CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JANUARY 31, 2023
WHEN POLITICS REPLACES SOUND MEDICAL ADVICE WE HAVE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS. COVID-19 WITH ITS MASK MANDATES, CONFLICTING STATEMENTS FROM SO-CALLED EXPERTS AND CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS FROM PRESIDENTS MADE A LOT OF US DISTRUST WHAT WE WERE BEING TOLD.
NOW COMES THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WHICH HAS RELEASED NEW GUIDELINES THAT WOULD ALLOW GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN WHAT IT CALLS “MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIPS” TO DONATE BLOOD WITHOUT ABSTAINING FROM SEX. THAT’S A MAJOR SHIFT IN A POLICY THAT HAS LASTED FOR DECADES TO KEEP THE BLOOD SUPPLY CLEAN.
THE NEW GUDELINES WILL REQUIRE DONORS TO ASSERT THEY HAVE NOT HAD A CERTAIN KIND OF SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
MY QUESTIONS ARE THESE: HOW WILL ANYONE KNOW WHETHER A DONOR WHO HAS ENGAGED IN RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS IN A MONOGAMOUS RELATIONSHIP? HOW WILL THEY BE ABLE TO PROVE THAT THEY HAVEN’T HAD THIS CERTAIN KIND OF SEX WITH OTHER MEN AND MORE THAN ONE?
THE GAY LOBBY HAS BEEN CAMPAIGNING FOR A CHANGE IN FDA POLICY FOR YEARS. NOW THEY HAVE IT. IF SOMEONE GETS INFECTED WITH HIV-AIDS AS A RESULT OF THIS POLICY CHANGE, DO YOU THINK THE FDA WILL ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY? OF COURSE NOT. AGAIN, THIS IS NOT MEDICAL SCIENCE. IT’S POLITICS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
