tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post115196243575679336..comments2023-03-14T08:20:51.212-06:00Comments on Musings on transfusion medicine: Simply the best (Musings on paid plasma & TM colleagues I've know)Bluthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-73046221625432606342016-03-07T23:20:34.173-07:002016-03-07T23:20:34.173-07:00Some questions answered about Canadian Plasma Reso...Some questions answered about Canadian Plasma Resources<br /><br />http://canadians.org/blog/blood-money-why-are-federal-liberals-ignoring-findings-tainted-blood-scandal<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-46855042765352781472016-02-18T19:32:31.953-07:002016-02-18T19:32:31.953-07:00Thanks, Anonymous.I've added them to TraQ'...Thanks, Anonymous.I've added them to <a href="http://www.traqprogram.ca/index.php/en/news/item/435-whats-new-chronological" rel="nofollow">TraQ's website, 18 Feb.</a> We must get get same alerts. <;-) <br /><br />Appreciate it.Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-65300282233790402102016-02-18T19:07:50.268-07:002016-02-18T19:07:50.268-07:00Paid Plasma is heating up in the media again. It&#...Paid Plasma is heating up in the media again. It's no wonder this is the case with an absence of public consultation and the decisions being made behind closed doors. <br /><br />We have a safer system today only because so many died during the blood tragedy. Will our politicians ever get it?<br /><br />Op-ed: Plasma donation system needs vigorous debate http://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/letters/op-ed-plasma-donation-system-needs-vigorous-debate<br /><br /><br />Why Saskatchewan Needs To Reject Paid Plasma Donations<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/ryan-meili/paying-for-blood-in-saskatchewan_b_9263086.html<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-73809504244035239902016-02-06T20:16:54.414-07:002016-02-06T20:16:54.414-07:00I could hardly make myself finish reading the appa...I could hardly make myself finish reading the appalling article about the prepaid cards as 'payment' for blood donations. How Plasma Donors Got Stuck With Prepaid Card Fees and Why It Matters (3 Nov. 2015)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-55711085333865107232016-02-03T10:18:35.545-07:002016-02-03T10:18:35.545-07:00Allowing paid donors in Saskatchewan is not a good...Allowing paid donors in Saskatchewan is not a good move. Saskatchewan has the highest rates of HIV in Canada.<br />"Saskatchewan’s high HIV rates are a public health emergency and must be treated as one, say health professionals. For the past decade, the province has reported transmission rates double the Canadian average, peaking at over 19 cases per 100 000 people in 2009."<br />http://www.cmaj.ca/content/187/11/793.full<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-61695329646871338822016-01-26T11:44:29.540-07:002016-01-26T11:44:29.540-07:00Thanks, Anonymous. Here's the hyperlink to the...Thanks, Anonymous. Here's the hyperlink to the video: <br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaUHhHBbkV0" rel="nofollow">Why we need to ban paid plasma blood donations</a>Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-88975748671893592592016-01-26T11:18:47.612-07:002016-01-26T11:18:47.612-07:00Why we need to ban paid plasma blood donations.
A...Why we need to ban paid plasma blood donations. <br />A powerful short film detailing why Canada must take urgent action to ban paid blood plasma donations in Canada. As told by the survivors of the tainted blood crisis - the largest health tragedy in history. <br /><br />To access the video clic on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaUHhHBbkV0<br /><br />Use this link: https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-126 to add your name to the Federal Petition.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-45929673647882946802016-01-23T17:30:29.213-07:002016-01-23T17:30:29.213-07:00Thanks, Anonymous. Added to @transfusionnews and T...Thanks, Anonymous. Added to <a href="https://twitter.com/transfusionnews" rel="nofollow">@transfusionnews</a> and <a href="http://www.traqprogram.ca/index.php/en/news/item/435-whats-new-chronological" rel="nofollow">TraQ</a> (23 Jan. 2016)<br />Link to <a href="https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-126" rel="nofollow">Petition on paid plasma</a>Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-23859850338716872392016-01-23T08:22:19.805-07:002016-01-23T08:22:19.805-07:00More paid plasma in the media:
http://www.newswir...More paid plasma in the media:<br /><br />http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/tainted-blood-survivors-advocates-strongly-oppose-private-paid-for-plasma-clinic-urge-prime-minister-trudeau-and-health-minister-jane-philpott-to-block-saskatchewan-plan-566212401.html<br />Tainted blood survivors, advocates, strongly oppose private, paid-for plasma clinic; urge Prime Minister Trudeau and Health Minister Jane Philpott to block Saskatchewan plan <br /><br />To participate in the Federal e-petition (e-126 - Petition to the Government of Canada regarding Paid Plasma), mentioned in the media clip clic on this hyperlink: https://petitions.parl.gc.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-126<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-879952062377672902016-01-21T14:25:06.805-07:002016-01-21T14:25:06.805-07:00Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked Power Ball ...Thanks for the comment. Glad you liked Power Ball analogy. Interestingly, winning mega-$ is often unlucky and many blow it and have lives ruined by being continually hounded by long lost relatives, friends,and business types out to get a piece of their winnings by hook or by crook. <br /><br />Yep, your point is exactly what happened in the 1970s and 80s with HIV in FVIII conc. as outlined here <a href="http://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/msss/fichiers/1996/krever_vol2a.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Risk in Factor Concentrates</a> <br /><br />I believe they use much smaller plasma pools than earlier, but still in the 1000s. Also, as detailed in the blog, the infectious agent would need to escape many screening and manufacturing processes. Bluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234734730501396268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729772.post-22100480236868339552016-01-21T04:53:33.165-07:002016-01-21T04:53:33.165-07:00Great blog but I can't get the Power Ball anal...Great blog but I can't get the Power Ball analogy out of my head<br /><br />"But, similar to winning the USA's Power Ball...eventually someone will do it...If you're the unlucky patient who gets a transfusion-transmissible disease, no matter how unlikely, it matters not."<br /><br />It's the "unlucky patient" part that keeps gnawing at me. With Plasma products being pooled, when this happens potentially thousands will be affected. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com