Posted on 12/13/2020 9:33:10 PM PST by Olog-hai
The United Kingdom on Monday lifted its ban on gay and bisexual men in long term relationships donating blood. The previous policy banned men who have had sex with men in the past three months from donating blood, due to fears of HIV transmission.
The change in policy will be effective in 2021, according to British media outlets. Assessment of donors will be made on an individual basis, rather than a blanket restriction. According to reports, Britain’s NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) said men in a long term relationship will be able to donate blood, if there is no known exposure to a sexually transmitted infection and they are not using anti-HIV drugs PreP or PEP.
A two-year review conducted by FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) investigated whether sexual behaviors could be an effective measure of assessing individual risk of sexually transmitted infection, which could be passed on through blood transfusions. The UK government has taken into consideration the findings of this study, reported The Telegraph. […]
The US lifted a ban on men who have sex with men donating blood in 2015, but up until earlier this year required an abstinence period of 12 months. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that was reduced to three months. …
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Heard Fauci or someone saying that the COVID vaccine doesn’t mean an end to masks or lockdowns because it just lowers it to a level that we can’t measure.
But when those with AIDS lower their scores so that they no longer test positive, that’s a good thing and doesn’t require changes in action or behavior.
Meanwhile, thanks to Mad Moo restrictions, I still can’t.
WTG!
Right, because sexual perverts wouldn't lie about something like that, right? And if you ban homosexuals outright, they'll just claim to be straight. A farce, anyway you look at it.
“Meanwhile, thanks to Mad Moo restrictions, I still can’t.”
Me neither because I spent 6 months in Germany in 1981.
In other words, there are still requirements and behaviors which will result in being banned from donating blood, which the sodomites will still attack and demonize as “discriminatory.”
Well, I read those with HIV, even when taking prep, still die 14 years early. Because of their lifestyle, they’ll probably only live to 80 without HIV, and 66 with HIV.
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