I took my youngest son 13, to the ER to check for broken ribs (hockey parent here - just bruised) I'm a father of five and have had plenty of experience in the ER. I have never seen it so busy. Waiting room was filled with young people. One mother and 20 something son were checking in. He had apparently just had a previous blood clot and was now experiencing chest pain and shortness of breath with elevated heart rate. Hours later we were called in. I was expecting to be asked if my son was Vaccinated but instead was asked if we would ever approve blood transfusions! Was this a trick question? I said "Not now. Not since blood is taken from the Vaccinated." Anyone have similar experiences? This has to stop!
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I applaud you standing up for your principles. At the end of the day, you're donating blood to help a person in need. If a teenager was in a terrible car crash and couldn't be saved because there wasn't enough blood donated, would it matter if you were standing up for your mask rights? I would maybe find a happy medium and keep blasting them with emails like you're doing and talking to someone there explaining that you are happy to donate and have done so regularly but you do not believe it is in your best interest to wear a mask and see if they can give and exemption in your profile. If they say no I would be snarky and tell them that it's nice to know they have so much that they're not accepting donations anymore. In my opinion that's the best way to push back on the mask issue.
Yes, I thought about calling them directly, so thank you for that. Exactly what you stated is why I am feeling guilty. It just irks me that for the 8 previous months no one said anything to me about wearing a mask. I'm sure it is now because of the "Delta variant", but....
I feel ya. Thank you for donating so regularly regardless!