Re:I'll bet (Score 1)

I am the webmaster of NoBlood.org. (http://www.NoBlood.org) There you can find an entire forum containing discussions on the reasons to avoid blood. These include:

• Blood Supply: How Safe Is Safe Enough?
• Allogeneic Blood Transfusion Increases the Risk of Postoperative Bacterial Infection
• Acute Hemolytic Reactions
• Risk of West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection by Blood Transfusion
• Blood Transfusions Raise Death Risk in Very Ill
• Red Cross Blood Practices a Health Danger
• Falling Blood Supply
• SARS and blood donors
• Emerging infectious disease issues in blood safety
• Human Error
• SARS Alert - Travelers from Toronto
• Problems from blood transfusion.

See: http://www.noblood.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=54

We also have a new directory of 'currently' 103 hospitals from around the world that offer 'bloodless' medicine and surgery. See: http://www.noblood.org/forum/hospitals.php