May 1983 News Today

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primaries today including california. >> bill: topping voters concerns is the price of gasoline. another day and all-time high. $4.91. we hit 28 new highs. the number more than doubling since biden took office. >> dana: 6 in 10 people are pessimistic on achieving the american dream. we begin at the white house with peter doocy. imagine, peter, the white house is -- you would think theyre feeling some pressure. are you seeing any evidence of that? >> if they are feeling pressure, thats ...

Was a disaster not an accident, that those in authority, doctors, Blood Services and governments did not put Patient Safety first and that patients were knowingly exposed to unacceptable risks of infection. Andy evans has haemophilia, a Bleeding Disorder. He is one of 30,000 people infected by the treatment he received. By the time he was five years old he had hiv and hepatitis c, and at 13 he had developed full blown aids. No, if that is for me of my remarkable team, thank you. Applause. But yo...

Im a haemophiliac. If i twist an ankle or cut myself, the bleeding, in my case, itjust carries on, basically. Very little clotting, so id need to get treatment. When i was eight years old, i was infected with hiv through my medical treatments. Im one of the few survivors of the hiv scandal. Its not something that you should go through as a child. I cant really imagine what my life would be like if i hadnt been infected. Stuart wasjust bubbly all the time, you know . He was a fun loving child. He...

Were paid for blood donations including prisoners and drug users with a higher risk of infection. and it was concentrated plasma and just one infected donor could contaminate an entire batch. the issue of government responsibility is heightened because there had been some warnings. this letter was sent in may 1983 to the government warning that one patient had been diagnosed with aids and also some reports of infection in spain and it recommended that such blood should be withdrawn. the governme...

Right? are there any political motivations in those just at least ask. and find out but maybe at some point they would have went but even if there are no political -- >> yes. s aspects to this. what he did is -- abomination. it went around, hes sitting president of the united states, heen conspired with the kgb, and the soviet government, at the time people need to understand he had a cold war beginning on we were confronting soviets all over the world. >> ill tell you how hot it was may 1983, m...