TRAHR@sh.itjust.works to World News@quokk.au · 23 days agoThousands more LGBTQ+ Australians can now donate blood after major rule changewww.thepinknews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1123arrow-down10
arrow-up1123arrow-down1external-linkThousands more LGBTQ+ Australians can now donate blood after major rule changewww.thepinknews.comTRAHR@sh.itjust.works to World News@quokk.au · 23 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 days agoTakes like 3 months or something before it shows up on tests.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 days agoI guess that’s why the question at my blood bank has changed over the years from “Have you ever” to “In the last three months have you” (had sex with a man who has sex with men, or been paid for sex, or had an accidental needle stick, whatever).
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·22 days agoThere are tests that show within a month but just on a cost basis they’re probably using antibody testing.
minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoNice. My information was outdated then. Thank you.
Takes like 3 months or something before it shows up on tests.
I guess that’s why the question at my blood bank has changed over the years from “Have you ever” to “In the last three months have you” (had sex with a man who has sex with men, or been paid for sex, or had an accidental needle stick, whatever).
There are tests that show within a month but just on a cost basis they’re probably using antibody testing.
Nice. My information was outdated then.
Thank you.