Posted on 07/26/2016 4:17:17 PM PDT by plain talk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened the door on Tuesday to a change in its blood donor deferral recommendations, which currently prohibit donations from gay men for a year following their last sexual encounter in order to reduce the risk of transmitting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
In December the FDA overturned a 30-year ban on all blood donations from men who have sex with men, saying the change was based on science showing an indefinite ban was not necessary to prevent transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus.
The FDA is now signaling it may go further.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Time to research banking your own blood in advance of any procedure that may require a transfusion.
Lots of people have been doing just that for awhile now. Especially those with docs and nurses in the family.
Totally political.
One of bam’s final legacies. He’s leaving us with millions of muzzards who want to slit our throats. He’s leaving a crippled economy. He’s turned the IRS, FBI and “justice” into tools for his private goals. He’s allowed IS to grow and prosper. He’s allowed billions to flow to IRAN, which hates us.
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