Yes, this web site has used that joke before, but it's been ten years...Congressman Griffith calls for blood donations. Linked at SARK's blog, which I just retweeted, is a headline about donor plasma from people who've recovered from coronavirus being ideal for those whose lives are endangered by it. Since my type is neither particularly rare nor particularly good (celiac, had viral hepatitis from that MMR vaccine in Michigan in the 1980s) I'll wait. If your blood is more valuable you might want to discuss this with your local blood bank. Something for people with AB negative blood to think about anyway.
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Griffith: Give Blood and Save Lives
Friday, March 20, 2020 – The coronavirus outbreak has led to widespread cancellations of blood drives and a drop in blood donations. As a result, the American Red Cross has said the nation faces “severe blood shortages.” Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement:
“During the coronavirus outbreak, donating blood is a vital way to help our fellow citizens. If you are healthy and qualified, please consider visiting a local blood bank or blood drive and donating. Your donation could help save a life.”
To learn more about blood donations, including locations to give blood near you, visit https://www.redcrossblood.org/.
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For those who think blood donation is a slippery slope and "the blood is the life" and all that...I respect sincere religious beliefs, but wait'll you've seen a transfusion revive a loved one, or a donated eye restore someone's sight. Older people who've lived through a few infections are much less interesting to our friendly neighborhood vampires. The Bright Young Things from Marsh always walk through the Friday Market with their "Starve a mosquito" shirts, and never even beg me for a half-pint. I'd have some concerns about taking a transfusion, but if I were younger, or if someone needed blood badly enough to want mine, I'd give.
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