athena53
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Last week I was on the premises at my church blood drive- I'd donated to another blood bank a month before so was ineligible. This was the Red Cross and they publicized the COVID-19 tests every donor would get, with results available on-line in a week or so. Usually we get 12 units in a day. Last week we got 24.
That was the good news- I felt bad, though, that some of our regular donors couldn't get appointments because of the overwhelming demand from people who were motivated by the freebie test. They couldn't even accommodate walk-ins- all the beds were full.
The bank where I donate still isn't testing- according to their web site there's not a lot of knowledge about what the results mean. If being positive meant you had had it and now had lifetime immunity that would be nice, but it's nowhere near that.
I continue to donate every 8 weeks but am not sure what I'd do differently if I had test results, either positive or negative.
That was the good news- I felt bad, though, that some of our regular donors couldn't get appointments because of the overwhelming demand from people who were motivated by the freebie test. They couldn't even accommodate walk-ins- all the beds were full.
The bank where I donate still isn't testing- according to their web site there's not a lot of knowledge about what the results mean. If being positive meant you had had it and now had lifetime immunity that would be nice, but it's nowhere near that.
I continue to donate every 8 weeks but am not sure what I'd do differently if I had test results, either positive or negative.