Poll: Blood Doning
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I give every time I can. I'm a paramedic and see it's need every day. And to The Almighty Grigard, that is such a bunch of shit. It is like that in the states as well, and it is ridiculous.
That's stupid. They should really change the form to asking if you've had anal sex. Plenty of straight couples have anal as well, but nobody seems to even think to check them.The Almighty Grigard said:
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In relation to the topic. No, I don't donate blood. If they paid me for it, I'd consider it, but I have no income right now and it's not worth wasting gas money on.
I also have zero issues with the process, I can stare at it the whole time when having blood samples taken. In fact, for some reason I have a weird fascination with blood.
Sorry but again you are misinformed. It is the male-to-male intercourse that is the problem. I won't try to point to a specific reason (since there are many) but HIV as well as other STDs is much more prevalent among the male homosexual community. For a heterosexual men to engage in risky sex (anal sex included) with a heterosexual female the risk of infection is still several times lower than male-to-male interactions. Keep in mind that the only way to be 100% sure you will not take any infected blood is by not taking any blood whatsoever. But this isn't realistic so they cut off the group with the highest chance of infection.The Almighty Grigard said:
This isn't racism, sexism, homophobia or whatever. They just can't take the risk with this type of thing. Sure they still do because people lie and cheat, but it poses a much lesser risk taking blood from a less than honest heterosexual couple than a homosexual couple where one of them is cheating. Again tho, the life ban is just fucking silly.
I've given blood before, and probably would've done it again since if an opportunity had come up. I like doing it and will donate again he next time I see a clinic or van. I'm O+, so they've always got a use for my blood!
Pretty much this. Even reading everyone's posts is making my palms sweaty >.<DeanoTheGod said:
As much as I wish I would, I *hate* having a needle in my veins.
I've had two blood tests and both times I found it very uncomfortable. It's not the jab of the needle that I dislike. That is over and done with, with a lot of irrational dread before hand. Blood tests you feel the needle deep in you and it stays there for a bit. 10 seconds? But it feels a lot longer.
I imagine it'd be a similar sensation as donating blood, but they would take a lot more than just a few vials.
Obtaining an organ doner's card is something I've seriously considered however. Mainly because you won't feel them remove your organs asI'd have (hopefully) died a natural death of old age.
I've had two blood tests and both times I found it very uncomfortable. It's not the jab of the needle that I dislike. That is over and done with, with a lot of irrational dread before hand. Blood tests you feel the needle deep in you and it stays there for a bit. 10 seconds? But it feels a lot longer.
I imagine it'd be a similar sensation as donating blood, but they would take a lot more than just a few vials.
Obtaining an organ doner's card is something I've seriously considered however. Mainly because you won't feel them remove your organs asI'd have (hopefully) died a natural death of old age.
I didn't know that you had to state your sexuality to complete strangers.TKretts3 said:
I plan to donate next time there is a local drive. It would just be nice if they would fucking advertise them so I could make time instead of me hearing about a drive going on right now when I'm on my way to work. I've already missed like a dozen because I either hear about them when days after they are over, or when I'm on my way to work and I don't have time before they shut down. I mean, you would think if they wanted blood so fucking bad they would go to the effort of putting up one sign, or one radio add, or hell, just tell the professors to say "Hey guys, there's a blood drive next week, go donate." How fucking hard is that?
Sorry for the mini-rant, it pisses me off that I want to donate and can't because the people who run donations on this college are drooling retards.
Sorry for the mini-rant, it pisses me off that I want to donate and can't because the people who run donations on this college are drooling retards.
Also, it's blood donating. Doning is either not a word, or related to the verb: to don, as in to wear, and wearing blood is a bit weird, don't you think.
Not a clue what blood type I am. I'm too horribly afraid if needles to do it, despite them basically being a little cut. I conquered my fear of the Jab kind of needles, but I still hate the ones which suck blood out of you and I'm never going near a Drip.
It's one of very few cases where you do have to answer, gay males are labelled as high risk for HIV. Honestly the numbers back it up to some degree, gay males have a much higher risk than straight couples who have a higher risk than gay female couples but it's a bit of a silly system. As far as I know they ask if you're a practicing homosexual, meaning people who haven't had sex don't count as high risk but still.scw55 said:
To answer the original question - no for two reasons. Most importantly - I always pass out when having blood tests, giving blood takes far more blood than having those tests done so odds are I'd pass out then too. Secondly I think guys are hot. Never had anal sex though so I'd just say that and I could.
