Giving blood

[LikeAStar1994]

Does anybody do it? I've been a donor for 10 years and I'm O+

I just donated on Tuesday

No but thank-you.
I'm not allowed but 2 pints of the red stuff, my oddest gift ever.

I've never been allowed to. When I was younger and still lived in England I never had enough of a window between piercings and tattoos to be able to donate.
Now I'm in Australia they won't accept my potentially mad cow contaminated blood!!

No, mainly because I disagree with the ethics of transfusion and transplant in general, but mainly because the vast majority of donations are never used, sit around in a cold store for a month, and are then incinerated. The constant appeals citing low blood stocks are totally disingenuous. There is no shortage of useable blood. What there is, is a target set by the government to maintain a ridiculously OTT stock in the event of war or a national disaster, which is why when this over-abundance gets depleted, the appeals start.

Have given over 30 times, but now 'cos of 'la vache folle' I'm not allowed too. The drs are annoyed too as I'm 0+, but those are the rules in France. Having liv d in the UK between certain dates my blood is automatically contaminated. Fwiw, I've never eaten a burger since mrm became common, no MCD etc etc, but those are the rules.

Aargh autocorrect 'to' not too