another one is, have you had allergies since you last donated?
i know some people just say to lie for every question. technically they screen every donation, but it’s not supposedly a reliable test for something like HIV.
i’m pretty sure i’m just allergic to reality. sometimes just constant sneezing, even when i’m on an antihistamine.
obviously best to just be aware of one’s behavior and risk factors. do they do this just avoid liability?
They do this because it is important. It’s better to not donate, than to donate something that will kill someone.
yeah but you’re not hearing my question. literally no one is going to say sorry, can’t donate, got a mosquito bite
edit i don’t live somewhere that mosquitos are known for transmitting illness, like zika, malaria, whatever else
Yeah and then people will die because of it. Oopsie, right? If they ask you a question, answer it truthfully. If you have a question about it, ask them about it. If something isn’t a big deal, they won’t reject it. If it is, they will. Simple as.
i assume you’ve never donated plasma
Try again. But by all means, be selfish and lie on the forms since you are arrogant enough to know better than the people who actually collect the blood, or the teams that carefully create these questionaires. It’s not like these are there for both your safety and the safety of the patient.
out of all the stupid things to not get and persist in misunderstanding