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why is that ?
by tbarbugli 13y ago
why is that ?
- cbhl 13y agoTo avoid transmitting HIV/AIDS through a blood transfusion or other transplant, since those diseases are somewhat more prevalent among that group. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_male_blood_donor_controversy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_male_blood_donor_controvers...
- PeterisP 13y agoIs this reason medically valid whatsoever? I mean, AFAIK it really is more prevalent, however heterosexual monogamous people anyway tend to have HIV, hepatitis/etc, so blood needs to be tested anyway - and if it's tested, who cares if you have to throw out an extra bag of blood if you gain ten extra bags by allowing them to donate?
- cbhl 13y agoIMO, absolutely not. IIRC, there was an actual incident of people getting HIV/AIDS from a transfusion which lead to the introduction of the ban. Unfortunately, the number of homosexuals in the world isn't high enough to offset the number of people who would stop donating blood from homophobia if an organization changed their stance on this issue. I'm not willing to let masses of people die just so that I can be "politically correct" about homosexuals being able to donate blood.