We had a conference in Kansas City of world representatives of blood transfusion services. I had a number of them in my taxi cab and learned that in Europe, only American donated blood is used for those under the age of 18, and those who demand only American blood. It seems that the there is a problem with the contamination of the blood supply by the mad cow virus, for which there still is no valid test. This means that the blood donated here is sold at very high prices in Europe, especially in Britain.
Do you agree with the policy, and should Americans be told that when there is a shortage, part of the reason is because of exports of blood?
2006-10-24
01:14:19
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