Red Cross ends blood-donation restrictions that singled out gay and bisexual men

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3. Here is something I posted back in January when these Rules were in draft

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143024938

Specifically here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3025207

Recommendations to Reduce the Possible Risk of Transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by Blood and Blood Components

Guidance for Industry

May 2022

Download the final Guidance Document | Read the Federal Register Notice

Final Level 2 Guidance



Docket Number: FDA-2012-D-0307
Issued by: Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

We, FDA, are issuing this guidance document to provide you, blood establishments that collect blood and blood components, with recommendations intended to reduce the possible risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) by blood and blood components. The recommendations in this guidance apply to the collection of Whole Blood and blood components intended for transfusion or for use in further manufacturing, including Source Plasma.

This guidance supersedes the guidance of the same title dated April 2020 and updated August 2020 (2020 guidance). We removed the recommendations to defer indefinitely blood donors for: 1) geographic risk of possible exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy for time spent in the United Kingdom (U.K.) from 1980-1996 and for time spent in France and Ireland from 1980-2001, and 2) receipt of a blood transfusion in the U.K., France, and Ireland from 1980-present. We also provide recommendations for requalification of individuals previously deferred for these geographic risk factors, provided they meet all other eligibility requirements.

https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/recommendations-reduce-possible-risk-transmission-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease-and-variant-creutzfeldt

As I mentioned back then, the media was so focused on "Democrats in Disarray®", "Democrats will be getting a shellacking®", "Red Tsunami®", then it was buried. This is the final guidance.