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Why would there be blood hunters?

Just let the indebted young sell their blood for pennies and they'll jump at the idea.

Am I not mistaken that in the US it's already common to get paid for blood donations? (Here, in Poland, you only got a couple bars of chocolate for it). So, people in the US are already ok with selling their flesh (at least the part that does it for money, and not to help others).

> Am I not mistaken that in the US it's already common to get paid for blood donations?

My understanding is that it in the US, it is common to be paid for blood plasma, but highly uncommon (I've never heard of it happening) to be paid for blood.

Horrible idea in reality, but fantastic idea for a book!!

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