EMERGENCY
Blood supply crisis worsens in New York City
BY XIMENA DEL CERRO
Bad weather scares donors
away.
Three weeks after the Red
Cross announced the fi rstever
national blood crisis in
the US, the incoming winter
storm hovering over New
York is expected to shrink the
already precarious state supply,
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according to Andrea Cefarelli,
senior executive director
at New York Blood Center.
Donor centers in the
tri-state area typically collect
about 348,000 donations
per year, providing a fi veto
seven-day blood supply.
Among those, approximately
75,000 typically came from
school drives alone.
Yet, two years after the
COVID-19 pandemic fi rst hit,
shutting down educational
campuses, and keeping many
people inside their homes, the
region is down to a two-tothree
day stock.
People across the country
have avoided going to hospitals,
and once-reliable donors
have opted to skip blood
drives, making the situation
even tighter.
“We are not sitting comfortably
with a two-to-threeday
supply,” said Cefarelli.
“There’s no cushion there
in case another emergency
comes up.”
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