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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who works in the field, the likeliest explanation is that you mistakenly thought you were B- when you’re actually A-. We get a lot of patients that say they were mistyped. The scenario that usually ends up playing out is that they were incorrect about their blood type. When you have this job, you realize just how faulty the human memory can be.

We get a lot of people who think they’re B (+ or -) when they’re actually O (+ or -) or A (+ or -). [b]We also get a lot who think they’re the universal donor (O-) when they’re actually O+ (the most common blood type).[/b] Many can also not accurately remember whether they are + or - even if they know their correct ABO group. These are the most frequent mix-ups for some reason.[/quote]
I’ve noticed this too. I think it’s just human nature to want to feel special or unique, even when it comes to something like blood type. The amount of people that I’ve seen claiming to be the universal donor is very disproportionate to the percentage of the US population that genuinely is O- (between 7 and 9 percent).

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21213-blood-types[/quote]
Maybe I’m selfish, but I’d rather be AB+ than O-. It’s more beneficial to the individual. O- can donate blood to anyone with any blood type, but AB+ can receive blood from anyone with any blood type. Those who are O- can only receive O- blood.

Anyone who is O- and needs a blood transfusion will be straight out of luck if they ever have a severe shortage of O-.[/quote]

That's literally how I learned about blood types in high school biology.  AB+ is the "selfish" blood type, because it can only receive, and rarely gives.  And O- is the universal donor, generous and beloved by all.

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