NDP MP says need for blood amid pandemic provides more reason government should end donation ban for gay men and other LGBTQ Canadians
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Antibodies from people who have already had the virus, found in their plasma, could help in treating new patients who are severely ill and offer new serological insights. “Six years ago, they gave me a lot of things that they said had to happen before it could be lifted… All those things have happened,” Garrison said, citing the need for more research and needing to draft criteria for donating. The Liberals funded the research during their last mandate and it was set to be completed last fall, with the new guidelines set to be presented to the government in early 2020.
When they were appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after the 2019 federal election, Diversity and Inclusion and Youth Minister Bardish Chagger and Health Minister Patty Hajdu were mandated to work with Canadian Blood Services and Héma-Québec, to “implement a behaviour-based model of donation that eliminates the blood ban.”
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