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Originally Posted by Lilly
My friend at work is gay and he wasn't too happy when the Blood Transfusion Service wouldn't accept his blood because of the HIV risk.
He wasn't happy either when the Anthony Nolan Bone Marrow Trust wouldn't accept his bone marrow for the same reason.
He hasn't got HIV. As long as someone can produce a negative HIV test why can't they be accepted for these things? 
I thought they were hard up for donors these days. |
It comes down to money. It would be extremely expensive, and time consuming, to make sure all blood was fit to be used by those who need it.
I wasn't too pleased when I had to pay an extra premium on my mortgage, because I once danced with a boy, and was deemed to be in a high risk group, even though I was celibate, and it was even more galling that a married man I used to work with used to have unsafe sex with hookers every lunchtime, yet was considered 'low risk'.
Life's not black and white, and neither is the world of finance.
Perhaps your friend should read some of the stories about haemophiliac children that died because of HIV in the 80's, who became infected after being given contaminated blood transfusions.