The American Red Cross is now allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood without restrictions that specifically single out a person’s sexual orientation or gender, the nonprofit group said Monday.

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You know HIV has been screenable for most of those 40 years, right?

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A lot of haemophiliacs got HIV. I don’t blame them for making a policy decision.

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Again, it has been screenable for decades. Just like many other blood-borne diseases. Why single out HIV as if it is impossible to filter out of the supply?

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Why single out HIV as if it is impossible to filter out of the supply?

Screening accuracy is lightyears better today than it was decades ago.

Also, many things on the screening test won’t kill you in the event of a false negative on screening. A false negative for HIV screening meant a certain death sentence for the recipient, and that was true until just a few years ago.

Why single out HIV

HIV never was ‘singled out’. There are numerous other behaviors and activities that disqualify a potential donor that have nothing to do with HIV.

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