Hi. Thank you so much thank you for joining us. Im here today talking with kathleen mclaughlin, who has written an incredibly important book on the blood indust, which is this dystopian thing. It is this huge economy and industry here in the United States. Kathleen, i wondered if you could start by telling us a bit about your own personal connection with this. Of course, its nice to be here with you. My interest in the blood industry began 20 years ago, when i was diagnosed with a rare auto immune disease. The illness is made from pieces of human blood plasma, its called iv iv. Many people whove never had to take it have never heard of, it maybe it is not a common drug. But it is made from other peoples blood plasma. So for about 20 years, often on, i have had regular infusions of this medication. And it takes a long time to have these infusions, five or six hours each time. A lot of times you sit in the chair and wonder where it is coming from, and who are these people that are provid
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