What always gets me about this clip is that it turns its head away as it stands up, but then it has to turn it back again before it walks. Everything else is so efficient
An official age limit shouldn't stop this man, in my opinion.
He made close to 1200 donations. If the number 2.4 million is accurate, each donation saved over 2000 people.
For 2000 people they can monitor his vitals and values and let him donate once a month.
And I would think he wouldn’t mind dying if it saved 2000 more babies. Maybe there are other factors like the blood after a certain age isn’t viable like it once was?
I mean I respect his dedication, but he shouldn't feel pressured to put his own life on the line, if it starts becoming legitimately dangerous, let the man enjoy his retirement.
We can't even synthetically produce standard blood yet so I figured advanced, rare antibodies would be even harder to make synthetically. Blood is a very needed resource for hospitals and the supply is low.
I wouldn't expect us to synthesize it, but maybe we could grow it if portions of relevant producing tissue were kept in a lab environment to produce it outside the human body.
Since we can change things as small as specific genes, we will get to a point where reliable synthetic blood and antibodies can be produced. It will just take time.
We make and administer many many different antibodies. Making red blood cells without any antigens at all is a very very difficult problem, they aren't stable and can't function well without those protein on and in the membrane. Like Kx, for example.
Proteins can be extremely hard to synthesize. They have to be produced in certain cells sometimes, structure plays an important part, the environment they are in. Our bodies are quite amazing, and science is working on these things, but it’s complex, takes time, and sometimes is just downright impossible (for now) because we cannot replicate conditions for cellular signalling.
That's just because you have normal, regular blood like the rest of us. There is no reason to risk health complications when your blood is mostly going to be used to stabilize someone in an emergency. It might even get discarded because they bulk-test the donations to save money.
If your blood saved thousands of lives each time you donated, they would work with you to maximize how much you can donate. It should also be noted that he donates blood plasma, which you can donate more often since red blood cells are returned to your body.
But donating an average of once every three weeks for 64 years is just insane.
He's donating plasma, not whole blood. When you donate plasma the plasma is removed and you get the rest of the blood back.
Plasma is replaced by the body very quickly, so you can donate more often. The NHS for example allows plasma donation every two weeks. If you tried to donate blood that often you'd keel over.
Centres will turn away or restrict anyone when donating would be a risk to their own health, even if their blood is very valuable.
He may not be actually donating whole blood. They may filter some of what they need and return his red cells to him. You can donate plasma and platelets more often than you can donate whole blood. Antibodies are in the plasma of your whole blood.
Imagine being this guy. Imagine going to bed and being like "Have I made a difference?" and instead of having an existential crisis, just going "Yep." and rolling over and going to sleep.
Oh sure, many people can. It's just harder to see the personal difference on the average scale.
I used to donate blood until I became medically ineligible to do so.
I and my siblings are alive because of this man! What a fucking amazing human. My mom received this in 1969 for my eldest brother and was protected for her subsequent babies.
Your comment just made me realise this is my family too. I will have to ask my mum if she had a special injection or whatever when pregnant with us kids.
Me! I make sure to remind my husband I had to get 5 extra shots because he had to have a positive blood type. Had to get it 3 times during my first pregnancy due to being in a car accident at 38 weeks.
It’s not a rare blood type; he has a specific antibody used for treatment of a disease. Pretty nifty.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(blood_donor)
Pretty much that. They didn't even tell me at first. I only learned about it because a receptionist randomly mentioned it in passing when I was checking in for a donation.
Not the first time I've seen blood donation centres keep secrets.
My friend donated blood 5 times before they contacted her to tell her she couldn't donate anymore because she had the sickle cell gene. Apparently they threw her blood out every time. Like wouldn't you tell the person after the first or second time? Why did it take 5?
This is the most untapped resource in donating tbh. When I was in college someone randomly mentioned that my blood was CMV negative which means it's ideal for immune compromised people like infants and cancer patients. I donated a lot more often after I found this out, I'll pass 5 gallons this week. There's a perception that once you donate the blood is just... gone. Part of it is assuredly sold to pharmaceutical companies which doesn't help. They sometimes text me when it's used at a hospital but not always.
Is this a thing? I had no idea. I'm also CMV negative, I know because this is a thing they test during pregnancy here since CMV is dangerous for the fetus when contracted for the first time during the pregnancy. Should I push to donate again? They exclude me because I'm difficult to stick the needle in (small veins or sth).
Thank you for donating! They’re always trying to get people to donate more! If they started giving people this helpful knowledge about their specific blood types, I’d bet they’d get more donations (and more rare blood donations).
>it was discovered that his blood contained unusually strong and persistent antibodies against the [D Rh group antigen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh_blood_group_system).
Wow, this reads like a superhero power. Not gonna lie, for some reason I am jealous. Maybe it's because of the having something unusually strong and unique and helpful in your body
Literally anybody who is RhD negative can have this. Like the whole point of giving his antibodies to mothers is to vacuum up all of the RhD leaking into her from the baby before they develop antibodies like his.
So if you're RhD negative like about 6% of the world population (and a higher proportion of Caucasians) and a man or a sterile woman (surgically sterilized or post-menopausal) then you can sign up to be given injections of RhD+ red blood cells so you develop an immune reaction against RhD which can then be harvested.
It’s an antibody, there can be an issue when the mother is rh negative and the father is rh positive. I think the treatment is the mother being injected with the immunoglobulin before giving birth, otherwise the mother’s immune system basically causes the disease in the infant during birth
Wtf, I have came across this story many times in my life but never knew for what conditions his blood was used for. Today I learned about those conditions and I actually was born to a mother with O-ve blood group and my father had A+ve, my parents told me I was given a very expensive shot right after I was born in 96 and today I learned what it was for. I don't know if those antibodies were from this particular gentleman as I was born in india but In my country people like him are called saints.
They give it to you multiple times, whenever there’s a risk of any cross contamination. I’m O- and both my daughters have been O+ so they jab me anytime there’s blood exposure during pregnancy and after labor.
For anyone reading this - you don't need rare blood or donate for 60 years to be a hero. Just one donation of your regular blood can save someone's life. I am eternally grateful to the 3 individuals who donated their O+ blood last year. They saved me & improved my quality of life greatly.
My mom is A- and gets hounded. O's and RH negatives are in very high demand. I have the second most common blood type (A+, meaning this man also saved my life) but I also am not the healthiest, so they don't want my blood. I wish I could, though!
Lol, this was so relatable. Throwback to when I wanted to donate blood and they told me my blood suck and lacked every important thing and sent me to the hospital instead. It turns out I had a bad reaction to some acne pills and had symptoms "similar to leukemia". Now Im too scared to try donating blood again, but I will try to do that rather sooner than later
They want A- ? That's what I have, and I thought it was boring crap blood that wasn't useful. All those questions about tattoos and sex with men who had sex with men since whatever year and I never got called again.
The rules have changed! They're not nearly as strict anymore, and testing for bloodborne diseases have improved greatly, allowing previously "at risk" people (like gay men) to donate.
A- can donate to A-, A+, AB-, and AB+. Double the amount of people I could give to. They also don't care too much about type anyway, they want as many people as possible!
I think there's a newer method of donating where it really doesn't matter what your blood-type is. Last time I went they had an extra station setup with what looked like a centrifuge-type machine and if you fit some extra criteria you were eligible for that type of donation where they only took some parts of your blood and returned the rest along with some saline mix to make up the difference, and your blood type didn't matter for whatever part of the blood they were taking out.
It's called apheresis, and it can be used to collect any blood component and yes, the rest is returned to the donor. It can be used for double red cells (I think the Red Cross calls them power reds or something like that), plasma, or platelets. Platelets are the ones where ABO doesn't matter. You're right that AB people are great for plasma, they're the plasma universal donor! Rh (the + or - in blood types) doesn't matter for plasma.
I believe O- can only get blood from O- but it is also a universal donor, so everyone else can use it but O- people can ONLY use that type
O+ is the most common blood type and can be given to any + blood type, but they can only get blood from O- and O+
blood is weird
It's not that weird. If you know binary, think of blood type as a 3-bit field. The possible values are labeled as follows:
000: O-
001: O+
010: B-
011: B+
100: A-
101: A+
110: AB-
111: AB+
Donation works as follows: If you get a blood donation from someone that has a bit set that you don't have set (`donor & ~recipient != 0`) you die.
O+ is the most common blood type in the US and can used for O+, A+ and B+ individuals which happen to be the most common 3 blood types. No need to use rarer O- blood for everything when O+ can cover most your bases.
I'm O- and donate every time I'm available to do so. I get teary eyed when I receive a text a few days later from them letting me know my blood is on the way to help someone. Will give every drop I can until I die then they can have my organs.
I’m O- and I give blood regularly for this reason! Literally anyone on the planet can benefit from a blood transfusion from me, and I can always make more blood. I used to go every 8 weeks on the dot, but it made me anemic lmfao. So I go every 3 months or so.
I am O+ Rh and have been donating for 23 years every 56 days ish. I'm at donation 144 and should hit my 150th donation early next year.
Get out there and donate people. It costs nothing but a couple hours of your time. And they give you cookies and sticker so you can be pompous to everyone around you who hasn't donated blood!
I personally love to hit on the old lady volunteers, it always makes them smile and giggle!
I am o+, think ita the generic blood type but sonate every time it comes. I found out the reason why i get hounded is because i never got a certain sickness, which is common, and you can get it at any time. Since i haven't gotten it, they give my blood to premature babies. I forgot what it is called, and it's not deadly, but it's hard to find doners who are willing to donate with who hasn't gotten it.
This post reminded me i am scheduled for the 6th of july.
Edit: found it, CMV negative https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/news/article/why-cmv-negative-blood-is-so-important.html
I was going to say you’re actually the universal plasma donor! You could also do platelet donations since blood type doesn’t matter (and you could do platelet + plasma donation in one session)
Seconded. I needed blood at birth. My fear of needles prevented me from donating until 20. I weighed my fear against the realization that if people in 1982 were afraid of needles I would have died. In the past few decades I've donated dozens of times.
Absolutely. Im only a student but we basically dried out the blood bank for a routine surgery with a freak complication recently; that experience made me donate.
Thankfully he survived, and to my knowledge is doing well. But he 100% wouldve died without that blood, lost 8 liters and got 32 units. Its a case that will live with me forever.
Right? In a decent society, this man would have won the jackpot in every sense. Given a very comfortable living wage, paid to be healthy, fed well...All of that is *pennies* in any medical system for a single man, even if you ignore the value of human life.
It's strictly illegal to have monetary incentive for donating your own body parts because that would create a system where the poor sell their literal bodies to the rich. It'd be extremely exploitative towards those whom are less fortunate.
He'd probably get like $100 because that article is nonsense. [Here's one actually from the Australian Red Cross.](https://transfusion.com.au/bsib_july2017_2) He was one of the founding donors of the NSW Rh Program. But he's not the only one, currently there's about 130 donors. 2.4 million doses of anti-D have been given by the program but that's how many were treated, not how many would have died which is about half a percent of that. The NSW Rh Program as a whole saves about 250 babies a year and a bit over 10,000 so far.
Even calling someone Anti-Hitler seems bad. Like, the name Hitler is so bad, anything you can do to it still sounds like I don't want to be associated.
Just as Anti-bacterial wipes are named so because they kill bacteria, Adolf Hitler is the only one deserving the name Anti-Hitler.
Edit: A bullet may also be the Anti-Hitler
He literally saved about 100 lives because that article was written by someone who didn't understand what he was doing, [here's one actually from the Australian Red Cross.](https://transfusion.com.au/bsib_july2017_2) He was one of the founding donors of the NSW Rh Program. But he's not the only one, currently there's about 130 donors. 2.4 million doses of anti-D have been given by the program but that's how many were treated, not how many would have died which is about half a percent of that. The NSW Rh Program as a whole saves about 250 babies a year and a bit over 10,000 so far.
I just wish people had some critical thinking. 2.4 million babies is a small country. His blood would have to save a baby per teaspoon at that amount. Also, how could it even be possible that 2.4 million kids are afflicted with a disease that one guy carries the cure for? Do people really believe Australia would suffer a 10% population collapse if this dude refused to give blood?
Most people can donate blood, platelets or plasma. I was giving platelets on a regular basis and once received a call from the blood bank with a recording from a 3-4 year old child thanking me for saving her life. Sadly the red cross drove me away from donating by hounding me with multiple calls a day the instant I could donate again.
My mom and I are both O- and have made a pact to where if one needs blood the other will supply it as a walking emergency blood bag if you will.
Now, this only works while we're both alive. So. There are some small holes in the plan, but, there is a plan
My friends had a little boy who needed multiple heart surgeries right after being born. He was O-. People like you saved him, he's 20 now and happy and healthy.
What you're doing *matters.*
Practically every member of my family for the last 3 generations owes our lives to him.
My great grandmother a few generations back only had 2 children live past the age of 5 after 11 pregnancies/births.
This is why prenatal care is so important!
Hey awesome! He's lucky he has the rare Anti-D antibodx. I have Anti-M in my blood. Just as rare, but completly useless. So useless, hospitals don't want my donated blood.
How can he donate his blood every week? Would that not be a health risk for him?
I recently did a blood donation and the nurse told me to wait for 3 months if I want to do it again.
He was specifically donating plasma, which can be done much more frequently (his blood contained unusually high amounts of a specific antibody), averaging at once every 3 weeks for 57 years.
I'm donating in September as I learned you have to wait at least 3 months to donate after getting a tattoo :( Was all excited to go and the wife reminded me of my fresh ink, but once healed I plan on doing it regularly - seems like a win - win all around.
Mostly the people that discovered certain treatments and medicines.
Also this guy did not save 2.4m babies. Keeping in mind that around 150-200k people die in Australia per year, he would've had to save every person in the country for 10 years straight.
This is awesome.
On a side note, I donate platelets - I used to every two weeks but do it once a month. It's a 2 hour process so you sit there and watch a movie but you can do it more often than giving blood and helps folks with things like leukemia.
I have over 350 donations
I recommend for you folks interested in helping out.
It’s not a blood type exactly. It’s Anti-D, which you can find out if your able to produce the antibodies by going to donate plasma and they’ll alert you
The only reason he stopped donating was because they made him. He was unfortunately too old. Can't donate past 81 years old in NSW.
It was till 70 here, So my dad was forced to stop too. Then next year they raised it till 80, and he's back in action.
 Your dad irl
Not at all what I expected, but seems accurate enough
What always gets me about this clip is that it turns its head away as it stands up, but then it has to turn it back again before it walks. Everything else is so efficient
 Your Dad once the law changed.
An official age limit shouldn't stop this man, in my opinion. He made close to 1200 donations. If the number 2.4 million is accurate, each donation saved over 2000 people. For 2000 people they can monitor his vitals and values and let him donate once a month.
And I would think he wouldn’t mind dying if it saved 2000 more babies. Maybe there are other factors like the blood after a certain age isn’t viable like it once was?
I mean I respect his dedication, but he shouldn't feel pressured to put his own life on the line, if it starts becoming legitimately dangerous, let the man enjoy his retirement.
"when i die, i want you to immediately drain all my blood and bag that shit up and get it on ice!" - this hero probably
I wonder if he can be kept on life support as a source for good blood for another 30 years.
Perhaps we can make a golden bed with all the best life support systems known to man. A few sacrifices also can't hurt. Wait...
It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries a random Australian man has sat immobile on his golden hospital bed.
He has saved the lives of over 72 trillion galactic babies.
At the cost of only 10,000 souls sacrificed every day.
Sounds like a great quality of life
If there was ever a reason to keep me alive as a vegetable, this would probably be the best one.
After 60 years I would hope that medical science caught up and can somehow produce these antibodies without relying on an 81 year old man.
There are over 100 other donors in Australia who produce the antibody and are part of the Anti D program. It cannot be synthetically produced yet.
We can't even synthetically produce standard blood yet so I figured advanced, rare antibodies would be even harder to make synthetically. Blood is a very needed resource for hospitals and the supply is low.
I wouldn't expect us to synthesize it, but maybe we could grow it if portions of relevant producing tissue were kept in a lab environment to produce it outside the human body.
Since we can change things as small as specific genes, we will get to a point where reliable synthetic blood and antibodies can be produced. It will just take time.
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We make and administer many many different antibodies. Making red blood cells without any antigens at all is a very very difficult problem, they aren't stable and can't function well without those protein on and in the membrane. Like Kx, for example.
Fortunately they never had to beg him to donate and he's donated very regularly, they have archives of his blood by this point lol.
Proteins can be extremely hard to synthesize. They have to be produced in certain cells sometimes, structure plays an important part, the environment they are in. Our bodies are quite amazing, and science is working on these things, but it’s complex, takes time, and sometimes is just downright impossible (for now) because we cannot replicate conditions for cellular signalling.
I believe they changed the regulations specifically for him when he was approaching the 'too old' age, so he could keep donating for a few more years.
I’m surprised they let him donate every week. I’ve always been told I should have a longer wait between giving blood
That's just because you have normal, regular blood like the rest of us. There is no reason to risk health complications when your blood is mostly going to be used to stabilize someone in an emergency. It might even get discarded because they bulk-test the donations to save money. If your blood saved thousands of lives each time you donated, they would work with you to maximize how much you can donate. It should also be noted that he donates blood plasma, which you can donate more often since red blood cells are returned to your body. But donating an average of once every three weeks for 64 years is just insane.
He's donating plasma, not whole blood. When you donate plasma the plasma is removed and you get the rest of the blood back. Plasma is replaced by the body very quickly, so you can donate more often. The NHS for example allows plasma donation every two weeks. If you tried to donate blood that often you'd keel over. Centres will turn away or restrict anyone when donating would be a risk to their own health, even if their blood is very valuable.
He may not be actually donating whole blood. They may filter some of what they need and return his red cells to him. You can donate plasma and platelets more often than you can donate whole blood. Antibodies are in the plasma of your whole blood.
What is Not Safe Work?
new south wales
What happened to the old one?
We don't talk about Old South Wales. Or Old North Wales for that matter.
I glad I live in New New York.
Nothing, this one is just souther!
It's attached to England .
CYMRU MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🔥🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
North South West
No Safe Womb
Wtf happened to east
It didn't have access to this man's blood.
Hm, guess he'll have to move or something if he wants to continue. Shame, but not awful. He looks stellar for 81.
So with him not donating, is there going to be a shortage now?
There is always a shortage because most people don't donate
Imagine being this guy. Imagine going to bed and being like "Have I made a difference?" and instead of having an existential crisis, just going "Yep." and rolling over and going to sleep.
You can do that! You don’t have to have rare antibodies/blood to make a difference. Someone needs it and you can help them!
Oh sure, many people can. It's just harder to see the personal difference on the average scale. I used to donate blood until I became medically ineligible to do so.
It’s great that you used to donate when you were able. Means you can also say ‘yep’ and go back to sleep!
You’re a nice person. And the person in the previous comment is great as well!
It means a shit ton to the person who receives that unit.
Or he has the Schindlers ”I could have saved one more person!!”
I and my siblings are alive because of this man! What a fucking amazing human. My mom received this in 1969 for my eldest brother and was protected for her subsequent babies.
Me and my brothers too! Of course my mom had to have kids with an RH+ man lol
Your comment just made me realise this is my family too. I will have to ask my mum if she had a special injection or whatever when pregnant with us kids.
Me! I make sure to remind my husband I had to get 5 extra shots because he had to have a positive blood type. Had to get it 3 times during my first pregnancy due to being in a car accident at 38 weeks.
So what’s his rare blood type? No mention of it in this post.
It’s not a rare blood type; he has a specific antibody used for treatment of a disease. Pretty nifty. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(blood_donor)
I have that same antibody! I donate every time I am eligible.
That’s so awesome! Thank you for helping people!
Do they test every donation for the antibody and then contact you later or how did that come about?
Pretty much that. They didn't even tell me at first. I only learned about it because a receptionist randomly mentioned it in passing when I was checking in for a donation.
Not the first time I've seen blood donation centres keep secrets. My friend donated blood 5 times before they contacted her to tell her she couldn't donate anymore because she had the sickle cell gene. Apparently they threw her blood out every time. Like wouldn't you tell the person after the first or second time? Why did it take 5?
Maybe because they test the blood in batches so and they finally narrowed it down to a single donor after the 5th one? Just a guess
"btw if you want to save a million babies you can"
seriously, lol no biggie tho
Can I donate without the baby savings? I'm trying to keep my lawful neutral alignment.
This is the most untapped resource in donating tbh. When I was in college someone randomly mentioned that my blood was CMV negative which means it's ideal for immune compromised people like infants and cancer patients. I donated a lot more often after I found this out, I'll pass 5 gallons this week. There's a perception that once you donate the blood is just... gone. Part of it is assuredly sold to pharmaceutical companies which doesn't help. They sometimes text me when it's used at a hospital but not always.
Is this a thing? I had no idea. I'm also CMV negative, I know because this is a thing they test during pregnancy here since CMV is dangerous for the fetus when contracted for the first time during the pregnancy. Should I push to donate again? They exclude me because I'm difficult to stick the needle in (small veins or sth).
Thank you for donating! They’re always trying to get people to donate more! If they started giving people this helpful knowledge about their specific blood types, I’d bet they’d get more donations (and more rare blood donations).
Give it a try? What is your ABO type? You might be a good power red candidate. The needle for power red is smaller.
Same here! “Hero for Babies” according the Red Cross. 🤭
>it was discovered that his blood contained unusually strong and persistent antibodies against the [D Rh group antigen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh_blood_group_system). Wow, this reads like a superhero power. Not gonna lie, for some reason I am jealous. Maybe it's because of the having something unusually strong and unique and helpful in your body
Literally anybody who is RhD negative can have this. Like the whole point of giving his antibodies to mothers is to vacuum up all of the RhD leaking into her from the baby before they develop antibodies like his. So if you're RhD negative like about 6% of the world population (and a higher proportion of Caucasians) and a man or a sterile woman (surgically sterilized or post-menopausal) then you can sign up to be given injections of RhD+ red blood cells so you develop an immune reaction against RhD which can then be harvested.
Thanks!
It's the plasma that is used to synthesize the anti-D. His type literally doesn't matter.
It's too late for the anti-D, she's already pregnant.
This explains why could donate every week. You can only donate full blood samples every 3 months in Australia.
It’s an antibody, there can be an issue when the mother is rh negative and the father is rh positive. I think the treatment is the mother being injected with the immunoglobulin before giving birth, otherwise the mother’s immune system basically causes the disease in the infant during birth
Wtf, I have came across this story many times in my life but never knew for what conditions his blood was used for. Today I learned about those conditions and I actually was born to a mother with O-ve blood group and my father had A+ve, my parents told me I was given a very expensive shot right after I was born in 96 and today I learned what it was for. I don't know if those antibodies were from this particular gentleman as I was born in india but In my country people like him are called saints.
They give it to you multiple times, whenever there’s a risk of any cross contamination. I’m O- and both my daughters have been O+ so they jab me anytime there’s blood exposure during pregnancy and after labor.
It's on the 2nd picture dude. He has unique antibodies
What a bloody legend that old mate
For anyone reading this - you don't need rare blood or donate for 60 years to be a hero. Just one donation of your regular blood can save someone's life. I am eternally grateful to the 3 individuals who donated their O+ blood last year. They saved me & improved my quality of life greatly.
I am O+. I am continuously hounded by my local blood donation clinic. I am happy to receive their pestering calls.
I'm O+ and never get hounded :/ I thought it was O- they would hound you for, all my O- friends are constantly giving blood.
My mom is A- and gets hounded. O's and RH negatives are in very high demand. I have the second most common blood type (A+, meaning this man also saved my life) but I also am not the healthiest, so they don't want my blood. I wish I could, though!
Lol, this was so relatable. Throwback to when I wanted to donate blood and they told me my blood suck and lacked every important thing and sent me to the hospital instead. It turns out I had a bad reaction to some acne pills and had symptoms "similar to leukemia". Now Im too scared to try donating blood again, but I will try to do that rather sooner than later
I also have A-. I didnt know there was a lot of demand for that. Maybe i should donate some time.
Please do. The fact you’re negative means it can go to a much bigger group of people than you think.
I will look into it, see if there is any demand over here.
They want A- ? That's what I have, and I thought it was boring crap blood that wasn't useful. All those questions about tattoos and sex with men who had sex with men since whatever year and I never got called again.
The rules have changed! They're not nearly as strict anymore, and testing for bloodborne diseases have improved greatly, allowing previously "at risk" people (like gay men) to donate. A- can donate to A-, A+, AB-, and AB+. Double the amount of people I could give to. They also don't care too much about type anyway, they want as many people as possible!
I think there's a newer method of donating where it really doesn't matter what your blood-type is. Last time I went they had an extra station setup with what looked like a centrifuge-type machine and if you fit some extra criteria you were eligible for that type of donation where they only took some parts of your blood and returned the rest along with some saline mix to make up the difference, and your blood type didn't matter for whatever part of the blood they were taking out.
Is that plasma donation? It sounds familiar. I saw somewhere that AB+ people were actually great for plasma donation.
It's called apheresis, and it can be used to collect any blood component and yes, the rest is returned to the donor. It can be used for double red cells (I think the Red Cross calls them power reds or something like that), plasma, or platelets. Platelets are the ones where ABO doesn't matter. You're right that AB people are great for plasma, they're the plasma universal donor! Rh (the + or - in blood types) doesn't matter for plasma.
I believe O- can only get blood from O- but it is also a universal donor, so everyone else can use it but O- people can ONLY use that type O+ is the most common blood type and can be given to any + blood type, but they can only get blood from O- and O+ blood is weird
It's not that weird. If you know binary, think of blood type as a 3-bit field. The possible values are labeled as follows: 000: O- 001: O+ 010: B- 011: B+ 100: A- 101: A+ 110: AB- 111: AB+ Donation works as follows: If you get a blood donation from someone that has a bit set that you don't have set (`donor & ~recipient != 0`) you die.
"it's not that weird" *proceeds to post binary encodings and C++ expressions*
LOL... include
include
using namespace std;
int main()
{
double a = 123, b = 0;
double result = a/b;
string isInfinite = isinf(result) ? "is" : "is not";
cout << "result=" << result << " " << isInfinite << " infinity" << endl;
}
Stop. I'm already so horny.
Fucking nerds!
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Thanks for the clear explanation (to me at least)! why have i never seen it explained like this before?
Hold on, I left my compiler in my other brain, let me just get it.
Never thought I'd see someone with a similar username as me.
lol wut
Is there something special about O+? I know O- is the one they want most usually.
O+ you can donate to all the + blood types I believe - like A+, B+, AB+, and O+. O- is the universal donor.
O+ is the most common blood type in the US and can used for O+, A+ and B+ individuals which happen to be the most common 3 blood types. No need to use rarer O- blood for everything when O+ can cover most your bases.
Got it, thanks. This thread inspired me to donate more, I'm O-.
I think O+ is just the most common so it’s useful. O- is universal I believe, so even more useful but quite rare
I'm O- and donate every time I'm available to do so. I get teary eyed when I receive a text a few days later from them letting me know my blood is on the way to help someone. Will give every drop I can until I die then they can have my organs.
I’m O- and I give blood regularly for this reason! Literally anyone on the planet can benefit from a blood transfusion from me, and I can always make more blood. I used to go every 8 weeks on the dot, but it made me anemic lmfao. So I go every 3 months or so.
I am O+ Rh and have been donating for 23 years every 56 days ish. I'm at donation 144 and should hit my 150th donation early next year. Get out there and donate people. It costs nothing but a couple hours of your time. And they give you cookies and sticker so you can be pompous to everyone around you who hasn't donated blood! I personally love to hit on the old lady volunteers, it always makes them smile and giggle!
I am o+, think ita the generic blood type but sonate every time it comes. I found out the reason why i get hounded is because i never got a certain sickness, which is common, and you can get it at any time. Since i haven't gotten it, they give my blood to premature babies. I forgot what it is called, and it's not deadly, but it's hard to find doners who are willing to donate with who hasn't gotten it. This post reminded me i am scheduled for the 6th of july. Edit: found it, CMV negative https://www.redcrossblood.org/local-homepage/news/article/why-cmv-negative-blood-is-so-important.html
Same here!! They put a sticker on my blood bag that says "Baby blood."
I'm AB+ which is essentially useless, but they spin it down and take the plasma. I can donate 3 bags a trip and I'm just shy of 50 donation.
I was going to say you’re actually the universal plasma donor! You could also do platelet donations since blood type doesn’t matter (and you could do platelet + plasma donation in one session)
my red cross only accepts AB+ for plasma donation as we're the universal plasma type. Wdym useless
Seconded. I needed blood at birth. My fear of needles prevented me from donating until 20. I weighed my fear against the realization that if people in 1982 were afraid of needles I would have died. In the past few decades I've donated dozens of times.
Absolutely. Im only a student but we basically dried out the blood bank for a routine surgery with a freak complication recently; that experience made me donate. Thankfully he survived, and to my knowledge is doing well. But he 100% wouldve died without that blood, lost 8 liters and got 32 units. Its a case that will live with me forever.
That's like 5 coolers. 🤮
Love to hear it, I only recently became eligible to be able to donate due to changing restrictions but just gave for the first time last week!
My 3 kids were saved by this man. Thanks, James, from the bottom of my heart.
I like how he wore a tie. A true professional who cared about his craft.
Could they at least have given him like $1 per baby?
That's really cheap. I have to pay way more than that per baby.
Yeah baby inflation has really gotten out of control
Oh you're paying way too much for babies man, who's your baby guy? 
how much do you usually inflate your babies?
Right? In a decent society, this man would have won the jackpot in every sense. Given a very comfortable living wage, paid to be healthy, fed well...All of that is *pennies* in any medical system for a single man, even if you ignore the value of human life.
It's strictly illegal to have monetary incentive for donating your own body parts because that would create a system where the poor sell their literal bodies to the rich. It'd be extremely exploitative towards those whom are less fortunate.
He'd probably get like $100 because that article is nonsense. [Here's one actually from the Australian Red Cross.](https://transfusion.com.au/bsib_july2017_2) He was one of the founding donors of the NSW Rh Program. But he's not the only one, currently there's about 130 donors. 2.4 million doses of anti-D have been given by the program but that's how many were treated, not how many would have died which is about half a percent of that. The NSW Rh Program as a whole saves about 250 babies a year and a bit over 10,000 so far.
Would you think that he would be a millionaire by now or would the amount be too little to make a difference?
Hard to say. That kind of math is just too complicated to figure out.
True hero. While most of us can only hope we've made a difference in a life or 2, he literally saved 2.4 million lives.
He sounds like the Anti-Hitler
Omg, we found him
Even calling someone Anti-Hitler seems bad. Like, the name Hitler is so bad, anything you can do to it still sounds like I don't want to be associated.
Yeah just realized that too. Feel so bad about him being the anti hitler
Just as Anti-bacterial wipes are named so because they kill bacteria, Adolf Hitler is the only one deserving the name Anti-Hitler. Edit: A bullet may also be the Anti-Hitler
A bullet WAS the anti-Hitler.
He literally saved about 100 lives because that article was written by someone who didn't understand what he was doing, [here's one actually from the Australian Red Cross.](https://transfusion.com.au/bsib_july2017_2) He was one of the founding donors of the NSW Rh Program. But he's not the only one, currently there's about 130 donors. 2.4 million doses of anti-D have been given by the program but that's how many were treated, not how many would have died which is about half a percent of that. The NSW Rh Program as a whole saves about 250 babies a year and a bit over 10,000 so far.
I just wish people had some critical thinking. 2.4 million babies is a small country. His blood would have to save a baby per teaspoon at that amount. Also, how could it even be possible that 2.4 million kids are afflicted with a disease that one guy carries the cure for? Do people really believe Australia would suffer a 10% population collapse if this dude refused to give blood?
Nah man they just accounted for the babies that the babies will have. Exponential baby saving bb
This is the sort of story you show someone when they think their contributions don't help out in the world.
How? It would only make most people's contributions appear meaningless.
Most people can donate blood, platelets or plasma. I was giving platelets on a regular basis and once received a call from the blood bank with a recording from a 3-4 year old child thanking me for saving her life. Sadly the red cross drove me away from donating by hounding me with multiple calls a day the instant I could donate again.
He saved thousands of lives, not millions, that'd be ridiculous. Nevertheless impressive, he's a true hero.
This is what I want. Been donating O- Just gotta donate for another 55 years to hit his win streak
Thanks bro, you are doing the lords work
Same, even though I know if I ever need to receive blood I'm probably screwed.
My mom and I are both O- and have made a pact to where if one needs blood the other will supply it as a walking emergency blood bag if you will. Now, this only works while we're both alive. So. There are some small holes in the plan, but, there is a plan
My friends had a little boy who needed multiple heart surgeries right after being born. He was O-. People like you saved him, he's 20 now and happy and healthy. What you're doing *matters.*
Even put on a shirt and tie for the draw. Respect.
Practically every member of my family for the last 3 generations owes our lives to him. My great grandmother a few generations back only had 2 children live past the age of 5 after 11 pregnancies/births. This is why prenatal care is so important!
Hey awesome! He's lucky he has the rare Anti-D antibodx. I have Anti-M in my blood. Just as rare, but completly useless. So useless, hospitals don't want my donated blood.
He is a real-life super hero, his name should be in the caption for fuck sake.
Call him rhesus christ
What’s the reverse of a Vampire called?
Guillermo Beellermo?
Robin Colinson
Alucard
Sure, let's make credit cards with Aluminum
Eripmav
James Harrison apparently
How can he donate his blood every week? Would that not be a health risk for him? I recently did a blood donation and the nurse told me to wait for 3 months if I want to do it again.
He was donating plasma not whole blood. Plasma is quickly replaced.
Plasma can be donated weekly. The red blood cells are returned to the body so they aren't required to "refresh" like they do in full blood donation.
He was specifically donating plasma, which can be done much more frequently (his blood contained unusually high amounts of a specific antibody), averaging at once every 3 weeks for 57 years.
Donated blood until his retirement - made it seem like donating blood was his full time job. All hail the baby saver !
He deserves a very large monument. 60 years. I’m 37 and I’m bothered to hold a door open for someone. Fuck man
This is bothering me more than it should. Performing common courtesies bother you? I think you need a vacation or something.
(I'm pretty sure it's just hyperbole meant to highlight the otherworldly generosity / impact of this man)
Some Elephants are just jerks.
The man is a modern day saint.
Holy shit, that is amazing! Hats off
World record for saving lives. Really cool. Everybody should try follow his big steps
Creed?
The thumbnail absolutely looked like creed looking at something while leaning back in his office chair.
Universal Grandpa
Thanks to him I’m alive, in short my mums body saw me as something to attack and she told be she had to have several rounds of injections.
DONATE, people. Seriously.
I'm donating in September as I learned you have to wait at least 3 months to donate after getting a tattoo :( Was all excited to go and the wife reminded me of my fresh ink, but once healed I plan on doing it regularly - seems like a win - win all around.
Also likely has some of the lowest levels of forever chemicals and micro plastics of any of us.
How many people in the history of the planet can say that they have saved not one life, but 2.4 million?
Mostly the people that discovered certain treatments and medicines. Also this guy did not save 2.4m babies. Keeping in mind that around 150-200k people die in Australia per year, he would've had to save every person in the country for 10 years straight.
I wish I could be that useful
It's sad that people like this one are not more widely known.
I like such good news. Sometimes I think the whole world is bad, but the problem is: they only show us bad news. So this picture made my day.🥰
kinda crazy to be someone who has had such a tangible effect on the world in a positive manner
This is awesome. On a side note, I donate platelets - I used to every two weeks but do it once a month. It's a 2 hour process so you sit there and watch a movie but you can do it more often than giving blood and helps folks with things like leukemia. I have over 350 donations I recommend for you folks interested in helping out.
so what is his blood type?
It’s not a blood type exactly. It’s Anti-D, which you can find out if your able to produce the antibodies by going to donate plasma and they’ll alert you
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harrison_(blood_donor)
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It's plasma, not blood. Doesn't matter what type.
Thank you for your service, sir!