IN-DEPTH: Inquiries for Unvaccinated Donor Blood on the Rise, Contractor Says

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A health worker holds a blood sample donated by a recovered COVID-19 coronavirus patient for plasma at a donation camp in Srinagar, India, on July 22, 2020. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images

The demand for unvaccinated blood is on the rise, a blood products and services provider said.

Kirby Winn, public relations manager of ImpactLife, says that while the hospitals his company serves have not expressed any interest in receiving unvaccinated blood, he has noticed the demand for “pure blood” rising from the general population.