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To be so completely shocked by the blood scandal

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ChristmasGutPunch · 19/05/2024 17:19

I knew a lot of children got sick and died in later life but I thought it was a terrible accident or oversight. A mistake because we didn't know any better. I had no idea there was a conscious decision to infect small boys on purpose to see what happened. How can this possibly have happened? How come I didn't realise the full extent until now??

If I were an affected family member I'd want to murder those involved. It's unbearable.

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Psychoticbreak · 19/05/2024 18:00

This came to light in Ireland some decades ago. I know people who were compensated etc. Obviously a different country but the same thing. It is shocking though.

Allthehorsesintheworld · 19/05/2024 17:57

I think there were efforts to pass it off as an awful mistake to shut the whole thing down. It’s only the relatives of the people who died, and those who are still affected that has kept the fight for compensation going.

footgoldcycle · 19/05/2024 17:50

It's crazy. I honestly always thought it was a mistake as well

Auburngal · 19/05/2024 17:48

Really stupid idea to create Factor VIII treatment for haemophiliacs from mixed donations and from high risk donors such as prisoners and drug users.

As if one donor was affected by Hep C, HIV etc then the whole batch was affected

SheepAndSword · 19/05/2024 17:43

Have you got a link to this?

Georgie8 · 19/05/2024 17:40

Yep. People in haematology raised it very early on and were shut down. Closed down. Told not to talk.

This experimentation was instigated by doctors.

However, the same tainted blood infected not only small boys i.e. haemophiliacs, but others e.g. Anita Roddick, who died of Hepatitis C as a result of a blood transfusion giving birth (l believe), as did Mike Dorricott who had a dental operation aged 15.

It’s an appalling scandal that has been known about almost from the beginning.

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