I gave blood routinely for years and years. Hours of my time on public transit and in the chair. Then, one time, I was sick and canceled because that is expected (nobody wants sick blood). They called me twice daily while I was sick to reschedule. Each time I said I would reschedule when I was healthy, but they didn't stop calling. It made me think of them as some telemarketing predators that are profiteering on my good will. True or not that feeling made me not go back.
this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2024
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How to worsen the blood shortage with just two sentences.
There is a lot of good discussion here, but I'd like to toss in something else. Look around at the society we live in. Corporations don't care about health and well-being. Insurance companies don't care about health and well-being. Political leaders don't care about health and well-being. Pundits and think tanks don't care about health and well-being.
Caring, volunteering, and donation all require the right frame of mind. Between the stress of daily survival and the messages we get from the people with the most power and the loudest voices, it surprises me that anyone is still donating.
They fucked up and left me with a month of bruising, so no.
That's always a risk. I give blood about 6 times a year and that's only happened to me once over the last 3 years.
No.
Start taxing billionaires, fix the housing market, pay us decent wages and maybe we might volunteer to be your blood bags you fucking boomer vampires.
How is the Red Cross responsible for any of that?
It's hilarious, and telling, that they think the people to lash out against are people needing blood transfusions.
Aka
Cancer, anemia, and trauma patients. Pregnant mothers with complications. Premature infants.
All because "People needing blood must be boomers, so just die."
A trash opinion, from a trash human, proud of its spiteful ignorance, scared of a prick of pain and a minor inconvenience.