It’s not that straightforward though.The publicity surrounding this. Im sure they could get hold of a willing unvaccinated donor of the same blood type. A nice straightforward solution. But thats not what its about though. I would do it no problem if it was here.
Also presumably they screen blood for disease? Would it be that much more effort to screen for this?
Receiving blood from a specific individual to a specific individual is called direct donation. I’m sure they could do that if they wanted to.
The problem here is that someone is acting on behalf of the patient, so there’s a medical ethics issue and a blood donation logistics issue.
The ethical issue is
a) is the person deciding on behalf of the patient making a reasonable decision in the best interests of the patient?
I’d argue not but I’ll let the court decide.
b) what are the ethical implications of allowing patients to choose whose blood they receive?
It isn’t just vaccination status people would want to choose by - what if a white supremacist was denying his son life-saving treatment because he was demanding a white donor’s blood is used?
What if a Muslim person was denying his son life-saving treatment because he was demanding the blood must be guaranteed not to have come from a Jewish person?
The logistical issue is
c) practically, how does a blood donation programme segregate blood by donor characteristics?
Whilst yes there are certain racial and ethnic factors that limit compatibility, it would be a huge undertaking to screen blood for vaccination status and then store it separately.
There’s an opportunity cost associated with such an endeavour in that the time and resources required could be spent elsewhere.
It would be a waste of money benefitting nobody but a few zealots.