FDA: Men can donate blood after 3 months of no sex with other men

[Argentum 1,705]

how do they check anyways if it's 3 or 12 months . . .?

 

it is solely based on the donor's conscience not to lie.

The same conscience that would tell the donor to make sure he is recently tested and made sure it is safe to donate.

 

I think they usually check the blood before the transfusion anyway (not 100% about that) so I don't get what this restriction is about...

[Funk Me 79]

now its time for us to refuse . let these hoes die 

[Guest Adarsh]

These people don’t deserve our blood after what they did to the LGBTQ community during the AIDS epidemic. 

[RRR 3,996]

It's going to be really hard finding a gay man that hasn't had sex in 3 months.

[Marilyn MonHoe 11,011]

What a stupid rule. Blood that is donated gets tested for all kinds of diseases regardless of where the blood comes from. Completely pointless and homophobic.

[culturalbaptism 2,969]

Oh, so now you want Queer blood "full of diseases"? Suffer.

[whore 11,447]

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[Lion Heart 15,041]

But how will they check though??

 

"Oh sorry sir, I heard you've been having sex with men two weeks ago! Come back soon." 

[DC 25,164]

I heard you'll also get a free Glam Attack lip gloss as a token for your donation

[holy scheisse 22,936]

Whatever I'll keep my blood to myself then cuz I be getting my needs met more frequently than 3 months apart 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

[joannesrats 26]

Y'all need to realize why this is something that actually does make sense. Statistically. HIV And AIDs, the diseases they are primarily worried about, disproportionately affect gay men. This being this case means that gay men are at a higher risk for carrying these diseases. The reason there was a ban for 12 months was because the typical incubation period of the HIV virus is around 6 months but sometimes longer. 

Now, does this mean this is okay? Not necessarily. However, we need to realize that these laws don't come only from homophobia (it is a big part of it - don't twist my words), but they also come from actual numbers and science. Additionally, they can't just draw blood and wait for months for the virus to potentially develop and then test. Blood has a short shelf life and the virus won't reproduce until it's in someone's body and it's too late.