Blood banks nationwide face shortages

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    Dee from Tampa
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    I totally agree that the rules for donating blood are too restrictive! I donated blood for years several times a year. One day I show up and they had a new question on their questionnaire: have you spent more than 2 (I think it was) years in Europe. When I answered yes they asked me what country and when I answered Denmark, they went and looked it up on a list and told me I couldn’t donate! I have NO clue why in the world my being Danish means I can’t donate blood! They had accepted my blood for years!

    It had been a few years and a couple of months ago I emailed my local branch to see if the restriction had been lifted – no!

    So, anyway, it makes me mad when I see on the news or read in the papers or something about blood shortages. I’m more than willing to help, but some person decided that accepting blood from a Dane was risky!

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