[MJY1288]

I believe "O Neg" blood is a universal doner,

[Texas_Jarhead]

Allow me to play smart arse and ask, "What happened? Did they sell it all overseas"?

[Veto!]

A college friend had a parttime job driving the blood center van. He drove around wearing those wax Halloween vampire fangs....

Maybe LA needs some vampires to collect blood.

[AlGone2001]

I have O-neg blood.

The Red Cross is always very glad to see me.

I have given blood many times, but the last occasion was about four years ago.

I am not sure if it was the Red Cross or not, but one group came to my job and refused me beacuse I had been in certain companies within the last 10 years (including Germany) that they said were high risk at that time.

I've not given since then.

[EdHallick]

I have A+ blood, that`s because I am numero uno, top of the heap, King of the hill, A number one...THeeeeeeese liitle town bluuues...arrre melting awaaay..

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Wallaby's excellent bit of research (with plenty of "real time" cites and science embedded within) … Is the Blood Trade Responsible for the Spread of the AIDS Epidemic?

• Budge's Links to the Tainted Arkansas Prison Blood Story
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• Blood Trail by Michael Sullivan (Galster)
• BLOOD TRAIL -- Clinton
  
• BLOOD TRAIL -- Timeline

• BLOOD TRAIL - Who, What, Where …
• Latest 100 'Blood Trail' Posts on the Free Republic
• FR Bloodhounds on Yahoo

LIDDY DOLE'S RED CROSS RUNS AMOK

BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 1 -- HOW BLOOD, THE 'GIFT OF LIFE,' BECAME A BILLION-DOLLAR BUSINESS Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: September 24, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 19:45:35 PDT by Wallaby (348)

TOP 50 MUST READ BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 2 - THE LOOSE WAY THE FDA REGULATES BLOOD INDUSTRY Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: September 25, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 20:45:42 PDT by Wallaby (347)

BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 3 -- FEAR OF AIDS SPURS CHANGE Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: TUESDAY September 26, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 21:00:40 PDT by Wallaby (346)

BLOOD TRAIL: THE BLOOD BROKERS PART 4 -- RED CROSS: FROM DISASTER RELIEF TO BLOOD Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: WEDNESDAY September 27, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 21:44:11 PDT by Wallaby (345)

TOP 50 MUST READ BLOOD TRAIL: BLOOD BROKERS, PART 5, LAST IN SERIES -- AMERICA: THE OPEC OF THE GLOBAL PLASMA Source: PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Published: September 28, 1989 Author: Gilbert M. Gaul Posted on 07/12/1999 22:14:30 PDT by Wallaby (344)

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Blood money: what Red Cross donors didn’t know (1976)

Red Cross Going to Refuse Money Raised by Hillary Protest Banner Auction

[jimtorr]

I have O-Negative blood, but the Red Cross won't even talk to me anymore. First I spent a year in England, which is considered a high risk country, then I was sick and had to have nasty drugs that linger in the body for life, so I can never donate blood again.

[Joe Boucher]

I have O neg and have donated many times. Once it saved a kids life . The took two pints and it really sappped my energy but wow what a feeling.
But to give a drop to the red cross isn't in the cards.
I refuse to give to this group of anti American anti Israel
thugs.
And don't get me going on the difference of red cresent and red cross.
A local blood bank yes as long as it isn't affiliated with the red cross.

[exDemMom]

I believe the guidelines for blood donation come from the FDA, not any particular blood donation group.

The restrictions include having spent a minimum amount of time in England during a particular time period, living 5 years in Western Europe, or spending 2 years as a military member or dependent stationed in Western Europe.

The restrictions apply to me and my husband, because we were stationed in Spain, and to our son, because he was born there during the critical period. One staffer at a donation drive told me that about 10% of potential donors are disqualified up front.

I tell people that no one wants my blood because anyone receiving it will get mad cow disease and die, even though I remain healthy.

[Laurita]

Hmmm. This makes me wonder. I'm in the Army, stationed in Korea. I have had lots of POR vaccinations, althouth not smallpox or anthrax (yet). Would I be able to donate? The Army hasn't asked for my blood since AIT.

Also, I've heard of an organization which uses it's blood strictly for the military, does it really exist?

Finally, food for thought, in emergency situations, O+ plasma may be used when O- is not available. If the medic isn't aware that a person is O-, just one bag can kill.

[Dead Corpse]

Type O Negative?

Sorry. A+ here. Can't help you.