This is a tragedy arising from the dimwittedness of a jerk who appears/happens to be gay.
The leap made by most posters here is truly unfortunate.
And I’m not defending (or attacking) the donor being gay. To me it’s simply irrelevant.
Not at all irrelevant. Your chances of contracting AIDs from the blood or organs of an sexually active homosexual are manyfold that of a heterosexual donation. Transplants are a bit of a crapshoot anyway, why on earth would anyone want political correctness to increase the risk?
No, this tragedy was the direct result of the homosexual engaging in homosexual sex with reckless disregard for his own life and the life of the recipient.
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It's not irrelevant to the patient who received his AIDS-infected kidney.
And I’m not defending (or attacking) the donor being gay. To me it’s simply irrelevant.
I doubt many of us would feel much differently. However, among the many groups considered high risk for donating blood and organs(previous prostitution, IV drug use, men who have sex with men) It’s this single group that seems to be the ones having the problem with accepting the priority of public health when it comes to acting as organ/blood donors, at least they’re the ones making such a fuss about the standards. I personally have problems with being allowed to donate blood for reasons of my own, but some people just can’t seem to shut up and care that rights have limits, which are when you infringe upon others’ rights by putting them in serious danger.
The leap made by most posters here is truly unfortunate.
This is not about the false premise of 'gay' beings that possess some immutable characteristic defining them as a different 'gay' species. There is no scientific basis for your premise. Your argument is a red herring.
Blood and organ donations should be legitimately discriminated against based upon ACTIVITY as well as testing.
In this case we see the results of buying into the politically correct BS you seem to subscribe to; e.g. "a jerk who appears/happens to be gay" versus the reality of a disordered individual who chooses to engage in unhealthy actions...