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Jon Ahrendsen <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 28 Jan 1997 23:09:18 -0600
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I would approach this more as a blood transfusion question than a
breastfeeding question.  As the blood bank where your blood comes from how
many cases of HIV transmission they have had since the blood supplies were
started to be screened in 1985.  Here in Iowa at the Des Moines Iowa blood
bank they have not had a single case of HIV transmission since screen
began.  The last transfusion transmission occurred ONE MONTH before the
testing of all blood occurred.

Granted you probably have a higher rate of HIV in FL than we do in IOWA but
the blood tests are very very good and I think that the blood supply is
much safer than people realize.

When I tell people about the risks of HIV in a blood transfusion (usually
in conjunction with a surgery at the hospital) I usually ask them "Do you
know what the most risky thing is about your operation at the hospital?"
They usually answer, "No."  I tell them, "The drive to and from the
hospital on the public road."  That usually gets them to thinking and
putting the risk somewhat in perspective.  Very few people are afraid to
leave their home and drive down the road due to the risk of an auto
accident, yet that is much much more likely to occur than an adverse even
at the hospital because of a transfusion mistake or a drug error.

Those two doctors that are saying they wouldn't take the risk are not using
the brains that got them through medical school.  They need learn some
logic by watching SPOCK on some old "Star Trek" reruns.

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