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I believe you can't ever get cleared. The only way to confirm mad cow is to dissect the brain, so obviously it can't be tested for in a living person. As a resu
by deleted_soon 9y ago
I believe you can't ever get cleared. The only way to confirm mad cow is to dissect the brain, so obviously it can't be tested for in a living person. As a result, anyone with over a certain amount of risk for mad cow can never be allowed to donate.
- waqf 9y agoYou can still donate (blood, at least) for research purposes, if you can find someone who's collecting it. Bonus, you get $50–100 instead of a cookie!
- gertef 9y agoIf I had leukemia, I'd love some possibly-mad-cow-tainted blood/marrow from an otherwise healthy donor.
- walshemj 9y ago:-) I am the UK kidney transplant list last year I turned down a potential kidney as there was a risk that the donor was potentialy HIV+ The surgeons second line was "don't worry we have really good drugs for HIV these days" In the end we agreed that given my age and I then had fairly good function left that letting some on else have it was for the best