New blog post! It's a follow-up of sorts as to what I was saying yesterday about how you should absolutely be giving blood and registered to donate marrow and organs. I talk about what they entail, how they work, and try to hit a few common concerns. Give it a read and let me know if you've got any further concerns I could maybe help address.
@auravulpes I'd donate, but they don't want my blood (for at least 2 reasons) and seemingly would rather die than accept my worthless blood. So why should I lie just to have the possibility to give them what they want?
@pinkvampire So, I don't know enough to speak to the specifics of your situation, but I only gave one thing to even consider lying about. If there are "at least 2 reasons" you can't give, either we're counting things differently, your local organisation(s) have requirements that mine don't (which, tbf, I should have had a disclaimer at the top of "my experience is with the US, ymmv"), or there might be reasons you can't give blood...
@auravulpes Thanks for the answer. I'm not from the US. And I didn't want to put the focus on lying but on the fact that they don't want my blood. Now I could 1) cry about discrimination (it feels strange that my blood, which is good enough for me to live, is for others too worthless to be collected; I think there are strong associations with blood) or 2) say: OK, they shall die, I'm fine with that. (Ofc, I will be a collateral damage if I need blood products myself.) So that's my consideration.
