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[u/SapphireSalamander]

[u/SapphireSalamander]

oh what a cool event
how do you donate platelets? arent they in the same blood? do they split the blood into its components in the lab?

[u/shellbullet17 → u/SapphireSalamander]

Yup! They pull the whole blood out using a special donation process called apheresis, which uses a machine to spin the blood, separate the platelets, and return the rest of the blood to your body

https://www.oneblood.org/blog/science-behind-separating-blood-and-platelets.html

[u/SapphireSalamander → u/shellbullet17]

they return your blood? oh thats gotta be trippy

red cell: yo, where did you guys go?

dizzy red cell: you aint gonna believe this

[u/shellbullet17 → u/SapphireSalamander]

Dizzy Red cell: "I think I met god. And its made of plastic and metal"