be true!"

"I swear on my husbands grave that it was true! They even levied a tax on them and made them pay for the treatment."

[nojvek → slv77]

We are all equal but some are more equal than others. Those who are more equal have more money therefore they can officially buy bodies and rent their blood to others.

[pcrh → tacomonstrous]

For one, too frequent transfusions results in toxic excess levels of iron in the body, as humans cannot actively remove excess iron. This occurs in people with thalassemia treated with blood transfusions.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3968466/

[o_____________o → pcrh]

So extract some of the recipient's blood before they receive a transfusion? This could be donated to a blood bank.

[therein → o_____________o]

Or reduce the iron concentration in the blood you are transferring.