The nurse asked the rabbit: "what is your blood type?" "I'm probably a type O" said the rabbit.
Hi, I understand the importance of blood donations for saving people lives. But why blood donors are not paid in the USA? At the same time, if someone needs to have blood transfusion, this patient or patients insurance will be billed for the transfusion, and I think they will be billed heavily. I agree to donate blood to any patient, but I disagree that money from patients or their insurance indirectly goes to pockets of insurance executives of executives of the Red Cross. If donations are free, then transfusions should be also free without any payments form patient's pocket. I know in some countries donors are encouraged to donate blood with some benefits.
Edit: when I say “paid”, I do not necessarily mean directly cash. It may be in form of a free paid day off, discount for public transportation or discount for utility bills, for example.
Guyssss I just saw muls celebrating and I was shocked 😂😂 according to Thai red cross it is banned for MSM (men who have sex with men)to be a blood donors . Is this true? No MOGOPOFOGO?
This fail happened today. :(
So a couple days ago I saw a flyer at Starbucks advertising there was a blood drive happening on this date and donors would receive an Amazon gift card (and the heroic feeling of saving lives, of course). Nice!
So I sign up, attend the blood drive taking place today, wait a couple of minutes, get my temperature taken twice, my finger pricked, and finally...
I step on the scale and... weigh 109 lbs (that’s 49 kg for you non-Americans).
You need to be 110+ lbs to donate blood. FML. Should’ve checked my weight before going.
I still treated myself to Starbucks for my efforts. :)
My friend and I were struggling to figure out why it worked for him and not me, it turns out that it was simply his skill leech that was healing him and not this skill at all. Another player put the same issue on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnQaXns138A.
I hear people claim that it works but I'm starting to think it's just skill leech on their gear/skills. Does it actually seem to function for anyone without any skill leech gear/skills/other regen sources?
Hopefully, devs will actually bother turning this and some of the other non-functioning skills/mods on.
The Red Cross are a bit desp at the moment for blood donors, so I was wondering if Reddit could help out. I’m only doing it for the second time tomorrow, but it only takes 15 minutes and you get VERY bougie snacks afterwards. I’m talking sossie rolls, vegan sangas, cake.. Apparently one in three Victorians will know someone in our lifetime that needs blood. You also get a text when your blood has been given to someone, so it’s rewarding as fuck. I’m not affiliated with Red Cross, but I’m an ambo so you can message me with any questions.
Natural Law ethics often uses the idea of a "perverted faculty" to know whether a certain faculty is being used morally. Speech is ordered to truth (thus lying is wrong), sexual faculties are ordered to reproduction (thus non-fecund sexual acts are wrong), etc.
What about blood donation? That seems to be using a faculty in a way contrary to its natural end (veins are meant to keep blood in the body, blood is meant to stay in the body). It seems under a natural law view it would be intrinsically wrong to intentionally remove blood from the body, for any reason.
I like the idea of natural law ethics, but I struggle to see how it applies to all situations. It just doesn't seem like a good universal way of viewing ethics, but I'd like to be corrected and see how it applies in this instance.
This might be a really dumb question but is it safe to donate blood regularly? I've been thinking of donating plasma as a side income and just want to make sure before I start.
Employment Rights (Blood Donation) Amendment Bill 2021
A
Bill
To
amend the Employment Rights Act 1996 to give workers, employees, tradespeople and others the automatic right to time off work in order to give blood.
Be It Enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows -
Section 1: Amendments to the Employment Rights Act 1996
(1) Insert after Section 57B of the Employment Rights Act 1996
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>“57C - Blood Donation(1) An employee is entitled to be permitted by his employer to take a reasonable amount of time off during the employee’s working hours in order to donate blood or blood platelets through the National Health Service.(a) The employee is entitled to take one period of up to 4 hours, limited to once over an 8 week period. (b) It is permitted that the employee may be required to present evidence of the booking having occurred, at the discretion of the employer.(2) The employee is required to inform their employer of their request for time off, as soon as reasonably practicable after booking a donation appointment, and no less than 72 hours before the appointment, barring an emergency situation. (a) An emergency situation is one that would require an urgent donation, including but not limited to few donors possessing a rare blood type or platelets, or in times of crisis when higher levels of blood donations are required.(3) Should the employee return to work the same day after they have given blood, the employee should, where appropriate, be excused from strenuous or exertive physical activity along the lines of guidance issued by the National Health Service on what to do after giving blood.
(2) In subsection (1) of Section 57B, after “section 57A” insert “and section 57C”.
Section 2: Extent, Short Title and Commencement
(1) This act shall extend to the whole of the United Kingdom.
(2) This act shall come into force immediately following royal assent.
(3) This act shall be known as the Employment Rights (Blood donation) Act 2021
**This bill was written by the Right Honourable Sir Scubaguy194 KB MP on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, with the gracious assistance from the Right Honourable Tommy2Boys KG KT KCB KBE CT LVO MP in the drafting of the bill, and with contributions from the Right Honoura
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Hello Valued Donor-
The simple, lifesaving act of blood donation can have a remarkable power to transform lives and provide many tomorrows.
Make your appointment to donate at:
FitZone In the bloodmobile near Chik Fil A Wednesday, May 12 from 9-1:00
Appointments are recommended. Click on the link below or call 805.543.4290 to make your appointment today!
• If you've received any COVID-19 vaccine, you can still donate. • Only healthy people are encouraged to come give blood. In fact, donors must be feeling well and free of respiratory illness symptoms, including fever, to be eligible to donate. • We are using CDC guidelines for social distances at our donor centers and blood drives.
Thank you!
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Rant forthcoming. To summarize, I have a special blood type that’s always in demand. I donate frequently because I have family members who have needed transfusions in the past or cannot donate. Started way back in college with the Red Cross and then one time a few years ago they were less than careful with the needle so I went to INOVA. Professionalism and communications have been great, I even donated multiple times during the pandemic.
However, over the past few months, the communications have become incessant and obnoxious. I have been emailed or called multiple times a week (or day) with their pleas of “super low inventory” etc. To me, they cried wolf during the pandemic with the same thing. Also, I know that insurance pays a whopping amount for blood transfusions. So, ultimately, why not do more to incentivize people to come in? This is clearly about supply and demand. I heard the argument of “we don’t want high risk types donating blood” and “donating blood shouldn’t be a test for (you name the disease).” Anyway, just sick of the calls and emails as they have a clear solution . I’ve tried unsubscribing and telling them not to call, but they keep getting through.
H: Hey look, a blood drive you are in for a treat klaxone
A: Doesn’t blood is your vessel of oxygen and nutrients and what is blood drive
H: There are some people who lose too much blood or can’t produce regular blood due to medical condition. So we are going to give my blood for them to use
A:Ahhhh... doesn’t that hurt you or make you collapsed
H:Well it’s a bit and they would make sure that you are healthy enough to give without collapsing
A: So you willing to go in to be slaughtered
H:No just come with me, process is more pleasant than you thought
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H: My alien friend curious about blood donation can you let him close, nurse
A: NO I DON’T
H: Come on, okay nurse i’m ready to go
Nurse rubbing a alcohol, scan arm for blood vessels and stick a needle into the skin
A: Ahhhhhhhhhh
N: I don’t think your friend is comfortable with this
H: Well he should, his nation top doctors send a request of know how through International Red-Cross Society
Human also show a picture of doctors delegate to nurse.
A:What, that doesn’t doctors. That’s a intelligent agency. They would disguise as doctor and take this as a interrogation method.
H: Well fuck, okay let get this over with so I can warn the Red-Cross
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Feel free to add your own story
Can type 1 diabetics donate blood? I figured if your bg is controlled you can donate. I’ve always wanted to but i couldn’t find any sources that state if it is or is not allowed.
I was just going through my email which has like 300 unread emails and found an old email from the end of 2019 confirming 2 free tickets for me to go see the Orlando Magic play. I remember reserving my date online however, due to the pandemic all games for 2020 were cancelled and I got a followup email stating my tickets would be valid for the 2021 season. Now I go to click the link and I signed in and it tells me I have 0 tickets available when I should have 2. Did anyone else get tickets and were you able to use them? Did they expire? Nowhere on the email did it say there was an expiration date.
I would like to cite Shane Rollins on the LMW for raising the idea of blood donation as a potential lead. EDIT: The link appears to be broken. Shane links a video example in the LMW comments under the Hitogata article.
Upon a smidge of further research, this ad for blood donation is very thematically similar to Hitogata:
• Rapid movement between greyscale figures, albeit humans and not humanoid.
• Stock sound effect, acting as a timer
• Most importantly, the overarching theme of “every two seconds ...”
It’s also creepy as shit.
These two ads demonstrate that the motif is a common one for PSAs surrounding blood donation, and probably worth following up. Again - credit to Shane. We might be onto something here, especially given the amount of North American comments on the LMW indicating familiarity with the original ad.
Yesterday at my gym, one of the members asked me why I had a bruise on my left arm. I told her I had donated blood on Saturday and stupidly workout out later that day, resulting in a bruise. She was intrigued and asked how to go about donating blood. After a lengthy conversation she said she would make an appointment to give blood. I thanked her for that and have been ecstatic that some of my good will rubbed off one someone else. I really hope, and am sure she will follow through.
The rabbit says: "I dunno, I think I might be a Type-O."
Hi all,
I've read some interesting commentary on here about blood donation as a method of managing flares - there's some corresponding research out there about reducing ferritin levels in the body, and that ferritin levels seem to be one of the things that gives the flare immune response so much force. (in the study, they intentionally did blood-letting to hit a targeted near-deficient iron level, for months on end - the targets had zero flares during this time.)
So, given that I have no desire to do blood-letting (... because it's not the 1500s, WTF) I'm going to go donate blood on Monday, and collect some UA level metrics in the days before/after just to see if there's any impact. I'm curious to know if it affects UA levels at all, or if it's purely the matter of lowering ferritin levels.
I"m curious to hear about any experiences you have had with blood donation, good or bad. Please share!
EDIT: clarifying here - this is whole blood donation, not plasma extraction.
I've heard that when you donate blood and they give you a bunch of cookies afterwards, it doesn't count towards your calorie total. Ha. Any truth to this? Asking for a friend (who may or may not have had a few extra bags of cookies).
I always wanted to donate blood. But authorities turned me down twice in the past (despite me begging and acting cool) pointing at my bio indices. 27 yo, 5'6" tall, and weighing barely 50 kg. Do I stand a chance? Because I am planning to get a tattoo and I'm afraid I'll never get another chance. Recommend some blood banks with relaxed norms around Kochi
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Blood donors of all blood types are urged to make an appointment to give this May and help meet the needs of mothers and other patients needing lifesaving transfusions. More than 200 blood drives continue to be canceled each week because of the pandemic, but the need for blood has returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Santa Rosa Utilities Field Office
Friday, May 20th
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Make an Appointment - Vitalant (bloodheroes.com)
As a token of thanks, all those who come to give May 1 through May 25 will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card or a Vitalant ball cap May 26 through June 1, redeemable via email.
There is no waiting period to give blood after receiving an FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. While new COVID-19 cases continue to occur, it’s important that healthy individuals—including those either partially or fully vaccinated—continue to give blood, platelets or plasma. We hope to see you at this important lifesaving event, and encourage you to invite a friend or family member to donate during this important time.
Santa Rosa Community Blood Drives - Your donation is needed this May!
Blood donors of all blood types are urged to make an appointment to give this May and help meet the needs of mothers and other patients needing lifesaving transfusions. More than 200 blood drives continue to be canceled each week because of the pandemic, but the need for blood has returned to pre-pandemic levels.
Santa Rosa Utilities Field Office
Friday, May 20th
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Make an Appointment - Vitalant (bloodheroes.com)
As a token of thanks, all those who come to give May 1 through May 25 will receive a $5 Amazon.com gift card or a Vitalant ball cap May 26 through June 1, redeemable via email.
There is no waiting period to give blood after receiving an FDA-authorized COVID-19 vaccine. While new COVID-19 cases continue to occur, it’s important that healthy individuals—including those either partially or fully vaccinated—continue to give blood, platelets or plasma. We hope to see you at this important lifesaving event, and encour
... keep reading on reddit ➡I'm on hormone replacement and take testosterone every 12 weeks. However, I have not had a shot since December. I want to know if I am able to donate blood and if I have to mention that I am on testosterone as my levels are probably not high anymore.
Hello,
I have seen on the news that Cyprus is running low on blood reserves and I wanted to go to donate some blood.
Could someone help me with finding a center that is open during corona times because google has not been helpful in finding one.
Also does anyone know whether going there would use up the only text message that we get or are blood donations treated like vaccination appointments?
Thanks in advance!
I've been giving blood for the past few years, and have recently started cycle commuting. My next/nearest donation opportunity is in the next town over, 11km for a 22km round trip.
Would rather ride than drive, driving in/around Bath is a nightmare at the moment!
The nurse asked the rabbit: "What is your blood type?"
"I am probably a type O" said the rabbit.
A priest, a pastor and a rabbit walked in to blood donation clinic.
The nursed asked the rabbit: "What is your blood type?"
"I am probably a type O" said the rabbit.
