Donors are being turned away despite a blood shortage and even though a test program seeks plasma with antibodies from coronavirus survivors. Here's why.
An NYBC staffer denied that a potential donor would be asked if he were gay, saying the donor would instead be asked about sexual activity with another man during the past 12 months.
Vials of blood from a recovered COVID-19 patient drawn at a laboratory in New York on March 30, 2020.Linda Goelzer, a spokesperson for Carter BloodCare in Dallas, said"tons" of people showed up at their facilities the day after the FDA guidelines were announced, believing they were now eligible to donate. The staff were forced to turn them away.
Kate Fry, CEO of America's Blood Centers, said that the language in the FDA's guidance was intended to mean that blood centers should immediately begin the process of implementation, recognizing that it would take some time.
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