tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post8732393001778592343..comments2023-10-22T14:14:16.419+01:00Comments on J. Arthur MacNumpty: Donors kebabbedWillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10978812670312106107noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19208183.post-61544184327167372462008-04-18T21:14:00.000+01:002008-04-18T21:14:00.000+01:00Like you I am appalled by the blanket ban on blood...Like you I am appalled by the blanket ban on blood donations from people with certain 'lifestyles' (<I>i.e. 'gays'</I>) whilst permitting donations from heteros without too many questions being asked. Frankly I'd be more worried about donations from people with a long-term addiction to beef-burgers; I understand there are better tests for HIV than for CJD.<BR/><BR/>I haven't blogged about this so far, call it simple fatigue with the same old prejudices being dressed up as science, but I might simply do a brief post referring people to what you write; it says more or less everything I might have written mmyself.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393265755614039206noreply@blogger.com