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Tuesday: You Can Save a Life

Join the thousands who have already donated: If you are a recovered coronavirus patient, you can save lives by attending a plasma testing drive on Tuesday in Crown Heights. The deadline to register extended to 3 pm today. Full Story

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Only one or no prior pregnancies?
April 26, 2020 5:43 pm

This means that those of us who are mothers of more than one child cannot donate plasma even if we had Covid19?

Yes
Reply to  Only one or no prior pregnancies?
April 26, 2020 6:31 pm

Yes ,you understood correctly

Volunteers
April 26, 2020 7:27 pm

Do you only want volunteers who have previously been infected with Covid and are better?

landsman
Reply to  Volunteers
April 26, 2020 7:57 pm

Criteria:

1. Donor must be 18 or older

2. For female donors: Nonpregnant female with only one or no prior pregnancy

3. Must have had symptoms of COVID-19

4. Must be symptom-free for at least 7 days

Not what I meant
Reply to  landsman
April 27, 2020 9:25 am

I meant volunteers to help out at the event, not to get tested

There is no rule
Reply to  Not what I meant
April 27, 2020 10:19 pm

You can volunteer for the event if you haven’t had the virus. They are asking that people who are sick don’t come to the event at all. Think about all the essential workers who are going out right now, not all of them had the virus just be careful, wear a mask and you should be fine

What if I had symptoms but no fever?
April 26, 2020 7:52 pm

Can I still donate if I only had other symptoms but no fever…? And I am symptom free for 14 days…

landsman
Reply to  What if I had symptoms but no fever?
April 26, 2020 7:58 pm

3. Must have had symptoms of COVID-19

4. Must be symptom-free for at least 7 days

Fever
Reply to  landsman
April 26, 2020 8:50 pm

What if someone lost their sense of smell and taste, and had minor symptoms, but no fever?

Loss of taste or smell?
Reply to  landsman
April 26, 2020 9:07 pm

Is loss of taste or smell enough to qualify? I didn’t get a fever or cough.

asymptomatic
April 26, 2020 8:00 pm

I didn’t have any symptoms but everyone in my household had covid, does that mean I could have the anti bodies, and can I donate?

Symptoms
April 26, 2020 8:16 pm

On the form it says “real symptoms” like fever. What about other symptoms?

Please correct Criteria
April 26, 2020 8:24 pm

B”H
The Criteria say you must be 18 or older, but the application says you can NOT be over 65. So the Criteria should state “Between the ages of 18 and 65.” Thank you.

Loss of taste and smell
April 26, 2020 11:59 pm

If I still can’t taste or smell, but have/had no other symptoms, can I donate? From what I’ve heard, loss of taste/smell can linger…

Real Symotoms
April 27, 2020 11:38 am

When filling out the form, this is one of the questions that is asked.
I certify that I: had real symptoms, like fever over 99°F or loss of smell or taste”

Checkitout
April 27, 2020 12:38 pm

Just curious: Why does it make a difference if someone was pregnant more than once?

Answer
Reply to  Checkitout
April 27, 2020 4:57 pm

Women exposed to fetal white blood cells can form antibodies that can be dangerous to transfusion patients potentially creating a lethal lung condition called TRALI. Typically it takes three pregnancies but they have been found in women with two pregnancies and hence the restriction.

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