Reply To: Why I'm never giving blood again. By popa.

Avram in MD: Thank you.

The.nurse: When I started the thread, I didn’t know about that, so I hadn’t checked. I since checked and am indeed O+ which means that I cannot give blood to any one with RH-.

So, the math works out that I can give to 3 “other” groups, and only receive from 1 “other” group (O-). And the only “other” which I can receive from is the most desired one.

Or, to break it into percentages: When you take out the O+ blood slaves (37%) like me, we can say I can give to 48% of the “other” population, and can receive from only 6% of the “other” population.

So I think my rant is still justified.

But if it isn’t, then it is on behalf of all the O-‘s out there who give to 100% and only receive from 6%.

Here is the percentages breakdown I found online:

O+ 37%

A+ 34

B+ 10

AB+ 4