U.K. considering MSM donors (not journalists)
According to Blood: An Epic History…, gay people were among the best blood donors before the AIDS epidemic. Many donation centers were located in large cities’ gay areas, which inadvertently worsened the plague. The time is approaching when the US will have to work out a smarter risk calculation than NO (via AABB update):
Survey: 77% of MSM willing to donate blood in the U.K.
An online survey showed that 77% of men who have had sex with men in the U.K. would give blood if there were no nationwide ban against them donating. Yusef Azad, director of policy and campaigns at National AIDS Trust, said the organization is working with authorities to re-evaluate the donation ban considering that MSM could represent 2.3 million more donors every year, as indicated by the survey. PinkNews.co.uk (U.K.) (1/27)
