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Author If you needed a blood transfusion, would you want the blood tested before or afterward
Don Saklad

2004-11-20, 11:07 am

If you needed a blood transfusion, would you want the blood tested
before or afterward?

A thought experiment.

Don Saklad

2004-11-21, 11:07 am

What blood testing do you consider to be valid?... if you
need a blood transfusion

> The answer depends on the validity of the tests in question.
>
> If the tests are worthless I would not want it tested at all.
>
> This is the case with non specific 'HIV' antibody tests.


If you needed a blood transfusion, would you want the blood tested
before or afterward?

A thought experiment.
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