My uncle stopped donating blood in the 80s because they couldn’t say that there was zero chance of getting AIDS when donating. The odds were probably very slim that a person unknowingly hiv+ gives blood and the nurse doesn’t dispose of the needle immediately and another nurse picks up a dirty needle and uses it on him.
There are protocols in place to prevent this exact thing, but he just stopped donating.
My uncle stopped donating blood in the 80s because they couldn’t say that there was zero chance of getting AIDS when donating. The odds were probably very slim that a person unknowingly hiv+ gives blood and the nurse doesn’t dispose of the needle immediately and another nurse picks up a dirty needle and uses it on him.
There are protocols in place to prevent this exact thing, but he just stopped donating.