Today, there is great hospital demand for blood as patients who previously deferred care during the COVID-19 pandemic present with more advanced disease progression, therefor requiring increased blood transfusions. Hospitals are also responding to an atypically high number in traumas and emergency room visits, as well as overdoses and resulting transplants. In comparison to 2019, the Red Cross has seen red cell demand from trauma centers climb 10% in 2021-more than five times the growth of other facilities that provide…