Gay blood donations ban likely to be lifted in UK

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sapphi_snake said:

o_O.Q said:

sapphi_snake said:

Marks said:
I would laugh in the face of anyone who says that this policy was homophobic. It doesn't make sense now because I'm sure there are high tech/accurate screening methods for HIV/AIDS in the blood they get...but back in the 80's when they made this rule they didn't have accurate methods to detect AIDS. It was to protect the public, not to discriminate.

US Airport Security strip-searching every person they see with a turban is discrimination...this policy wasn't.

Back in the 80s they labeled AIDS a 'gay disease', which is one of the main reasons why it took so long for action to be taken against it ('who cares about the gays? It's great that there's this disease whiping them out!'), and it spread as much as it did (affecting everyone, reagrdless of sexual orientation).

AIDS was labelled a gay disease with good reason... it was spread more rapidly by gays than any other demographic hence the label

It was labeled like that because it was initially believed that only gays could get it, hence why it took them so long to take the disease seiously. 

i'n just saying that initially calling it that was justifiable because it was spread more rapidly by gays than any other demographic