This new rule will only account for a 1% increase in blood donations.
However, as the rules are today, what prevents a gay man from donating blood?
The only thing that prevents a homosexual man from donating blood is honesty. Anyone can lie on the questions that they give you before drawing your blood. Also, like I said earlier, the screening isn’t flawless, and it can read false negatives, so it isn’t risk free of transmission by screening alone.
If homosexual donations only would account for 1%, then obviously public health considerations are not what's driving this. Thanks for making that clear.