The term "haemophilia holocaust" is an international medical scandal in the 1970s and 1980s where thousands of people with haemophilia contracted HIV, Hepatitis C, and other diseases from contaminated blood clotting products. It is considered one of the largest medical disasters in history, involving the mass infection and death of patients who were supposed to be treated with life-saving therapies.
@HaemoSocUK@CommonsPAC Haemophilia, the elephant in the room.
HCV infected with white powder made by pharma isn't the same as blood to blood infections.....Just saying.
@HoCcommitteesUK WTF is going on... they are saying they will answer the questions in private .... this stinks.
BTW I was infected with English made factor from Oxford, Not USA factor. Facts are not always easy to see
At 10am today, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee examines how government compensation schemes are planned and delivered. Are they timely, fair and effective?
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Unethical research? Or a failed attempt at Eugenics?
HCV was hidden from us Haemophiliacs in our treatment for 20 years until HIV couldn't be hidden. What was the agenda with HCV?
Findings on Unethical Research:
Thomas-Symonds highlighted that victims were treated as
"objects" of research and were misled, calling the scandal a
"shameful mark on the British state". He further described the cover-up as "more subtle, more pervasive and more chilling" than an "orchestrated conspiracy to mislead”. Very strong words from @NickTorfaen. Sadly very little action to ensure this does not happen again. Allowing children to be used for research should NEVER have been agreed to. We need to know who at the top said ok to this @QcMansfield@AndyBurnhamGM@IanByrneMP@katehaemophili1@ConanMci@IBCA_CEO_UK it is not acceptable. @KemiBadenoch@Nigel_Farage would you approach this atrocity differently? @MumsnetTowers as parents are you happy to allow this bill to pass? There is no deterrent to stop big pharma from doing this again to your children!
@TheNewsAgents@NickFerrariLBC this horrific part of the scandal needs to be exposed. @Gooders2023@GraymF1@steveb297@Haemosexual@CampaignTB@Factor8Campaign@DuryTerren13578@Labrat1963@seancavens
@TeriG2569@NickTorfaen This afternoon I will be representing the bleeding disorders community at the Public Accounts Committee giving evidence about the compensation scheme. The unethical testing on people with bleeding disorders is one the most horrific aspects of the contaminated blood scandal
@IBCA_UK 45k for a failed attempt at Eugenics on us Haemophiliacs? Really?
The Tuskegee victims in 1975 got the equivalent of £400,000 at today's values
The term "haemophilia holocaust" is an international medical scandal in the 1970s and 1980s where thousands of people with haemophilia contracted HIV, Hepatitis C, and other diseases from contaminated blood clotting products. It is considered one of the largest medical disasters in history, involving the mass infection and death of patients who were supposed to be treated with life-saving therapies.
I vary rarely post nowadays but today I’ve been taken away by the fact that my friend has commissioned a song that was dedicated to me & wow! https://t.co/sqc7IgHgBk I reckon @yungblud you’d cover this! #ContaminatedBlood@IanLaveryMP@samuelevolpe@DianaJohnsonMP lyrics are wow
@Keir_Starmer Hoping Bill put you in your place! So many unanswered questions & as a Government you haven’t learned the lessons! Delays delays and insults! Still we are treated #CheaperThanChimps Research payments (a number that we still wait an answer on how you came to that) missing a zero!
I was just wondering if this haemophilia gene was still around. Would you have treated me as a haemophiliac victim any better? @cabinetofficeuk@IBCA_UK
@IBCA_UK You forced me to look up unethical research compensation. I'll just say Tuskegee Study. Very similar. I was sent home with Hepatitis to see how I could spread it. If you take their compensation in 1975 and compare, the equivalent today would be over £400,000.
#notrecognised