Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Band Beyond Desu Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Donating blood Date: 26 May 2012 13:37:40 GMT Lines: 17 Message-ID: <100280093359731896.866736shadowboxing-theapocalypse.com@News.Individual.NET> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net FwZ2ubNUjZhf2GoKlgNZEwp6/658IG/FWOkpl1L9omPm4fzTMWSjJ0szTaH8cETeSl Cancel-Lock: sha1:3fK9/j5hzz89oJ/xP6PVU3jj0Tk= User-Agent: NewsTap/3.5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:170448 "John W." 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.