[logocentric]

John Plater, who contracted HIV and hemophilia from the bad blood, called the conviction a historic occasion.

You can contract hemophilia? I could have sworn it was an inherited genetic disease.

[yevgenie]

John Plater, who contracted HIV and hemophilia from the bad blood, called the conviction a historic occasion.
You can contract hemophilia? I could have sworn it was an inherited genetic disease.

I would guess it was HIV and hemochromatosis. ABCNNBCBS and the bircage papers have lowered my expectations of accurate reporting.