Letter: Don't loosen blood donor rules
A volunteer donates blood on January 15, 2010 in La Paz, during a massive blood donation drive launched by the Bolivian government to help quake victims in Haiti. Credit: Aizar Raldes / Getty Images
Anthony Santella, a former director of New York City HIV policy, writes that the federal government's modification for gay blood donors is still discriminatory ["Blood donation rules still stigmatize," Opinion, June 5].
My thanks to him for being very immersed in HIV/AIDS prevention. That being said, I am a blood bank technologist, and I have just one thing to ask: Are you kidding me?
Stop speaking irresponsibly. I want to have full confidence in the products I dispense to people whose health is already compromised.
Maria Poveromo, Massapequa Park
