Disasters lure blood donors—but public drives fail
Some people in Las Vegas stood in line for more than seven hours to donate blood following the Oct. 1 mass shooting at a music festival.
This is a typical response to a disaster, according to a Washington Post article, but there is still a massive shortage of donors nationwide and blood drives run by the American Red Cross are faring worse than in previous years.
Why are people so willing to act following a disaster—whether natural or human-inflicted—but less receptive to requests from blood centers?
The Post analyzed the psychology behind this behavior in the following story:
Daniel joined TriMed’s Chicago editorial team in 2017 as a Cardiovascular Business writer. He previously worked as a writer for daily newspapers in North Dakota and Indiana.