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blood bank shortages?

Posted on 05/27/2021 8:13:23 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Are there big nationwide shortages on blood lately? I've been getting hounded by the blood bank to donate more than I've ever seen.

If so, I wonder if this is vaccine related, is there a preference for blood from unvaccinated people?


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1 posted on 05/27/2021 8:13:23 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

I think it’s more likely that lots of people have curtailed their usual routines - including donating blood - over the past year+.


2 posted on 05/27/2021 8:16:11 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Mount Athos

I thought I read a headline a while back that said red cross was not accepting blood from those who had been vaccinated. Take it with a grain of salt as I only saw the headline in passing. Maybe someone else here will remember better than I. Anyway that might explain a shortage if there is one.


3 posted on 05/27/2021 8:25:30 PM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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The American Red Cross’ current policy is to only accept convalescent plasma donations from people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have not had the vaccine.

Looks like what I remember was only for convalescent plasma


4 posted on 05/27/2021 8:31:25 PM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing American youth's future on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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To: Mount Athos

Six months ago I mentioned the blood supply and I got royally jeered.


5 posted on 05/27/2021 8:40:19 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Mount Athos

Some blood collection organizations and locations around the US are refusing blood from people who have taken the experimental vaccines.


6 posted on 05/27/2021 8:46:43 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: Mount Athos

I just donated two units of red blood cells last night...they never asked about vaccination status, only if I was actually sick or not. American Red Cross...


7 posted on 05/27/2021 8:46:51 PM PDT by rottndog (Fact: There are more airplanes in the ocean than Submarines in the sky.)
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To: Jamestown1630

Or the Chinese have cut off thier Uygars blood flow.


8 posted on 05/27/2021 8:52:30 PM PDT by CJ Wolf ( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them...God wins. )
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To: rottndog

yea wouldn’t go over too good to be public about it. they just analyze it and if it has vax antibodies well . . .


9 posted on 05/27/2021 8:52:58 PM PDT by RushingWater
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To: Mount Athos

It’s because of a hoax disseminated by the anti-vaxxer death cult. Check the Red Cross blood site for the truth.


10 posted on 05/27/2021 9:28:16 PM PDT by familyop (Natural born slaves are easily led to distrust and hate their intellectual benefactors.)
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To: familyop

Yep - and some of them have already shown up here to spread their false information.


11 posted on 05/27/2021 9:30:09 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Mount Athos

And before they tell the usual lies about that along with the usual name calling and false accusations,...

THE RED CROSS DOESN’T WANT BLOOD FROM THE VACCINATED
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3960762/posts


12 posted on 05/27/2021 9:31:03 PM PDT by familyop (Natural born slaves are easily led to distrust and hate their intellectual benefactors.)
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Here. If you scroll down, you’ll see that the Red Cross is not taking convalescent plasma donations from anyone, vaccinated or unvaccinated, because there’s no hospital demand. The stuff generally didn’t work.

https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/coronavirus—covid-19—and-blood-donation.html

You’ll also see that the Red Cross is taking blood from people who’ve been vaccinated with vaccines developed in the free world including the U.S.A.


13 posted on 05/27/2021 9:43:03 PM PDT by familyop (Natural born slaves are easily led to distrust and hate their intellectual benefactors.)
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To: Mount Athos

Perhaps all those shootings in Rat controlled cities that defunded the police. Remember with better emergency medical care, for every BLM supporter who gets killed there are probably another 9 getting shot and needing serious blood transfusions.


14 posted on 05/27/2021 9:57:54 PM PDT by No_Mas_Obama
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To: familyop

OK, but I’m not getting calls to donate plasma


15 posted on 05/27/2021 10:05:44 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: walkingdead

100% wrong. Vaccinated people can donate.


16 posted on 05/27/2021 10:08:35 PM PDT by ready2brd
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To: Reno89519

“Some blood collection organizations and locations around the US are refusing blood from people who have taken the experimental vaccines.”
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Look, it’s OK to be against these vaccinations but, let’s be honest, it’s really not OK to lie to other FReepers. For convalescent plasma donations they want donors who have recovered from actual COVID-19 disease and not donors who have merely been vaccinated. For regular platelet and whole blood donors… they don’t care whether you’ve been vaccinated.


17 posted on 05/27/2021 10:31:57 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Mount Athos

Yes, I have been hounded too. Then I tried to make appointment and they are all booked for like 2 weeks!
It is weird. They seem to be having reduced capacity to take the blood (maybe Covid related), but instead of increasing their capacity, they are hounding donors.
It has been like this for over a year!
BTW, vaccinated donors are welcome. I have donated, they asked for what vaccine manufacturer.


18 posted on 05/28/2021 2:28:34 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHQkryIIs)
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To: Mount Athos

I just gave yesterday. They asked me if I’d been vaccinated and when I said yes they asked which vaccine. Other than that they did not care.

This shortage has been building for some time because potential donors have been hunkered down I think.


19 posted on 05/28/2021 4:08:06 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: familyop; bagster; Jane Long; grey_whiskers
familyOP said: And before they tell the usual lies about that along with the usual name calling and false accusations,...

THE RED CROSS DOESN’T WANT BLOOD FROM THE VACCINATED
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3960762/posts

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You intentionally altered the title I gave the thread I posted to make it look like I was spreading misinformation! JUST HOW LOW CAN YOU GO?

Here's the real title of the same thread (below) in which I specifically added text to show the article referred to 'convalescent plasma'.

THE RED CROSS DOESN'T WANT BLOOD FROM THE VACCINATED (specifies blood donations for 'convalescent plasma' donations to help those hospitalized with Covid-19)
bitchute.com ^ | May 19, 2021. | TruthVideos1984

20 posted on 05/28/2021 5:03:15 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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