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Re:Man donated blood every week for 60 years and helped save... by torstenvl on Saturday May 12, 2018 @09:43AM (#17054031)
Donating blood is easy for some people. Other people need to be celibate for a year.
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Re:Man donated blood every week for 60 years and helped save... by bjoli on Saturday May 12, 2018 @10:27AM (#17054199)
Homosexual men are still banned from giving blood in many countries. In Sweden this changed less than 10 years ago. In Germany that changed in 2017, and in Austria they are still not allowed to give blood.
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Re:Man donated blood every week for 60 years and helped save... by KozmoNau7 on Saturday May 12, 2018 @11:54AM (#17054624)
Same in Denmark, they're still not allowed. I donate as often as possible, for my homosexual friends who want to, but can't.
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Re:Man donated blood every week for 60 years and helped save... by rainbowmverse on Saturday May 12, 2018 @10:22AM (#17054181)
Or forever, depending on the country.
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Re:Man donated blood every week for 60 years and helped save... by boznz on Saturday May 12, 2018 @04:17PM (#17055820)
Regular Blood donor in the UK but cannot give blood in NZ because of mad cow disease.. Even though I've been vegetarian for over 35 years!
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Re:Man donated blood every week for 60 years and helped save... by maxerickson on Saturday May 12, 2018 @07:35PM (#17056588)
What it amounts to is that there isn't really a shortage of donors (there are brief local shortages). So they are optimizing away really small risks.
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