“Tainted Blood Tragedy”

Between 1980 and 1990, about 30,000 blood product recipients were infected with hepatitis C and approximately 2000 were infected with HIV. There were many factors that led to this tragedy, including governmental corruption and the prioritization of cheaper, less effective safety measures by the Canadian Red Cross, but the legacy of the tragedy would come to shape blood donation policies for gay, bisexual, and all men who have sex with men for decades to come.


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