FDA bans gay men from donating blood, tissue & organs. So are we on the way to a new holocaust?

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129. They also along with the Red Cross ban those that spent time out...

of the country in the Chernobyl period. Its not so much the FDA's regulations as it is the Red Cross that does the collections. They would rather take the best first.

Blood donations are tested for the following:

•ABO and Rh blood types.
•Unexpected red blood cell antibodies that are a result of prior transfusion, pregnancy, or other factors.
•Hepatitis B surface antigen, indicating a current infection (hepatitis) or carrier state for hepatitis B virus.
•Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen, indicator of a present or past infection with the hepatitis B virus.
•Antibody to hepatitis C virus, indicating a current or past infection with hepatitis C virus (most common cause of non-A/non-B hepatitis).
•Antibody to HTLV-I/II, indicator of infection with a virus that may cause adult T-cell leukemia or neurological disease.
•Antibody to HIV-1/2, indicator of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
•Nucleic Acid Test (NAT) for hepatitis C (HCV), hepatitis B (HBV) and HIV.
•Screening test for antibodies to syphilis.
•NAT for West Nile Virus (WNV).
•Enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) test for Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas Disease).
In addition, all platelet apheresis donations are tested for bacterial contamination

http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements/eligibility-criteria-alphabetical-listing