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-Great Cultural Revolution
FDA to allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood without abstaining from sex ‐ reversing policy brought in during 1980s AIDS epidemic
2022-12-01
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Gay or bi men are required not to have sex for three months before donating

  • But FDA plans to ease this rule for those who are in monogamous relationships

  • Campaigners welcomed the end of the 'discriminatory' rule today
Posted by:Skidmark

#13  "Testing blood for HIV is discriminatory"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-12-01 20:42  

#12  testing blood for HIV has gotten more reliable, quicker and less expensive

when I give plasma, they take about 5 extra vials full of whole blood -- IIUC, these are for testing
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-12-01 19:52  

#11  Eventually, the only way to stop the mainstreaming of filth will be to eliminate the filth.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-01 14:30  

#10  Love how the future has gone from Science Fiction to Fiction Science.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-12-01 14:25  

#9  Should be fine, but I will wear a condom during any future transfusions just to be safe.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-12-01 14:13  

#8  Why, its almost as if our country were being run by a cabal of its enemies...
Posted by:    2022-12-01 11:34  

#7  #4 Not as easy as you'd like it to be Lowspark.

https://thewashingtonstandard.com/demand-for-untainted-blood-from-mrna-shot-increasing/
Posted by: Warthog   2022-12-01 10:03  

#6  BTW, how did anyone enforce the previous 'requirement' to abstain for three months?
Posted by: Bobby   2022-12-01 09:01  

#5  Well, we have a new AIDS vaccine coming on-line soon, so everyone will get to take that.
Posted by: Bobby   2022-12-01 09:00  

#4  If you are having surgery, donate your own blood for it ahead of time.
Posted by: Lowspark   2022-12-01 07:40  

#3  Do mRNA coronavirus vaccines contaminate the blood?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed   2022-12-01 06:44  

#2  Notice how Aids and Monkey pox have disappeared.
Posted by: Dale   2022-12-01 03:52  

#1  Oh boy! We can get AIDS-infected blood back into the blood supply again! Woo-hoo! #staywoke
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811   2022-12-01 02:35  

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