Opinion: Banning gay men from donating coronavirus plasma is dangerous discrimination

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I want to take part in vaccine trials and, if I contract Covid-19 at some point, I want to donate my blood plasma so that scientists can use my antibodies for treatment of others. But I can't, due to who I love

That’s despite being happily married with two children, monogamous for 17 years, healthy, HIV negative, fit and relatively young. If I was straight, bedded a different partner every week, even every night, and had never seen the inside of a GUM clinic, let alone had a test taken, I’d still be eligible to open my veins for the good of humanity.

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If a nurse held up 2 bags of plasma and said this one is from a straight man, and then pointed to the other and said, this one is from a gay man. Which would you choose to be injected with?

I'd have thought that donors would be screened over a period of time, so what's the difference?

Best out feelings before science as this is the way the world is going.

They are the danger itself.

Independent getting all ethical and not following the scientific research and advice.

But it is probably an extremely wise one, the last thing we need is yet another blood scandal, safety should always be put first.

It hurts but should we follow the science?

I thought we were following the science, not someone's hurt feelings.

You are dangerous with fake woke news.

Ok, now let’s stop writing bullshit for the sake of being politically correct at any cost. - HIV detection time is between 3-6 months - 19% of infected people do NOT know they carry the virus - Risk of getting HIV is 26x among gay people Make the math and write fact-based

It’s really very dangerous discrimination اخخ تف💦 الاخيرة عشان ما تطلع بالترجمة 🤣

HIV dosent allways show up straight away ,I know anyone can catch it , but there is a higher risk to gay men , that's the only reason I think they would exclude gay men

What about straight with AIDS ?

It really is.

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