Zika Info

[BaileysMom]

If you donate blood or platelets, be sure and tell them if you've been out of the country recently. I just went in to donate platelets this morning and they had to send me away because it's been less than 4 weeks since I got home from Jamaica. Apparently Jamaica is on their Zika virus list. 😕 I tried to tell them I get more mosquito bites in Key West than I got in Jamaica, but no dice.

[Accompong]

If you donate blood or platelets, be sure and tell them if you've been out of the country recently. I just went in to donate platelets this morning and they had to send me away because it's been less than 4 weeks since I got home from Jamaica. Apparently Jamaica is on their Zika virus list. 😕 I tried to tell them I get more mosquito bites in Key West than I got in Jamaica, but no dice.

Problem is that it has nothing to do with the number of mosquito bites one gets. It only takes one. Kind of like pregnancy I guess.

We have (I Believe) about 40 cases here in Florida and all are from people traveling from infected countries and Jamaica is on that list.

Peace and Guidance