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Lib Dem Councillor calls for gay and bi men to be allowed to participate in Covid-19 trials

By | Sun 10th May 2020 - 10:30 am

“Discriminatory, arbitrary and regressive.” Those are the words used by Liberal Democrat Councillor Victor Chamberlain to describe the decision to exclude the plasma of gay and bi men being used in the trial to try to find a treatment for Covid-19.

Victor has written to the Health Secretary to ask him to reverse this ban. He cites a similar trial in the Netherlands which doesn’t mention sexuality at all.

It’s great to see a Liberal Democrat councillor taking a leading role in this.

If you agree, the Equality Network in Scotland has set up a petition you can sign.

 

 

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