evidence: The Red Cross responded to O’Handley in a post later that day, clarifying that "individuals can donate blood after getting an FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine as long as they are feeling well and symptom free at the time of donation." The organization added that "donations from those who have been vaccinated for COVID-19 are safe for transfusion. Similar to other vaccines such as measles, mumps or influenza, the COVID-19 vaccine is designed to generate an immune response to help protect an individual from illness. The vaccine components themselves are not found within the blood stream." [...] Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones claimed later on Tuesday that the Red Cross is asking screener questions related to donor’s vaccination status in order to "separate out" and quietly "reject" blood from vaccinated donors. "The establishment doesn’t want to take blood that is creating these giant clots and had all this garbage added to it," Jones falsely claimed, repeating widely debunked myths the Covid-19 vaccines are "killing people en-masse," a common belief among vaccine skeptics. On Wednesday, right-wing commentator Steven Crowder released audio of a phone call between an "undercover journalist" and the Red Cross information line. "Official tells undercover journalist they DO NOT SEPARATE donated blood based on COVID-19 vaccination status; ADMITS unvaccinated recipients can UNWITTINGLY RECEIVE blood from vaccinated donors. THIS. INSANE," Crowder wrote.