Red Cross in need of more blood donations to help during COVID-19 situation
The need for blood donations is constant throughout the world and with the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, the need for donations for patients is steadily increasing. Courtesy photoROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times
The need for blood donations is ever present, and even during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, emergencies don’t stop.
Neither does the Red Cross, as hospital patients still need life-saving blood. Since its inception earlier this year, the coronavirus has spread to many parts of the world, including many parts of America, and Red Cross External Communications Manager Jan Hale said while any time is a good time to give blood, the need for it is currently quite urgent.
While the urgency to give blood may seem to be heightened with COVID-19, Hale said donations were needed before coronavirus, and they will be needed afterwards.
“I think it is as important as it has always been,” she said. “These times are so uncertain and difficult.”
Hale said when COVID-19 first became a problem, many people did not realize how it would affect blood donation.
“We’ve been very grateful for people who have continued to come out and donate because the reality is regardless of what’s going on, regardless of the pandemic, every two seconds, we know someone in our country needs blood,” she said. “Unfortunately, the only way we’ve got it available to give to patients is for someone to roll up their sleeve and donate.”
As expected, Hale said coronavirus has put an additional strain on an already low blood supply.
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Decisions, decisions!
When I attended the City Council meeting on March 10th, I told them I had seven items to discuss, but would only do two of what I considered the most important now, and the others later.
Saundra Koochel and I have both approached the council, both passed and present, with the same results. That, in itself, shows where their interests lie. Beyond that, my contribution to the meeting wasn’t even mentioned in the write up in our newspaper. Okay, if you subscribe to the paper, you read what was said, and can form your own opinion.
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