I watched, in eager anticipation, for the recorded outcomes of incidences of HIV-infected would-be donors once the first loosening of restrictions for homosexuals was announced (from lifetime to 12 month deferral period.) Though they dismissed the uptick as "insignificant," this did not take into account that even with the looser requirement, very few sexually active "gay" men qualified as donors even then.
The change in HIV cases in blood donors went from 2.6 cases per 100,000 donors to 2.9 cases per 100,000 donors after the 12-month deferral period for homos was instituted. Again, this was with nearly ALL homosexuals still failing to qualify for the new loosened requirement. Not insignificant by my standard. Consider also that some HIV-infected donations went undetected, but didn't result in infection because the blood was used for unrelated research, expired before being used and was discarded, or was incidentally used on other HIV-infected people, eluding detection.
Now, with the new insane, politically-driven requirements, I'm wondering if any sharp spike in HIV donors will even be reported, or even tracked. My guess is that any such data will be deep-sixed for political expediency.
"https://www.fda.gov/media/164829/download
Here's the short FDA article if you'd rather start there.
I found the above while reading a JAMA article that scares the heck out of me, discussing the individual donor questionnaire above. Absolutely crazy.