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F.D.A. Lifting Ban on Gay Blood Donors
New York Times ^ | December 23, 2014 | SABRINA TAVERNISE

Posted on 12/23/2014 11:05:08 AM PST by reaganaut1

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To: reaganaut1

The 12 month restriction is the same as a ban on donations by gay men. Where are you going to find a gay man who has not had sex with a man in 12 months? It would be much easier to find a straight man who has not had sex with a woman in 12 months.


221 posted on 12/25/2014 1:11:05 PM PST by RipSawyer (OPM is the religion of the sheeple.)
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To: Truth29
autologous blood donation

Also directed donation within families will increase.

222 posted on 12/25/2014 4:28:09 PM PST by ASA Vet (Don't assume Shahanshah Obama will allow another election.)
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To: reaganaut1

The faggots and their leftist pets want the rest of us to get AIDS.

It’s that simple.


223 posted on 12/25/2014 7:22:09 PM PST 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: little jeremiah

Good to hear from you little J.


224 posted on 12/26/2014 8:44:59 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: Neoliberalnot

Thank you, Neoliberalnot. Every few years I have to take a break from FR for a while.....

Been even more overwhelmed than usual, too. :-)

Idle hands and all that; I never get idle time. It’s good for me.

I hope you had a good Christmas or Hanukkah if you’re Jewish.


225 posted on 12/26/2014 10:56:03 AM PST 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: GeronL

How many? How many have died of AIDS?

According to Shilts (”And the Band Played On”), the CDC and NIH knew as far back as the late 1970s that AIDS was being spread through the homosexual bath houses. They tried to shut them down until they could understand how it was spreading.

It was also known that AIDS was being spread through blood donations made by the homosexual community. It took a massive effort to shut that down. Now, apparently, the homosexual “lobby” has finally won the right to donate AIDS-infected blood to unknowing recipients.

The homosexual lobby protested and sued viciously to remain open.

They were a main reason AIDS spread so rampantly through the 80’s and 90’s.


226 posted on 12/26/2014 12:14:49 PM PST by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

exactly

This could really be the end of the blood donation system


227 posted on 12/26/2014 12:27:07 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: reaganaut1

Homosexual men should give blood, but only to themselves, other homosexuals. I don’t want homosexual blood. My body. My choice.


228 posted on 12/26/2014 12:49:28 PM PST by conservative98
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To: reaganaut1

WHO IS IDIOTIC ENOUGH TO BELIEVE ANY GAY MAN WHO SAYS HE HAS HAD ZERO GAY SEX FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR??????????

SERIOUSLY!!!!!!

The idiotic, it burns. Burns damn hard.


229 posted on 12/26/2014 12:57:10 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: reaganaut1

I’m totally against this, but the blood supply was likely already contaminated. How many homosexuals have denied their lifestyle choice during questioning before blood donation, probably a lot over the years.


230 posted on 12/26/2014 2:59:41 PM PST by Amish with an attitude
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To: reaganaut1

I will not be accepting blood transfusions now


231 posted on 12/26/2014 4:56:09 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Boycott all blood donations.


232 posted on 12/26/2014 9:48:41 PM PST by bigmak007 (They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
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To: bigmak007

I agree


233 posted on 12/26/2014 11:00:06 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: RipSawyer

Hahahahahahahahaha


234 posted on 12/27/2014 12:11:59 AM PST by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: reaganaut1

This is absurd and hopefully will backfire on them. I have seasonal and tree nut allergies so I am therefore not allowed to give blood. I’m not suing anyone about this. I realize that due to these permanent ailments my blood is not viable for others.

Talk about selfish psychotics.


235 posted on 12/27/2014 12:26:50 AM PST by hockeyfan44 (No more RINOS!!!)
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To: reaganaut1

As much as 4%... are there even that many “gays” in the US?


236 posted on 12/27/2014 12:29:29 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Or, that none are already getting in?

The stupid there also is burning.

I can only figure that they believe they have good enough blood tests now, otherwise we’d be in major scandal territory already, let alone with the new rules.


237 posted on 12/27/2014 12:31:30 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

I’m not sure they could have ever “stopped” it without tests.


238 posted on 12/27/2014 12:33:03 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: reaganaut1

For medical reasons this is not good, as the probability that homosexuals have infections, including today unknown infections, is higher than in groups that today can give blood. Note, this is based on statistics not on individuals.

This is a political decision that might jeopardize lives.


239 posted on 12/27/2014 5:40:39 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Which account for a wildly disproportionate percentage of of hepatitis and HIV infectees. The exact percentages vary, but it remains, in the U.S., that over 50-60 percent of new HIV infectees diagnosed are homosexual men. Figures for many other STDs such as syphillis and gonorrhea are similarly disproportionate. this minute percentage accounts for a majority of these sexually transmitted and bloodborne diseases, in no small part due to a combination of the nature of their behavior and the common nature of so many of them committing their behavior with so many partners.


240 posted on 12/27/2014 6:21:32 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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