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Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Emperor@feddit.uk⁩ to ⁨unitedkingdom@feddit.uk⁩

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68831061

cross-posted from: lemmy.smeargle.fans/post/148874

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  • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I'm stunned. The eighties. Children. Jesus.

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    • Tramort@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think it was Bayer who sent hiv infected products to Africa since they couldn’t sell them in the US.

      Ghoulish

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      • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Oh, the Roundup and Zyklon people? Go figure.

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    • MadBob@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Even the nineties and beyond, if you think of the vaccine-causing-autism to-do and mad cow disease.

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      • Maeve@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Can you please point me to credible studies wrt that?

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    • Seleni@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One was only an infant. What the ever-loving holy fuck.

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  • tearsintherain@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Odds against anyone being criminally charged I’m guessing.

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    • Tweak@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The majority of children involved are already dead now.

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