Sometime today, take a peek out the window.

You’ll likely see one of the main reasons that the American Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage, and why officials are concerned about blood centers having enough blood on hand to meet all the needs of their patients.

The unrelenting winter weather, as well as a nationwide outbreak of flu and other illnesses, has kept many potential donors away and prompted the Red Cross to cancel hundreds of blood drives.

That’s resulted in a 35 percent reduction in the blood supply over the past month-and-a-half.

Since only 3 percent of the 212 million........

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