Amit Gupta hasn't found a marrow transplant match; today's your last chance.

Post by homosaur » Thu, Dec 01, 2011, 2:12 AM UTC

jarek wrote: post #100

cpher wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, this is not FUD. This is a proxy for a pattern of behavior (unprotected sex with the same sex, sharing of needles, etc). They ask you these questions as a primary filter for determining who is at risk of transferring a disease. We still don't know everything about how the disease is transferred, but we know which behavior patterns lead to it. And regarding the 1978 date, we still don't even know how long HIV can…

Your grand-grandparent post quite emphatically is FUD. Being MSM is positively correlated with a pattern of behaviour that elevates risk of HIV. So is being a college student. So is serial monogamy. So is being a heterosexual male. Singling out one of these while making no attempt to break down the diverse group MSM by further detailing high-risk behaviour and black-marking it with an ominous question like "Do you re…

Post by morrow » Thu, Dec 01, 2011, 2:16 AM UTC

nostromo wrote: post #78

Since I'm still gay, I'm not allowed to help, no matter how many times you ask. I get why they do this and I shouldn't let it bother me, but emotionally it feels the same as if they just said, "Please become a donor, nohomo." edit: Of course I still wish the very best for Amit.

Post by watmough » Thu, Dec 01, 2011, 2:22 AM UTC

corin_ wrote: post #88

nostromo wrote: post #78

Since I'm still gay, I'm not allowed to help, no matter how many times you ask. I get why they do this and I shouldn't let it bother me, but emotionally it feels the same as if they just said, "Please become a donor, nohomo." edit: Of course I still wish the very best for Amit.

Some progress has been made, in the UK now the (blood) ban only effects men who've had sex with men in the past 12 months, which is better.

Post by corin_ » Thu, Dec 01, 2011, 2:29 AM UTC

artursapek wrote: post #112

corin_ wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some progress has been made, in the UK now the (blood) ban only effects men who've had sex with men in the past 12 months, which is better.

How do they enforce this?

Post by corin_ » Thu, Dec 01, 2011, 2:31 AM UTC

morrow wrote: post #113

nostromo wrote: post #78

Since I'm still gay, I'm not allowed to help, no matter how many times you ask. I get why they do this and I shouldn't let it bother me, but emotionally it feels the same as if they just said, "Please become a donor, nohomo." edit: Of course I still wish the very best for Amit.

I'm not sure why they wouldn't allow some form of in-person registration accompanied by an STD screen at a clinic for people who they are eliminating now for being too "high-risk"? The marrow guys could even cover the cost of the STD screen for people who register for the program. Seems to me this would be an even safer way of ensuring potential donors don't have HIV than just asking them about their sex lives...