Fun and games at the Mayo Clinic

[xp_spectrum]

Wow, looks like things are getting messy at the Mayo Clinic. The pro-mutant groups are out there protesting against the ban on mutants giving blood and such, and now the anti-mutant folks have turned up. Things are getting tense.

I'm kind of conflicted. On the one hand, yeah it's totally bigoted to refuse someone's blood because of their genetic status. But on the other hand, mutants can have pretty funky powers and I wonder if that can impact their basic biology, including their blood? What if a particular power set made people getting that blood sick? Has there been enough research yet? Sort of like how Brits are perma-banned from donating because of Mad Cow - it's not because they're British, it's because they might have deadly consequences on the patients receiving that blood. Then again, screening is a lot better than it was in the HIV days...

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[xp_dagger]

I know that some blood cannot be donated unless it is marked or approved by a doctor. I have a friend who isn't a mutant but must go through that process.

I would want to say that mutants would have to go through the same thing. I am not sure if there is enough research, maybe there is? I am interested in it now - I will look further.

[xp_erverse]

If mutants can't donate, then who donates to mutants? Or are we left to bleed out on the streets where the flatscans leave us?

[xp_havok]

Presumably unless we have some weird blood thing along with our mutation, we can get blood from non-mutants. But like, what if your mutation is actual poison blood? That's gotta be a thing. Would getting regular blood or even blood from another mutant effect them?

[xp_erverse]

The thought of having flatscan blood in my veins makes exsanguination an attractive option.