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Some patients who are skeptical of the Covid-19 shots to demand transfusions only from the unvaccinated, an option blood centers insist is neither medically sound nor operationally feasible.
Emily Osment, an American Red Cross spokesperson, said her organization has fielded questions from clients worried that vaccinated blood would be "tainted," capable of transmitting components from the COVID vaccines.
Blood centers say they are starting to hear from transfusion patients demanding blood from unvaccinated donors. Experts say the option is neither practical nor medically justifiable.