The Infected Blood Scandal
<p>In the 1970s and '80s, thousands of haemophiliacs in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through blood products known to be contaminated. In a recent piece, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithewaite outlines the magnitude of the scandal, exacerbated by carelessness, corporate greed and, in one instance, deliberate human experimentation. She joins Malin to discuss the findings and what they mean for survivors. They are joined by Tom Crewe, who reckoned with the Aids crisis in his 2018 article ‘Here was a plague’.</p><br><p>Find Florence and Tom’s articles on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/bloodinquirypod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/bloodinquirypod</a></p><p>Read Colm Tóibín's pick from the LRB archive: <a href="https://lrb.me/colmpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/colmpod</a></p><p>Subscribe to the LRB here: <a href="https://lrb.me/now" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/now</a></p><br><p>Find out about the <em>Colour Revolution</em> exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/colour-revolution-victorian-art-fashion-design" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/colour-revolution-victorian-art-fashion-design</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Show Notes
In the 1970s and '80s, thousands of haemophiliacs in the UK were infected with HIV and hepatitis C through blood products known to be contaminated. In a recent piece, Florence Sutcliffe-Braithewaite outlines the magnitude of the scandal, exacerbated by carelessness, corporate greed and, in one instance, deliberate human experimentation. She joins Malin to discuss the findings and what they mean for survivors. They are joined by Tom Crewe, who reckoned with the Aids crisis in his 2018 article ‘Here was a plague’.
Find Florence and Tom’s articles on the episode page: lrb.me/bloodinquirypod
Read Colm Tóibín's pick from the LRB archive: lrb.me/colmpod
Subscribe to the LRB here: lrb.me/now
Find out about the Colour Revolution exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum here:
https://www.ashmolean.org/exhibition/colour-revolution-victorian-art-fashion-design
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.