{"id":59589,"date":"2024-05-21T07:36:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=59589"},"modified":"2024-05-21T07:36:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T07:36:21","slug":"infected-blood-scandal-who-failed-the-victims-and-who-fought-for-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2024\/05\/21\/infected-blood-scandal-who-failed-the-victims-and-who-fought-for-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Infected blood scandal: who failed the victims, and who fought for them"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"article-image-slot image-slot-placeholder\" data-is-first=\"true\" data-doc-id=\"cms\/api\/amp\/image\/BB1mJdDe\">\n<div class=\"article-image-slot\">\n<div class=\"article-image-container\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;OpenModal&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;BB1mJ8zd&quot;,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;newsuk&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;AA28KK&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;Infected blood scandal: who failed the victims, and who fought for them&quot;}\" data-test-id=\"BB1mJdDe\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image-height-wrapper expandable article-image-height-wrapper-new\" data-customhandled=\"true\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:14,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.i&quot;:&quot;BB1mJ8zd&quot;,&quot;c.t&quot;:14,&quot;c.v&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;c.c&quot;:&quot;newsuk&quot;,&quot;c.b&quot;:&quot;AA28KK&quot;,&quot;c.hl&quot;:&quot;Infected blood scandal: who failed the victims, and who fought for them&quot;}\">\n<div><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image article-image-ux-impr article-image-new expandable\" title=\"Margaret Thatcher said people infected with HIV from blood products \u2018had been given the best treatment available on the then current medical advice\u2019. Photograph: Fox Photos\/Getty Images\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BB1mJdDe.img?w=534&amp;h=321&amp;m=6&amp;x=747&amp;y=358&amp;s=437&amp;d=437\" alt=\"Margaret Thatcher said people infected with HIV from blood products \u2018had been given the best treatment available on the then current medical advice\u2019. Photograph: Fox Photos\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image-caption-container image-caption-container-ux-impr articlewc-image-caption-container \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\">The infected blood scandal could largely have been avoided and there was a cover-up to hide the truth, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/article\/2024\/may\/20\/infected-blood-scandal-cover-up-inquiry-concludes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}\">inquiry has concluded<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/uknews\/infected-blood-scandal-who-failed-the-victims-and-who-fought-for-them\/ar-BB1mJ8zd?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=468e3bfd21124b22823fe814063d2d0c&amp;ei=29\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; The infected blood scandal could largely have been avoided and there was a cover-up to hide the truth, an\u00a0inquiry has concluded.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-59589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Margaret-Thatcher.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59592,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59589\/revisions\/59592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}