Posted on 10/17/2005 4:23:05 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
"Will and his partner are like a well-oiled machine when it comes to making their morning coffee."
I bet that's not the only thing oiled up...
"How is it russian roulette if the blood is tested and comes out clean?"
There's an incubation period. It can look clean, and a few weeks later, boom!
You have to look at things from the patient's perspective. An injured or ill patient needing a transfusion needs to feel safe agreeing to the procedure. The patient may be in an emotional, vulnerable state and need reassurance. Donor screening gives at least the appearance of added safety.
I needed 2 units of blood in 1987 after an ectopic pregnancy, and I really agonized over the decision. If I had refused, I might have died.
If someone has been turned down as a blood donor for whatever reason, there are certainly other ways to contribute in the community. Donor screening does not exist to humiliate or discriminate -- it exists to protect patients and give them confidence in the system.
Oh, I think they've been tapped plenty.
I can't donate simply because I spent time in the Balkans. There's no evidence that my blood is tainted whatsoever, just the suspicion that it *might* be.
Will needs to get over it.
A valid point. The automatic gainsaying of any discrimination is just one of my hotbuttons.
The blood should be collected and then disposed of without telling anyone. I think thousands of gallons of blood are discarded monthly just because it is outdated. Just dump it out, then the activist have nothing to holler about, which is exactly what they are looking for.
Take the donation...
Put Will's blood in a pink package, clearly marked and indicating where it came from...
Get written permission from any recipient who wants to use it...
When the blood goes over the expiration date, throw it away!
This whole thing is crazy. It's just another drama queen homosexual trying to impose his values and beliefs on unsuspecting members of decent society.
" A valid point. The automatic gainsaying of any discrimination is just one of my hotbuttons."
That's a natural reaction when a large segment of the population seems to live to evidence of discrimination.
So make a monetary donation, dumbass.
"untapped resources" is another dirty picture.
To some people all discrimination is wrong, even if by discrimination we mean good judgement.
The post was verbatim from the link; I checked it thinking a sloppy transcription was responsible for the egegious grammar.
At the link on the site for background on the reporter, there are also errors in spelling and grammar.
I lost a friend and coworker to AIDS. Seems the blood that he got during open heart surgery was bad.
For those that don't know who Bill Kamal is, he used to be the weatherman for WUSA in Washington, DC. He moved from Washington to Miami.
He was arrested in Miami about a year or so ago. For soliciting sex from a minor boy. He is, I think, currently doing time in Florida.
The single biggest reason the other catagory is so small is the no blood donation policy for 20 years.
Think piece.
Unit of blood used to cost about $230.
Included in the cost is the phlebotomist, storage, and a bunch of testing for diseases plus blood typing and looking for antigens.
The cost of blood will have to go up dramatically if gays are allowed to donate.
Why?
The cost of every unit that is tested and discarded will be added into the cost of a unit of good blood.
Appeasement is not the answer.
Yeah I noticed it on the link, although I didn't see the reporter's page. Apparenly just a sloppy site.
Better than that.
Let them start the Gay Blood Network...if somebody want gay blood they can sign a release from indemnity from the hospital and doctors.
Can anybody say Air America.
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