It's a vampire plot. That gets them more blood for their food stores. As their population grows and surveillance techniques increase in number and sophistication, it is harder and harder to feed themselves. "Tainted" blood is the answer.
You don't want blood from here, either. Anybody planning on upcoming surgery should bank their own blood. This goes back aways, too. When one of Gordon's daughters was a baby with severe jaundice, back in the 80s, they wanted to do a blood transfusion. This was during the beginning of the HIV-tainted blood scare. He and his first wife said they'd be happy to do this if they could donate the blood, but the hospital wouldn't do it, so they said "No thanks."
It's a vampire plot. That gets them more blood for their food stores. As their population grows and surveillance techniques increase in number and sophistication, it is harder and harder to feed themselves. "Tainted" blood is the answer.
That is an interesting twist...
You don't want blood from here, either. Anybody planning on upcoming surgery should bank their own blood. This goes back aways, too. When one of Gordon's daughters was a baby with severe jaundice, back in the 80s, they wanted to do a blood transfusion. This was during the beginning of the HIV-tainted blood scare. He and his first wife said they'd be happy to do this if they could donate the blood, but the hospital wouldn't do it, so they said "No thanks."
Yep, but some hospitals don't want you to 'bank' blood... sigh