PC wins every time

Re: “Cross purposes”, (PostBag, Oct 5).

MBH claims that the reason the Red Cross does not want male homosexuals donating blood is because the Red Cross has fallen for right-wing propaganda that only homosexuals transmit HIV. That is unmitigated nonsense!

No one in recent times has said that heterosexuals can’t get HIV. Heterosexuals who are intravenous drug users, as well as other high-risk heterosexuals, are also asked not to donate blood.

The politically correct view is that we’re all in one big risk group for getting HIV. Therefore, it is bigotry to note that the blood of a male homosexual or intravenous drug user is more likely to be HIV-positive than the blood of a cloistered nun. While that assumption is insane, whenever we have to choose between political correctness or medical correctness (this applies to Covid-19 as well) political correctness wins every time. ERIC BAHRT