Ok or why can’t we donate blood like we do organs? What I mean exactly is why can’t we harvest/drain a newly deceased body off all its blood and platelets? With the amount of people who pass everyday surely there would be enough.
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Blood donation is a pretty easy and sophisticated thing at this point.
Where I live there are regular blood drives hosted by schools or other community groups. And they’ve gotten pretty slick with registration and pre-screening now – you can usually sign up for a specific timeslot and answer all of the “have you gotten a tattoo from a prostitute outside the United States” questions beforehand.
That said, blood is perishable, so the need is constant.
I think one of the factors that drives shortages is just seasonality. People might be less likely to donate in the worst of the winter months when it’s tough getting people to leave their houses… and also tough during the summer when you’re dealing with vacations, etc.
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