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princess2113
post Jul 1 2004, 08:50 PM
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if you have lived in countries, like Germany, for more than i think its 4 months you cant donate blood to most blood providers...i dont get it...they dont let me donate b/c i mite have Mad Cow...i never ate meat in Germany, im vegetarian...do u think its right? i mean allll these ppl need blood, like right after 9/11, no wonder theres a blood shortage...almost every1 willing to give can't...this elimates like almost all service people n tons of ppl....what do u think? shoud ppl that have lived in European countries n coutries with bad water still be able to give?
 
 
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post Jul 7 2004, 01:40 AM
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DUDE! theres a guy in here named M@d Cow! HAHAHA! anyway one question. whats Mad Cow Disease?

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Mad Cow disease (properly called bovine spongiform encephalopathy.)

Main Entry: bovine sponˇgiˇform encephalopathy

Pronunciation: -'sp&n-ji-"form-
Function: noun
: a fatal disease of cattle affecting the nervous system, resembling or identical with scrapie of sheep and goats, and probably caused by a prion transmitted by infected tissue in food -- abbreviation BSE; called also mad cow disease

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no they were right...if w/o blood u are definitly going to die...y not give them blood to try n c if it works, or to hold them until u can get another blood kind...i mean it IS worth a try...id rather my doctor try, then go o look we have a vegetarian but nah she mite have mad cow...and then me die b/c they wont even try

But this is about accepting blood to be stored and possibly shipped to hospitals, not about using the blood

Unless there was a blood shortage, I would want to be as safe as possible


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u never know if its 100% sure...u can get a LOT of diseases from blood...they screen the blood, but they dont alwayz find everything and when they question u to see if they are going to accept your blood, many people lie...or make a mistake...i dunno y u wuld lie, but it happens...and then it goes to screening n b/c the person said something like they havnt had a certain virus, it doesnt get checked for that or maybe not as closely...so yeah

Even if it isnt 100%, wouldnt you want the odds to be in your favor as much as possible?

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the only problem is that blood cant be proven 100% safe, blood tests are 98% accurate [im pretty sure] so in that 2% chance, if you're wrong, someone dies. why take the risk? but since Mad COw Disease isnt spread thru blood, i guess it wouldnt make a difference. unless youre checkin for STDs

Exactly, unless its absolutely crucial that blood be taken, you want to be as safe as possible.. ok, so its 98% safe.. would you care if you were the 2% that received an disease from it?
 

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princess2113   makes me really mad   Jul 1 2004, 08:50 PM
Justingamemaster   they are just trying to be safe....jeez how would ...   Jul 1 2004, 08:52 PM
EmeraldKnight   Yeah... they want to take all the necessary precau...   Jul 1 2004, 08:53 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(Justingamemaster @ Jul 1 2004, 8:52 PM)...   Jul 1 2004, 09:11 PM
EmeraldKnight   Well yes, I guess.. arent blood stores in the US p...   Jul 1 2004, 09:51 PM
bigpoppaproppy   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 1 2004, 9:51 PM)Wel...   Jul 2 2004, 02:30 AM
princess2113   QUOTEIf there's a significant amount and no ri...   Jul 2 2004, 08:42 AM
onenonly101   Yeah we are in SERIOUS need of blood. People think...   Jul 2 2004, 10:02 AM
Mini   QUOTE(onenonly101 @ Jul 2 2004, 10:02 AM)Yeah...   Jul 2 2004, 11:24 AM
princess2113   QUOTE(onenonly101 @ Jul 2 2004, 10:02 AM)Yeah...   Jul 2 2004, 02:57 PM
Justingamemaster   just find someone else with the same type of blood...   Jul 2 2004, 03:00 PM
JlIaTMK   y not give blood.... if ppl need it then y dont th...   Jul 2 2004, 07:05 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(Justingamemaster @ Jul 2 2004, 3:00 PM)...   Jul 2 2004, 09:22 PM
Spirited Away   Girl you don't have to look far for those kind...   Jul 2 2004, 09:30 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(uninspiredfae @ Jul 2 2004, 9:30 PM)Gir...   Jul 2 2004, 09:43 PM
kyuubi319   even though for you it might seem really unfair, t...   Jul 3 2004, 11:48 PM
Spirited Away   QUOTE(kyuubi319 @ Jul 3 2004, 11:48 PM)even t...   Jul 3 2004, 11:51 PM
EmeraldKnight   Wow.. I learned so much in this thread....   Jul 3 2004, 11:54 PM
ryfitaDF   QUOTE(princess2113 @ Jul 1 2004, 8:50 PM)if y...   Jul 4 2004, 12:48 AM
rnrn897   what?! thaz gay.. they can jus test it or some...   Jul 4 2004, 12:27 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEwhat?! thaz gay.. they can jus test it or...   Jul 4 2004, 09:30 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 4 2004, 9:30 PM)CAN...   Jul 5 2004, 02:56 PM
ComradeRed   Mad Cow disease is created by pryons in your brain...   Jul 5 2004, 05:32 PM
angel-roh   QUOTE(Justingamemaster @ Jul 1 2004, 6:52 PM)...   Jul 5 2004, 05:43 PM
Spirited Away   QUOTE(ComradeRed @ Jul 5 2004, 5:32 PM)Mad Co...   Jul 5 2004, 08:39 PM
ComradeRed   Mad Cow Disease is not spread through blood. It is...   Jul 5 2004, 09:25 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEMad Cow Disease is not spread through blood. ...   Jul 5 2004, 09:48 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 5 2004, 9:48 PM)Oh ...   Jul 5 2004, 09:59 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEim not making it up? i tried to donate n they...   Jul 5 2004, 10:32 PM
jasonjasonjason   well, if the person is gona die anyway, then y not...   Jul 5 2004, 10:43 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEwell, if the person is gona die anyway, then ...   Jul 5 2004, 10:58 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 5 2004, 10:58 PM)Th...   Jul 6 2004, 07:58 AM
kyuubi319   the only problem is that blood cant be proven 100%...   Jul 6 2004, 11:06 PM
F_L_I_P   DUDE! theres a guy in here named M@d Cow! ...   Jul 6 2004, 11:31 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEDUDE! theres a guy in here named M@d Cow...   Jul 7 2004, 01:40 AM
princess2113   QUOTEEven if it isnt 100%, wouldnt you want the od...   Jul 7 2004, 09:30 AM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEyes, but if there isnt enough blood for me i...   Jul 7 2004, 09:50 AM
princess2113   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 7 2004, 9:50 AM)Do ...   Jul 7 2004, 09:52 AM
EmeraldKnight   Realli? show me please.   Jul 7 2004, 09:55 AM
princess2113   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 7 2004, 9:55 AM)Rea...   Jul 7 2004, 09:58 AM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEhow can i show u? just b/c its not on the new...   Jul 7 2004, 10:02 AM
kryogenix   i don't think there really is a shortage. afte...   Jul 7 2004, 12:01 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEi don't think there really is a shortage....   Jul 7 2004, 12:02 PM
princess2113   QUOTE(EmeraldKnight @ Jul 7 2004, 10:02 AM)Um...   Jul 7 2004, 12:32 PM
skaterjswife2   rather be safe then sorry..   Jul 7 2004, 07:27 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEummm yes there IS a blood shortage just b/c u...   Jul 7 2004, 11:03 PM
stryker76   I give blood month...well except for this month i ...   Jul 8 2004, 11:33 AM
onenonly101   QUOTEi don't think there really is a shortage....   Jul 8 2004, 01:49 PM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEThere is a shortage here in Georgia. 2 days a...   Jul 8 2004, 10:02 PM
onenonly101   If the person has mad cow and it isn't transpo...   Jul 9 2004, 11:22 AM
EmeraldKnight   QUOTEIf the person has mad cow and it isn't tr...   Jul 9 2004, 01:06 PM
redsoxbaby87   they should be able to give, but their blood shoul...   Jul 10 2004, 02:01 PM
toria66622   why cant they just take your blood and test it 1st...   Nov 15 2005, 03:10 PM


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