Originally posted by Thalia
I lived in Europe for the first mad cow scare in the 80's. I traveled in England quite a bit at the time. The US won't accept my blood for fear I will contaminate the country with Mad Cow disease. My blood is safe.
Me too! I went to donate plasma last year and got a half-hour into the process; then the next-to-last question on the sheet was something like, "Did you live in Germany or England in the '80s?" I answered yes, and got sent out the door.

So I'm apparently tainted. Sheesh.

What I want to know, then, is where does Europe get all their blood donations, since everyone there obviously must have tainted blood?