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fandomsecrets2016-06-12 03:33 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2016-06-12 03:33 pm
[ SECRET POST #3448 ]
⌈ Secret Post #3448 ⌋
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Re: We've officially had the worst shooting in US history
(Anonymous) 2016-06-12 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)Re: We've officially had the worst shooting in US history
(Anonymous) 2016-06-12 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)Re: We've officially had the worst shooting in US history
(Anonymous) 2016-06-12 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)But afaik, too many people donate immediately after an incident like this. A lot of the blood expires before use because of the sudden influx. Additionally, the blood you donate can't be used for the victims because it needs to be carefully tested and screened before use.
It would be better if more people waited a week or two after an incident to donate.
Re: We've officially had the worst shooting in US history
(Anonymous) 2016-06-12 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)1) That it's crucial to donate immediately in far-flung locations, because then they can get the blood to Florida!
While it's possible for places unaffected by a disaster to transfer blood to hospitals coping with crisis, there are some pretty strong limitations in place, and it won't be blood donated today, because that hasn't been tested, processed, and inventoried yet, and they're not going to ship your blood cross-country from Portland. It's a combination of ludicrous misunderstanding of how the supply chains work, and perpetuating of the idea that blood donation is something you do in a crisis. It's a lot more useful to promote the idea that people should donate regularly, when there isn't an emergency.
2) That the ban on sexually active gay men donating blood has been lifted.
There was a call for it to be lifted, given the nature of the tragedy. Somewhere in there, this morphed into people deciding it has been lifted. It hasn't, people who go in believing it has are just being turned away, which wastes both their time and the time of the people who have to process and interview them, only to send them off again because this idiotic restriction is still on the books.
There's also been a lot of general misinformation on who can and can't donate blood flying around, ranging from "If you took an OTC painkiller last night, they won't take your blood! It's tainted!" to "It doesn't matter if you're suffering from chronic anemia or low blood pressure! Just pop some iron and drink a bunch of water and go in!" So there are alternately people being talked out of donating who could, and people being assured they can donate who either can't or really shouldn't. In the latter situation, at best they'll be turned away (again, wasting both their time and that of the person who has to process them), and at worst they might slip through screening because someone's tired and overworked, and will put their own health at risk, which the clinic will then have to deal with and be liable for.
Re: We've officially had the worst shooting in US history
(Anonymous) 2016-06-12 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)