Posted on 10/25/2018 8:42:32 AM PDT by fwdude
Boston, Mass. – The rate of infectious disease (ID) markers, such as those for HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV and HCV), in donated blood is higher for men who have sex with men (MSM) relative to blood donors overall, according to an analysis of data from more than 8.4 million blood donations collected from January 2017 through September 2018 by the American Red Cross. However, the ID marker rates for reinstated (1.44%) and newly eligible (2.0%) MSM donors were similar to those of first-time male donors (1.52%). The findings were presented at the 2018 AABB Annual Meeting, held Oct. 13-16 in Boston.
“Progress has been made in changing the MSM deferral policy in the U.S.; however, it is still too early to know the impact of these changes,” said lead author Susan L. Stramer, PhD, vice president of scientific affairs at the American Red Cross Biomedical Services. “The number of donors newly eligible under the revised deferral policy is small. In addition, while the infectious disease marker rates for donations from reinstated MSM donors is higher than for overall donations, the rates in these reinstated donors is comparable to those of first-time male donors.”
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MSM = queers.
MSM = “mainstream” media.
There’s a connection there, somewhere.
Lefties, fags and city dwellers tend to pick that stuff up.
Does anyone else remember hearing a radio interview of a homosexual activist, back in the early 80s I think, in which he encouraged homosexuals to donate blood? He said that only by making AIDS a threat to the straight community would research on it be sufficiently funded.
Another thing that I got out of the information release, is that
there is reduced occasions of infectious disease in new donors.
When a blood transfusion is needed, you don't get the opportunity to ask if the donor is new,
or whether the donor is a 'regular', or a 'paid donor', the later of whom are frequently life-support for the homeless.
Are IV blood transfusion containers marked or code identified on the bag as to the frequency of the donor ?
GAY. Got Aids Yet?
I avoid transfusions at all costs. I don’t care what they say.
Excuse me if I’m Rip van Winkle: But seriously, are homosexuals allowed to donate blood?
bkmk
“City dwellers”? What kind of stupid statement is that, does it have any meaning?
“——city dwellers tend to pick that stuff up.”
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City dwellers,like many FReepers?
Pathetic comment.
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In 2015, the FDA, after years of political activism attacking the blood donation rules for men who have sex with men, did loosen the rules for homosexuals donating blood. They have to have abstained from homosexual sex for a minimum of 1 year in order to not be deferred (turned away.) This has been the trend in policy in several countries, including Australia. But in Australia, there are severe criminal ramifications for lying on the questionnaire. That is not the case in the U.S.
Some people donate their own blood for use during scheduled surgery, an “autologous transfusion.”
I did too.
And I did not doubt it, I just wondered how they managed to break the data down so finely.
Duh! What’s next? A government study that proves the Sun rises in the East every morning.???
“And I did not doubt it, I just wondered how they managed to break the data down so finely.”
I can see the questionnaire:
Are you in the media.
If yes, are you mainstream media or other?
Wow. Other than killing a lot of people, what is the point of lying about this? Making a few bucks, I guess.
I'm reading that in public blood donations, only the plasma gets actually used, which is never injected into another person, just skimmed for valuable immune elements, and the germs etc., screened out.
My apologies for interrupting with objective facts.
Well duh. Didn’t we figure that out in the ‘80s?
“City dwellers” are concentrated in several sub-groups, and you know who they are, I would guess that outside those groups (most of which came to the cities from the country ) there is little difference between STD rates.
I would think that a city like Minn has lower rates than the country and you know why.
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