[validity] Only valid for nations that selected 027.1, 191.3, 260.3 (Blood donation optional) and are not class nations
[option] "We must be placed at the front of the queue for receiving blood!" demands @@RANDOMNAME@@, a furious donor, waving @@HIS@@ donor card in your face. "At least half of the blood that us donors have given should be reserved for our future use. That way, we will feel secure when donating blood, knowing that some of it will return to us when we are in need. Who knows? More people might even be encouraged to join with such an incentive."
[effect] patients who haven't donated blood regularly are often left to die
[option] "Why do we have to give any of our blood to others at all?" questions @@RANDOMNAME@@, another donor, barging into your office. "It's my blood, and I should be able to do whatever I want with it. You should build a national blood bank that actually functions like a real bank, where deposited blood belongs to, and only to the depositor. I'm certain that people would be willing to fork out substantial sums of money to safeguard their own stock of blood, so it would be an easy source of revenue for the government. Blood could also be sold to others who need it, like those with blood disorders. That's something that I can get behind."
[effect] the wealthy regularly outbid impoverished patients of blood they genuinely need
[option] "How selfish! It is a mistake to restrict the supply of fresh blood, especially to those who have a use for it," sneers @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME@@ Báthory, an elderly hematologist, while sipping from a glass of red liquid and squinting in the dim light of your room. "My experiments on mice have shown that older mice are physically and mentally rejuvenated when they are injected with blood from younger mice. There is no reason to think that this wouldn't work with people as well. You should make it mandatory for minors to donate blood- not just for patients, but for the elderly too. This way, we will have a much healthier populace." @@HE@@ smiles, flashing what appear to be fangs.
[effect]@@DEMONYMADJECTIVE@@ teenagers are regularly harvested for blood
[option validity] Only valid for nations with food from vats
[option] "Let's just repurpose most of our vats to purely produce universal donor type blood," mutters @@RANDOMNAME@@, an exhausted vat operator, still holding a ladle in @@HIS@@ hand. "It may force us to divert our resources from producing food for our citizens, but it's still better than forcibly extracting blood from children or allowing patients to perish. Well, it's been nice talking to you, but I've got to get back to work."
[effect] the price of meat has skyrocketed as vats are repurposed to produce blood instead
[option validity] Only valid for nations with organs or humans from vats
[option] "Let's just repurpose most of our vats to purely produce universal donor type blood," mutters @@RANDOMNAME@@, an exhausted vat operator, still holding a wrench in @@HIS@@ hand. "It may force us to divert our resources from producing important organs and whatnot, but it's still better than forcibly extracting blood from children or allowing patients to perish. Well, it's been nice talking to you, but I've got to get back to work."
[effect] deaths from organ failure are rising as vats are repurposed to purely produce blood
[option validity] Only valid for nations without vats
[option] "There's no need to do something so abhorrent," posits @@RANDOMNAME@@, a renowned biochemist, still holding a beaker from @@HIS@@ last experiment. "After years of research, I have managed to invent viable synthetic blood. The synthetic blood I made can be used by citizens of all blood types, and it is relatively inexpensive to produce. While it may significantly increase the chance of heart attacks, it's better than forcibly extracting blood from children or allowing patients to perish."
[effect] government-approved synthetic blood has been cited as the leading cause of heart attacks