Posted on 01/30/2023 9:27:57 AM PST by John Semmens
The US Food and Drug Administration says it will reduce restrictions based on sexual behavior for blood donors. Current rules bar donations from men who have sex with other men because of the risk of transmitting HIV to persons receiving blood transfusions in hospitals.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf explained “given the fact that 80% of the potential pool of blood donors has been injected with the covid vaccine it seems pointless to be fussy about donations from the 5% of the population engaging in male-on-male anal sex. At least with HIV and potentially AIDS there is no ‘died suddenly.’ With the proper regimen of drugs you could live for years.”
“As it is, the so-called screening we’ve been using is totally dependent on self-reported sexual behavior,” Califf pointed out. “No objective test or measurement has been used. Getting a transfusion has inherent risks. Your safest course is not to get yourself in a predicament where you need a stranger’s blood to survive.”
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I’m not allowed to donate blood, because I lived in Britain in the 90’s when mad-cow thing was happening.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf explained “given the fact that 80% of the potential pool of blood donors has been injected with the covid vaccine it seems pointless to be fussy about donations from the 5% of the population engaging in male-on-male anal sex. At least with HIV and potentially AIDS there is no ‘died suddenly.’ With the proper regimen of drugs you could live for years.”
FYI: HIV causes its infected to prematurely age 14 years. This has been known since 2011, and yet it is never discussed in relation to allowing HIV infected to donate blood.
To look up more info, check FR keywords HIVacceleratedAging and hivaging.
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