Comments on: It may be bloody, but just do it http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/11/15/it-may-be-bloody-but-just-do-it/ The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:42:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Valerie http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/11/15/it-may-be-bloody-but-just-do-it/#comment-4273 Valerie Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:50:14 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=7360#comment-4273 Unfortunately gay men do have a higher rate of HIV infection as the method of sexual intercourse is more traumatic to the skin. This is not really debatable. Unfortunately, as well, screening does great things is not perfect. What is less known is that one gets Hep C 10x more frequently than one gets HIV from a blood transfusion and no one complains that IV drug users are discriminated against in blood donation. Unfortunately gay men do have a higher rate of HIV infection as the method of sexual intercourse is more traumatic to the skin. This is not really debatable. Unfortunately, as well, screening does great things is not perfect. What is less known is that one gets Hep C 10x more frequently than one gets HIV from a blood transfusion and no one complains that IV drug users are discriminated against in blood donation.

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]]> By: Seth http://www.studlife.com/forum/2009/11/15/it-may-be-bloody-but-just-do-it/#comment-4118 Seth Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:08:03 +0000 http://www.studlife.com/?p=7360#comment-4118 Too bad the Red Cross still doesn't let gay men donate, discriminating against a segment of our population by implying that gay men are infected with HIV/AIDS at such a higher rate than the rest of the population, it is dangerous to take their blood even while all donations are screened for the virus. Too bad the Red Cross still doesn’t let gay men donate, discriminating against a segment of our population by implying that gay men are infected with HIV/AIDS at such a higher rate than the rest of the population, it is dangerous to take their blood even while all donations are screened for the virus.

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