I know everyone by now knows that it is a little more then a teaspoon they take. It's more like 3-4 teaspoons, but even so 4 teaspoons is just 4% of what they take when someone donates blood. So the amount is minimal.
Anyways. To debunk the myth that those vials/tubes are all the way full. Pause this video at 8:36-8:37. Whatever gives you the clearer look.
As you can see, it is not even half full... So the actual amount of blood there taking is probably just 2 teaspoons.
A teaspoon is 5 ml , those vials are 3 ml ,,,, not hard to work out they take very little .
I don't know if they are 3ml or not. It would be interesting to see a source on how big they truly are. I can't find one.
If that was the case though, then maybe they do just take a teaspoon of blood. Those vials are not even half full.