[Sca-cooks] giving blood

[Tom Bilodeau]

Stefan is indeed right.  I live about 20 minutes from the Pentagon and
most of the Red Cross and local hospitals are overwhelmed by the turnout
by Americans to donate blood or provide volunteer services.  The biggest
call so far has been for O- blood.  All other "flavors" are being asked
to come back in 2-3 days or to leave a number for recall to give blood.

Tirloch
(Like Kiri, I recall where I was when John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
I also remember seeing the Challenger explosion in real time (watching
telemetry at work) and now this horrible day.)

"Mark.S Harris" wrote:

> Misha said:
> > olwentheodd at hotmail.com writes:
> > > Anybody besides me going to give blood?
> > >  Olwen
> >
> > I'm thinking about it but i'm not sure.
>
> Misha, please consider doing so. It doesn't need to be done
> today or even in the next few days. Currently I expect many
> blood centers are overwhelmed by the response. The Austin ones
> are reporting over one hour waits just to sign up. The need
> will continue for awhile, because of the immediate need and
> after that to rebuild depleted reserves. Also, since people
> who give whole blood today won't be able to give again for
> a while there may be another shortage in the future.
>
> It really is not that painful and does a lot of good. I now
> wish I had given blood during my freshman semester at
> college. Once I was diagnosed as a diabetic and put on
> injected insulin during the second semester, I've been
> unable to give blood as they will not accept mine.
>
> Stefan li Rous
> stefan at texas.net
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