And it’s funny, I just read minutes before seeing this FR post that Isaac Asimov died from a blood transfusion infected by HIV.
“Ten years after his death, Janet Asimov’s edition of his autobiography, It’s Been a Good Life, revealed that the myocardial and renal complications her husband suffered from were the result of an infection by HIV, which Isaac had contracted from a blood transfusion received during his bypass operation. Janet wrote in the epilogue that Isaac had wanted to go public about his illness, but his doctors convinced him to remain silent, warning that the anti-AIDS prejudice would likely extend to his family members”.
https://listverse.com/2011/12/18/10-more-notable-people-who-died-from-aids/
The blood scandal is getting a lot of coverage in the UK the public inquiry is reporting soon
Here is a good primer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48596605
I’m interested to know what Fauci and the CDC knew at the time it looks like they had voiced concerns in this memo which mentions Dr Peter Drotman, who is listed by the CDC as an editor of the infectious disease journal.
Fauci at the time would have been a senior advisor to the president. We’re going back 40 years though.
Arthur Ashe,the famous tennis star,contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion he received during open heart surgery.