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The New York Times - January 9, 1986
There have been scattered reports of blood shortages in the past year, and some local officials have attributed the problem to fear of AIDS.
There is no chance of getting the disease through donations, blood bank officials said, since the needles are used only once and are sterilized in advance.
The new survey, sponsored by the American Association of Blood Banks, found that more than half of Americans believed they were at least somewhat likely to get the disease if they received a blood transfusion.
Federal health officials say less than 2 percent of the nation's 16,000 known AIDS cases resulted from transfusions, a percentage they say is sure to drop because of blood screening tests.
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