Andy Cohen Slams 'Discriminatory' FDA Guidelines Against Gay Men Donating Plasma in COVID-19 Crisis

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Andy Cohen is calling out the FDA for limiting him as he attempts to help patients battling the coronavirus. The 51-year-old Bravo host is a survivor of COVID-19 and on Thursday night's, he opened up about how his efforts to help others suffering have been stifled. «After recovering from coronavirus, I wanted to see if there was something I could do to help people who were infected,» Cohen during a taping of from his home.

Noting that he signed up to donate plasma so that his antibodies could help those fighting for their lives, he learned that he was ineligible due to his sexual orientation. «I was told that due to antiquated and discriminatory guidelines by the FDA to prevent HIV, I am ineligible to donate blood because I am a gay man,»