I was listening to the American military radio here in Korea and they invited soldiers to donate blood with some exceptions:
- if you’ve been shorter than 30 days in Korea
- if you got a tatoo in the last 6 months
- if you lived in Europe for more than 5 years
I really wonder what could have happened to someone who lived in Europe for more than 5 years which triggered this particular exception.
Weird that it is entirety of Europe. In Finland it is only asked if you’ve been in or lived in the UK in the 90s iirc.
Now I’m curious what blood-related debacle was happening in the UK in the 90s.
Mad cow disease was prevalent.