(June 9, 2015 at 7:43 am)Tonus Wrote: And the Watchtower Society has, over the years, made so many concessions in terms of which parts of the blood can be transfused, that it might not be a shock to hear that they overturn the policy completely in the future.
I don't think so. They have made concessions but I think this is because of the principle to not be adding any unnecessary burdens. Blood particles are found in so many medicines that it would be unreasonable for a laymen in medicine to really discern what they're using. Like if someone got bit by a snake, are they really going to have the state of mine to ask about the antivenom that often has blood particles? But the medical community has moved towards a bloodless surgery standard that I think will make blood transfusions almost always obsolete in the future. Blood has become a big business too. Many of those blood drives end up just being a way for the company to make millions VIA arbitrage. I heard about it on a Radiolab or Planet Money podcast