They've recently changed the Mad Cow requirement its now 5 years
for europe though its still 3 months for the UK.
-Bill

On Tue, 17 May 2005, Robert Felty wrote:

> Don't forget that you can't have traveled much either - I am
> disqualified for spending too much time in Europe - something like a
> total of 6 months or more in the last 5 or 10 years.	You also cannot
> admit to being gay.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On May 17, 2005, at 12:31, Christine Kapusky wrote:
>
> > Looks like it's time to give some blood, folks...
> >
> > ATEO's next blood drive will be held right after the Memorial Day
> > holiday, on Wednesday, June 1.   The Red Cross advises that all
> > holiday weekends drain available blood supplies; after all, when
> > likely blood donors are out of town, they don't donate.  Hard on the
> > heels of that major holiday, the timing of our next drive will be
> > hugely challenging, but that's no accident.  We get scheduled at tough
> > times because, drive after drive, people on this campus deliver.
> >
> > A Red Cross note which reached me today indicates that blood supplies
> > in the 5-county metro area are at all time lows.  Take a look:
> >
> >	    O positive -  86 units on hand and we should have
> > 972..........6 hour supply
> >	    B negative - 6 units on hand and we should have 57..........
> >  6 hour supply
> >	    O negative - 58 units on hand and we should have 228........23
> > hour supply
> >	    A negative - 111 units on hand and we should have
> > 168........48 hour supply
> >	    B positive - 226 units on hand and we should have 273.......60
> > hour supply
> >
> > Not even one of these blood types has an available 3 day safety
> > margin.  Can you imagine having an emergency need in your own life and
> > learning that low supplies like these just wouldn't support your need?
> >  Wow!   That's why the pints you and I donate on June 1 will matter so
> > very much.
> >
> > If you're healthy, if it's been 56 days since your last donation, and
> > if you're willing to invest an hour at ATNPC on June 1, you can do a
> > world of good.  Our drive will run from 7 AM - 5:45 PM.  Please visit
> > the Red Cross' registration website at
> > https://www.givelife.org/index.cfm?hlc=ford13  and sign up today.
> >
> >
>

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