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This is not simply a case of an antiquated law that has been overlooked and unenforced. As recently as 2000, the FDA??with the support of the Red Cross—renewed this rule, despite the urgings of nearly half of America’s blood banks, which lobbied for a change that would set an equal standard for gay men as for any other donors...
...easy to understand the reasoning behind the FDA??s implementation of the rules in the early 1980s when society’s understanding of HIV and AIDS was much more limited. When authorities lack the information necessary to have full control over a public health emergency, it is important that officials err on the side of caution. But 20 years later, when knowledge has advanced so rapidly, these rules stem more from reactionary prejudices than scientific reasoning...
...prefers not to describe its policy so crudely, of course, and instead emphasizes the particular “high-risk” behavior in which gay men engage. The word “gay” appears nowhere on donation questionnaires, and the FDA??s published studies refer only to MSMs—”men who have had sex with men.” If accused of bigotry, the FDA can boast that it gladly accepts donations from lesbians and from male virgins of all persuasions...
Glickman—who helped design the FDA??s food pyramid—also discussed the potential role of diet as part of the U.S. health care system. Health insurance companies currently do not take preventative measures such as a healthy diet into consideration...
Testing can only begin if it is moved onto the FDA??s Schedule 2, a classification for drugs that the agency believes might have medicinal value...