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How Doctors Keep People Who Refuse Blood Transfusions Alive

We talk about the inventive ways doctors treat patients who, for religious reasons, can't take blood on this episode of 'The VICE Guide to Right Now' podcast.

On The VICE Guide to Right Now, VICE's daily podcast, we delve into the biggest news of the day and give you a rundown of the stories we're reading, working on, and fascinated with.

Today we're talking about why Trump accused Russia of helping North Korea, John Kelly calling Trump's wall plan "uninformed," and Homeland Security's decision to deny people from Haiti, Belize, and Samoa work visas. Then Tonic explains how doctors treat patients who refuse blood transfusions on religious grounds.

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