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FDA Plans to Allow More Gay, Bisexual Men to Donate Blood. Current rules bar blood donations from men who recently had sex with men due to HIV transmission risk
Wall Street Urinal ^ | Updated Nov. 30, 2022 1:52 pm ET | By Liz Essley Whyte and Amy Dockser Marcus

Posted on 11/30/2022 12:24:20 PM PST by Red Badger

Gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships would be allowed to donate blood without abstaining from sex under guidelines being drafted by the Food and Drug Administration, people familiar with the plans said.

The change would be a departure from U.S. policy that for many years barred men who have sex with men from donating blood. The FDA policy originated in the 1980s during the AIDS epidemic, when tests for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, weren’t considered sensitive enough to protect the blood supply.

The FDA lifted the ban in 2015 but said gay and bisexual men had to abstain from sex for one year before donating. During the pandemic, amid severe blood shortages, federal officials shortened the abstinence requirement to three months.

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These people are INSANE!...........................
1 posted on 11/30/2022 12:24:20 PM PST by Red Badger
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Note to self, don’t get injured.

I think I would store my own blood, if it weren’t for the fact I would be institutionalized...


2 posted on 11/30/2022 12:28:34 PM PST by EEGator
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What could possibly ever go wrong??? /s
Purebloods need to start their own blood banks....totally separate from the evil ones.


3 posted on 11/30/2022 12:29:47 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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That horse already left the barn. Modern AIDS meds reduce the viral titer to “undetectable”. Notice I said reduce, not eliminate, so any AIDS tests on donated blood show negative.


4 posted on 11/30/2022 12:30:10 PM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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It’s all on the honor system anyway......at least where I donate..... they ask a few questions relative to homosexual sex and expect you to tell the truth.

I would imagine blood banks are lousy with gay peoples blood.


5 posted on 11/30/2022 12:30:27 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

And Drug addicts..................


6 posted on 11/30/2022 12:31:01 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EEGator

7 posted on 11/30/2022 12:33:59 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: V_TWIN

I trust Kramer. :)


8 posted on 11/30/2022 12:35:43 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

Its ok now that the FDA mission has changed to embrace the population reduction agenda.


9 posted on 11/30/2022 12:36:50 PM PST by G Larry ( "woke" means 'stupid enough to fall for the promotion of every human weakness into a virtue')
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To: Red Badger

More safe and effective.


10 posted on 11/30/2022 12:38:41 PM PST by Theophilus 7
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Gay and bisexual men should never be used with the term monogamous.


11 posted on 11/30/2022 12:40:05 PM PST by wetgundog
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> Note to self, don’t get injured.

THIS.

> I think I would store my own blood, if it weren’t for the fact I would be institutionalized...

It's pretty difficult and risky to store blood. Blood isn't just some fluid. It's alive (Franklin Institute), and you have to do things to keep it alive. If it dies you don't want to use it.

12 posted on 11/30/2022 12:41:34 PM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords - Arthur Pendragon 2024)
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The druggie are probably selling theirs at the plasma centers......you know, to support their drug habits.

Kinda got a snake eating its own tail thing going doesn’t it.


13 posted on 11/30/2022 12:43:57 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: dayglored

Anything that I would ever attempt medically would not end well.


14 posted on 11/30/2022 12:44:56 PM PST by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

Question to ask. Is there a special supply of blood for the ruling elite? Do the people who decide this kind of thing take their chances with blood transfusions or do they get specially chosen, protected blood from normal people?


15 posted on 11/30/2022 12:48:04 PM PST by I want the USA back (Our news media isn't worth camel spit. Neither is the democrat party. )
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“The druggie are probably selling theirs at the plasma centers......you know, to support their drug habits.”

Definitely, not probably.

I have been reading about about an artificial blood substitutes for 40 years, seems like it is only 5-10 years away ?


16 posted on 11/30/2022 12:51:56 PM PST by algore
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Government form letter will say “We regret the death of your loved one but you may feel better to know no one involved was guilty of anti-LGBT+ discrimination.”


17 posted on 11/30/2022 12:58:48 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: I want the USA back

Planned Parenthood...................


18 posted on 11/30/2022 12:58:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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> Question to ask. Is there a special supply of blood for the ruling elite? Do the people who decide this kind of thing take their chances with blood transfusions or do they get specially chosen, protected blood from normal people?

The ruling elite have more than enough money to set up multiple "private" blood banks for their own use.

If I were rich I would too. Why play Russian Roulette with your bloodstream if you don't have to?

19 posted on 11/30/2022 1:05:40 PM PST by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords - Arthur Pendragon 2024)
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4.1% self-describe selves as gay or bisexual in a Gallup Poll. Impossible to tell accuracy, of course.

What is our side pushes hard on the blood supply danger?
Nearly 96% may not want to die for the 4.1% .

If the 4.1% absolutely refuse to vote GOP, weren’t they already mostly going to do that anyway?

I think the blood supply fears will have traction politically. Like reparations.


20 posted on 11/30/2022 1:05:57 PM PST by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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