Every two seconds, someone in the US needs a blood transfusion.
But during an ongoing pandemic, the need becomes even greater for blood and platelet donors, according to the American Red Cross.
Blood drives are essential in helping to fill the missing A’s, B’s and O’s throughout the year.
You may not think of one donation as a large contribution, but it only takes one pint of blood to save up to three lives.
Bonnie Wolf, an account manager with the American Red Cross, says while O blood types are in high demand, the need for all blood types is constant and ongoing.
“ We need all of the blood types, but the one’s that are extremely short are, O negative, O positive and B negative,” she says.
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