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Old 09-04-2018, 06:12 PM
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I use to donate blood till I got in stationed in UK for few years.
That does seem to knock people out of donating.

I had wanted to travel to Africa some day and that also seems to disqualify but I do not know the details about countries and time frames. Mad cow disease seems to be the big worry for working in the UK. Donating Blood & Platelets: Restrictions Related to International Travel & Immigration | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Malaria for many other tropical area countries.