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How Precious Is Your Spit To You? Because To Him, It’s Potentially Life-Saving.

There’s a ton of undeserved stigma over bone marrow donations. The truth is that there are people out there who need your help to live. People like Sheldon. You could at least spare the guy (and others like him) your spit.

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