Is a Severe Red Cross Blood Shortage Related Americans Refusing Vaccinated Blood Transfusions?
Why do some people think that a severe Red Cross blood shortage is related to some Americans refusing vaccinated blood transfusions?
The usual anti-vaccine influencers…
Some Americans Are Refusing Vaccinated Blood Transfusions
Sure, it is a thing that some people are refusing vaccinated blood transfusions, including for their sick children!
A ridiculous and dangerous thing…
These are the unvaccinated folks who believe that they have ‘pure blood,’ and don’t want to risk any COVID vaccine side effects. Or more likely, what they think are COVID vaccine injuries!
These are the folks who likely believe in shedding, but will go so far as to skip getting a necessary blood transfusion from someone who has been vaccinated!
“Del Bigtree almost bled to death from hemorrhoids, but still refused transfusion from donors vaccinated against COVID-19. Instead, he flew to Cancun to get “unvaccinated blood” at a quack cancer clinic. This sort of disinformation can kill. In Bigtree’s case, it almost did.”
Del Bigtree could have died because he refused transfusion from donors vaccinated against COVID-19
Or trying to find unvaccinated blood…
But how many Americans?
“Vanderbilt University Medical Center received 15 requests for unvaccinated blood from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025, according to the new report.”
Directed donations for unvaccinated blood: A departure from evidence-based medicine associated with clinical harm, resource waste, and oversight gaps in a two-year single-center series
Their story is based on a recent report from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which received only 15 requests for unvaccinated blood last year, at a time when they likely did up to 40,000 or more transfusions!
And they all ended up receiving directed donor blood from unvaccinated friends and family members, although a few got their blood a little late, leading to some unnecessary “clinical deterioration.”
Is a Severe Red Cross Blood Shortage Related Americans Refusing Vaccinated Blood Transfusions?
But what does this have to do with the severe blood shortage that the Red Cross reported in January?
Jefferey Jaxen and Del Bigtree seem to be implying that the severe blood shortage at the Red Cross is related to folks wanting vaccinated blood, aren’t they?
But if there were a lot of these folks refusing vaccinated blood, wouldn’t that lead to an extra supply of blood at the Red Cross?!?
Anyway, the severe shortage of blood at the Red Cross has nothing to do with vaccinated or unvaccinated blood.
Which would have been obvious if Jefferey Jaxen hadn’t cut the News Summary from the Red Cross announcing the reasons for their severe blood shortage…
That kind of makes you wonder just how many people are really refusing vaccinated blood transfusions, doesn’t it?
Remember, over 4 1/2 million people get transfusions in the United States each year, and it is a very small minority that are concerned about vaccinated blood.
“Donor SARS-Cov-2 infection and vaccination were not associated with adverse patient outcomes and do not need to be considered in blood allocation.”
Blood donor SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination and adverse outcomes in plasma and platelet transfusion recipients
Lastly, you have to wonder why they didn’t mention the studies that show that getting vaccinated blood is safe!
More on Vaccinated Blood
Del Bigtree could have died because he refused transfusion from donors vaccinated against COVID-19
Red Cross Declares Severe Shortage after Blood Supply Falls 35% in Past Month
Refusing blood transfusions from COVID‐19‐vaccinated donors: are we repeating history?
Post-COVID-19 Blood Supply Challenges: Requests for Blood from Unvaccinated Donors
thing that some people are refusing vaccinated blood transfusions, including for their sick children!
A ridiculous and dangerous thing…
These are the unvaccinated folks who believe that they have ‘pure blood,’ and don’t want to risk any COVID vaccine side effects. Or more likely, what they think are COVID vaccine injuries!
These are the folks who likely believe in shedding, but will go so far as to skip getting a necessary blood transfusion from someone who has been vaccinated!
“Del Bigtree almost bled to death from hemorrhoids, but still refused transfusion from donors vaccinated against COVID-19. Instead, he flew to Cancun to get “unvaccinated blood” at a quack cancer clinic. This sort of disinformation can kill. In Bigtree’s case, it almost did.”
Del Bigtree could have died because he refused transfusion from donors vaccinated against COVID-19
Or trying to find unvaccinated blood…
But how many Americans?
“Vanderbilt University Medical Center received 15 requests for unvaccinated blood from January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2025, according to the new report.”
Directed donations for unvaccinated blood: A departure from evidence-based medicine associated with clinical harm, resource waste, and oversight gaps in a two-year single-center series
Their story is based on a recent report from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which received only 15 requests for unvaccinated blood last year, at a time when they likely did up to 40,000 or more transfusions!
And they all ended up receiving directed donor blood from unvaccinated friends and family members, although a few got their blood a little late, leading to some unnecessary “clinical deterioration.”
Is a Severe Red Cross Blood Shortage Related Americans Refusing Vaccinated Blood Transfusions?
But what does this have to do with the severe blood shortage that the Red Cross reported in January?
Jefferey Jaxen and Del Bigtree seem to be implying that the severe blood shortage at the Red Cross is related to folks wanting vaccinated blood, aren’t they?
But if there were a lot of these folks refusing vaccinated blood, wouldn’t that lead to an extra supply of blood at the Red Cross?!?
Anyway, the severe shortage of blood at the Red Cross has nothing to do with vaccinated or unvaccinated blood.
Which would have been obvious if Jefferey Jaxen hadn’t cut the News Summary from the Red Cross announcing the reasons for their severe blood shortage…
That kind of makes you wonder just how many people are really refusing vaccinated blood transfusions, doesn’t it?
Remember, over 4 1/2 million people get transfusions in the United States each year, and it is a very small minority that are concerned about vaccinated blood.
“Donor SARS-Cov-2 infection and vaccination were not associated with adverse patient outcomes and do not need to be considered in blood allocation.”
Blood donor SARS-CoV-2 infection or vaccination and adverse outcomes in plasma and platelet transfusion recipients
Lastly, you have to wonder why they didn’t mention the studies that show that getting vaccinated blood is safe!
More on Vaccinated Blood
Del Bigtree could have died because he refused transfusion from donors vaccinated against COVID-19
Red Cross Declares Severe Shortage after Blood Supply Falls 35% in Past Month
Refusing blood transfusions from COVID‐19‐vaccinated donors: are we repeating history?
Post-COVID-19 Blood Supply Challenges: Requests for Blood from Unvaccinated Donors