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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (273594)	9/5/2010 10:55:39 PM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I have to say Skeeter you've opened my eyes to many things but I never wanted to know that. It seems this is Hell.

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (273594)	9/6/2010 11:28:39 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

Documents in the court case brought on behalf of the Taiwanese haemophilia patients showed that some of the donated blood used to make the drug came from paid prisoners. Prisons had exceptionally high levels of people with HIV. Of 1,200 people in the UK with haemophilia who were infected with HIV, only about 300 are now alive. Of those, some 180 still have cases in the UK courts. Lawyers for the US drug firms have offered compensation to those affected in the UK, and say the offer will be withdrawn unless 95% of claimants agree to it. A spokesperson for Bayer said of the Taiwanese case: "Bayer is committed to the highest ethical standards, to promoting our medications responsibly and to providing life-saving therapies for the global haemophilia community." guardian.co.uk Paying high risk prisoners for blood doesn't seem at all responsible. In fact, other than a methadone clinic, where might one find more HIV infected candidates? And is it really necessary to bully the still breathing and their families over compensation having already shattered their fu*king lives?