Giving blood
Aug 11th 2010 | 12:08 pm
#16
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Re: Giving blood
A couple of years back I was a partial match for some dude in Vic and I had to go for further testing but unfortunately the bloke died before I could go through the with the full process.
Aug 11th 2010 | 12:23 pm
#17
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From: Blue Mountains, NSW
Re: Giving blood
Organ Donation Myth Busting
Myth:
I lived in the UK during 'mad cow disease' so I can not be a donor
Reality:
You may still be able to donate your organs and some tissues.
I lived in the UK during 'mad cow disease' so I can not be a donor
Reality:
You may still be able to donate your organs and some tissues.
Aug 11th 2010 | 1:00 pm
#18
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Re: Giving blood
I agree and don't forget it also means that you can't be an organ donor either. 
I think its really sad and more people will die from this is the end than ever run the risk of CJD. If they are so paranoid they should realise that you wouldn't have had to have been in the UK for 6 months to contract it anyway if thats their argument, according to facts one dodgy hamburger at Maccas would have done it, 
so it really should rule out everyone from Oz that travelled to UK, which considering the high number of Brits here is probably a huge part of the population!!! 
I think its really sad and more people will die from this is the end than ever run the risk of CJD. If they are so paranoid they should realise that you wouldn't have had to have been in the UK for 6 months to contract it anyway if thats their argument, according to facts one dodgy hamburger at Maccas would have done it, so it really should rule out everyone from Oz that travelled to UK, which considering the high number of Brits here is probably a huge part of the population!!!
Aug 11th 2010 | 1:15 pm
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Re: Giving blood
1. Take the blood, with a remote and statistically unproven chance that you may possibly develop vCJD at some point in the distant future; or
2. Die.
Hmmm. That's a tough one...
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Aug 11th 2010 | 1:39 pm
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Aug 11th 2010 | 2:43 pm
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Re: Giving blood
Then that to a degree represents the situation faced by the UK blood service but doesn't represent the situation faced by the Aus blood service.
Hence the different outcomes.
So to elaborate my original question.
Given the choice between, blood that has a [maybe] remote and [maybe] statistically unproven chance that you may possibly develop vCJD at some point in the distant future; or blood that doesn't which would you sign up to?
Hence the different outcomes.
So to elaborate my original question.
Given the choice between, blood that has a [maybe] remote and [maybe] statistically unproven chance that you may possibly develop vCJD at some point in the distant future; or blood that doesn't which would you sign up to?
Aug 11th 2010 | 3:11 pm
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Re: Giving blood
So why not then eliminate all the other "maybe remote and statistically unproven chances"?
Aug 11th 2010 | 3:24 pm
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Re: Giving blood
[QUOTE=MartinLuther;
Just out of interest. If they came to you in hospital and asked "Are you okay to accept blood that has a higher risk of CJD infection?". Would you sign the form?[/QUOTE]
It would be no higher riskthan if i was back in the uk. You dont get the option over there, and the main reason for not being alloud to give blood over there is tatoos and peircings. So yeah i think i would accept it.
Just out of interest. If they came to you in hospital and asked "Are you okay to accept blood that has a higher risk of CJD infection?". Would you sign the form?[/QUOTE]
It would be no higher riskthan if i was back in the uk. You dont get the option over there, and the main reason for not being alloud to give blood over there is tatoos and peircings. So yeah i think i would accept it.
Aug 11th 2010 | 3:49 pm
#27
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Re: Giving blood
Aug 11th 2010 | 3:58 pm
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Re: Giving blood
Since Australia changed the rules so that the British can't donate blood or other products if they lived in the UK in that time period, donations here dropped. Red Cross told me it's because the British migrants take the trouble to donate as they're used to doing it and are more community-minded, but less Australian-born residents can be bothered, perhaps a downside of the more laid-back lifestyle and culture is a "can't be stuffed" attitude.
Aug 11th 2010 | 4:23 pm
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Re: Giving blood
Or to pose your question another way why have they eliminated any?
Come on folks, reductio ad absurdum! It's not big and it's not clever.
Aug 11th 2010 | 4:24 pm
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Re: Giving blood
Since Australia changed the rules so that the British can't donate blood or other products if they lived in the UK in that time period, donations here dropped. Red Cross told me it's because the British migrants take the trouble to donate as they're used to doing it and are more community-minded, but less Australian-born residents can be bothered, perhaps a downside of the more laid-back lifestyle and culture is a "can't be stuffed" attitude.
