• This is your chance to bet your life on 'equity'.

    From risky biz@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 12 06:51:48 2023
    'US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday paved the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood by finalizing new risk-based recommendations for blood donation.

    Before the FDA began taking a second look at its guidance several years ago, gay and bisexual men had faced a lifetime ban on blood donation, a move that many said was discriminatory. The most recent policy recommended that men who have sex with men wait
    three months after sexual contact with other men before they could donate blood.

    Under the new questions, anyone who had a new sexual partner and anal sex, or who had multiple sexual partners and anal sex within the last three months, would be asked to wait at least three months from their most recent sexual contact to donate blood.

    Anyone taking medications to treat or prevent HIV, such as PrEP, would also be deferred from donation. The FDA says that although HIV is not transmitted during sex in people whose viral levels are are undetectable, the same does not apply to blood
    donation. Blood is transfused directly into a vein and involves a larger volume of fluid, making it inherently riskier than sexual contact.

    Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said the new recommendations signal “the beginning of the end of a dark and discriminatory past rooted in fear and homophobia,” but argued that by
    excluding people taking PrEP, they didn’t go far enough.

    “Placing potential blood donors taking PrEP in a separate line from every other donor adds unnecessary stigma. The bias embedded into this policy may, in fact, cost lives. GLAAD urges the FDA to continue to prioritize science over stigma and treat all
    donors and all blood equally,” Ellis said in a statement posted on their organization’s website.'
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/health/blood-donation-fda-rules/index.html

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From VegasJerry@21:1/5 to risky biz on Fri May 12 07:40:24 2023
    On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 6:51:51 AM UTC-7, risky biz wrote:
    'US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday paved the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood by finalizing new risk-based recommendations for blood donation.

    Before the FDA began taking a second look at its guidance several years ago, gay and bisexual men had faced a lifetime ban on blood donation, a move that many said was discriminatory. The most recent policy recommended that men who have sex with men
    wait three months after sexual contact with other men before they could donate blood.

    Under the new questions, anyone who had a new sexual partner and anal sex, or who had multiple sexual partners and anal sex within the last three months, would be asked to wait at least three months from their most recent sexual contact to donate blood.


    Anyone taking medications to treat or prevent HIV, such as PrEP, would also be deferred from donation. The FDA says that although HIV is not transmitted during sex in people whose viral levels are are undetectable, the same does not apply to blood
    donation. Blood is transfused directly into a vein and involves a larger volume of fluid, making it inherently riskier than sexual contact.

    Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said the new recommendations signal “the beginning of the end of a dark and discriminatory past rooted in fear and homophobia,” but argued that by
    excluding people taking PrEP, they didn’t go far enough.

    “Placing potential blood donors taking PrEP in a separate line from every other donor adds unnecessary stigma. The bias embedded into this policy may, in fact, cost lives. GLAAD urges the FDA to continue to prioritize science over stigma and treat
    all donors and all blood equally,” Ellis said in a statement posted on their organization’s website.'
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/health/blood-donation-fda-rules/index.html
    .

    CNN? Aren’t they the ones trying to cut in on FOX viewers; and helping Trump make more slanderous remarks so he can be sued again by the same women that beat him last week for $5 million?

    You switching from FOX to CNN?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From risky biz@21:1/5 to VegasJerry on Fri May 12 11:27:57 2023
    On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 7:40:27 AM UTC-7, VegasJerry wrote:
    On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 6:51:51 AM UTC-7, risky biz wrote:
    'US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday paved the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood by finalizing new risk-based recommendations for blood donation.

    Before the FDA began taking a second look at its guidance several years ago, gay and bisexual men had faced a lifetime ban on blood donation, a move that many said was discriminatory. The most recent policy recommended that men who have sex with men
    wait three months after sexual contact with other men before they could donate blood.

    Under the new questions, anyone who had a new sexual partner and anal sex, or who had multiple sexual partners and anal sex within the last three months, would be asked to wait at least three months from their most recent sexual contact to donate
    blood.

    Anyone taking medications to treat or prevent HIV, such as PrEP, would also be deferred from donation. The FDA says that although HIV is not transmitted during sex in people whose viral levels are are undetectable, the same does not apply to blood
    donation. Blood is transfused directly into a vein and involves a larger volume of fluid, making it inherently riskier than sexual contact.

    Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said the new recommendations signal “the beginning of the end of a dark and discriminatory past rooted in fear and homophobia,” but argued that by
    excluding people taking PrEP, they didn’t go far enough.

    “Placing potential blood donors taking PrEP in a separate line from every other donor adds unnecessary stigma. The bias embedded into this policy may, in fact, cost lives. GLAAD urges the FDA to continue to prioritize science over stigma and treat
    all donors and all blood equally,” Ellis said in a statement posted on their organization’s website.'
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/health/blood-donation-fda-rules/index.html
    .

    CNN? Aren’t they the ones trying to cut in on FOX viewers; and helping Trump make more slanderous remarks so he can be sued again by the same women that beat him last week for $5 million?

    You switching from FOX to CNN?


    Can't answer the question, can you?

    //NEXT!//

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From VegasJerry@21:1/5 to risky biz on Fri May 12 16:43:54 2023
    On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 11:28:01 AM UTC-7, risky biz wrote:
    On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 7:40:27 AM UTC-7, VegasJerry wrote:
    On Friday, May 12, 2023 at 6:51:51 AM UTC-7, risky biz wrote:
    'US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday paved the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood by finalizing new risk-based recommendations for blood donation.

    Before the FDA began taking a second look at its guidance several years ago, gay and bisexual men had faced a lifetime ban on blood donation, a move that many said was discriminatory. The most recent policy recommended that men who have sex with
    men wait three months after sexual contact with other men before they could donate blood.

    Under the new questions, anyone who had a new sexual partner and anal sex, or who had multiple sexual partners and anal sex within the last three months, would be asked to wait at least three months from their most recent sexual contact to donate
    blood.

    Anyone taking medications to treat or prevent HIV, such as PrEP, would also be deferred from donation. The FDA says that although HIV is not transmitted during sex in people whose viral levels are are undetectable, the same does not apply to blood
    donation. Blood is transfused directly into a vein and involves a larger volume of fluid, making it inherently riskier than sexual contact.

    Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, said the new recommendations signal “the beginning of the end of a dark and discriminatory past rooted in fear and homophobia,” but argued that by
    excluding people taking PrEP, they didn’t go far enough.

    “Placing potential blood donors taking PrEP in a separate line from every other donor adds unnecessary stigma. The bias embedded into this policy may, in fact, cost lives. GLAAD urges the FDA to continue to prioritize science over stigma and
    treat all donors and all blood equally,” Ellis said in a statement posted on their organization’s website.'
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/11/health/blood-donation-fda-rules/index.html
    .

    CNN? Aren’t they the ones trying to cut in on FOX viewers; and helping Trump make more slanderous remarks so he can be sued again by the same women that beat him last week for $5 million?

    You switching from FOX to CNN?
    .
    Can't answer the question, can you?
    .

    You answer a question with a question?

    Here, I'll try again:

    Q: CNN? Aren’t they the ones trying to cut in on FOX viewers; and helping Trump make more slanderous
    remarks so he can be sued again by the same women that beat him last week for $5 million?

    Q: You switching from FOX to CNN?

    A:__________________

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)