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Posted by Bryce [Email] (more from Bryce) on Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:22:14
In Reply to: If you are on the east coast and can give blood, doit! n/m, Dean, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:07:07
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The American Red Cross has approximately 80,000 units of blood ready for disasters so will do ok in the very short term but the US blood supply often operates with little reserve. (1)
Additionally, many Red Cross donors have been eliminated by recent changes in regulations to reduce the chance of BSE (Mad Cow Disease) entering the US. I'll be giving my final donation on Thursday (too much time in the UK). I'm still giving one last time because the changes don't go into effect immediately, allowing time for new donor recruitment as 5% of donors are expected to be lost, with substantially more losses on the east and west coasts. Given the often precarious state of the blood supply, 5-10% losses in donations create a serious shortfall.
Under normal conditions, the NYC metro area imports ~20% of its blood supply from Europe. (2)
(1) http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/0109wtc/010911wtc_02.html
(2) http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2001/NEW00768.html
Please give now and in the future. After ~5 years of donating every 8 weeks, unfortunately, I'll be unable to.
Bryce
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Posts in this Thread:
- Fear for your life, Quinn S. Kurz-NYC, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:26:16
- Its just unreal.... (little rant in here too), Alex Athanasiou, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:26:58
- Blood, toil, tears and sweat, PJ Cats, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 14:30:46
- I ship to Boot camp in 1 week exactly..., Jay S, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:54:10
- We can't stoop to their level, IrieTom , Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:12:26
- Very well said. Thanks n/m, mfatic, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:11:57
- The US would never do that kind of thing anyway..., Scott Paterson , Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:49:14
- Well said and I am in complete agreement and still in shock, Atul, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 16:40:28
- Thanks Tom, Right on! n/m, Chad (family in NY), Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:36:08
- If you are on the east coast and can give blood, doit! n/m, Dean, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 12:07:07
- Re: Fear for your life, ChrisB, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:57:42
- Pray for the casualties...Erase terrorits countries forever.!!n/m, FLM, Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:39:26
- I'm with you. I am so angry right now. Sad for casualties. nm, TimN , Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:35:11
- Unbelievable n/m, RS , Tue, 11 Sep 2001 11:27:56
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