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by thaumasiotes 3960 days ago
> The blood donation ban isn't because of the stereotype of changing partners. It's because men who have sex with men are much more likely to have HIV. [1] (81% of all newly diagnosed HIV cases are from men who have sex with men)

Those aren't unrelated. They're much more likely to have HIV because of the many simultaneous partners.