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Originally Posted by AccyAlec
LOL anyone going to answer? lol
Im serious as i find it quite offensive really that they lable people as you know "gay, homo" and they instantly think they are not worth doing it
Alec
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In answer to your question. The reason why the Blood Transfusion Service don't want the blood from high risk groups, such as gay or bisexual men, or intravenous drug users, is that in the early to mid eighties a lot of people were infected by HIV after receiving blood that was carrying the virus. Blood can be screened nowadays, but that would be much more costly than just not accepting blood from those groups deemed a high risk. A decision that I fully accept as the right one in this instance.