CDC's proposed guidelines for transplants say two sex partners is too many for top-notch organ donor

[The Straight Story]

CDC's proposed guidelines for transplants say two sex partners is too many for top-notch organ donors
Proposal would add sexually active group to high-risk category; experts fear guidelines too restrictive

If you’re not monogamous, you’re not an ideal organ donor, according to a new set of health guidelines proposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Under the proposed policy, people who’ve had sex with two or more people in the past year will be considered high-risk for transmitting HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, but transplant experts are arguing that the standards are far too limiting.

“With the new guidelines, every college student in America will be high-risk,” said Dr. Harry Dorn-Arias, a transplant surgeon at the University of Virginia, according to msnbc.com. “Right now, it’s probably a prostitute or a guy with a needle in his arm. Next time, it will be just a young guy.”

The guidelines could limit the number of available organs by discouraging potential donors who are hesitant to have their sexual history classified as “risky,” especially if the transplant situation involves a family member, Dorn-Arias warns.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/monogamy-doctor-ordered-organ-transplant-donors-cdc-article-1.987085

[hobbit709]

1. This will be like finding a virgin for the volcano.

[HillWilliam]

5. Ahh, c'mon. The only reasons virgins are thrown into the volcano is

They're no fun! :rofl:

NB: I got that in a birthday card one time. I think I still have it somewhere.

[joeybee12]

7. I've gone for so long I think I've reverted back to being a virgin!

[HereSince1628]

2. Is that going to be a check-box on that back of the drivers license?

Or are they going to have to depend on Gloria's knowing how many partners Hermie has?

[The Straight Story]

8. If so, I am going yo start asking for ID and checking the back

:evilgrin:

[Ikonoklast]

3. Maybe they can do a sliding scale type of thing, and let the recipients asses the risk.

"Well, we have a liver from a nun for five hundred thousand, or one from Biff the frat boy with a beer bong and a pair of panties on his head for seventy-five bucks, you pick."

[HockeyMom]

6. Lifetime or recent activity?

If lifetime, I wouldn't even count on that nun. You never know what they did BEFORE they entered the convent. I've know some who told of us their wild days when they were young.

[NV Whino]

4. Might as well just cancel the organ donor program altogether.

[malthaussen]

9. Frankly, I don't get it

Can't they test the proposed donors for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C? Don't they already test proposed donors for such things?

-- Mal

[Horse with no Name]

10. Yes, but there is a window

However...my cynical twin tells me that this has little to do with actual protecting the public because the risk is minimal than it does with the high cost of organ transplants.

You can't deny them...however, if there are no "suitable" organs available...welllllll

[malthaussen]

12. Bah, I'm stupid

I always tell people to follow the money, then fail to follow my own advice.

-- Mal

[kenny blankenship]

11. That's fine by me, CDC. You're not good enough for my organ anyway!