Another Aussie here. After the Bondi shooting, there was a massive influx of blood donations. Tonnes of us rolled up our sleeves and donated blood, to the point where they had to turn people away because they couldn't deal with the amount of people who wanted to donate. I give blood every few months because I suffer from high iron and it's at a managed level now, so the donated blood can be used.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
My husband used to do that...hemochromatosis. They always threw his blood away! He has other issues now so hasn't gone for a couple of years.
They sadly can't use the blood until your iron levels are normal and then giving blood routinely your iron should generally be normal, so they can actually use it. Mine was initially quite high, so they took a lot of bags before I was at the point where it was usage. When I was first getting those venesections, they would take a lot of blood and it was disappointing that they couldn't use it.
We tend to give blood after every disaster - we are pretty good like that. Imagine going 'yeah nah, not unless you pay me...'