There are certain medical visits (like non-essential dentist appointments), that you might want to put off until the pandemic passed. But is it safe to donate blood right now? Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH, chief medical officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, says that not only is donating blood safe to do right now, but it’s essential.
“People are scared to go to the doctor’s office right now and I really think that’s an unfounded fear. Most of these doctor’s office right now, you sit out in your car until they text you to tell you to come in so nobody’s in the waiting room,” he says. “Everybody there is fully masked up, doctor’s offices are usually very well cleaned. I would think that the blood donation sites are in a position where they can adopt those exact same kinds of measures, but I think people are still scared.”
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