AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office is teaming up with Vitalant and Earl Warren Showgrounds to host a blood drive at Earl’s Place at the Showgrounds on Tuesday, January 26 from 11:00pm- 3:00pm. Appointments are requested to help maintain social distancing. Schedule yours today at www.blood4life.org using the sponsor code 1493 or Link to signup to donate. You may also register by phone at 805-542-8500.
Every week, Vitalant must collect about 350 blood donations at blood drives to meet the needs of our community. We invite all eligible individuals to join us in supporting this vital work. Additionally, Vitalant currently tests successful donations for COVID-19 antibodies to help find donors who could help COVID-19 patients by donating convalescent plasma. Learn more at www.vitalant.org/antibodytest.
Donors should bring a photo I.D, eat well and drink plenty of water prior to donating blood. Donors must be 16 years old and there is no upper age limit. 16 year olds must bring a signed Vitalant parental consent form found online at vitalant.org. Eligibility Questions? Please call 877-258-4825.
To ensure everyone’s safety in these trying times, Vitalant requires all donors to wear a face covering while in our facility. One-way valve masks are prohibited. Please bring your own cloth-based face covering in order to donate blood. We understand that some individuals may not be able to wear a face covering and ask that you postpone your donation until we no longer have this safety requirement.
If you think that an N95 is going to greatly decrease your chances of getting it, then I assume you are also wearing full PPE including protective eyewear because the virus can also get into your body through your eyes, right? Mostly I have read that a mask stops you from sneezing or coughing it if you are infected and silly enough to be going out and spreading it to other people. In which case a cloth mask probably does a decent job. People are resistant to wearing comfortable cloth masks, what makes you think they are going to be willing to wear an uncomfortable N95 for extended periods unless it is to go on vacation to Fiji?
Looked up Vitalant’s 990 info. Latest available says they are a big $550 million corporation like most of these blood companies. A little less than 1/2 of that goes to paying their employees with generous salaries for the upper management. Last time I looked, they could makes as much as $600/pint of your blood. Probably if you are donating convalescent plasma, that number is much higher. And all of this starts with your generous donation of your blood to help your fellow citizens.
Ain’t capitalism great? (sarcasm)