Genesis 9:4 is a food command, not a medical command — and intravenous administration is categorically different from eating.

Genesis 9:4 says 'you shall not eat the flesh with its life, that is, its blood.' Mike argues: (1) this is explicitly about food and eating; (2) intravenous blood does not go to the stomach; (3) you cannot eat via a vein — injecting food-like substances into the bloodstream would be fatal. The category of 'eating' simply does not apply to transfusion.