Posted on 08/07/2023 1:58:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Other screening questions will remain the same -- for everyone. Potential donors will be asked about risk factors including sexual activity -- whether they have had sexual contact with a new partner in the past three months or had anal sex, which would require them to wait three months before donating.
The Red Cross said the decision is supported by decades of data collection and assessments, including the ADVANCE study, which was funded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA approved new rules for blood donation in May that eliminated waiting periods on the basis of sexual orientation and brings the United States in line with countries like Canada and the United Kingdom.
The study found that blood donor history questions could identify sexually active gay or bisexual men who had "lower-risk behaviors" that would be eligible to donate.
FDA issues new rules, makes it easier for gay, bisexual men to donate blood "There's so much in the world that you can't help with, and you sometimes have to see people going through difficult times, but something like giving blood feels like something so small that you can do, and it means a lot to me that I'll be able to do that again," Andrew Goldstein, a cancer researcher from Los Angeles, said in a statement.
In the ADVANCE study, more than 66% of gay or bisexual men reported only one sexual partner and no anal sex. Sixty-nine percent reported no new partners or anal sex in the past three months.
According to the Red Cross, every 2 seconds someone in the United States needs blood and or platelets. The average blood cell transfusion is about three units of red blood cells, and about 29,000 units are needed every day. A car accident can require a person to receive as many as 100 units of blood.
"The Red Cross celebrates this historic move as significant progress and remains committed to achieving an inclusive blood donation process that treats all potential donors with equality and respect while maintaining the safety of the blood supply," the Red Cross said in a statement.
That’s how Isaac Asimov died; contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion during bypass surgery.
There will be a major rise in HIV related illnesses in the heterosexual crowd..
No doubt caused by rightwing information.
I’d ask them to open another vein. Maybe an artery.
Anyone else remember when they were spreading HIV/AIDS through blood transfusions?
So screw everyone else’s health but kiss the freaks a$$. They are doing everything they can to kill us. Frankly just get it over with-this slow passive aggressive crap from all angles is just prolonging the agony. I am sick of all the crap. Just.Leave. Us. The. F*%k. Alone. My husband is a universal donor blood type- which was great, until he got vaccinated for Covid. Thanks hon 😉
"Just another way to reduce the population."
I’d rather die than have the blood of a sodomite pumped into my veins.
“no new partners or anal sex in the past three months.”
And they BELIEVE these promiscuous liars?
I did autologous donation before hip replacement surgery. Turns out I didn’t need it. Then they discarded it. I thought they’d add it to the blood bank but they wouldn’t do that. I’m sure that at that time my blood was much better than most. (Now I’m on Eliquis daily, so that’s a problem for donating.)
I'm absolutely certain that there's a good reason for every question....protecting their patients!
And now this.I guess they didn't learn any lessons from the case of Arthur Ashe.
HIV infection causes premature aging of 14 years. That is why HIV infected experience more cancers and dementia (called HAND: HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder). To look up other articles about this, check FR keyword HIVacceleratedAging.
Yes, that is a lie. Could be what homosexual men say when donating blood.
Unbelievable that your father cannot donate blood, but HIV infected homosexuals can.
I probably won’t remember it, but I like your spelling of alternative word for homosexuals.
Doing EVERYTHING to gain population reduction!! Start to bank your own blood!!
If HIV is undetectable due to PrEP meds, I’m pretty sure they can still infect through blood transfer. They figure no big deal; take PrEP. Except, even when on PrEP, HIV causes premature aging of 14 years. Means 14 years knocked off the HIV-infected’s life. Guess since it’s the last 14 years, homosexuals figure NBD.
Whoa! First time I’ve heard that.
Homosexuals figure HIV knocks 14 years off their lives; hets must die early, too.
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