"John W." <worthj1970@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, May 25, 2012 10:55:27 PM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote:
>> 
>> Anyone else?
>> 
> I tried to give once at a large mobile donation center that was parked in
> front of Osaka station. Like you, that was a lifetime ago. I was unable
> to donate. IIRC, the excuse given had to do with vaccinations, but I
> believe it was more the ones I hadn't received rather than the ones I
> had. Could be remembering that wrong, though. I tend to remember lots of things wrong.
> 
> John W.

I never had employers require (much less require, then refuse!) blood
donations, just six- or 12-month medical checks, the privacy concerns about
which I was leery of, and never definitively found out exactly where, the
test-result data went, who was privy to it, and how long it was retained.