I've had (a) malaria and (b) over 3 months in England during the appropriate times, so have been barred from giving blood.
Well ok, the malaria thing never stopped me from giving blood - I never had any relapses and after 12 years with no relapses you're considered cured - but it was always fun to watch the people go into a panic and start twittering around because really, gosh, how on earth would you ever get malaria? And then after pointing out that I lived in Tanzania as a child, they'd then go into another twitter and spend forever looking up how long ago it would have had to be to consider me cured.
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Well ok, the malaria thing never stopped me from giving blood - I never had any relapses and after 12 years with no relapses you're considered cured - but it was always fun to watch the people go into a panic and start twittering around because really, gosh, how on earth would you ever get malaria? And then after pointing out that I lived in Tanzania as a child, they'd then go into another twitter and spend forever looking up how long ago it would have had to be to consider me cured.