UCI Hosts Blood Drive During Nationwide Blood Shortage
The University of California–Irvine (UCI) is holding a series of blood drives to help offset an “unprecedented” nationwide blood shortage.
The American Red Cross announced last year a severe blood shortage due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic and resulting blood drive cancellations.
Today, the shortage persists as hospitals prepare for a greater shortfall during the warmer months.
“[During] summertime, there’s a seasonal shortage,” UCI Medical Center spokesperson John Murray told The Epoch Times June 22 at a blood drive on the UCI campus.
“We have fewer donors, people on vacation on top of the tail end of the pandemic.”