Guest guest Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Hello, I find that I am banned from donating blood in the US for life because I lived in England for five years and they fear I may have contracted mad cow disease. The way the ban is stated one would assume that one contracts mad cow disease from breathing the air. Anyone who spent more than 3 months in the UK is considered at risk and thus banned - No where is MEAT EATING even mentioned as a risk factor. The fact that I was a vegan for those five years and for the ten years before is considered to be of no consequence which is completely ridiculous. Anyone who spent even one day in the UK is at far more risk than me if they ate meat during that day. My five years in the UK were spent doing a Ph D and post-doctoral research in Neurobiology so I am familar with the underlying mechanism of prior disease. I wonder how much of the fact that the ban never mentions eating meat as being the cause of the disease is an attempt to keep the meat industry happy (and keep those campaign donations flowing). Regards John F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 its caled making a blanket statement its just easier fer them to ban EVERYONE then make all sorts of exceptions... weird eh? fraggle " tituslucretius2000 " <Ignatiuso2 wrote: >Hello, > I find that I am banned from donating blood in the US for life >because I lived in England for five years and they fear I may have >contracted mad cow disease. The way the ban is stated one would >assume that one contracts mad cow disease from breathing the air. >Anyone who spent more than 3 months in the UK is considered at risk >and thus banned - No where is MEAT EATING even mentioned as a risk >factor. The fact that I was a vegan for those five years and for the >ten years before is considered to be of no consequence which is >completely ridiculous. Anyone who spent even one day in the UK is at >far more risk than me if they ate meat during that day. My five >years in the UK were spent doing a Ph D and post-doctoral research in >Neurobiology so I am familar with the underlying mechanism of prior >disease. I wonder how much of the fact that the ban never mentions >eating meat as being the cause of the disease is an attempt to keep >the meat industry happy (and keep those campaign donations flowing). > > Regards John F > > > > >To send an email to - > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2002 Report Share Posted June 24, 2002 Isn't it possible that you ate something that you thought was ok but wasn't? Given that the agent of mad cow is so hard to kill it seems easy to get it and the onset is so long. If we in the US think we're any better off it's only because we are still in the denial stage that Europe already went through. That can only last so long. Eventually the suppression of the truth (which I'm sure includes huge payoffs to individuals in authority by the beef industry and maybe even murder) will end and we will all realize that we have the disease as well. Then who will be donating blood? Why are you so hot to donate your blood anyway? - tituslucretius2000 Monday, June 24, 2002 7:49 AM Banned from donating blood Hello, I find that I am banned from donating blood in the US for life because I lived in England for five years and they fear I may have contracted mad cow disease. The way the ban is stated one would assume that one contracts mad cow disease from breathing the air. Anyone who spent more than 3 months in the UK is considered at risk and thus banned - No where is MEAT EATING even mentioned as a risk factor. The fact that I was a vegan for those five years and for the ten years before is considered to be of no consequence which is completely ridiculous. Anyone who spent even one day in the UK is at far more risk than me if they ate meat during that day. My five years in the UK were spent doing a Ph D and post-doctoral research in Neurobiology so I am familar with the underlying mechanism of prior disease. I wonder how much of the fact that the ban never mentions eating meat as being the cause of the disease is an attempt to keep the meat industry happy (and keep those campaign donations flowing). Regards John FTo send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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