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About damn time!

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/arti ... onors.html

Gay men who have sex with men are finally allowed to donate blood again.
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It's a move away from trying to identify risk groups, and instead screening for risk behaviors. Because it never made sense to exclude long-term monogamous male couples, while not screening out heterosexuals with multiple partners of unknown serostatus. And a three month window is more than safe enough with today's testing technology.
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