Blood type poll

[Alfonia]

Don't tell me this is a stupid poll. It's a very serious health issue-poll-thing.

this is what the result SHOULD be:
Frequency:
O+:38%
A+:34%
B+:9%
O-:7%
A-:6%
AB+:3%
B-:2%
AB-:1%

[Sheynat]

I have no idea what my blood type is. How do you find out?

[Hockeynutville]

your family doctor should have it on medical records.

[The Undaunted]

heh, well, not quite turning out the way it should, is it? i wish i knew my blood type... the hospital never took it when i was a baby, and i just never needed it checked again, so i don't know it

[Otupia]

You should be able to find it on your Birth Certficate.

[combatblades]

this is a weird Idea but I have had worse.

[Hockeynutville]

yeah!!! go A+ ;D

[Bexxand]

The said:

heh, well, not quite turning out the way it should, is it?

It won't turn out like it should until there is a large enough sample to be statistically viable.

(Yay, statistics class was good for something!)

[Eterne]

Righto Baxxand!
Actually I don't know my blood type either, Undaunted, but I can guess because of what I know of biology haha...
My mum's AB and my dad's O so I'm either A or B.
Can anyone explain this in layman terms please? haha I understand why but I can't explain.

[Bexxand]

Eterne said:

My mum's AB and my dad's O so I'm either A or B.
Can anyone explain this in layman terms please? haha I understand why but I can't explain.

It's a simple genetics question. Blood type consists of two genes. One is recieved from each parent. "A" and "B" blood types are dominant, while "o" is recessive.

So, your mom has "AB", which means she has the gene for both "A" and "B" types, one recieved from each parent.

Your dad has type "O", which means he recieved two recessive genes ("oo"), one from each of his parents.

When you combine your mom and dad's blood type, there are two bloodtype possibilities for offspring (you).

"Ao" (A type)-- 50%
"Bo" (B type)-- 50%

Does this make sense? This means that whether you are A or B, you are a carrier of the recessive gene.

Thanks for helping me refresh my biology!

Bexxand

[Crackenback]

O+ Here for me ;D The only reason why I know, really, is that I am a regular blood donor, so I've even got a keyring with my blood type on it. We dont get paid for it in Australia, but we do get a light meal/snack sort of thing. Pie/Sausage Roll/or Sandwich and Juice/Milk/or Milkshake

[Eterne]

Thank you Bexxand!
Hahaha I only study humanities subjects and maths now so my science is rusty.

[FThomason]

O+ here...anyone need some blood?

[The Undaunted]

Otupia: what i meant before is that its not on my birth certificate

[Greek People Nation (GPN)]

I am B-, I have given blood twice, we don't get paid for it here in The USA, it is a voluntary thing.

[Shmerol]

Waitwaitwait, where do you get paid to give blood?

[Alfonia]

I think you get paid here, but I'm not 100% sure... I'm AB+ so no-one wants my blood anyway...

[Estayland]

o+

[FThomason]

there is some places in the states that pay your for blood donation. Mostly I just happen to see flyer around town for them.

[Greek People Nation (GPN)]

Thomason said:

there is some places in the states that pay your for blood donation. Mostly I just happen to see flyer around town for them.

Really, Is it only if you have a rare blood type?

[Newer Oxford]

I have heard of clinics paying people to donate plasma, but blood I am not sure about.

[Eterne]

Really, how much pain is there? I know the only two needles they inject are for a blood test and for drawing blood.

[Newer Oxford]

I do not know, I have never had it done. I do know that it takes quite a while to donate plasma though. A friend of mine has done it.

[Alfonia]

i don't think there are large sums of money involved... testing new medications are probably a better way to earn money (although there's the obvious chance that you wake up with a third hand or something worse one morning...)

[TheSensitiveNewAge]

Research companies will pay for plasma, which is the watery part of blood. They filter out the platlets, red cells, etc. and pump that back into you. The companies pay 20-50$ for each doantion, you can donate plasma every two weeks I think.

Medical testing for stuff like cancer is normally done on those who will die otherwise, so they have nothing to lose if the drug nails them. I don't recall money being involved.

Stuff like psychological research may pay money. However, a lot of experiments just use college students who take courses that require participation in research as the guinea pig.

[Free Guns For All]

O+

[Consortina]

B+ - Not really the good stuff. The only consolation is that almost all of my friends could donate for me, should we ever get trapped on a desert island.

[Free Guns For All]

All I know is that I'm O+. I don't know who I can give to or who I can take from.

[Echolilia]

Blood blood blood

[La Vida De Sangre]

I don't even know mine.