Talk:Blood donation in England

HIV Infection Rates
a third of newly diagnosed individuals with HIV in the UK were MSM’s. The greatest numbers recorded since the start of the epidemic. MSM also account for 46% of all diagnoses since 1981.

So a third of newly diagnosed cases in men was the highest ever. Which means that the maximum diagnosed in any year is a third. So in all the years since 1981 the maxmum total is one third. But the article says it is 46%. Something is either wrong with the maths or the statement. I suppose it means that a greater number of people overall were diagnosed, and thus the third of them that were 'MSM' were a greater actual number than before, rather than a greater proportion than before, but the phrasing is dubious.JiMternet 09:36, 26 April 2007 (UTC) (sorry forgot to sign)


 * If you had bothered to quote all of the first sentance, rather than just the second part of it, it would have been clear: "According to the latest statistics (2005) from the Health Protection Agency a third of newly diagnosed individuals with HIV in the UK were MSM." In other words, a third of the single year of 2005's diagnoses, as opposed to 46% of the years 1981-2005's. Nick Cooper (talk) 16:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Pre-donation: "identify as homosexual" -- NPOV?
The pre-donation section talks about people who 'identify as homosexual' being ineligible to give blood. The issue isn't one of sexuality, more of past sexual acts -- there isn't a strict correlation (or implication in either direction). The subsequent talk of 'the gay scare' strikes me as emotive, particularly with no supporting reference. I'm putting a POV-section on this for the moment until I or someone else can come up with a better way of approaching the MSM issue (if indeed this is the right section to do it in). Alexsdutton (talk) 20:23, 19 October 2010 (UTC)


 * As said above, the rules do not say anything about being homosexual only "Men who have had anal or oral sex with another man, with or without a condom or other forms of protection". --Selbs101 (talk) 20:11, 28 October 2010 (UTC)

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