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China sent 90 tons of plasma to Italy? I don't understand. A ton is 1000 liters. A single blood donation is usually 500ml , not sure how much plasma that would produce. But this means that they had at least 180K donations which seem implausible. Could someone please explain?

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Perhaps the plasma is packaged? I'd expect there'd be a fair amount (20-50%?) of non-plasma in those 90 tons.

I’m going out on a limb here. One possibility would be mandatory blood donations at “re-education” camps and prisons.

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