Courtesy RePost: Calling out to all @packers Backers. #Alumni #BarrySmith made this plea on Facebook: I’m making a personal request on behalf of my brother-in-law, Carl Stiles, who has been hospitalized at Brandon Regional Hospital (Brandon, Florida) with #COVID19. Carl is on a ventilator & in serious need of plasma w/antibodies to help him fight this virus, so if you happen to be an individual that has had the COVID-19 virus, you may carry the antibodies. Please consider going to a blood bank, donating plasma & request it be earmarked for Carl Stiles. Carl Stiles is blood type A+. 🙏🏻 Original facebook post: copy & paste. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10223206236802445&id=1179086932 Note: Dr Michele Donato, the principal investigator of the therapeutic plasma study at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey has advised that potential donors must have previously tested positive for COVID-19 & have since recovered, having had no symptoms for at least 2 weeks. While hospitals need as many plasma donors as they can find, blood type DOES matter, as plasma donation is the reverse of blood donation. While people w/blood type O negative are considered the universal blood donor (their blood can be given to anybody regardless of the recipient's blood type), those with an AB blood type are the universal plasma donor. Plasma compatibility The Rule: Patients should only receive plasma that does not contain an antibody which could attack the antigens present on their own red cells. Group A (blood type) recipients can’t receive group O or group B plasma as the anti-A will attack their red cells. Group B (blood type) recipients can’t receive group O or group A plasma as the anti-B will attack their red cells. Group AB (blood type) recipients can only receive group AB plasma. Group O recipients do not have either A or B antigen, so can safely receive plasma of any blood group type. Contact your local blood bank for specific information. The American Association of Blood Banks & America's Blood Centers both offer tools to find blood donation centers closest to you. In FL, usually @myoneblood #PassItAlong #sharingIsCaring (at Brandon General Hospital) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_eI-jnWys/?igshid=11kos7xa67v7b






