Please give blood: Heat wave blood shortage and new much shorter deferral times for tattoos

[jeliza]

The heat wave has severely disrupted blood donations (many mobile drives had to be canceled) especially for O-, O+ and A-

If you a freshly inked and so think you aren't eligible, when I was at the blood center yesterday they said the deferral period has been shortened from a year to 3 days as long as you got your ink at a licensed WA, OR, CA or ID

Comments

[arctowardthesun]

YES, DO THIS PEOPLE. I WORK FOR BLOODWORKS AND WE'VE GOT SERIOUS SHORTAGES.

[varushka]

Thanks for posting this, I've been a regular donor in the past, but was on hiatus. I donated my O+ blood today. They took really good care of me.

[verbicide]

Appt scheduled for Friday! Thanks for spreading the word!!

[entropic_system]

I'm not allowed to: I spent some time in Germany during the 80s and apparently that means I have Mad Cow Disease. :\

I did not know this was a thing

[anonykitty_77]

My husband is O - and I am O+ I wish I had known sooner that there was such a shortage here!