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on one hand it is a higher risk
on the other hand we've had the ability to screen those risks out since forever and using it as an excuse was always about discrimination.
Meanwhile I was in the UK in the 80s so I'm off the list forever anyway
Not higher risk in this case! This should actually lower risk by raising the bar for everyone:
This hedges against sexual tourism, with further restrictions on donors who have recently gotten tattoos or tick bites, which can be potential vectors for disease.
This is good, as blood-borne pathogens are on the rise in different populations these days, and this will keep recipients safer.