Have You Ever Donated Blood?
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2012/08/05 17:11:06
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The American Red Cross is facing a dilemma that could end up affecting millions of Americans. According to The Red Cross, as per USA Today, the organization's national blood supply is at its lowest level in 15 years. What that means is, for whatever reason, less people are donating blood, which is bad news for patients in need of just that.
The organization says summers are normally bad for donations because schools that host blood drives are closed and people are often on vacation. However, this summer has been worse than usual. Severe heat and bad storms have caused people to opt to stay home and have led to the cancellation of various blood drives throughout the country.
Giving blood may seem "scary" to some, but you never know if your donation will end up saving another person's life. And if The Red Cross is unable to up donation levels quickly, doctors around the country are going to have to start canceling surgeries. "We need to do everything we can to make sure it doesn't get to that point," said Richard Benjamin, chief medical officer for the Red Cross.
The organization says summers are normally bad for donations because schools that host blood drives are closed and people are often on vacation. However, this summer has been worse than usual. Severe heat and bad storms have caused people to opt to stay home and have led to the cancellation of various blood drives throughout the country.
Giving blood may seem "scary" to some, but you never know if your donation will end up saving another person's life. And if The Red Cross is unable to up donation levels quickly, doctors around the country are going to have to start canceling surgeries. "We need to do everything we can to make sure it doesn't get to that point," said Richard Benjamin, chief medical officer for the Red Cross.
Read More: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-07-...
Top Opinion
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relic 2012/08/05 20:06:00
As far as trust, there are still a lot of us that wouldn't lie about something that could endanger others. It's called integrity.
You have idiot whackjobs out there who would flat lie and donate, even if they knew they had full-blown AIDS, just because they get off on it.
And when I am injured, it hardly bleeds until they put the stitches in, and then instead of running and soaking things, it forms a glob of thick gel where it drips.
I had a type of cancer that makes me blacklisted for life. The lady used the word blacklisted and life. Even though cured, I think it's because the disease comes with anemia? It was a bit too devastated by the thought "so even if I'm 80 years old, clean bill of health since then, I STILL can't give blood? Never again?"
But it's not about how it makes me feel to say I "saved someone's life." If they can't use the blood, they can't use the blood. I noticed a lot of gay people here getting pissed off. Neither can anemics. But that one's for life. Forever. We don't want to kill someone with our potentially bad blood, it's about saving people. If someone can't or doesn't want to, on to the next person.
Are you trying to tell me that women can't be attracted to other women and still be straight?
This is hilarious.