High-risk people of all sorts are prohibited from giving blood;
The Red Cross is VERY particular about the background of those giving blood. See:
for a list of proscribed practices. For example, you have to wait 12 months after getting a tattoo or body piercing jewelery. I had my cancerous prostate cancer removed about a year ago, and also have to wait 12 months to donate.
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Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Can be worse. I wish I could donate but it seems I am now permanently banned, based only on the places where I've lived in the past :-(
Quote "You are not eligible to donate if: .... You spent (visited or lived) a cumulative time of 5 years or more from January 1, 1980, to present, in any combination of country(ies) in Europe, including ...." (lists some countries where I lived).
The weird thing is that I can donate in Europe and then that blood could be used to save any person, including travelers from here who had an accident.
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