And our attention should be placed on helping people who cannot protect themselves. That is fair.
Sorry to be cold. I just have difficulty getting past the fact that people here in the States brought the suffering upon themselves. They made choices that exposed themselves to the risks all in the name of fun. I can certainly empathize. But when choosing between a person who knowingly accepted the risks and someone who didn't... the decision is pretty easy.
Posted upthread a bit. He claimed the infection occurred in the Netherlands, less than 8 years ago.
The Netherlands has never had a case of HIV transmitted by blood transfusion to a hemophilliac.
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=215786
This is further impossible because, since 1999 (12 years ago), the clotting factor has been genetically engineered and requires no human blood donation.