If You Can Donate Blood, Here's Another Reason Why You Should

[alfreda89]

Not everyone can donate blood. You may have lived during certain years in countries later found to be fighting Mad Cow Disease; you may be taking meds that cannot be easily filtered out; you may be in an immune-compromised state, and your white blood cells always bail first.

But if you can give blood? Here is one of the places that blood might be used. Another way they magically save lives. "Endless blood" saves the lives of new mothers where before, for thousands of years, we lost those women.

It really is the gift of life.

Comments

[6-penny.livejournal.com]

I recall the same story. Which is why I am wary of donating I know that my father who had had several bouts of malaria also never donated for the same reason.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

We know of over 300 vector borne diseases. Most of them we know enough to name, and some of the symptoms. That's it.

Not comforting.