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Cameron welcomes gay Africans to the UK.
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http://www.dailymail....-given-asylum-UK.html
Why should gay Africans be given asylum in the UK, there are other countries they could settle in?
How would we know they are Gay, is there a special test that proves it?
Cameron also says he wants to lift the ban on Gays giving blood, isn't Aids prevalent in Africa?
Well that's it, is there now not one of the main parties worth voting for?
Why should gay Africans be given asylum in the UK, there are other countries they could settle in?
How would we know they are Gay, is there a special test that proves it?
Cameron also says he wants to lift the ban on Gays giving blood, isn't Aids prevalent in Africa?
Well that's it, is there now not one of the main parties worth voting for?
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Just to let you know it is not just Cameron looking at this: http://www.timesonlin...th/article6891256.ece
I Think the Terrence Trust quote at the end of the article sums it up perfectly:
The Terrence Higgins Trust, the HIV and sexual health charity, said that it accepted the ban for the time being. “We believe that the current policy of the National Blood Service was based on the best available evidence when it was drawn up.
“Only when an expert review has re-evaluated risks to the safety of the blood supply should the current policy be changed in line with new evidence.”
I Think the Terrence Trust quote at the end of the article sums it up perfectly:
The Terrence Higgins Trust, the HIV and sexual health charity, said that it accepted the ban for the time being. “We believe that the current policy of the National Blood Service was based on the best available evidence when it was drawn up.
“Only when an expert review has re-evaluated risks to the safety of the blood supply should the current policy be changed in line with new evidence.”
I'd be interested to know how hard it is to detect HIV/AIDS in donated blood. It's tested as a matter of course isn't it?
The number of infected people coming forward to give blood would be tiny. The number of them who would go undetected would be so infintesimally small, it would barely register.
Compare that with the number of people who die every year because of the chronic shortage of blood donors.
I know certain people get the heebie-jeebies at the idea of carrying a gay man's blood but it's probably preferable to death.
The number of infected people coming forward to give blood would be tiny. The number of them who would go undetected would be so infintesimally small, it would barely register.
Compare that with the number of people who die every year because of the chronic shortage of blood donors.
I know certain people get the heebie-jeebies at the idea of carrying a gay man's blood but it's probably preferable to death.
The NHS estimates that just over 1,000 people die in the UK every year from a lack of blood (and organ) donors.
And this from the Independent:
"If the ban is lifted and gay men who practice safe sex are allowed to donate, a single HIV-positive blood donation will slip through clinical screening once every 5,769 years. That's one time between now and the year 7777 – or equivalent to it happening once since 3761 BC, when cities had not yet been invented."
And this from the Independent:
"If the ban is lifted and gay men who practice safe sex are allowed to donate, a single HIV-positive blood donation will slip through clinical screening once every 5,769 years. That's one time between now and the year 7777 – or equivalent to it happening once since 3761 BC, when cities had not yet been invented."
from the blood website: The special problem of HIV and Hepatitis viruses
Every single blood donation is tested for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and hepatitis B and C.
Infected blood isn't used in transfusions but our test may not always detect the early stages of viral infection.
The chance of infected blood getting past our screening tests is very small, but we rely on your help and co-operation.
People who carry these viruses may feel healthy for many years.
I think that the problem may be if someone has contracted the virus within the last few days, it will not show up immediately in tests.
As above, I would rely on experts letting us know what the best course of action is - if it is deemed safe, then great, if there is an unacceptable risk, then the ban is right
Every single blood donation is tested for HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and hepatitis B and C.
Infected blood isn't used in transfusions but our test may not always detect the early stages of viral infection.
The chance of infected blood getting past our screening tests is very small, but we rely on your help and co-operation.
People who carry these viruses may feel healthy for many years.
I think that the problem may be if someone has contracted the virus within the last few days, it will not show up immediately in tests.
As above, I would rely on experts letting us know what the best course of action is - if it is deemed safe, then great, if there is an unacceptable risk, then the ban is right
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