On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 08:16:28 +0100, "Jim Webster"
wrote:


"Moosh:]" wrote in message
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On 17 Jul 2003 08:23:56 -0700, (Hua Kul) wrote:
Some religious fundamentalists are even sillier. JWs and their blood
transfusion ban, ferinstance.


given the number of people who have got aids, hepititis and possibly nvCJD
from blood transfusions, this isn't all that silly.

Yep, in some countries, today. But 30 years ago, these weren't a
problem but the JWs still objected. They quote some ambiguous
anti-canibalism passage from the Bible.

The practice of giving some of your own blood a couple of weeks prior to the
operation sounds very sensible

But I guess some would regard this as "auto-canibalism"

This autologous transfusion is OK for elective surgery. I doubt it is
cost effective to store folks blood for emergencies.
There are many more alternatives to wholeblood transfusions these
days. My view is to stay clear of the lot of the *******s