FDA lifts restrictions on homosexuals giving blood

They are going with a "individual risk based approach" whatever that means.

So your kid injured in say a car wreck. Now there is a significant chance that whatever blood the hospital uses to save them will also give them AIDS. Perfect for the manufacturers of AIDS medicine huh?

"The Food and Drug Administration has dropped all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood, a move long anticipated by public health experts and gay rights activists.

The new guidance, first proposed in January and finalized Thursday, will not restrict donations based on someone's sexual orientation or gender identity, and instead move towards an "individual risk-based" approach to reduce the risk of accidental HIV infection through the blood donation system.

The FDA originally banned donations from gay and bisexual men in the midst of the 1980s HIV/AIDS crisis. In recent years, the FDA relaxed these rules, but had not lifted them completely.

Now, the new blood donation risk assessment will be the same for every donor regardless of how they identify."


abcnews.go.com...


This world has just completely lost its mind.

a reply to: greendust

Right. Because we all know if there's one thing hetero men don't do: that's #ing around...

I have some upcoming surgeries, I guess I will be opting out the blood transfusions.

originally posted by: marg6043
I have some upcoming surgeries, I guess I will be opting out the blood transfusions.

Why? Does gay blood do something different than straight blood?

a reply to: greendust
Blood is tested before being used. Aids got into the gay community decades ago and the gay guys I know were by far the most responsible with testing, condoms, etc. A lot more than heterosexual couples based on people I know.

Not a gay thing anymore. The 80s were forty years ago and if it was my kid in a wreck bleeding to death... give him the gay blood. I wouldnt care.

originally posted by: Peeple
a reply to: greendust

Right. Because we all know if there's one thing hetero men don't do: that's #ing around...

Why do you single it out to men. Women dont?

originally posted by: marg6043
I have some upcoming surgeries, I guess I will be opting out the blood transfusions.

I don't think Monkey-Pox is a danger to women.

originally posted by: carewemust
I don't think Monkey-Pox is a danger to women.

Good thing you're not an MD:

Monkeypox is usually self-limiting but may be severe in some individuals, such as children, pregnant women or persons with immune suppression due to other health conditions. Source

I donate plasma
been doing it for years.

They ask you there if you are homosexual,
inject drugs, piercings tattoos (recent)
and out of country status (recent)

There were TONS of homeless drug injecting
homosexuals going in and just lying to get in
to get the money for more drugs to inject..

I do not think this is going to make much of a difference..

a reply to: Peeple

Exactly!

What a crass suggestion.

Isn't all blood tested first, anyways?

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

I always have opted out blood transfusions during surgical procedures, now more than ever with the covid jabbed donors, I did not got the jab soo why will I want the mRna given by blood transfusion and more danger with the possibility of HIV infected blood.

Do you have a problem with that too or do I have to make you happy.

Perfect example of how far this place has gone downhill. The OP, and the replies.

a reply to: marg6043

All blood is tested:

All blood for transfusion is tested for evidence of certain infectious disease pathogens, such as hepatitis B and C viruses and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The tests used to screen donated blood are listed below:

tests used to screen donated blood
Infectious Disease Pathogen Laboratory Tests Used Frequency of Tests
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) assay
Total antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) assay

Nucleic acid testing for HBV

Every donation
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Antibody to hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) assay
Nucleic acid testing for HCV

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) for HCV

Every donation
Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Types 1 and 2 Antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 (anti-HIV-1 and anti-HIV-2) assay
Nucleic acid testing for HIV-1

Every donation
Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Types I and II (HTLV) Antibodies to Human T-Lymphotropic Virus types I and II (Anti-HTLV-I/II) assay Every donation
Treponema pallidum (syphilis) Anti-treponemal antibody detection Every donation
West Nile virus (WNV) Nucleic acid testing for WNV Every donation
Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease) Anti-T. cruzi assay All first-time donors tested
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Anti-CMV assay Performed on some donations for special needs recipients
Babesia Nucleic acid test Babesia species and antibody for B. microti Performed on donations in Babesia-endemic regions

a reply to: marg6043

...or do I have to make you happy.

Yes I am afraid you do 'have to'

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: carewemust
I don't think Monkey-Pox is a danger to women.

Good thing you're not an MD:

Monkeypox is usually self-limiting but may be severe in some individuals, such as children, pregnant women or persons with immune suppression due to other health conditions. Source

Correct. How about you?

originally posted by: LordAhriman
Perfect example of how far this place has gone downhill. The OP, and the replies.

Whats wrong with the replies...

originally posted by: carewemust
Correct. How about you?

I didn't need to, I found that in all of three seconds of looking. MPOX affects everyone, not just men.

a reply to: greendust

Under Thursday's finalized guidance, every prospective donor will be asked about their sexual history within the past three months -- regardless of their sexual orientation. If they report a new sexual partner, more than one sexual partner, and also having anal sex, they will be deferred. In addition, any person who takes HIV medications intended to treat or prevent infection will be deferred.

Did it change that much? Other than one year turning into the months.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus
Yeah
So were the “vaccines”.

Or so we were told……