When my walking partner on the Camino told a group of friends that I had become vegan, someone said, "Oh, vegans lack what they need, so they can't donate blood!"
I told him, "Isn't that kind of like saying gays can't donate blood because they might have HIV?"
He thought she was speaking about iron.
She spoke to me yesterday and said it was the low red blood cell count.
So far, I haven't been able to find anything online that indicates a problem. But there are some reassuring posts.
Here's one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6B7Tqqx4MA
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