As we enter this new phase of living with COVID-19, myths persist. One false rumor is that people can contract COVID through the blood supply.
“[o]ther studies have shown that in rare cases where a blood sample tested positive, transmission by blood transfusion has not occurred…Therefore, it appears safe to receive blood as a transfusion recipient and to keep donating blood, without fear of transmitting COVID-19 as long as current screenings are used.”
According to the press release: “Researchers concluded the likelihood of a transfusion recipient receiving blood with trace amounts of SARS-CoV-2 was approximately .001% – a little over 1 in 100,000 – and that the likelihood of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by blood transfusion was insignificant compared to airborne transmission.”“COVID is not transmitted via blood . . . that’s not a way that people get this or other respiratory viruses.
” that “[v]iruses rely on ‘binding sites’ on their host cells. . . The binding sites for COVID-19 are located in the respiratory tract, especially the lower lung, and the digestive system. There is no evidence this coronavirus targets blood cells, or even uses plasma to move around and invade other organs…Blood cells don’t have the binding sites COVID-19 is looking for. The virus is focused on attacking the respiratory and digestive systems.
In January of this year, the New York State Department of Health issued a statement for Blood Donor Month encouraging individuals to donate blood and stating that “the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have an enormous effect on supply and the need for donations.” In March of 2023, the NYBC declared a blood emergency citing, and the summer has seen nationwide calls for blood donations. COVID’s impact not only translated to myths around blood transfusions but blood donations as well.
“I would just add that the pandemic sort of devastated the foundation on which we collect blood so pre-pandemic about 25 [percent] of our blood supply came from young donors who donated at high school or a college among their peers . . .
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