They have gone through everything (donor records) and they cannot find it. We have checked the actual names of people who claim to have donated and have not seen an increase in our clinics - there has been nothing different.

Regular donors are the safest donors and we need to foster this awareness in the community.

The SANBTS has in fact followed this policy for years and it is based on international practice and on data in international medical publications that men who have sex with men showed increased risk of HIV transmission and other blood infections.

If they did donate and lied on the forms, they were more than likely first-time donors.

Sure, it's going to kill a lot of people, but they may be dying of something else anyway.

In my eyes, there are no white people, no black people, no any color people. JUST PEOPLE.