What is it that you think this demonstrates? Wapo is of course good enough for me, but I don't think you understand the significance of what you are posting. Anyway, this thread has become tiresome. Gay men have higher STD infection rates than other groups and blood centers don't want to spend more money than they…

That the HIV infection rate and the chance a blood donation cannot be used is significantly higher for men who have sex with men than other groups.

Yes, they test the blood. And it costs money to do so, which is wasted if they can't use that blood. So they cut out groups with a statistically significant higher chance of it not being used.

What do you think that WaPo article proves? You want to know what a "strong vigilance program" means to the people running blood programs? It means they spend a lot more money for less blood they can use.

1. It isn't about the the fact that some heterosexuals like anal sex, it is about how many.

The transmission rate is 18 time higher in anal intercourse than it is in vaginal intercourse.

That this is based on homophobia and not statistics is an absurd claim.

really need to dig deeper.

Honestly, not trying to troll but the fact is the HIV infection rate among gay and bisexual men is orders of magnitude higher than it is in the heterosexual population. The chances of transmitting it through anal intercourse are something like 18 times higher than through vaginal intercourse.

It is in fact harder to transmit HIV through vaginal hetero sex than through rectal sex. Like 18 time easier or something like that. This isn't just bigotry. It is statistics.

Not nearly as many as who would be saved if like Europe, the default rule is that you are an organ donor and you need to opt out.

It is something you are highly susceptible to getting and spreading. Even if you are robust and can fight it off pretty easily. Much of the resurgence of whooping cough is due to adults who don't get boosters and contract it - but it seems like just a cold to them - and then they spread it to kids, who are…

Perhaps this is a wakeup call to all journalists to do their job with the requisite diligence. It certainl shows how damaging false accusations of rape can be and why it is important to preserve due process over such allegations without calling such due process misogyny or rape-culture.

The center of mass would be somewhere to your side, rather than beneath your feet, so the whole gravity thing (i.e. the direction of the force)would have a very different outcome on evolution.

Here you go, skippy. On point. Fuck you.

No, healthcare costs are increasing slower than they have in 50 fucking years. Fact. It's not just that the White House is saying it you fucking dimwit. And insurance premiums are creeping up slightly and again, all increases must be approved by state regulators. Try clicking on a fucking link provided once in your…

Oh come on, You people are so blindly ideological you refuse to recognize basic facts sitting on your fucking nose. It is fucking pathetic. There is a direct relationship between health care costs and insurance premiums. The ACA instituted a 80/20 rule (80% of all spending must be on actual health care costs) as well…

Wier how Medicare is far more efficient than private insurance huh? How I've received four separate refunds from Blue Shield for violating the 80/20 rule.

Republicans preserved the antitrust exemption that would have forced the insurers to stop allocating markets by state and start competing. Then they turn around and say "well we should allow buyers to buy across state lines," so that there would be a race to the bottom such that the least regulated insurers in…