If you go to the red cross and donate blood you might save a life, quite possibly your own. They screen for the following infections. I will ask next time I donate if this test qualifies as the screening you would comparably get at a physician office:
HepC
Hepb
HIV
Syphillis
West Nile
plus you get goodies like cookies afterwards and our center has little gifts, like January is a pound of Dunkin Donuts coffee month, last month was a free half gallon of Friendlies ice cream and sometimes I get t-shirts.
Most important of all, when people have trauma or diseases you could save a life through your blood donations. Sign up today. It's easy and takes less than an hour.
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