FDA's Gottlieb: "Simply put, we're concerned that some patients are being preyed upon."
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Blood of the young won’t spare rich old people from sadness and death, FDA says
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I dunno, it worked in Mad Max. You suckers can die... I'm finding me a blood bag.
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I'm whelmed by this. Utterly whelmed by the fact that blood transfusions don't work that way.
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Next thing you know.. .kids will be drinking blood instead of transfusing it, because someone on the internets told them they will stay forever young doing it.
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This has to be the end times, as I cant' imagine the stupid burning any more than it already does.
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Another fad. And one that only those with the cash get a worthless-if not dangerous- 'treatment.'
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How do you get in on the other side of this? I'll sell a liter of my blood for $8,000...
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It's only a matter of time before the whole situation goes full-on Bug Jack Barron with homeless children being harvested for their pituitary gland or whatever.
Still, excellent use of Christopher Lee to illustrate the story.
Still, excellent use of Christopher Lee to illustrate the story.
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Apparently you have not heard of the Goop fad with Gwynneth 'Brainless' Paltrow.
She is either a complete idiot, or crafty like a fox fooling people into buying her shit products.
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I hope the FDA sent a personal copy of the advisory to Peter Thiel. It's rumored he spends $40,000 a quarter on young people's blood.
Edit: Clarity
Edit: Clarity
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According to the sellers, aging, memory loss, Parkinson's, MS, Alzheimers, heart disease, and PTSD. I mean, they're selling their blood for $8K/l. They've got to be rich by this point.
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Oh, I've heard of it and her. How does what she does discredit what I said?
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The headline I saw:
“Blood of the young won’t spare rich old people from sadness and death”
Yeah, tell this to the Queen of England.
Edit: spelling
“Blood of the young won’t spare rich old people from sadness and death”
Yeah, tell this to the Queen of England.
Edit: spelling
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Damn it, I'm passed the age where I can sell my plasma to dumbasses who are willing to pay ridiculous sums for it. That was gonna be my #1 get rich quick scheme and now it's RUINED!
It's probably good I didn't quit my dayjob after all...
PS: Great pic choice!
It's probably good I didn't quit my dayjob after all...
PS: Great pic choice!
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I'm sure the people making the claims aren't the people making the blood.
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such a better idea than eating a balanced diet and exercising. just let some other prole do it and then buy their blood (and later body)
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I think you mean "any young-blood companies misleading consumers", unless there is some b2b vampirism going on...
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I'm not sure how much I want to research this "Ambrosia" company, but how does this not run afoul of "practicing medicine without a license"?
And if there's a licensed physician involved, how does it jibe with "first, do no harm"?
Just. Wow.
And if there's a licensed physician involved, how does it jibe with "first, do no harm"?
Just. Wow.
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If things keep swirling into the drain the way they have lately, I have a feeling we're going to have an opportunity to test your hypothesis.
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Well if they're willing to sell people on bullshit claims, who says they're not willing to sell people on bullshit ages?
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I'm not sure I buy what the FDA is saying as I feel very sprite this morning and those kids were punks anyway. I don't think anyone will miss them.
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Is there a way to get these companies to release the data?
Worried at this point they have a sketchy data set which they are showing prospective buyers. They can scam people by saying the FDA does not have any data saying that it does not work because the research has not been done, and then hold up their sketchy data saying they have done research and it shows that it does work. Lets get the data out and held up to real scrutiny.
Worried at this point they have a sketchy data set which they are showing prospective buyers. They can scam people by saying the FDA does not have any data saying that it does not work because the research has not been done, and then hold up their sketchy data saying they have done research and it shows that it does work. Lets get the data out and held up to real scrutiny.
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I think you typo'd this - I assume you mean misleading consumers.
Edit: aaand ninja'd already!
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Ahh no no no. You sell a liter for $8, then these folk sell it for $8000 to someone desperate or gullible enough. See how that works?
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First, you set up Company A (now a rights carrying person) and they publish material about how awesome blood transfusions are and that is all that they do. Nothing else.
Second you set up Company B (a separate rights carrying person) and they offer blood transfusions but specifically state they make no claims whatsoever for health benefits.
As long as the two never interact you can continue with the legal fiction that there is nothing shady going on.
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Ahh no no no. You sell a liter for $8, then these folk sell it for $8000 to someone desperate or gullible enough. See how that works?
Sounds to me like it is time for another startup then...
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You must be quite young. We've seen far stupider in decades past.
Just look at 'Nam. Bay of Pigs. Salem Witch Trials. Spanish Inquisition. Bloodletting. Putting actual cocaine in Coca-Cola. Doctors smoked in hospitals while pontificating to patients about health a mere four decades ago.
To name a few.
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It's 1.5L of plasma over a two day period. That's nearly a 20% boost in total volume. I can't imagine that's healthy for anyone to take. Do your kidneys just rapidly flush all that extra out?
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As far as I know you can't sell your own blood as it's illegal to pay money for it. That's why the source people are called "donors." They're likely paid for their time sitting in a chair while they also happen to be donating their blood products for commercial use. (e.g. Green Cross America and other pharmaceutical research corps...).
I'm not sure how it's legal to sell the transfusion service under current FDA laws. I'm less familiar with that end.
I'm not sure how it's legal to sell the transfusion service under current FDA laws. I'm less familiar with that end.
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When the rich are literally consuming the blood of the poor, it's possible the wealth gap has grown too wide.
I'm not sure whether I want this shut down, or the suckers (pun intended) doing this to suffer the consequences of overpriced unsafe quasi-medical treatments.
But either way it's time to fix tax policy.
I'm not sure whether I want this shut down, or the suckers (pun intended) doing this to suffer the consequences of overpriced unsafe quasi-medical treatments.
But either way it's time to fix tax policy.
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Transfusions don't work you need to eat the still beating heart of someone 20 years younger than yourself.
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