https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-443330"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fnow-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Now+that+the+FDA+has+changed+the+rules+for+blood+donation+and+those+assigned+to+Europe+are+you+planning+to+try+to+donate+blood%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fnow-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ANow that the FDA has changed the rules for blood donation and those assigned to Europe are you planning to try to donate blood?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="7de3042b977eed7923b732edaf36a6ed" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/443/330/for_gallery_v2/fb5837e2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/443/330/large_v3/fb5837e2.jpg" alt="Fb5837e2" /></a></div></div>For the past 20 years those of us assigned to Europe (specifically Germany or England) were not allowed to donate. This ban included our family members. This was due to fear of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease but this changed just a few days ago. <br /> Sun, 05 Apr 2020 06:51:18 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-443330"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fnow-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Now+that+the+FDA+has+changed+the+rules+for+blood+donation+and+those+assigned+to+Europe+are+you+planning+to+try+to+donate+blood%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fnow-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ANow that the FDA has changed the rules for blood donation and those assigned to Europe are you planning to try to donate blood?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="94c4e6b128d6d2a1d090f67cd3bdb003" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/443/330/for_gallery_v2/fb5837e2.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/443/330/large_v3/fb5837e2.jpg" alt="Fb5837e2" /></a></div></div>For the past 20 years those of us assigned to Europe (specifically Germany or England) were not allowed to donate. This ban included our family members. This was due to fear of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease but this changed just a few days ago. <br /> Lt Col Charlie Brown Sun, 05 Apr 2020 06:51:18 -0400 2020-04-05T06:51:18-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5741749&urlhash=5741749 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Lt Col Charlie Brown Sun, 05 Apr 2020 06:51:35 -0400 2020-04-05T06:51:35-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5741753&urlhash=5741753 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Lt Col Charlie Brown Sun, 05 Apr 2020 06:52:01 -0400 2020-04-05T06:52:01-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5741766&urlhash=5741766 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Lt Col Charlie Brown Sun, 05 Apr 2020 06:55:05 -0400 2020-04-05T06:55:05-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5741799&urlhash=5741799 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thanks for sharing, this is good to know as I was in this category and will make another attempt. SFC John Lich Sun, 05 Apr 2020 07:03:47 -0400 2020-04-05T07:03:47-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5741811&urlhash=5741811 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> Lt Col Charlie Brown Sun, 05 Apr 2020 07:10:14 -0400 2020-04-05T07:10:14-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5742095&urlhash=5742095 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I used to donate regularly as I have O- blood. After deploying to Africa and being stationed in England, they would not allow me to donate. Might try again after all this Covid-19 panic is over. MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P Sun, 05 Apr 2020 08:50:21 -0400 2020-04-05T08:50:21-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5743327&urlhash=5743327 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I want to sell plasma for spending money but don&#39;t want to drive into Kansas City. MAJ Ken Landgren Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:14:19 -0400 2020-04-05T15:14:19-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/now-that-the-fda-has-changed-the-rules-for-blood-donation-and-those-assigned-to-europe-are-you-planning-to-try-to-donate-blood?n=5744487&urlhash=5744487 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Thank you PVT Mark Zehner Sun, 05 Apr 2020 23:47:13 -0400 2020-04-05T23:47:13-04:00 2020-04-05T06:51:18-04:00