Letter Re: Ban on gay men giving blood to be lifted (BBC News, Sky News, Daily Mail, Guardian, 8 September 2011)

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Lifting the ban on homosexual and bisexual men donating blood in the UK

recognises that sexual orientation is not, per se, a physical illness.

Retaining the ban on people who have M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)

acknowledges that it is.

Since we can now tell so much from the blood, wouldn't it be a good idea

to analyse samples from M.E. sufferers to see why no one else should

have it either, instead of assuming that they must be just a little bit

tired or psychiatric cases - as equally illogical and unwarranted

assumptions as those that were made about gays.

Yours sincerely

drjohngreensmith@...

Dr H Greensmith

ME Community Trust.org