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How Covid-19 is making me, you and the planet healthier
It’s about the good habits we should have always had
I donated blood yesterday. No big deal, I’ve done that every time there is a national emergency because there are always blood shortages during those times. September 11th? Donate. Katrina? Go donate. Covid-19? Yep… except… how?
As a cancer survivor who is caring for an elderly mom, I am not playing games with my immune system. So while I wanted to donate, I wasn’t sure if there was a way to safely do so.
Then my church sent out an email letting members know there would be a mobile blood van in the parking lot this week and we could go online and make an appointment to donate blood. Due to Covid-19, there would be extreme safety procedures in place. Appointments were spread farther apart than normal to minimize the chance of contact between donors. We’d all need to wear our masks and wait in our cars until cleared to go inside via temperature readings.
The medical staff were superbly professional and very kind.
Nevertheless, later that afternoon, I started to feel sick.
I’m not sure if it was that I picked up something from donating blood or from when I ran errands right after. I suspect it was the latter.
