The virus doesn't live in your blood, it lives in your respiratory system, it isn't transmitted by blood They neither have this test at the blood bank nor need it So first of all this is false Second of all if it were true it would be a reprehensible thing to do https://twitter.com/vL0k0/status/1237117540297572354 …
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Because they were *designed and set up for that purpose*, and blood donation centers are not They really did their best to keep anyone from using blood donation as a "free test", and the primary reason people did it anyway was stigma, not access
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I.e. "I don't want to go down to the AIDS clinic and be seen among the HIV+ people, I'd prefer to live in denial for now and just tell myself if I am infected I'll find out later at the office blood drive" This is a very harmful mindset
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