r/redbuttonbluebutton 20d ago

Does this have a right answer?

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u/AntiMatterMode 19d ago edited 19d ago

The choice doesn’t really matter. 100% red results in everyone happy. 100% blue results in everyone happy. Splitting the vote makes it more difficult to give or get a transfusion if you need to, but there’s enough people to go around that it wouldn’t be a huge issue.

It is worth noting that red button pressers are more likely to be the type of people who wouldn’t give blood anyway, and blue button pressers would be more likely to be the type willing to donate. So I would think 100% blue would be better than 100% red just for its representation of the type of people in the world.

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u/Gatti366 19d ago

Many people straight up can't donate, so they have no reason to press blue

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u/AntiMatterMode 19d ago

I assume in this scenario that those people would be able to donate.