Health officials say they have to turn away potential donors even if they have valuable coronavirus antibodies that could help save the seriously ill. - NBCOUT
called upon the Food and Drug Administration to lift the current restrictions and replace them with regulations that are “scientifically sound, based on individual risk, and inclusive of all potential healthy blood donors.”wrote a letter
to Commissioner Stephen Hahn to “urge FDA to act swiftly in revising its policy so every person who can safely donate blood in the United States has the opportunity to do so.” Maloney and Ocasio-Cortez called the ban “antiquated” and said it “is not based on current science, stigmatizes the LGBTQIA+ community, and undermines crucial efforts to increase the nation’s blood supply as the United States grapples with the coronavirus crisis.
Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of national LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD, called the FDA policy “irresponsible and illogical.” “By restricting gay and bisexual men, and other LGBTQ people, who have recovered from COVID-19 from donating plasma, the FDA is severely limiting the health care industry’s ability to explore potentially lifesaving treatment for COVID-19,” she said. GLAAD
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