For 30 years the Food and Drug Administration has banned gay men form donating blood. This policy was put in place because men who have sex with other men are way more likely to be HIV positive than the rest of the population. It wasn’t a discrimination thing; it was to ensure the safety of our nation’s blood supply. But to hell with safety, the Obama administration wants a protected class of people to feel empowered so they lifted the ban, allowing gay men to potentially taint life saving blood reserves.
Reuters reports:
The United States government on Monday overturned its 30-year ban on blood donations by gay men, saying they can now donate 12 months after their last sexual contact with another man.
How exactly are they going to prove that a gay man has gone at least 12 months without having sex with another man? Gay men are promiscuous and have many, often anonymous, partners. That’s the reason why they have much higher HIV infection rates than normal people. Is the safety of our blood supply really worth risking on the honesty of a gay guy about when the last time he had sex was? I guess to Obama it is.
The reason for the FDA ban is almost as nonsensical:
The Food and Drug Administration said its decision to reverse the policy was based on an examination of the latest science which shows that an indefinite ban is not necessary to prevent transmission of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
“Ultimately, the 12-month deferral window is supported by the best available scientific evidence, at this point in time, relevant to the U.S. population,” said Dr. Peter Marks, deputy director of the FDA’s biologics division.
Huh? This is like when Obama says the “science is settled” on man-made global warming even though he refuses to say what that science is. Basically, the FDA just said, “Trust us. Everything is cool. We used science and shit to come up with this.”
But wait, it gets sillier:
The move brings the United States in line with countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand which also have 12-month deferment (sic) periods.
During Australia’s switch from an indefinite blood donor deferral policy on gay men, essentially a ban, to a 12-month deferral, studies evaluating more than 8 million units of donated blood were performed using a national blood surveillance system, the FDA said.
This is the same excuse a little kid uses when explaining why he did something stupid because his friend did it first. I guess I’ll have to be the stern parent and ask the FDA if Australia jumped off a building would they do it too?
Tucked away in the report is this “insignificant” fact:
The FDA said its policies have helped reduce HIV transmission rates from blood transfusions from 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 1.47 million.
What that means is that since the FDA banned gay men from donating blood they have made the blood supply much safer. If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
You know who else is not allowed to give blood? Intravenous drug users and prostitutes. The reason why is the same as for gay men; because they have much a much higher risk for carrying HIV. It’s not homophobia that caused the FDA to ban gay men, it was caution and commonsense.
I realize that Obama wants to do everything he can to make the LGBT community feel like they aren’t sexually deviant freaks, but we should not gamble on the safety of our blood supply in the name of political correctness.
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We better each of us start getting our own blood in our own fridge.
Obozo, scored another point in his quest to completely destroy America.
Why it’s as natural as gay-Isis.
And an excellent job the piece of shit is doing.
The oenema be wurkin hard while he be fiddlin.
I wish Obama is infused with some of this potentially AIDS blood.
I’d pay to see that
Well it would be nice if he lead by example for once
They are no more ” gay ” than clinical depression. ” The are anti-natural, or pro-freak.
Do not donate your blood. Sell it. They are. Y’all think it’s possible a closet queer ever donated?
Well I guess it is in God’s hands then.
rather bleed out than have chance of aids to kill me slow and look like the f ags who look like freddie mercury
Freddie didn’t die from AIDS…it was food poisoning, gotta hold of a bad weinie.
Anyone who receives blood now Is doooooomed.
Of course, you could get run over by a car, on a SIDEWALK, in Las vegas.
Yeah, lol don’t get me started Mam.
Dooooomed. Like Arthur Ashe.
the muslim community organizer will stop at nothing to destroy this nation.
Yes they can donate but they have to sign a paper saying they haven’t screwed a man with AIDS in the past 12 months so I think we’re safe? Right? lol
A private blood bank will accept you and not them. There you go.
So if I have a blood transfusion because I’m in a hospital severely injured does that mean I can ask for non-gay blood? You know like you get to ask for a doctor of you religion or denomination?
Not PC
Great, telling everyone I know to just let me bleed out.
Frankie B. Is doing back flips all the way to the blood back!!!!!
First blacks, now butt pilots – if I’m bleeding out, just say your final goodbyes
It is a proven fact, documented by the “International Journal of Epidemiology”, that sodomoite men experience a shorter lifespan.
This was the life expectancy of men in 1871; what a great advancement for society! The article goes on to apologize for publishing data that has been used against the sodomites and notes that the death rate has improved since the ’90s, but the underlying fact remains; sodomy will shorten your lifespan. It is a fact: sodomite men have a higher rate of HIV than the population as a whole; this is proven by insurance actuarial data and epidemiologists. The ProgressiveLiberalSocialists™ agenda of “equality” has never been to build up those who are disadvantaged; it is to spread the misery and degradation equally amongst the population at large. Of course, the hard part for the libs is that this was predicted two millenia ago, in a letter written by a Jewish Roman…
Romans 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/6/1499.full
http://www.wnd.com/2014/09/why-dont-gays-pay-more-for-insurance/
There’s actually a medical reason for it. When semen seaps through the colon wall it eventually compromises the immune system.
If you are transfused and get a sudden urge to shop for lingerie while listening to show tunes, please get HIV testing done quickly.
Now, Obama has gone too far..
To “destroy the blood supply”??
By infecting it, with the nastiest concoction, of hepatitis, and hiv?
That’s disgusting.
I hope I never need blood.
Some hospitalization plans will allow you to donate your blood for an operation. It is stored for your scheduled operation to assure the blood is not tainted. Once had one of these plans.
“How exactly are they going to prove that a gay.(homosexual) man has gone at least 12 months without having sex with another man?”
Simple, use the Henderson Model E O WE Anus Gauge. Stick that hummer in there and look at the Go-No Go markers. Problem solved. He be getting it or he ain’t getting sum.
Or, if anticipating surgery, ask your doctor if the hospital can collect your blood pre-procedure.
Maybe Obama can finally do something worthwhile.
I always took umbrage, (sorry Trill and Frankie B. you are going to have to look that one up yourself), at the word ‘homophobe’. A phobia is a fear thereby implying I had a fear of homosexuals when nothing could be further from the truth. I don’t fear them, I am disgusted by them.
Unbelievable. They better make it to where it will only be shared with other Gays and keep it separate from our National Blood Supplies.
Don’t forget that Obama is the “Pro” when it comes to science. But really, what is this asshole going to do next?
I have bone marrow failure and my life extension depends on SAFE blood products.I and many others are being truly violated. Guess I will be leaving my comments on the WH phoneline today. Get myself geared up for another fight !
When my kid needed surgery on her arm I got a commitment from friends/family members that their kids would donate blood for her if an unexpected emergency arose (and they matched). They now let you store your own blood to be used only by you. Perhaps you can find a family member or trusted friend who’ll donate blood to be only used for you?
OK, for like the billionth time, gay and bisexual men are monsters.
Exploitation? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/22/AR2010042203658.html
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