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Skittles

(153,116 posts)

15. I donated platelets last week

Reply to jberryhill (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2020, 08:13 PM

Mar 2020

two hours with a needle in my arm, am working on 56th gallon

people, please donate, people still need blood and blood products

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The Red Cross is looking for blood donors [View all] jberryhill Mar 2020 OP

I had signed up matt819 Mar 2020 #1

Not so much here in central mass... getagrip_already Mar 2020 #2

are they making house calls ? dweller Mar 2020 #3

Good idea. cwydro Mar 2020 #4

Makes me wonder what is normally done to screen blood? jberryhill Mar 2020 #5

Good question. cwydro Mar 2020 #7

If they do that, I'm in jberryhill Mar 2020 #8

I don't think they do it anymore. cwydro Mar 2020 #9

I was going to ride today, but it's a bit wet out jberryhill Mar 2020 #11

Good point. cwydro Mar 2020 #13

Good point matt819 Mar 2020 #10

Encouraging -- appointments are filled at locations in my area. pat_k Mar 2020 #6

I just gave last week Tribetime Mar 2020 #12

Were the staff where you donated taking extra precautions? tanyev Mar 2020 #14

They had gloves and gave you hand sanitizer at sign in Tribetime Mar 2020 #16

Hmm. I do have one box of gloves and masks at home that I had long before any of this started. tanyev Mar 2020 #18

I donated platelets last week Skittles Mar 2020 #15

Yes. Very important canetoad Mar 2020 #17

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