Posted on 08/25/2023 2:16:32 PM PDT by fwdude
At a recent blood drive in downtown L.A., Los Angeles area resident Terry Brown was both excited — and nervous — to donate blood for the first time in decades.
It was Brown’s first time to give blood since the U.S. Food and Drug Association and American Red Cross relaxed its decades-old policy on how individual donors are assessed, making the questions more inclusive regardless of sexual orientation, sex or gender. The new rules took effect in early August.
“For myself, this is really an opportunity to reengage with the broader community of Los Angeles. I view giving blood as helping all of my fellow citizens; not only the LGBTQ community, and that’s an important thing to recognize,” Brown, 62, said. “I think we could have gotten here a little bit sooner, but I’m thrilled that we are here now.”
The last time Brown had given blood was in 1983, in his early 20s in L.A.
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Yeah, they gave hundreds of thousands, many innocent, deadly AIDS. Thanks for the "gifts," Terry!
If they wanted to kill confidence in the blood supply........................
thanks, but no rainbow blood for me!
And then they will wonder why AIDS cases spiked. The medical community is full of idiots.
What could go wrong/s
One escape out is through Autologous Donations. This is where you can donate blood to yourself, and your friends and relatives can donate with their directed donations going toward yourself.
What does the marital status have to do with the lifestyle?
I view knowingly giving tainted blood murder. So there's that.
https://www.cdc.gov/msmhealth/STD.htm
Remember queers intentionally want to infect others with their diseases. It is a badge of honor for them
Because fags never get fagpox or have AIDS
I’m pretty sure that the Red Cross still tests all the donors’ blood for various diseases anyway. They just stopped ASKING is all.
That should shorten the donation questionnaire by 2/3.
Reminder to self : don’t bleed out
Time to budget in family blood storage.
After their blood and paying for vaginas, we’ll be dead anyway.
How about requiring gay donors to designate their blood for homosexual recipients only?
I haven’t given blood for many years but used to donate regularly.
The answers you put down on the questionnaire are on an honor system. I guess they could compare answers if you donated previously to see if you changed or omitted anything since the last time, but it’s not as if you must submit a complete copy of your medical records or have background check performed.
I could be the biggest “hoe” in the world, had sex with men who have sex with men, IV drug users, lived in countries with Mad Cow Disease, etc. and could answer “no” to all disqualifying questions. The blood is still tested for a number of things:
https://www.redcrossblood.org/biomedical-services/blood-diagnostic-testing/blood-testing.html
That really doesn't work in practice, though. Autologous donation only has limited benefit in very narrow circumstances, and doesn't cover an emergency incidence of an traumatic accident which requires an immediate transfusion. Blood supplies immediately at hand are going to be used.
Autologous donations are a viable solution if you have planned surgery in the near future. That's about it.
Friends and family don't automatically have compatible blood types, so I'm not sure where you're going with that.
Think about this. Donated red blood cells only last, at most, for 42 days (per FDA regulations.) That means that IF you wanted a ready supply of your own blood available (assuming medical personnel could access it in a pinch anywhere you happen to be) you would have to be regularly donating blood for yourself, an expensive proposition. But, you can only donate every 56 days, leaving a huge gap of two weeks in your available blood supply, assuming you even donate EXACTLY every 56 days. All donated blood is separated into components, many of which have varying shelf lives (platelets are only good for less than 7 days.)
Freezing extends the shelf life of red blood cells considerably, but those are not a ready source because of the thawing time involved. Again, your blood is stored at ONE location, so you won't get that UNLESS you are taken in a medical emergency to that one location, and that ain't happening.
The last surgery I had they drew a bunch of blood from me 2 days before to be used for my surgery
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