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Donating Blood during COVID-19
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Jul 5, 2021 | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
Hi, @seafire. First, thank you for your service to our country and for your continuing service of several years of donating blood so that others may live. Like you, as a sr with several chronic health issues, including chronic bronchitis, I have been self-quarantined for over 30 days. Blood donation was something I did regularly for a long time but stopped a yr. before the virus because of health issues.
I live in a much less populated area of TX. However, my close friend living in Queens fears leaving her condo because of health issues. I just want to salute your willingness and also your attempts to get more information from the NY Blood Center.
My friend is becoming increasingly alarmed about the huge delays between placing an online food delivery order and even making the list; when she does get the order placed, the wait time given has been over 30 days. She doesn't drive and her neighborhood grocers and mkts are closed. Are you experiencing something similar? Off topic I know but I am deeply concerned for you, her and all living in NYC and the other hotspots springing up in our country.
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Hi @fiesty76 On the topic of food: It's been a very big issue here. Local groceries are closed, and both Peapod and Fresh Direct have no delivery dates available. What I have done is go to their websites one minute past midnight day after day. Finally I was able to find one delivery slot 8 days out. On arrival, about 1/2 of my order arrived. Everything else was "Sold Out". I have repeated this a couple of times, and now have a months supply of food for me and the cats. I have Masks and gloves on order from Amazon, with delivery dates of May 24th! My biggest issue to date, after food, is getting my garbage out. The only way to the basement, where the garbage is disposed of is only accessible by the building elevator. Which, is small, only 5 foot square. So, I have been using creative methods of storing it till I can get some protective gear to safely take it out. I have been locked-in since March 8th, but the isolation is not an issue for me since I have isolated in similar fashion for years due to mental issues. What was an unhealthy mental condition has turned into an asset sorry to say. I am horribly dismayed and embarrassed at the total failure of my country's response to this fight.