Poll: Are you a blood donor?
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I donated my blood once. Two weeks later, I got a letter from Canadian Blood Services saying that they didn't want my blood because it had antibodies that indicated that I once had Hepatitis A, but that I got better and was now immune to the disease. (I did not know that I had ever had Hep A ? I asked my doctor about it later and he said that it had probably been one of the fevers I'd had when I was a small child, but that I had fought the disease off before becoming jaundiced.) I understand that they didn't want the blood contaminated with a horrific liver disease, but seriously, I'm immune to it now. I'm pretty much the ubermensch. They should have been tripping over their own feet in their mad rush to claim my super-blood. Instead, I can only ever donate blood for research.
One of my roommates had it even worse, though ? he was born in Scotland in 1984 before moving to Canada. Apparently, the danger that he ate meat contaminated with mad cow disease during the first two months of his life was too great to even draw blood from him.
One of my roommates had it even worse, though ? he was born in Scotland in 1984 before moving to Canada. Apparently, the danger that he ate meat contaminated with mad cow disease during the first two months of his life was too great to even draw blood from him.
Jehovah's Witnesses,wolfy098 said:
We view blood as a very sacred substance and it is a sin to consume it, when it comes to removal of the blood it must be poured out to the ground (this is all from memory if you want something more in depth I could go find my copy of the publication on this subject just ask and I'll be happy to do so)
I do it whenever I can, we don't get paid for it though, so it's more of civil service than anything, I do feel great once I've given my 450 ml of B neg. However, as of "late" I've had surgery a couple of times and have had problems with being able to give it.
Also people complaining about bigotry should know about the masssive increase in risk in those groups, and did lead to around 20-25k people infected with HIV back in the 80's.
Sometimes HIV takes up to 6 months to give a positive result in the tests from the time of infection.
People who also perfom high risk sex are not allowed to donate blood immmidiately after either.
Also people complaining about bigotry should know about the masssive increase in risk in those groups, and did lead to around 20-25k people infected with HIV back in the 80's.
Sometimes HIV takes up to 6 months to give a positive result in the tests from the time of infection.
People who also perfom high risk sex are not allowed to donate blood immmidiately after either.
Well, I'm turning 17, which in Michigan is the required age. And the nearest blood bank will be hunting me down since I'm O+. But after my birthday, I'll give blood as often as possible.
I try to donate every three months. Also we don't gte paid, but that's not a deal-breaker. It's just the right thing to do
I'm not old enough to give blood yet (got about 6 months left to go), but will do it on a regular basis for one simple reason: If I end up needing blood from a donor to save my life then I damn well expect it to be there. I don't understand how people can have such problems with doing so, they never know when they will need this service. Not being willing to give blood without a valid reason whilst being willing to accept it is moronic, unjustifiable and showing a lack of morals. If any one would like to argue against my statement then please do.
Because some religions prohibit it. They consider it desiccation of the body. (Mainly only in the stricter Christian denominations and in Islam).Iznat said:
I give blood as often as possible and I am an organ donor. Also I believe that if God was going to resurrect me for the time of Judgment (I do not, all signs indicate it will occur on a non-physical plain of existence), He would be able to find every sub-atomic particle that was ever part of my body to reform me. But like I said I do not believe in my earthly resurrection.
The opt-out system is already used in Australia I believe, and I think it's a good system. While I accept it's a person's choice regarding getting chopped up after death or not, there are many people who are too lazy to opt in to the system. The opt out system fixes this issue, people still have the choice, but it makes more effective use of the population that doesn't give a shit one way or the other. In the UK opting in to the donor register was, for me, a simple process of completing an on-line form that took less than 5 minutes. Surely this could work in the same way for an opt out system. I'm sure people who cared about the matter would be willing to go through a very small inconvenience to opt out. For the people who have a strong conviction against it but can't be bothered to de-register, well it's their problem. Many more people could be saved through an opt-out system, and I don't think that those lives should be lost over concern for any body who can't be bothered to say nay.Gilhelmi said:
Ahh. Just wondering because if I was able to, I still probably wouldn't because of the whole needle thing...Queen Michael said: