I cannot believe there are people who cannot see the insanity in this. They are making decisions like this politically, not medically.
I know. See the other article I posted tonight on this:
“Lifting U.S. curbs on gay blood donors seen years away: experts” -
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3442123/posts
And these posts contain quotes from an FDA paper released last year that looked at the entire issue - statistics and studies, the available choices, and their shortcomings and likely consequences. The decision to keep a ban wasn’t discriminatory or political, but simply driven by the reality of “men who sex with other men” having much, much higher rates of HIV infection, and that if they were to donate in much greater numbers, the safety of the blood supply would decrease.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3440651/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3440453/posts