[peteram]

Their blood will be screened out anyway. I recently read a story where lots of people who donated blood since 9/11 have been notified that the blood they gave tested positive for Hepatitus, and they never knew they were infected. The point of the story was that people were giving from the goodnes of their hearts, and it was hard for those taking the blood to later inform them of their situations.

[OldFriend]

It would seem that with a certain segment of the population there is NO good in their hearts at all.

[HEFFERNAN2]

Exactly. All blood is tested. Nothing is foolproof. Semper Fi, Mike

[lepton]

Their blood will be screened out anyway.

One of the problems is that false negatives are common within the first six weeks of contracting HIV. In any case, the incidences are high enough that the resources to collect and store the blood make collections from the group non cost-effective.

Numerous diseases that are nearly unheard of among heterosexuals are common enough among homosexuals that researchers like Dr. LeVey, famous for claiming to have found a physical difference in the brain structure of homosexuals, feel comfortable using the diseases as markers of homosexual practice.

[dbbeebs]

Their blood will be screened out anyway.

Perhaps. IIRC, there is a latency period where HIV infected blood shows up negative on the tests.