makes me really mad Options

[princess2113]

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?

[EmeraldKnight]

how can i show u? just b/c its not on the news, doesnt mean there isnt one...trust me i sit in long meetings planning them n hand out papers that say "DONATE BLOOD, WE R IN SHORTAGE" if ever1 culd donate, chances are we wuld still have a shortage b/c most ppl still probably wouldnt do it...i dunt have mad cow...it wuld have show up by now and im vegetarian...eliminating ppl like me only makes the shortage worse

Um.. no, how do you keep saying there is a shortage? Have you been to the warehouses or whereever the blood is stored and seen them? If not, how can you possible be sure we have a shortage?

BTW, Mad cow takes around TEN YEARS to show up (though it IS NOT transferred through blood)

Unless you can be 100% sure there's a dire need for blood, we must be as safe as possible