Red Cross responds

More on the action against the Red Cross, in my reading I discovered an article stating that the Swedish Prime Minister has become the first world leader to advocate for the worldwide ban against gay/bi men to be lifted.




Meanwhile the Australian Red Cross Blood Service national manager of donor and product safety, Dr Tony Keller, has responded:

"Gay people can give blood: this policy is not directed against sexual preference but sexual activity," Dr Keller said.



"There is a risk in male-to-male sex that transmission of blood-borne diseases can occur."

And another quote from the ABC:

"For instance, if people are using condoms, there is a certain breakage rate," he said.

Clearly Dr Keller is unable to recognise that the same risk also applies to male-to-female sex!



All sex is risky, but what should be of concern is whether condoms and other precautions are used, regardless of the gender of the people involved in the sexual act. Similarly, intravenous drug use carries the same risk as getting an immunisation ... the risk lies in whether the needle and syringe are clean or not!




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Note: The same testing procedures are used for organ donation, yet due to time constraints organs are not subjected to being held in storage for two weeks and retested to ensure their safety. Hypocritically, sexually active gay and bisexual men are welcome to be organ donors! Go figure!