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With the various forms of hepatitis becoming some of the fastest spreading diseases in the country, I would imagine that the Blood Banks are more worried about that. Hep C, even when dried, is active for up to 7 days afterwards.
The blood is also divided into so many sub-uses, and some of the parts of the blood doesn't show a disease as well as others. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong - Please! - but I think that for some parts (I'm thinking plasma in particular), the disease factor isn't as big a deal.
For those who are sqeamish, I would encourage you to read Journey, the biography of Robert Massie, who ran for lt. governor of Massachusetts several years ago. He is a hemopheliac, and the look into his life changed my view on giving blood forever! I am proud to say that I'm in the Quart Club!!
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