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Demand for unvaccinated blood?

My attention was drawn to a case [1][2] where donor-blood from non-covid-vaccinated people was demanded by anti-vaxxers. I quickly found that this wasn't the only case[3][4].

Is there any WP:RS coverage of such cases that predates covid? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:10, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Not a lot. I did some date-limited google searches for information from 2019 and earlier, to avoid the Covid news, and I can't find much of anything. General Google, Google News. --Jayron32 14:20, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

There have been some similar ideas in the past, usually based on the idea that various intangible qualities of the donor would be transfused to the recipient. In addition to the Young blood transfusion idea, there have been all sorts of requests related to prejudice. The fundamental idea of Blood compatibility testing was developed in Europe by people who believed that Jewish and Aryan blood were medically different, and that being exposed to the other race's blood could "taint" not only yours, but also your future offspring.[5] It's not difficult to see how people jumped from "blood transfusion" to "bloodline".

The US Red Cross initially rejected Black blood donors during WWII, and then changed their policy to accept Black donors but to segregate the products and only provide them to Black soldiers. I remember the Jehovah's Witnesses, who oppose blood transfusions anyway, claiming in the 1980s that if the donor was gay, then the recipient might become gay, too. I would be surprised if these kinds of requests were not received here and there today. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:43, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

The ignorance and beliefs behind such requests are certainly apparent in many parts of social media. Just yesterday here in Australia, where I like to think our education system is reasonably good, I had two people telling me that COVID vaccinated blood is just as bad for you as the vaccine itself. Telling them that I thought the vaccine was pretty good just sent them into conniptions. HiLo48 (talk) 23:49, 3 December 2022 (UTC)

@WhatamIdoing, this source [6] on the NZ case also made the comparison to JW. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:40, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Thanks for your input! I started this section: Vaccine_hesitancy#Blood_transfusion. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:03, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

It seems that the New Zealand courts took control of the situation.[7] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:13, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Picture of Dr. Ben Carson

Howdy, My name is Warren Hector, and I need to help my grandson with a school project. We need to do a presentation of a famous American. We chose Dr. Ben Carson. Now we will start researching and writing but we also need to have a picture of him. Are you able to direct me to a place where I can print a color 8.5 X 11" picture of Dr. Carson? Thank you for your attention and help, Warren Hector 99.107.253.103 (talk) 16:36, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Our article on Ben Carson holds a picture (public domain). Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 16:41, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

link: File:Ben_Carson_official_portrait.jpg – dudhhr ^talk _contribs (he/they) 16:45, 2 December 2022 (UTC)

Hi IP editor. There are lots more available images on Commons at Commons:Category:Ben Carson Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:18, 2 December 2022 (UTC)