Hi Julie,
As I mentioned, this matter is closed for me, there is no data to discuss regarding the topic of these children who were forced a transfusion for which there is no evidence it will do any good other than violate them and dispose them to disease.
It's just that some of the methods behind these conversations are resembling a Monty Python sketch I once saw called the Argument Clinic, the sketch resulted in nothing less than contradiction. In many instances when a matter of discussion comes to such a point it is better to agree to differ if there is a genuine motive to keep the peace and make progress.
Many thanks,
Graham.
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Originally Posted by JulieM
Dear Graham,
Top minds in the medical field of bloodless medicine understand both the benefits and the limitations of bloodless medicine and technique. Hence we have every reason to expect these men and women would accept transfusion of a blood product if it were necessary under circumstance to prevent mortality. Bloodless advocates such as Dr Richard Spence transfuse patients with leucoreduced allogeneic blood when medically necessary and the patient does not refuse the product. If he applies this therapy to his patients then we should expect he would accept it himself under the same circumstance. If he thought risk of this product outweighed the benefit then he would not use it on his patients.
When I wrote the blood supply is safer I was depending on statements made by doctors who are also bloodless advocates.
There is an elevated risk anytime we expose ourselves to allogeneic biological material. This is true whether the exposure is by ingestion, intravenous, injection or direct application.
Greed is indeed a very powerful motivator and one we can count on in modern society. Ironically this motivator is another force compelling pharmaceutical companies to develop safer alternatives to blood based oxygenation therapies. It is probably the strongest motivator of all those I mentioned earlier.
In your comments you seem to neglect the serious blood borne pathogen exposure to members of your faith. These too accept a wide range of blood products, and these carry risks too. In some cases the risk is higher than transfusion of whole blood. This is because products such as cryoprecipitate are produced from plasma pooled from many donors.
I am editing this reply to remind everyone that I too am an advocate of bloodless medicine.
Sincerely,
Julie Morgan
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