Re: "Hysteria, Thy Name is SARS"

From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 11:02:00 MDT

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    Harvey Newstrom wrote:

    >Mike Lorrey wrote,
    >
    >
    > ...
    >
    >>Individuals even have the right to donate blood while positive, with
    >>the onus on the blood banks to test every pint that comes in, and
    >>praying that they don't get a false negative.
    >>
    >>
    >
    >This is bogus. Evidence please? As gay person, I have been blocked from
    >giving blood for decades. In Florida, there is a form they show you that
    >...
    >--
    >Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP
    >
    As a blood donor, I agree. The from not only won't let anyone who
    admits to even a single homosexual act since (I forger) donate, it also
    won't allow people who have visited Britain, or various other countries,
    or used any intravenous drug, or several other things that I don't
    remember because they don't apply to me donate blood.

    I believe that if you know you have AIDS and donate blood anyway, that
    it's a felony, but I admit to being uncertain about that. (Again, it
    didn't apply, so I didn't pay much attention.) And not just AIDS. I
    think they have the same rules for hepatitis. And possibly other
    diseases (Chargas disease? I seem to remember it, but have no idea what
    it is.) 

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