Canadian Blood Services apologizes for discriminatory policy

Rachel Aiello discusses the discriminatory donation policy that led to Canadian Blood Services issuing an apology to the LGBTQ2S+ community.
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  • @johnfish837
    @johnfish83725 күн бұрын

    Public safety should take priority over political pandering.

  • @vanderhoof741

    @vanderhoof741

    24 күн бұрын

    I didn't know that CBS was a political party. Screening and statistics have evolved. That's all this is. Off the soapbox, John.

  • @loveinseattle
    @loveinseattle25 күн бұрын

    It's not discrimination. It's safety. Thanks a lot for making the blood supply less safe.

  • @ThinkPolisComing4Me
    @ThinkPolisComing4Me25 күн бұрын

    you will never get my pure blood.

  • @thokling361

    @thokling361

    24 күн бұрын

    Precious bodily fluids...

  • @laurafulton7023
    @laurafulton702325 күн бұрын

    Canada needs a blood bank for Purebloods.

  • @davemcd9077

    @davemcd9077

    25 күн бұрын

    lol....Pureblood......the new word for Racist, is it?

  • @thisisausername.595

    @thisisausername.595

    24 күн бұрын

    @@davemcd9077its a Harry Potter reference

  • @nikosjasonfakaro9187

    @nikosjasonfakaro9187

    24 күн бұрын

    @@davemcd9077 - how is that racist ? - if your blood isnt tainted with mrna quackccines ?

  • @TomaszWinnicki

    @TomaszWinnicki

    24 күн бұрын

    I agree.

  • @donaldduffy8947

    @donaldduffy8947

    24 күн бұрын

    You are welcome to leave canada.

  • @randolfo1265
    @randolfo126524 күн бұрын

    Why do they apologize for trying to keep it safe?

  • @marykay8587

    @marykay8587

    24 күн бұрын

    because they don't want to go against the social norm

  • @haroldb1856

    @haroldb1856

    24 күн бұрын

    Keeping the blood supply safe is mean.

  • @randolfo1265

    @randolfo1265

    22 күн бұрын

    @@haroldb1856 - Seems Legit.

  • @ThinkPolisComing4Me
    @ThinkPolisComing4Me25 күн бұрын

    who are the most new cases of AIDS by far?

  • @Andre-vr1ul

    @Andre-vr1ul

    25 күн бұрын

    Look up GRIDS disease.

  • @glennlangford4721

    @glennlangford4721

    25 күн бұрын

    Straight men

  • @Andre-vr1ul

    @Andre-vr1ul

    25 күн бұрын

    @@glennlangford4721 Look up grids disease.

  • @Levi-hs6mg

    @Levi-hs6mg

    25 күн бұрын

    Drug addicts

  • @Andre-vr1ul

    @Andre-vr1ul

    25 күн бұрын

    Look up g r i d s disease.

  • @EndofDays-7777
    @EndofDays-777725 күн бұрын

    Continue the ban .

  • @thomashead7528

    @thomashead7528

    25 күн бұрын

    Ignorance is bliss..or is it just hate

  • @laurafulton7023
    @laurafulton702325 күн бұрын

    Vaxxed Blood transfusions aren’t an option for Purebloods

  • @davemcd9077

    @davemcd9077

    25 күн бұрын

    lol....Pureblood...the new word for PAranoid Racist...gotcha.

  • @savagemax9091

    @savagemax9091

    24 күн бұрын

    @@davemcd9077actually, critical thinker

  • @krakenreality1877

    @krakenreality1877

    24 күн бұрын

    @@davemcd9077 Pureblood>GMO blood

  • @EndofDays-7777

    @EndofDays-7777

    24 күн бұрын

    @@davemcd9077 Paranoid racist ? Wanting to keep.your DNA intact now makes you a racist ?? ... Get a grip Skippy.

  • @aelwynwitch9460

    @aelwynwitch9460

    24 күн бұрын

    @@savagemax9091 those are words but they don't form a sentence.

  • @SH-vj7uq
    @SH-vj7uq25 күн бұрын

    Ughhhhhhhh stop apologizing for nothing.

  • @thomashead7528

    @thomashead7528

    25 күн бұрын

    When one knows nothing on a topic...keep quiet or else you look like an fool. Just saying

  • @SH-vj7uq

    @SH-vj7uq

    25 күн бұрын

    Booooooo @@thomashead7528

  • @mefirst1211
    @mefirst121125 күн бұрын

    Well I felt better before, now it's becoming scary

  • @Heartandspirit77

    @Heartandspirit77

    24 күн бұрын

    Our medical system is becoming more perverse than ever. I would never have want blood transfused into my body from a homosexual person. It is like a violation of my own body.

  • @aelwynwitch9460

    @aelwynwitch9460

    24 күн бұрын

    How many gays were donating during the Blood Scandal that killed ppl by giving them hep C.

  • @enitalp
    @enitalp25 күн бұрын

    Could they apologize to the French also. I can’t donate my blood. 20 years since I’m Canadian

  • @EmelineKnits

    @EmelineKnits

    24 күн бұрын

    You can give your blood now because the ban was lifted. But I doubt we'll be getting an apology.

  • @ImDuDu22
    @ImDuDu2225 күн бұрын

    All the apologies are cheap

  • @joemadden4160
    @joemadden416024 күн бұрын

    I used to donate platelets on a regular basis...until they injured me and that was that.

  • @EndofDays-7777
    @EndofDays-777724 күн бұрын

    Wouldn't trust a single hospital or Dr in Canada.

  • @laurafulton7023

    @laurafulton7023

    24 күн бұрын

    Find the ones who recently got fired because of mandates

  • @vanderhoof741

    @vanderhoof741

    24 күн бұрын

    You're free to leave. Bye.

  • @marykay8587

    @marykay8587

    24 күн бұрын

    So leave

  • @EndofDays-7777

    @EndofDays-7777

    23 күн бұрын

    @@vanderhoof741 Thought Free was dumb ?

  • @iAPX432
    @iAPX43224 күн бұрын

    I was banned from donating my blood. My pure blood. They won't have it now.

  • @TheWolfgangfritz
    @TheWolfgangfritz24 күн бұрын

    Adding a new definition to "assimilate", which would be sharing the tainted blood resulting in the spread at the microbiological level, throughout society!

  • @aelwynwitch9460

    @aelwynwitch9460

    24 күн бұрын

    How many gays donated during the Blood Scandal?

  • @billclay9511
    @billclay951118 күн бұрын

    Who tf wants tainted blood?

  • @thinkfirsttruthisrarelyobvious
    @thinkfirsttruthisrarelyobvious24 күн бұрын

    So what does the science show. Did anyone ask the question.

  • @haroldb1856

    @haroldb1856

    24 күн бұрын

    No.

  • @jptrainor
    @jptrainor24 күн бұрын

    I can't donate blood because of a history of blood cancer. But I'm healthy today! Who wants some of my mutant cells?!

  • @maureenhannivan8043
    @maureenhannivan804324 күн бұрын

    They won’t take my blood cause I hade melanoma thirty years ago

  • @maureenhannivan8043

    @maureenhannivan8043

    24 күн бұрын

    Not only that, my blood is rh negative, rare ,

  • @user-bd2ut3sl8d
    @user-bd2ut3sl8d24 күн бұрын

    How soon we forget all those years of aids and hep c. No apology required.

  • @robertstjean3009
    @robertstjean300924 күн бұрын

    Geez screen the blood and you will know its contaminated.

  • @mckricks1

    @mckricks1

    24 күн бұрын

    There is still a chance the blood is contaminated. This just made things more unsafe.

  • @chrisministerofsmartarsery3322
    @chrisministerofsmartarsery332224 күн бұрын

    After everything we all went through I’ll be keeping my unvaccinated blood in my body. I stopped donating.

  • @ThinkPolisComing4Me

    @ThinkPolisComing4Me

    24 күн бұрын

    exactly

  • @glennlangford4721
    @glennlangford472125 күн бұрын

    Too little to late,

  • @virdi1992
    @virdi199225 күн бұрын

    LgbthdTVS2

  • @user-uk6jz1yt5m
    @user-uk6jz1yt5m24 күн бұрын

    I think they should take the blood donation from LGBTQ community it but declare it to those who are straight if that is fine with it if they need transfusion. Every is 😃

  • @tungstenanderson5991

    @tungstenanderson5991

    24 күн бұрын

    Cool. So straight men who think they are lesbians aren't straight, but you will take their blood.

  • @vanderhoof741

    @vanderhoof741

    24 күн бұрын

    what.

  • @aelwynwitch9460

    @aelwynwitch9460

    24 күн бұрын

    You know nothing of the Blood Scandal?

  • @user-ri8vf9le8f
    @user-ri8vf9le8f25 күн бұрын

    I’m Wealthy, Rich and increased in goods and entirely Healthy Food Prices in my area

  • @sunflowerist
    @sunflowerist24 күн бұрын

    I've always wondered if I'm ever in need of a blood transfusion will I receive pure blood or tainted by the mrna carriers. That scares me because mine is pure...lol

  • @aelwynwitch9460

    @aelwynwitch9460

    24 күн бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @BATDAN_92
    @BATDAN_9224 күн бұрын

    I don't want 🌈🩸

  • @aelwynwitch9460

    @aelwynwitch9460

    24 күн бұрын

    Don't worry, rainbows can't go inside you.

  • @cormacgreene8505
    @cormacgreene850525 күн бұрын

    It was an excellent idea

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