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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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 Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:46 pm Post subject: Lived in Britain? Korea doesn't want your mad cow blood |
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http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2008/10/23/0601000000AEN20081023007300320.HTML
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SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean lawmakers on Thursday criticized serious safety loopholes in the country's blood bank system, which failed to screen for high-risk donors and tainted blood.
In a parliamentary audit of the Korea National Red Cross (KNRC), Rep. Shim Jae-chul said that from 2006 there have been 1,563 cases of people giving blood who lived in Britain and other countries with recorded outbreaks of mad cow disease.
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nizpaz
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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| That's ok I'll keep my barking mad, but precious and rare in Korea O blood type for a worthy, needy, fellow barking-mad Brit should it be required! |
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RJjr
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Turning on a Lamp
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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How about sperm banks. Have you tried to donate at one in Korea?  |
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cheeseface
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
Location: Ssyangnyeon Shi
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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I thought that hey had been doing this for at least the last five years.
One of my co-workers husbands worked in the UK and was told he couldn't give blood, that was five years ago.
It's quite a common practice around the world it even extends to many other European countries as they had BSE too.
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The Grumpy Senator
Joined: 13 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Having lived in Germany and Italy in the 1980's before meat inspection was emphasized like it is now; I cannot donate blood in America. This is not just a Korean thing. |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I couldn't give blood in New Zealand, because I lived in Britain during the early 80s. |
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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I can't donate blood nor sell plasma in the US due to having lived in Europe. It seems so silly to reject those who worked abroad0, but America is plain old fashioned strict on things. A for profit plasma bank in college refused me when I tried to sell my plasma for critically needed dollars. In American cities, it's common for the poor, unemployed, and unsupported college students to sell plasma 2 times a week for a grand total of about $250 per month extra income.
Blood donation is for the well to do who recognize they someday might need blood themselves so they give it regularly to keep the blood banks going. I used to donate blood during my military years because it would get me out of work for a day to relax. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| The Grumpy Senator wrote: |
| Having lived in Germany and Italy in the 1980's before meat inspection was emphasized like it is now; I cannot donate blood in America. This is not just a Korean thing. |
Ditto. Lived in Germany and visited the UK and Ireland in the early 1980s. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I was born in the UK, but my blood is Danish. Still, I imagine to a blood donor, I would be considered "contaminated" regardless. |
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Bingo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know if the situation has changed, but about eight years ago the Korean Red Cross would not accept any blood from non-Koreans. They gave some fantastically un-scientific explanation for their refusal to accept non-Koreans blood. It was something like, 'Oh Korean blood and foreigner bloods don't mix well (or something like that). Incredible stuff coming from doctors and nurses who were supposedly trained to think scientifically. Basically, it was just racist nonsense aimed at avoiding the contaminaton of Korea's 'pure blood' line.
Does anyone else remember this, and the details of the absurd reasoning they provided? |
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Cedar
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been refused for traveling to SE Asia... |
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philipjames
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Bingo wrote: |
I don't know if the situation has changed, but about eight years ago the Korean Red Cross would not accept any blood from non-Koreans. They gave some fantastically un-scientific explanation for their refusal to accept non-Koreans blood. It was something like, 'Oh Korean blood and foreigner bloods don't mix well (or something like that). Incredible stuff coming from doctors and nurses who were supposedly trained to think scientifically. Basically, it was just racist nonsense aimed at avoiding the contaminaton of Korea's 'pure blood' line.
Does anyone else remember this, and the details of the absurd reasoning they provided? |
Can you imagine the horror of any Korean upon realizing that their blood transfusion included blood from non-Koreans. They'd need serious psychological counselling and probably be placed on a suicide watch. 
I bet a full 95% of Koreans would be absolutely horrified upon hearing such news. Koreans in the US, Canada etc. probably refuse blood tranfusions at a massively high rate because the blood that they would receive wouldn't be pure Korean. Bet they fly home for the transfusion.
In emergency situations, such as serious car crashes, they of course have no choice in the matter. But on waking up and getting the news of a blood transfusion from waegukin!!!! . How oh how could they tell their family about this? How could they ever look their ancestors in the face?
That's why they refuse non-Korean blood here. |
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crazy_arcade
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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The op has shown his true colors recently.
LIVED IN BRITAIN: GOOD LUCK DONATING BLOOD ANYWHERE!.
op: time to leave. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: |
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| crazy_arcade wrote: |
The op has shown his true colors recently.
LIVED IN BRITAIN: GOOD LUCK DONATING BLOOD ANYWHERE!.
op: time to leave. |
Why? True colors? What are they?
Did I state anything not true? |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| I can't donate blood nor sell plasma in the US due to having lived in Europe. It seems so silly to reject those who worked abroad0, but America is plain old fashioned strict on things. A for profit plasma bank in college refused me when I tried to sell my plasma for critically needed dollars. In American cities, it's common for the poor, unemployed, and unsupported college students to sell plasma 2 times a week for a grand total of about $250 per month extra income. |
See, I learn stuff from posts like this. What he says is very interesting. I didn't know that. |
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