# Blood Shortage - It's your bandwidth Red Cross, not us donors!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 26, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-shortage-its-your-bandwidth-red-cross-not-us-donors/958449 "2022-01-26T22:31:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-shortage-its-your-bandwidth-red-cross-not-us-donors/958449/7 "2022-01-27T18:48:38Z")

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Another perennial issue with the blood supply is the overly conservative restrictions on who can donate. They finally eased the rules for gay men, but as was brought up in a related thread, they’re still obstinate about Brits: [Why couldn't blood banks also do routine draws for lab work? - #17 by Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-couldnt-blood-banks-also-do-routine-draws-for-lab-work/958495/17)

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