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I lived in the UK during the vCJD panic (colloquially mad cow disease), this bars me from giving blood or being an organ donor. For a sense of scale a total of
by pacaro 6y ago
I lived in the UK during the vCJD panic (colloquially mad cow disease), this bars me from giving blood or being an organ donor.
For a sense of scale a total of 177 people have died of vCJD, out of a UK population of approx 60,000,000
- pacaro 6y agoTo be fair, I do understand that universally fatal, untreatable, undiagnosable, undetectable diseases with unknown incubation periods are scary, and I understand that blood donation is an amplification factor for blood borne diseases, hence the caution.
- turing_complete 6y agoWell, but it was over 20, maybe over 30 years ago. I understand your anger. Imagine, the UK would adapt this rule.