On Wednesday, March 11, Dr Eduard Grebe of the non-profit transfusion medicine organisation Vitalant spoke at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, presenting findings that there was no increase in the number of HIV infections caused by blood transfusions after the decision to lift the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men giving blood.
At the conference, which was held remotely due to rising fears surrounding the spread of the coronavirus, Dr Grebe explained that after