The American Red Cross national blood supply has fallen to critically low levels, potentially threatening the medical care of patients with an emergency need for blood.
We had good people come to my office and I could give while on the clock.
When COVID calmed down I tried to find a good place, but they're all shitty and the stuff went down hill due to nursing shortage.
Plus you have to usually go through a third party that makes money off it. And the shitty service is because they know people will donate anyways. Because I tried a couple, now I'm getting all types of spam calls, including an automated one that started out with a woman screaming "help, there's been a car accident".
Lots more people would donate if it wasn't a terrible fucking system.
My coworker reached out and asked about being a donation center and they oblige. Your workplace probably just stopped working with them. We still do them regularly and never really stopped during covid.
I have an idea.... how's about we learn not to use the thickest needle on the smallest people? (I am speaking from a personal experience and know this probably isn't the norm. But it has happened 2 to many times to my mom)
For those wanting sustainable red cells, hit me up. I’m gonna modify the 500 genes or so in the pig genome to insert the human cDNA and make them compatible for xenotransfusion. Gonna need a gofundme though, probably gonna cost half a billion or so.
I donated regularly, until my hematocrit wouldn't be high enough and I couldn't anymore (tried a few times at a couple different places). It was over the course of a couple years, not just my trying to donate back to back. I've tried a few times over the years. But it's been a while, maybe I'll give it a shot again
Do they still actively try and discriminate against gay guys and their blood? Last I checked it disqualified you from donating if you had same sex action within the last 6 months.
Maybe when they're legitimately desperate (and not artificially for the sake of boosting numbers), they can set that aside or have realistic time periods for LGBT people.
Individuals who have had anal sex in the last three months may be eligible to donate as long as they did not have sex with someone new or with multiple partners during that timeframe.