Most blood transfusions go very smoothly. Some infectious agents, such as HIV, can survive in blood and infect the person receiving the blood transfusion. To keep blood safe, blood banks carefully screen donated blood. The risk of catching a virus from a blood transfusion is low.
Palmetto, Georgia. Palmetto (established 1853) is a city located mostly in Fulton County (originally Campbell County) and now partly in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 4,488 at the 2010 census.
If you're considering retirement in South Carolina but are worried about taxes, don't be. The Palmetto State is one of the best states in the country to retire when it comes to taxes. Not only does South Carolina have the ninth lowest tax burden in the nation, it also doesn't penalize retirees with a state social security tax and offers some pension tax exemptions.