Poll: Donating Blood
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I've successfully given blood once. The second time they just stabbed around in my arm for a while because it turns out my veins are very small and rubbish for donating...
Otherwise I've always been away for the donation days or they've been booked solid.
I have joined the Bone Marrow Register though, for good measure!
Otherwise I've always been away for the donation days or they've been booked solid.
I have joined the Bone Marrow Register though, for good measure!
I already donate blood, I do it because I want to give something back to society. Not just because of the life-saving deed that I and many others are doing.
Yeah, sorry, I am never donating blood to a blood drive. For family and friends, I can make an exception.
Even if the cure for AIDS was in my genetic code, I wouldn't donate it for research.
Even if the cure for AIDS was in my genetic code, I wouldn't donate it for research.
I will never donate blood, because I have a strong fear of needles and other pointy objects which sink under my skin. I'm not killing anyone because someone else will donate blood.
Also, football players are notoriously stupid. Don't believe what they say unless they can either back it up or it's about football.
Also, football players are notoriously stupid. Don't believe what they say unless they can either back it up or it's about football.
I cannot legally give blood, due to my time living in a dirty backwater nation (the UK). Apparently it is due to the chance I could have Mad Cow Disease. On top of that, I am on some pretty strong meds, so I cannot give because of them either.
That being said, I have to have blood tests done every 3 months, so I get the same amount of needles.
That being said, I have to have blood tests done every 3 months, so I get the same amount of needles.
I'd be more than than happy to donate blood if it saved even 1 life, but I'm actually not allowed to.
I would donate blood (not out of guilt), but apparently my blood is not safe for transfusion. Medical problems, what not.
I donate blood roughly twice a year, and have been doing so for 5 years now.
But I do not count not donating as killing - withholding help, possibly critical one, but not killing. Because it is their body, their blood. And while there could always be more donors, the situation (at least in my country) is rarely if ever so bad that someone dies decidedly from lack of replacement blood-products. So it's not like the act of not donating can be directly causally linked to dead people, because the rest of us are donating sufficiently.
But if someone does not donate despite the ease of doing so (nearby blood donor point or a circulating mobile unit is visiting) by basis of nothing but "not interested", I do see it as somewhat morally reprehensible. But at the same time, some people have risks associated with donating blood, are clearly frightened of it or it links to a phobia or various medicines they are on forbid it are all valid and understandable reasons in my mind.
But I do not count not donating as killing - withholding help, possibly critical one, but not killing. Because it is their body, their blood. And while there could always be more donors, the situation (at least in my country) is rarely if ever so bad that someone dies decidedly from lack of replacement blood-products. So it's not like the act of not donating can be directly causally linked to dead people, because the rest of us are donating sufficiently.
But if someone does not donate despite the ease of doing so (nearby blood donor point or a circulating mobile unit is visiting) by basis of nothing but "not interested", I do see it as somewhat morally reprehensible. But at the same time, some people have risks associated with donating blood, are clearly frightened of it or it links to a phobia or various medicines they are on forbid it are all valid and understandable reasons in my mind.
I know I should, but I hate needles. They're welcome to any bits they want after I'm a stiff, though.
I donate every two months, but I'm not sure whether I feel everyone is obliged to do so. Part of me feels that forcing someone to give up blood is an obstruction of their rights, but another part of me feels that a loss of rights is the lesser of two evils if it prevents someone from dieing.
it amazes me that there is still so much emphasis on blood. do people realize the advances made in the field of bloodless surgery? and do people realize that bloodless surgery and non-blood expanders like Ringer's solution are about 20 times SAFER than traditional blood transfusions?
in my opinion, a lot of this ignorance is being promoted by the for-profit blood banks. if people knew the alternatives, there would only be about 10% as much demand for blood.
in my opinion, a lot of this ignorance is being promoted by the for-profit blood banks. if people knew the alternatives, there would only be about 10% as much demand for blood.
I wouldn't donate, and it isn't killing people. That is like saying people are dying of starvation because you don't donate food, or that people are going bankrupt because you don't give hobos money. Plus I hate needles and I don't weigh enough to donate anyway...
I used to donate a lot when I lived closer to a blood clinic, but I move around a lot so it's not possible at the time. I *would,* though, so I'm going to play the "it's the thought that counts" card.
Having said that, the assertion that you are killing three people just because you didn't donate the blood that may or may not have saved them is a guilt trip and a logical fallacy[footnote]Not sure which one, though[/footnote], so I would also be sure to "donate" the blood of whoever came up with that retarded slogan in addition to my own.
Having said that, the assertion that you are killing three people just because you didn't donate the blood that may or may not have saved them is a guilt trip and a logical fallacy[footnote]Not sure which one, though[/footnote], so I would also be sure to "donate" the blood of whoever came up with that retarded slogan in addition to my own.
