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Hmm never thought about it..Alas it's something to check into
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11:01 am on Feb. 21, 2012 | Joined: Jan. 2010 | Days Active: 339
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It's just the AIDS thing. Back in the 80's it was a huge thing that homosexual men had AIDS, and they never changed the policy. Really, you can just lie.
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It is an old policy that hasn't been changed. I cannot give blood as I have had a tattoo in the last year and been out of the country, they call me, I politely say, "Sorry, don't meet guidelines". They respond, "Thanks for letting us know"...
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If I recall Scotland's blood service has recently lifted the lifetime ban of homosexuals from donating blood, I don't know if it's the same in England and Wales, but there are definitely calls to repeal it. it is about HIV, because the thinner lining of the anal lumen means it's easier for a lot of pathogens to be transmitted into the bloodstream of the other person. so this puts them at a higher risk category and i think the idea was they didn't want to waste the time and resources of blood donation from someone who was at a very high risk and end up having to throw the blood out. back in the day it used to be a much bigger problem, because of limited knowledge about the virus and about sexual health in general. blood is scanned every time you donate, to look for things like HCV, HBV, HIV so i think the worry is rather unnecessary these days.
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Quote: from Sqi 8000 at 12:00 pm on Feb. 21, 2012
 A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook:
Dear National Blood Service. Please stop calling me asking me to donate blood. I would.. But you see, Im not allowed. Because ive had sex with another male. Which is stupid. kaythxbai
Can someone help fill me in on this. All I know is that its due to homosexuals having a higher chance of carrying AIDS and HIV and they're paranoid about both (understandably) they say none can donate.. But.. This doesn't add up in my mind. To me.. Just because there is a higher chance.. They ban all gays? Thought blood could be scanned and checked for any problems? Isn't it a little bit of discrimination?
Note I've made this topic as I'd want more information about this as I can't work out why gays can't donate blood which is... needed, lets be honest about that.
It's an old policy from back in '85 the day when AIDs was considered a gay people thing (the disorder was originally known as GRID--gay related immune deficiency). Most major health organizations dealing with blood donation have stated that the policy is obsolete, unnecessary, and without scientific foundation, but so far it hasn't been changed.
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When I gave blood years ago, you have to fill out a paper, that is nothing more than a barcode. It asks if you feel your blood is safe to use They do it so people who know they are diseased still give blood, that is disgarded. They said it is so people who have friend's pressue them to do it with them, don't have to say "No, I have AIDS", they can just let the collection center dispose of the blood.
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Quote: from polio at 7:08 pm on Feb. 21, 2012
If I recall Scotland's blood service has recently lifted the lifetime ban of homosexuals from donating blood, I don't know if it's the same in England and Wales, but there are definitely calls to repeal it. it is about HIV, because the thinner lining of the anal lumen means it's easier for a lot of pathogens to be transmitted into the bloodstream of the other person. so this puts them at a higher risk category and i think the idea was they didn't want to waste the time and resources of blood donation from someone who was at a very high risk and end up having to throw the blood out. back in the day it used to be a much bigger problem, because of limited knowledge about the virus and about sexual health in general. blood is scanned every time you donate, to look for things like HCV, HBV, HIV so i think the worry is rather unnecessary these days.
So this is just.. An old law when AIDS/HIV was a major talking point back in the 1980's thats never been reversed? Oh.. Alright
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Quote: from polio at 7:08 pm on Feb. 21, 2012
If I recall Scotland's blood service has recently lifted the lifetime ban of homosexuals from donating blood, I don't know if it's the same in England and Wales, but there are definitely calls to repeal it. it is about HIV, because the thinner lining of the anal lumen means it's easier for a lot of pathogens to be transmitted into the bloodstream of the other person. so this puts them at a higher risk category and i think the idea was they didn't want to waste the time and resources of blood donation from someone who was at a very high risk and end up having to throw the blood out. back in the day it used to be a much bigger problem, because of limited knowledge about the virus and about sexual health in general. blood is scanned every time you donate, to look for things like HCV, HBV, HIV so i think the worry is rather unnecessary these days.
not quite. you still can't of engaged in homosexual sex in x months or something
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Quote: from Spice at 7:25 pm on Feb. 21, 2012
Quote: from polio at 7:08 pm on Feb. 21, 2012
If I recall Scotland's blood service has recently lifted the lifetime ban of homosexuals from donating blood, I don't know if it's the same in England and Wales, but there are definitely calls to repeal it. it is about HIV, because the thinner lining of the anal lumen means it's easier for a lot of pathogens to be transmitted into the bloodstream of the other person. so this puts them at a higher risk category and i think the idea was they didn't want to waste the time and resources of blood donation from someone who was at a very high risk and end up having to throw the blood out. back in the day it used to be a much bigger problem, because of limited knowledge about the virus and about sexual health in general. blood is scanned every time you donate, to look for things like HCV, HBV, HIV so i think the worry is rather unnecessary these days.
not quite. you still can't of engaged in homosexual sex in x months or something
true, i didn't specify that, just that they lifted the lifetime ban which they do not have anymore.
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Quote: from Hunnies at 2:07 pm on Feb. 21, 2012
It is an old policy that hasn't been changed. I cannot give blood as I have had a tattoo in the last year and been out of the country, they call me, I politely say, "Sorry, don't meet guidelines". They respond, "Thanks for letting us know"...
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