[calico_thompson]

Giving blood? All four of us, including the 18 and 23 year old give it except when proscribed because we have traveled to SA or Asia.

[JRandomFreeper]

Thank you and your family. In December, I had a slip fall accident (from a mountain) and the Docs wound up using 17 units on me. I literally owe my life to people like you. Thanks again.

/johnny

[Repeal The 17th]

“Here is your blood donors...”
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O.K, but where are the real title?

[max americana]

>>And Lee Storrow, a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, told the committee that he gave blood in high school. Now, after having sex with a male, he can no longer donate, he said. “I hope I can one day donate blood again,’’ Storrow said.

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WHY???

[maine-iac7]

Ban on gay blood donors upheld -

but eventually, they'll capitulate.

They have NO RIGHT to take blood from high risk donors and gamble with peoples lives. One donation can be made in many units of plasma and infect many people.

There is no way they can ‘screen’ and determine if or not a gay man has had sex with another man “for a year’ - how asinine.

In places like San Francisco, they often pay for donations. If they stopped paying there would a lot less ‘crying’ from gays and druggies about not being able to give blood.

[A.A. Cunningham]

MSNBC

[billorites]

"Ultimately the end-user bears 100 percent of the risk."

Oh, my goodness...

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[elcid1970]

I gave right after 9-11, but for years now I’m proscribed because I was stationed in Germany between 1980-1990.

They say it’s because of mad cow disease in Europe.

Anyway, just say no to gay blood. Way too many risk factors.

[count-your-change]

Google “bloodless surgery”, lots of interesting info.

[CORedneck]

I gave last Winter but had to pass in Apr since I had surgery right before.