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Now OneBlood says it also has a critical need for blood.
WMFE spoke with OneBlood Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations Susan Forbes about why it’s safe to donate blood and the blood types they need most.
Read the full interview below.
Danielle: You know, last month the Red Cross said it saw its lowest donor turnout since the pandemic started. What’s donor turnout been like here in Central Florida number-wise?
Donating blood after getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Is it safe to donate blood after getting a COVID-19 vaccine? The American Red Cross and OneBlood say yes.
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ORLANDO, Fla. â Is it safe to donate blood after getting a COVID-19 vaccine? The American Red Cross and OneBlood say yes.
If youâre feeling well and have no symptoms after getting the COVID-19 vaccine, OneBlood says if youâre eligible itâs important to donate blood. But how soon you can donate depends on what vaccine you received.
These days the big red bus is looking for new places to attract potential blood donors.
At 3 a.m., Imeria Price and Jordan Washington got
up to take their 8-year-old son to the emergency room. Jakobe had fallen ill earlier that day at a baseball tournament in Georgia, so they returned home to Punta Gorda.
At first, his symptoms resembled a typical infection. Sore throat. Swollen lymph nodes. Fatigue. Then came the blood-red spots on his mouth.
From
the hospital, a helicopter
flew Jakobe to Johns Hopkins All Childrenâs Hospital in St. Petersburg, a 25-minute ride. His parents trailed behind, a 2-hour car journey ahead of them, unsure what would come next.
A doctor called them about
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Only people who have recovered from COVID-19 can donate convalescent plasma to help hospitalized patients fight the virus.
But thereâs one change thatâs making that pool of donors ineligible to give plasma right now. This was something that I was lucky to get through, so it was to me, it was important to give back to the community, said Stephanie Tomasimi.
Tomasimi spent Christmas day with those closest to her, her husband and children. The next day she had a fever that persisted for several days, and eventually she tested positive for COVID-19