You can't donate blood if you have had cancer, a heart condition, HIV, hepatitis B or C or inject non-prescribed drugs but as six million biscuits are eaten after giving blood every year, it seems that there are either plenty of people willing to give blood or maybe they just really like biscuits.
Probably the most famous blood donators were the victims in Dracula but they didn't so much as donate as have it taken forcibly from them but Bram Stokers book would have been much shorter if someone had just given Dracula a Fruit Shortcake or a Hobnob in the first chapter.
We all know the standard A, B, O, AB blood types but there are over 30 blood groups and the first recorded successful blood transfusion occurred in England in 1665 when a surgeon transfused blood between dogs before progressing from sheep to humans and in 1818 between people.
Many people are afraid of needles and i completely get why they will steer clear of the blood vans which usually sit in the corner of car parks but if saving lives isn't enough to get enough people rolling up their sleeves, maybe they should push the angle of it being a great way to score free cups of tea and biscuits.
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