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Lifetime blood donor ban for gay men lifted - as long as they haven't had sex for a year (UK)
Mail Online ^ | 09/08/2011 | Claire Bates

Posted on 09/08/2011 6:34:20 AM PDT by fwdude

Gay men will be able to give blood as long as they haven't had sex for 12 months, the Government announced today, overturning a lifetime ban brought in due to the spread of HIV and Aids.

The move came in response to new scientific evidence that found a lifetime ban was an unnecessary safety precaution.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: blood; healthcare; homosexualagenda
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To: fwdude

I’m banned from donating because I spent a week and a half in the English country side, plus a year and a half in Germany (in the Army). There was concern over mad cow disease, so I cannot give.

And I’m O negative.

I cannot fathom the stupidity of decisions like this.


41 posted on 09/08/2011 8:24:32 AM PDT by MortMan (What disease did cured ham used to have?)
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To: fwdude

Exactly...how are they going to tell if they have or not. Impossible. So this is simply a sick move to “include” sodomites into mainstream. Time for all to have family members tested and lined up if blood is needed for any.


42 posted on 09/08/2011 8:34:49 AM PDT by caww
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To: 101voodoo
I don’t get this. Are gays in the UK registered as such? How the hell would anyone know a donor is gay? And isn’t donated blood screened for aids anyway?

Hmmm excellent point. What about the closet homos? They can be donating today for all we know.

43 posted on 09/08/2011 8:41:13 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: fwdude

If I were running a National Health Service...and wanted to minimize utilization...this is precisely the move to make.


44 posted on 09/08/2011 8:42:20 AM PDT by mo
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To: tcrlaf

I didn’t realize it killed so many. I’m sorry about your friend.

In the early/mid 80s I had an accident and the doctors were going to force me to have a transfusion. I adamantly refused (had not heard of AIDS) and finally one intervened and allowed me not to get blood as long as I took other measures, which I did.

Obviously fags will lie and claim they haven’t had “sex” for a year, many of them have stated that they want us normal people to get AIDS.


45 posted on 09/08/2011 8:46:00 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: 101voodoo

Screened for AIDS but AFAIK it can slip through the cracks since even those infected may not show up positive for some time.


46 posted on 09/08/2011 8:49:24 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: tcrlaf

Can you source that story and the figures?


47 posted on 09/08/2011 9:59:32 AM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: achilles2000
Sodomites will lie about virtually anything when it suits their purposes. They will certainly lie about this, and people will develop serious illnesses or die as a result.

Of course, anyone who would lie about whether they've had sex in the past year would almost certainly also lie about whether they are homosexual (so they could give blood, with or without this change in policy).

48 posted on 09/08/2011 10:21:58 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: fwdude

RED CROSS WORKER: “Sir, are you a homosexual?”

HOMOSEXUAL: “Yes.”

RED CROSS WORKER: “How old are you?”

HOMOSEXUAL: “22 years old.”

RED CROSS WORKER: “Have you had sex in the past year?”

HOMOSEXUAL: “Uhhh...no.”

RED CROSS WORKER: “Uhh, no”? Really? You are 22 years old, and haven’t had sex in a year. You paused for a second there. If you lie, you could infect an innocent person with HIV.”

HOMOSEXUAL: “Well...er...no, then. No I haven’t had sex in the last year.”

RED CROSS WORKER: “Okay then. Roll up your sleeve.”


49 posted on 09/08/2011 10:33:48 AM PDT by rlmorel ("When marching down the same road, one doesn't need 'marching orders' to reach the same destination")
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To: fwdude
"Today's announcement was welcomed by human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, but he said it fell short of lifting the ban on gay men who always use condoms."

I guess Tatchell's never heard of the term "going bareback"?

50 posted on 09/08/2011 10:39:47 AM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: little jeremiah
The only real answer is to get tough with violators. Make donating with an HIV+ indicator or any of the other diseases most associated with homosexuals a felony, punishable by mandatory prison time. Second offense; execution.

It's a terrorist attack on the public.

51 posted on 09/08/2011 10:44:05 AM PDT by fwdude ("When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...")
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To: fwdude
There is a cure for homosexuals, and God has told us why homosexuals are homosexuals.
Now God is His warnings to be fulfilled.

52 posted on 09/08/2011 11:06:18 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: fwdude
There is a cure for homosexuals, and God has told us why homosexuals are homosexuals.
Now God is allowing His warnings to be fulfilled.

53 posted on 09/08/2011 11:07:11 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die.)
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To: MortMan
What the hell is a 'dodnor'?

Well, obviously, a dodnor is one who dodns.
Like an actor is one who acts.
And a doctor is one wh... never mind.

54 posted on 09/08/2011 11:27:19 AM PDT by tnlibertarian (Don't mend SS, end it.)
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To: fwdude

That’s a good idea, but with leftists in charge I think it’ll be harder to do the right thing; IMO some kind of power struggle will have to happen first.


55 posted on 09/08/2011 11:56:35 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: fwdude

That depends on what your definition of “sex” is.


56 posted on 09/08/2011 2:02:32 PM PDT by HotKat
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To: fwdude

Ive often wondered why none of the vampires in hollywood flicks never work in blood banks. But now with this, I guess all bets are off.


57 posted on 09/08/2011 2:43:33 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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It’s not just about AIDS, folks.

Gay people harbor all sorts of nasties.


58 posted on 09/08/2011 3:07:03 PM PDT by Salman
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To: fwdude

Because after a year they’re cured?

This’ll make blood a lot more expensive. A smaller percentage of units will get past the screening.

I’ll bet they won’t tell anyone when the failure rate starts climbing.


59 posted on 09/09/2011 3:55:57 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: fwdude

“I’d like to inject this piece of excrement with a syringe of HIV blood.”

El Presidente Jorge Booosh will not be please with your less than “compassionate” conservatism.

Besides, that chap’s ‘partner’ will probably give him HIV with a rather more organic ‘needle’.

Just my opinion.


60 posted on 09/09/2011 11:34:55 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is necessary to examine principles.)
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