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knieveltech on Dec 1, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amit Gupta hasn't found a marrow transplant match;...

To hell with screening, if I was on death's door courtesy of leukemia I'd rather accept a transplant from someone I know is HIV positive. My logic: given the state of anti-retrovirals, being HIV positive sounds downright cushy compared to dying of leukemia.

pbhjpbhj on Dec 1, 2011 [–]

I'm pretty sure you could get that operation, but not on health insurance of any kind.

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