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Quick Take
An online video displayed American Red Cross asking about COVID-19 vaccination for blood donation. Comments also suggest the refusal of blood donations from vaccinated individuals. Our fact-check confirms this claim is false.
The Claim
An Instagram post features a man discussing a screenshot of an Instagram post resembling the American Red Cross website. The caption reads, “American Red Cross is asking if you have had a COVID-19 vaccine.” Comments imply belief that Red Cross rejects blood from vaccinated individuals. The post garnered over 3,000 likes till we last checked.
We have attached a screenshot of the post below:
The American Red Cross Society has previously been falsely targeted on social media to claim that COVID vaccines enter the bloodstream.
Fact Check
Does the American Red Cross not accept blood from vaccinated?
No. The implied claim is inaccurate. The Red Cross permits recipients of FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines to donate blood immediately if they are symptom-free.
The American Red Cross (ARC website) explicitly states that COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots are acceptable if people received a non-replicating, inactivated, or RNA-based vaccine from AstraZeneca, Janssen/J&J, Moderna, Novavax, or Pfizer, provided they are symptom and fever-free. A two-week waiting period is required if they were vaccinated with a live attenuated COVID-19 vaccine or if they are uncertain about the type of vaccine they received.
We asked Dr Suman Jain, Secretary and Chief Medical Research Officer at Thalassemia & Sickle Cell Society, Hyderabad and Senior Research Officer at Neerikshana, to share her views on the claimed social media post. She replied “Blood supply does not get contaminated with COVID vaccine. We advise blood donors to donate blood after 14 days of COVID vaccination. It is because protection by antibodies from covid vaccine takes around 14 days.”
The waiting period for donating blood after receiving a COVID vaccine varies. Typically, a two-week wait is recommended for vaccines containing live attenuated viruses or if unsure of the vaccine type. This ensures safety by allowing time for any potential vaccine-related effects to subside before donation.
The discussion around blood donation policies ties back to concerns modeled in the analysis of government policies, emphasizing how misinformation can undermine public health strategies.
If you find this fact check interesting, you may also want to read our another debunk on COVID-19 vaccine forming a new blood group.
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