Posted on 12/28/2014 12:32:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it's easing restrictions on gay men donating blood, reversing a policy enacted during the outbreak of the AIDS epidemic decades earlier.
In a statement released Tuesday, the FDA said easing the ban came after several years of research into the matter.
"Following this review, and taking into account the recommendations of advisory committees to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA, the agency will take the necessary steps to recommend a change to the blood donor deferral period for men who have sex with men from indefinite deferral to one year since the last sexual contact," stated the FDA.
"The FDA intends to issue a draft guidance recommending this proposed change in policy in 2015, which will also include an opportunity for public comment."
In 1983, the FDA established a lifetime ban on blood donations from men who had had sexual intercourse with other men.
The ban came in response to the HIV-AIDS epidemic, as many were contracting the disease via blood transfusions from blood donated by HIV-positive individuals.
A notable example was professional African-American tennis player Arthur Ashe, who contracted the AIDS virus via a blood transfusion.
"At the time, little was known about the human immunodeficiency virus, which causes the disease, and there was no quick test to determine whether somebody had it," reported The New York Times.
"Restrictions on donors were written when HIV testing was slower and less refined. Today, some tests can detect the virus in blood as little as nine days after infection."
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From what I understand (and this could be outdated info, so feel free to correct me), AIDS is caused by a “Retrovirus”.
The very definition of a “Retrovirus” is that it can lay dormant for MANY years before blossoming into an infection.
Because of this, anyone who has had male-male sex, anyone who has had illicit intravenous drug use, and anyone who has worked in an AIDS infected area such as Haiti or parts of Africa, should be banned from donating blood, except for their own use.
In fact, if they were sincere about increasing the blood supply, they should just donate for their own use, thus freeing up the non-AIDS-Related Blood Supply.
This would not be picking on homosexuals, as other high risk groups are included.
The fact that this is not even considered proves that it is not “altruism” that fuels this controversy, but the furtherance of their own agenda.
Yep, first question that came to my mind... how can they know if these folks have been abstinent for a year?
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They give their word.
Stupid people think that everyone has white, middle-class western values.
Seems like a primary goal of the US government is depopulation.
Our entire Blood Supply is being put at risk to be PC for a few LBGTQs!
This is one of the more despicable and dangerous things the Obama Administration has done. The consequences are potentially beyond our ability to calculate. The same people were those who 2 decades ago warned that everyone, not just gays and drug users, was vulnerable.
Now, apparently they’re saying no one is susceptible to HIV/AIDS through a blood transfusion from a gay man who’s been celibate (wink/wink) for a year. Just watch as ‘designated blood banks’ emerge.
Celibate gay men, didn’t John Rechy used to write about that?
Just kidding of course.
They aren’t telling the truth right now would be my guess.
How many gays are out there donating blood?
Soon, anonymous posts will flood the net by militant homos with AIDS that donated intentionally to try killing hetros.
See ACT UP in the 80s for details.
So the FDA, which holds up the introduction of life-saving drugs for years by demanding the most rigorous imaginable scientific testing is now going to base a major public health decision on the honesty of men committed to a life of buggery?
Folks, liberalism is not only a mental disorder but a deadly disease of the mind.
I agree.
Do “abstinent” homosexuals really exist? I think they are probably like unicorns.
yes of course!
The aids virus carries a calendar with it and
promises to LEAVE
by the end of a year!
some blood banks let you store your own blood for your own future use
just a word to the wise, check around and see ... it could save your life someday
“...and they expect this group of radicals to tell the truth?....”
My thoughts exactly. And we are supposed to remain confident in the blood supply?
Yeah, a mentally unstable heavily promiscuous and often times violent towards those who scorned them group will be “honest” about their inability to control what is in their pants.
Right.
This will end well! / sarc
The new donor policy is fine with me.
As long as the blood collected is to be used only by elected Federal Office holders and their families. And, of course, the President should get the honorary first pint.
Male perverts are notorious for do it wherever and with whomever.And they’d surely never lie about such a thing.
Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant!
Abstinent for 1 Year, maybe they’re not really queer.
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