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dutch777

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8. Not just for Covid, but I have been donating blood as often as possible to stimulate stem cells

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Wed Aug 4, 2021, 09:41 PM

Aug 2021

There has been a theory that when you donate blood, your bone marrow revs up to replace it and in doing so, some amount of excess stem cells are sent floating along with the new blood. Hard to know what those little buggers are up to but I like to think something good. For most people it can't hurt and at least in our area there is almost always a chronic blood shortage and calls for donors.

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Flu shot linked to less severe COVID-19: Study [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2021 OP

I've never been anti-vax, but I have avoided getting normal flu shots for several years ... Brother Mythos Aug 2021 #1

Think authors need to check the results, these two sentences contradict. Hoyt Aug 2021 #2

Those sentences don't contradict; they illustrate one of the things we Just Don't Know about covid. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #3

So less people in ICU, half the strokes, less DVT, less sepsis, etc., doesn't Hoyt Aug 2021 #5

It can translate into fewer deaths, because there are fewer people in the ICU. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #7

Then, they didn't die. So the deaths are less than otherwise w flu vax. Hoyt Aug 2021 #10

You think the OP says something it doesn't. WhiskeyGrinder Aug 2021 #11

The main problem is the time to get a flu shot Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #4

That is when I got mine. nt Blue_true Aug 2021 #6

Not just for Covid, but I have been donating blood as often as possible to stimulate stem cells dutch777 Aug 2021 #8

Wonder why this is just a theory... IcyPeas Aug 2021 #9

This was my immediate suspicion. Ms. Toad Aug 2021 #12

I always get the flu shot. Will get the covid booster if offered... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #13