Gov. Clinton: Arkansas Blood Scandal Turned into Film

Canada.com ^ | 1/18/06

[Wallaby]

Thanks for the ping, NJAPF. Looks like the Tainted Blood archive on FR is defunct. The links on Budge's page, at least the ones I tried, are now dead.

[T'wit]

See #34.

[Plasmaman]

Hey Budge, good to see your post. Your blood site has proven extremely useful in educating the media on the scandal.

bump and a drip!

[Plasmaman]

Back in 2002 Budge sent me a cd of the posted stories and much of your research and investigation has been saved. If you need a copy let me know and I'll send it down for you.
cheers
BigM

[T'wit]

I've got a copy of that CD too, and I'll bet Alamo-Girl has a lot of the material. Askel, if you're cruising the neighborhood, you worked on this a lot, do you still have the files?

[T'wit]

Maybe Pierre Bourque has some of the material.

[T'wit]

I tried a couple of the later posts and they worked. Maybe the damage is in the oldest posts.

Best personal regards!

[Plasmaman]

I don't think so. He still has a link to the site. can't complain about the media we've gotten out of the story in Canada. Hope the cops make some arrests soon. criminal trails for the Red Cross and Health Canada starts on feb 6th.

bump

[Alamo-Girl]

Everything I've got on the tainted blood scandal is on the Downside Legacy.

[T'wit]

Thanks for checking. That is some piece of work you did!

I never pitch documentary files, and I tried to save all the Blood Trail material at the time. Chances are, I have BT threads growing like so many toadstools in my back-ups. I'd better go see what I can unearth. Maybe a new CD would be advisable.

This forthcoming movie could reanimate the whole question. Let's hope that the victims of this heartless Clinton scheme to sell diseased blood may yet see justice.

[T'wit]

I just skimmed the pertinent section of DSL, read some pieces at random, and wanted to say -- that material is spot on. Good job, A-G!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the kudos, T'wit!

[Verginius Rufus]

I don't remember when the test was developed to detect HIV in blood, but at least by 1984 the Red Cross knew enough to try to screen out high-risk types. The company that sold this blood in Canada did so precisely because it had become difficult to sell such blood in the US.