I like donating blood. It makes me feel like a productive member of society. Australia has a very low donation rate. About 3% of people donate blood regularly. I think that it’s not the blood-giving that people object to, rather it’s the cost in time and convenience. I’m lucky in that the Blood Bank comes to my university and I have breaks between lectures. I like lying on the padded teal beds while the machine rocks beside me, dripping away my red stuff. I have no choice but to relax. Relaxing without guilt is a luxury during semester time.
For the record, I have A+ blood. Yay! The top grade! About 31% of people have A+ blood. It’s the most common blood type after O+.
Really? O+ is the most common, followed by A+? That surprises me actually 🙂 The place where I give blood has a little chart out the front showing which blood groups they have the most blood from, and they have more B+ blood than any other type. That’s rather odd, in fact it suggests to me that whether or not a person gives blood depends somehow on their blood type, which I wouldn’t have expected, especially since a lot of people don’t even know their own blood type until after they donate 🙂
rohan
hey girl! welcome back. no pixs?
i’m a type A+ too. :)i heard many times that certain personality traits correlate to specific blood types. so rohan, your theory could be true, only that it also depends other factors such as the person astrology, location and time. @_@
which reminds me, i should really go for red cross refreshment course again.
pickle