Andy Cohen slams FDA rule preventing him from helping coronavirus patients
— pointed out that there's a problem with the current rules for donating.. "After recovering from the coronavirus, I wanted to see if there was something that I could do to help people who were infected. I signed up for a program for COVID-19 survivors where you could donate plasma, which is rich in antibodies, to those still battling the virus.
On April 2, the FDA revised its waiting period rules governing blood donations from gay and bisexual men. But Cohen said the rules are still too restrictive. "Even the new relaxed rules require gay men to abstain from sex for three months, whether they're in a monogamous relationship or not, before giving blood, though no such blanket restrictions exist for people of other sexual orientations," said Cohen, who last month was one of the first. "Here's the thing: This virus is ravaging our planet and the FDA says there is an urgent need for plasma from survivors.
The petition has more than 23,000 signatures and several elected officials have spoken out about the issue.
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