Texas county will offer cash incentive to increase COVID-19 plasma donations

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Bexar County Commissioner Justin Rodriguez said the county has secured $150,000 from the federal government to fund a new stipend system to encourage residents to make plasma donations.

The stipend program in Bexar County is scheduled to be finalized by the end of September.Matthew Busch for The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILEinfections -- but only a few hundred of those patients have donated plasma, according to health officials.Justin Rodriguez, the Precinct 2 county commissioner, said the county has secured $150,000 from the federal government to fund a new stipend system to encourage residents to make plasma donations.

Analilia Ryan, center, has her temperature tested in order to screen for possible coronavirus cases while trying to enter the Haven for Hope campus in San Antonio, Texas, March 18, 2020.

 

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Most plasma centers pay about $100 per Covid donation (they make 20x+ that selling it). Pays to shop around, make the most of your time.

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