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user-inactivated  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski people: do you give blood?

Isn't there a half-life on that sort of thing? Like, oh, you're fifty now, so probably you aren't going to get Mad Cow from that time back in '95.





b_b  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Prion diseases are poorly understood, so to be safe, they just say no thanks. Maybe in the future the policy will change, but they're a pretty conservative bunch--for good reason; you're probably too young to remember Ryan White.

AnSionnachRua  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm afraid it's beyond my medical knowledge!

thenewgreen  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Beyond mine as well. I really don't know why Antigua Guatemala was on the naughty list?

b_b  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Its in a malaria zone. I had the same problem when I came back from Peru.

thenewgreen  ·  4288 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks.