Spaceflight makes the body kill red blood cells and it doesn't get better after landing

[Admin]

Being in space causes the human body to destroy about 50% more red blood cells, leading to a potentially dangerous condition known as anemia.

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[newworldsexplr]

Are these substantial and partly lasting reduction in red blood cells due to human space flight in general or more specifically to human space flight in microgravity (like muscle or bone loss etc.)?