The authors propose a system to track the health outcomes of blood recipients and that blood donors’ prior vaccine and infection history be recorded.
In a preprint published on March 15, six Japanese doctors and researchers propose changes to the processing of blood donations from COVID-19-vaccinated people and those who have a history of long COVID.
“The first and extremely important initial response is to make the medical personnel aware that such ‘risks’ exist,” the lead author, Jun Ueda, who has a doctorate in the field of integrated life sciences, told The Epoch Times.
The doctors come from renowned Japanese hospitals and universities, including Tokyo Medical University Hospital, Tokyo University of Science, Asahikawa Medical University, and Okamura Memorial Hospital.
The authors proposed that a surveillance system be established to track the health outcomes of blood recipients and that blood donors’ prior vaccine and infection history be recorded.
They believe there should be a protocol in place to check donated blood for vaccine mRNA, spike proteins, spike antibodies, and abnormal health markers. If found, these proteins and biomarkers should be removed.
Blood from the vaccinated makes up “essentially all of the current blood donor pool,” Dr. Nareg Roubinian, pulmonary medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente and a professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California–San Francisco, told The Epoch Times.
He added that he is unaware of any scientific basis for blood donations from the vaccinated or previously infected blood donors causing harm.
However, knowing that the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are linked to various cardiovascular, neurological, and immunological conditions and that blood recipients have not had long-term follow-ups, the Japanese researchers insist that more should be done to ensure safety.
“Note that we are not asserting that blood transfusions are dangerous, but rather that there are ‘various concerns’ based on a synthesis of information on spike proteins and other factors,” Mr. Ueda wrote to The Epoch Times.
Waiting Period
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), donors who test positive for COVID-19 should refrain from blood donations for at least 10 days after the complete resolution of symptoms. If they are asymptomatic, they should refrain from donating for at least 10 days after the date of the positive test.
By Marina Zhang
