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[pez]

If I'm a character in Loveless, my pair name would be VEINLESS.

<--- went to give blood today, but veins on both arms are so small the nurses could hardly see it, let alone poke that great big needle into it, so no blood was given in the end

They did give me tea and biscuits though XD

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[ex-semishade366.livejournal.com]

Terence Higgins Trust info (http://www.tht.org.uk/home/informationresources/factsandstatistics/uk/)

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

Trying to find the % of gay men infected with HIV, because otherwise, just because they're the highest risk group, if the % is small enough, it doesn't mean they should be ruled out. -_- It's all mind boggling.

[ex-semishade366.livejournal.com]

Mind boggling until you're the one receiving the blood, at which point no % can possibly be too small!

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

But I mean, they do test all the blood they get anyway... anybody could be HIV positive, so is the % of gay men who are HIV+ large enough to make them say they'd rather not have any blood from them at all because it's just a waste of time and resource, is what I'd like to know...

[ex-semishade366.livejournal.com]

Well - the blood service themselves point out that the blood screening isn't 100% guaranteed (always a comforting thought) so there is a certain logic in ruling out high risk groups from the outset.

There are an estimated 53,000 people living with HIV in the UK against a population of around 60 million - so that's less than 0.01% (?) and the % with CJD must be much smaller. In one study of 1-2,000 gay men in the London area, 10% were found to had HIV, one third of those having previously been undiagnosed.

[yuki-scorpio.livejournal.com]

10% in London? *EEPS*

[ex-semishade366.livejournal.com]

London's probably a bit of a hotspot.