Rising number of Americans refusing life-saving blood transfusions because they come from vaccinated donors

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[algore]

Health researchers are sounding the alarm after noticing more people refusing life-saving blood transfusions because they come from vaccinated donors.

In a study out of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 15 patients or families of patients who needed blood transfusions rejected them because they requested blood from donors who were not vaccinated.

The majority of patients were children or teenagers.

The refusal led one patient to go into shock, another to develop anemia and others to have their surgeries delayed.

Now, doctors involved say they fear more Americans, spurred by vaccine-suspicious health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, will follow.

Over a two-year period, the researchers found requests for non-anonymous - meaning patients can choose specific donors for their transfusion - had increased because the patients specifically wanted blood from unvaccinated individuals.

The patients had told doctors they wanted unvaccinated blood because they believed it was safer, but their exact safety concerns are unclear.

Researchers noted that while the total number of these donations was small, the requests caused delayed care and could have contributed to complications of not receiving a timely blood transfusion, which can include organ failure, stroke and death.

Some anti-vaxxers also believe receiving blood from a vaccinated donor will cause them to suffer the serious but extremely rare side effects associated with the shot, such as a kind of heart inflammation called myocarditis.

The misinformation has come as RFK Jr has expressed doubts about the safety of Covid vaccines and referred to the shot as 'the deadliest vaccine ever made.'

However, there is no evidence that being vaccinated against Covid or any other vaccine-preventable illness alters the blood in any significant manner. Blood centers also do not track the vaccination status of donors.

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; darwinawards; pureblood; smokybackroom; spikeprotein

[BusterDog]

Over two years. 15 over 2 years:

Background and Objectives

Requests for “unvaccinated” blood have been discouraged by professional and regulatory bodies because they lack scientific support and may negatively impact patient care. We describe a single-center series in which patients or surrogates refused standard blood components unless sourced from directed donors perceived to be “unvaccinated.”

Materials and Methods

We performed a retrospective review of directed donations received at Vanderbilt University Medical Center between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2025. Data included demographics, clinical scenario, component details, and documented operational or clinical consequences.

Results

Directed donor units were received for 15 patients; 13 of these patients were transfused at least one unit (n = 31 directed components: 22 red blood cell [RBC] units, 5 platelet units, 2 plasma units, 2 cryoprecipitate units). Median age was 17 years (range 0.33–73); nine patients were pediatric (<18 years). An ethics consultation was documented for one case, and a transfusion medicine consultation was documented for one case. Seven patients (47%) had at least one directed unit that was not transfused to them. Two patients clinically deteriorated in the setting of refusal of standard components, one of which also received a transfusion that deviated from institutional transfusion guidelines to avoid outdating, and two additional patients had surgical delay/cancellation with rescheduling associated with directed component availability.

Conclusion

In this series, all directed units were from “unvaccinated” donors. These requests were associated with care delays, escalation, and inefficiencies. Health systems should implement standardized counseling, documentation, and escalation pathways consistent with existing guidance.

“During the study period, the VUMC blood bank received 144,856 total blood product units, of which directed donor units accounted for 0.03% (48/144,856). These 48 directed donor units were received for 15 patients, and in all cases, the request was motivated by concerns about blood from vaccinated donors.”

[lee martell]

If that kind of patient refusal is becoming a common problem, I’m surprised the hospitals haven’t yet collectively decided to just lie about it, say:

“Sir, there is no way of knowing if someone has taken the Vaxes just by examining donations provided.
Different donor blood is now all mixed up together.
Separated by blood type, of course, but otherwise all mixed up from different donors. Sorry ‘bout that. I thought everyone knew this already!”

[Zack Attack]

Different donor blood is now all mixed up together.

That is what they told me when I went in for spinal surgery. I never did sign anything and have never had the vax.

[libh8er]

They deserve to be removed from the gene pool. No harm done.

[FoxInSocks]

I think they’re referring to patients insisting upon autologous or directed blood donations, not pints from a blood bank.

[lee martell]

I wish the VA offered that choice. Maybe they do. I never thought to even ask. Then, I’d wonder how long such blood could be realistically preserved for?

[MileHi]

They deserve to be removed from the gene pool.

You mean those who took the vax and suffered life ending side affects? I don't think I'd be that harsh, but they are still dying today from it.

[cpdiii]

Different donor blood is now all mixed up together.

That is incorrect. Each unit of blood is from an individual donor, period. If we had a "bad bag" it could easily be traced to an individual donor. If the "bad bag" was mixed with other donors we would not know which donor was a bad donor. When I say bad donor, I mean one with an diagnosed disease.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

For a while the Red Cross was letting you know if you had the COVID-1984 antibodies. They were screening for unvaccinated blood donors like me who had the antibodies. They don’t tell you anymore.

[cpdiii]

Different donor blood is now all mixed up together.

That is incorrect. Each unit of blood is from an individual donor, period. If we had a "bad bag" it could easily be traced to an individual donor. If the "bad bag" was mixed with other donors we would not know which donor was a bad donor. When I say bad donor, I mean one with an diagnosed disease.

[Veto!]

Decades ago, an MD checked my blood type. AB negative, the universal donor.

He llaughed and told me I should never tell anyone, they’d bleed me dry. Friend volunteered at the blood bank, refined that to “universal plasma donor”.

Current MD told me I didn’t really need a covid vax. He didn’t say NO directly, too wiley for that. “You look very healthy to me. Come back in six months”.

So I’m staying in the gene pool but not telling anyone. I’d gladly give blood to my daughter if she needed it and to my feline daughter because I love her too. Definitely no meow match but scientists somewhere are probably trying to figure it out.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: ...Some anti-vaxxers...

Yeah, they're not "anti-vaccine". They got all their vaccines. They refused to get an experimental injection that utilizes a modified DNA strand.

Also from the article: ...the serious but extremely rare side effects associated with the shot, such as a kind of heart inflammation called myocarditis.

Myocarditis was extremely rare until the Jim Jones Jab rolled out. And they still deny the data.

Emily Joshu Sterne, the U.S. Assistant Health Editor at the UK Daily Mail, has the gall to write propaganda attacking people who don't trust a failed medical industry that still spreads propaganda.

Mengele and Goebbels would be very proud of her. She needs to face charges at Nuremberg II.

[cpdiii]

"with an un-diagnosed disease" Spell check got me again.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: Blood centers also do not track the vaccination status of donors.

Forget the "status". The blood needs to be tested. The MurdeRNA blood needs to be reserved for the criminals who made the Jim Jones Jab, and their lackeys who push it.

[fireman15]

They deserve to be removed from the gene pool. No harm done.

I am confused... Who deserves to be removed from the gene pool those who have already effectively done it to themselves by being willing Guinee pigs in the largest boondoggle in medical history... or those who are concerned about receiving blood tainted by this abomination?

But honey, Justice Sonia Sotomayor just told us that 100,000 children are in the hospital in "serious condition" with COVID-19, many on ventilators. You don't want to be on a ventilator, do you?

[SaveFerris]

(They refused to get an experimental injection
that utilizes a modified DNA strand.)

Thank you.

We have a Winner 🏆🏆🏆

[SaveFerris]

safe AND effective

[rellic]

I refused any COVID vaccinations as they weren’t properly
proven to be safe.
Most everyone I know has had increased health problems
due to the COVID shot.
I think I had COVID and survived. with some left over effects.
But I’m old(70+).
Not that worried about my life expectancy
(84 years Avg. per government), but I’d prefer
quality over quantity.
Taking a un-proven shot that can screw up
your heart is not a gamble I will take.

Young people getting this bad stuff,
is serious for them.

God watch over them.

[Bikkuri]

"They deserve to be removed from the gene pool. No harm done."

You DO mean the ones that taint the blood supply with the poison-jab.. right?
It's about the same as HIV/AIDS who do the same thing.