It may helpful to think of this in terms of human rights; some rights apply to individuals so even though there may a group of them we'd refer to them as persons e.g. displaced persons. Some rights are held collectively and we would refer to them as a people e.g. Indigenous People of the Amazon.
eta: "Those people" and "you people" are both seen as racist dogwhistles. Your sister was probably laughing because you didn't intend or get the subtext of your phrasing.
I think the larger issue is that the blood supply is for profit in the US. Everyone is getting exploited, including the people that require the transfusion.
I donate regularly in Canada and give it away for free as does everyone else. I don't donate plasma because it's not especially useful with my blood type (AB+ is universal for plasma, O- for other products).
Don't make me tap the overlay.
мне or OP?
This is true for every regulated profession. It's not exceptional.
да, брат! продолжай в том же духе!
молодец, товарищ! демократы будут сбиты с толку твоей умной метафорой!
Are they any better off with it? I don't the current rates but it used to be around a few pounds of rice. It's desperation rates for desperate people.
Lol. Welcome to the underbelly of comparative anatomy.
/cries in biomedicine
Neither sex nor drugs were ever discussed...at least not by my parents.