Posted on 01/26/2023 5:09:50 PM PST by fruser1
Gay and bisexual men will soon no longer have to abstain from sex in order to donate blood in the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday.
The move comes after widespread calls from members of Congress, the American Red Cross and LGBT organizations to drop the ban put in place during the 1980s AIDS epidemic.
Men who had sex with another man (MSM) in the past three months, or women who had sex with one of those men, are not allowed to donate blood under current rules. This is because those men were struck hardest by America's AIDS outbreak decades ago.
In 2015, the FDA and HHS revised rules to allow MSM to donate blood as long as it had been 12 months since their last sexual activity.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Looks like they lifted the Mad Moo ban, too, for the most part...
Well, I sure don’t want that contaminated blood.
They just announced a couple of weeks ago that AIDS carriers with “undetectable” levels of virus can give blood. Now they say people who might have undetectable levels AT THAT TIME, but still have had risky behaviors in the recent past, can give blood.
I see private blood banks as a good investment possibility.
Store your own blood just in case!!
Thousands of people died in the 1980’s because of this.
Bill Clinton was involved when he was governor.
The Clintons have been mass murderers since the 1980’s.
FYI: HIV infection causes its infected to age 14 years, resulting in many illnesses like cancers. This aging happens even when treated with antiretrovirals.
I first read about HIV’s premature aging in 2014, but it is hard to web search. HIV’s premature aging should have a medical name, so we can look it up.
If you’d like to look up more info, use FR keywords HIVacceleratedAging and HIVaging.
Is the “public comment” period just for show or will they take what is submitted under advice?
Most of the ads on FreeTeevee are for drugs that hide the reality of HIV
Apparently HIV can’t be cured but it can be hidden so no one cal tell.
Thankfully, blood centers may continue to be MORE strict (for now) on their criteria for donor qualification than the FDA criteria. I was pleased to learn that my local, long-time blood center still will not allow donations by MSM, at all. Of course, I can see this changing by mandate under our fascistic overlords.
Remember what happened to Isaac Asimov?
FDA cannot overrule the law.
All they can do is recommend.
HIV infection causes premature aging of 14 years, even when HIV is treated with antiretrovirals. I just read article that said HIV virus hides, or something along those lines. Unfortunately, I can’t find article again, but doesn’t sound safe to be given HIV infected blood. Articles about HIV accelerated aging are hard to find online. Maybe they’re hiding this info. Who in government to I contact to tell them about HIV accelerated aging?
If you want to look up more info, check FR keywords HIVacceleratedAging and hivaging.
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