The virus doesn't live in your blood, it lives in your respiratory system, it isn't transmitted by blood They neither have this test at the blood bank nor need it So first of all this is false Second of all if it were true it would be a reprehensible thing to do https://twitter.com/vL0k0/status/1237117540297572354 …
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Their job is to collect blood, not to be your free testing service Running even a small risk of them not catching a disease in testing so that some dying patient gets your tainted blood is evil as hell
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Hello Arthur, Why should the onus to not be evil fall to the individual when the systems that we live in do it on a far larger scale? Regards, Customer Support
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Even from a purely selfish perspective, losing a bag of blood when you're possibly sick is a really bad idea for your own health The best thing to do if you think you're sick but can't get tested is assume you are and act accordingly
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Even if this is for a purely bureaucratic need - you need an official diagnosis so you can get off work - it wouldn't *work* because for this purpose the blood bank is not a qualified healthcare provider
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Yeah ALL screening tests have their effectiveness judged based partly on how common the condition being tested for is The screening questions are designed to lower the probability of transmitting a bad infection *in combination with lab tests* to *acceptable levels*
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A lot of people's bad ideas about medicine and science come from an unexamined belief in black-and-white yes-or-no answers when testing for things
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