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Local proponents urge bill to screen donated blood for COVID-era spike antibodies; speakers ask Legislature to amend donor-screening statute
Summary
Members of the Republican Liberty Caucus and allied speakers asked the delegation to consider amending a donor-screening statute to detect spike-protein antibodies and to require testing of donated blood; speakers framed the measure as protecting unvaccinated recipients and cited a specific statute to amend.
Dr. Avery Brinkley, speaking for the Republican Liberty Caucus of Bay County, urged the delegation to consider modifying a state statute he cited as “3 81 dot 41” to require additional screening of donated blood for markers he says would identify donors who received modified-RNA COVID-19 injections. Brinkley described proposed…
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