Posted on 12/25/2014 8:38:39 AM PST by NetAddicted
Flamers excluded.
And it’s still all based on an honor system.
I got no further than the above. This is total b.s. Let the medical experts decide; leave the politics out.
Why am I supporting NPR through taxes to produce this drivel? Have not listened in 15 years due to the overwhelming bias.
The Gaystapo desperately want HIV/AIDS to jump full force into the breeder community, so that their immoral, dangerous, and perverted lifestyle will seem more “normal.” Stunningly illogical, of course.
There are many people banned from giving blood.
Among those are people who spent time in Europe during the outbreaks of mad cow disease.
Also banned are people involved in prostitution, either as a buyer or seller of such services.
Point is, homosexuals are not singled out due to a hatred of homosexuality. They are among a group of people who have risk factors for their health.
This ban was put on place in the first place based on a dispassionate review of risk factors for disease, not based on passing judgment on someone’s lifestyle.
But apparently with the homosexual pressure groups, everything is viewed through the lens of how it allegedly discriminates against a homosexual. With no concerns about how such policies affect everyone else.
are all blood donations tested?
Fixed it.
Median age at death of homosexual white males in the U.S. is 47. For homosexual black males, 43. And they want to tell us that their dangerous, filthy, disease-ridden lifestyle is “normal?”
This is insanity. I recommend FReepers start their own family blood bank. Many such services available.
I had Hepatitus A back in 1959 and still can’t give blood. My oldest daughter was born in Germany in 1984, and because of Chernobyl and of the European mad-cow scare of the mid-80s cant be a blood donor.
When will the FDA decide that we both can be blood donors?
Yes, but if you have just been infected, it won’t show up in the screening tests for 2-3 weeks.
I wanted to change the title, but didn’t know if I should/could.
No, don’t change anything, copyright rules donchaknow, and the mods get grumpy...
And they should be excluded if they live that lifestyle. It’s known to be highly promiscuous with many anonymous partners. Common sense prevails at keast 3 times I know of now in the past 6 years (this decision, Hobby Lobby, and Chick-fi-la)
and when is the screening done?
only partially....the blood itself is tested for numerous things before being used
Depending on the blood bank you use if you tell the truth they will not spoil the donation but rather use it in research (thinking specifically of the Stanford Blood Bank)
Well, it’s recommended homosexuals get HIV tested once a year, but, as the author pointed out, half of HIV+ homosexuals aren’t aware of that fact, which means they’re not getting tested once a year.
This is all complete nonsense in that blood is tested anyway for all kinds of diseases.
all KNOWN diseases. It is nonsense in that the most militant ones will lie about their status.
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