Global politics

[Mindy]

[Psy-Fi]

Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza

[jimmy jazz]

Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza

At the same time, Egypt says a mass exodus from Gaza would bring Hamas or other Palestinian militants onto its soil.

So they don't want terrorists in their country?

[Mindy]

[Psy-Fi]

Gazans flee Rafah as Israel pushes its war with Hamas — and the U.S. and others push for an endgame

[Psy-Fi]

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after apparent assassination attempt

[Mindy]

[Mindy]

[Mindy]

[Psy-Fi]

Infected blood scandal: Inquiry into NHS disaster to publish findings


What happened in the UK's infected blood scandal from the 1970s to '90s?

[jimmy jazz]

Infected blood scandal: Inquiry into NHS disaster to publish findings


What happened in the UK's infected blood scandal from the 1970s to '90s?

There's a podcast called Bed of Lies about this.

The Americans told the British government at the time that they would also see a surge in Hepatitis and HIV diagnoses if they continued to use the Factor 8 products made in the USA. They knew they were basically experimenting on the kids in the special schools and continued anyway.

When it came to one of the early compensation offers, each victim/widow of a victim was offered something like £20,000 to not pursue charges but the catch was, if just one of the many people refused that offer, not a single one got the compensation. So basically, the government guilt tripped them into taking peanuts and staying quiet.

They got the plasma from US prisons as well, knowing the risks that that would involve.

Its seriously fucked up.

[Lisnaholic]

Yeah, this screw-up has been devastating, lethal, for the unlucky people caught up in such mis-management. Even though the problem began before we were aware of AIDS, someone completely failed to do their due diligence research:

The World Health Organization, which had warned in 1953 of the hepatitis risks associated with the mass pooling of plasma products, urged countries not to import plasma.

Factor VIII was made by mixing plasma from thousands of donations. In this pooling, one infected donor would compromise the whole batch.