[BLOOD TRAIL] Author says film on blood is stolen

ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE | December 27, 2003 | TRACI SHURLEY

[T'wit]

>> It's too bad it's come to this but it may have a silver lining.

Agree! Let's hope so, and in the meantime give it a push on our own.

[adanaC]

Thanks Wallaby
I wonder why Galster hasn't made a movie of his book yet. This scandal needs as much media exposure as possible and I'm thankful to anyone who tells the story.

Happy Healthier New Year to EVERYONE !!!

[Budge]

I must agree with T'wit's post 46.

Duda is trying to take credit for something he was only hired to do. If it wasn't for Mike, there would be no film!

[Budge]

Forgot to add you to my previous post, Fred. Sorry.

[Budge]

I must apologize for my seeming 'lack of interest' in the BloodTrail threads, but between work and the Terri Schiavo "mercy killing," I somehow missed them.

Please, re-ping me to any of the other threads if possible!

[thinden]

thanx for flaggin me!

good to hear from you budge.

hope '04 is off to a good start for you.

[T'wit]

>> I wonder why Galster hasn't made a movie of his book yet.

He has exclusive rights, but has not found a filmmaker yet to take it. Which surprises me because the book is ideal for a movie and packs a huge dramatic impact. I suppose the wariness in Hollywood has to do with its toe-sucking allegiance to Slick Willie.

I still think it will be produced someday.

[T'wit]

New Year's wishes to you too, bro'.

[thinden]

howz the brat supply holding up?

getting some of your weather today...it's 22 now heading for 16 tonite.

this documentary controversy caught me by surprise.

I guess I've been out of the loop so long that I had no idea this project was underway.

from here it looks like money problems, or somebody got to somebody.

too bad.

best regards.

[thinden]

I suppose the wariness in Hollywood has to do with its toe-sucking allegiance to Slick Willie.

a person would be hard put to get anybody in hollywood to produce "Blood Trail" as a movie.

sinister historical implications aside, imo, the book was every bit as riviting as anything john grisham has produced.

maybe fox? as a made for t.v. movie?

[sandydipper]

Maybe - just maybe - the Canadians will put Bill Clintoon in jail. Maybe the Canadian victims will sue the socks off Willy and his cheese cake wife.

[Wallaby]

Less than two months ago, Clinton was in China, where new HIV infections have been growing annually by 30% due in large measure to the trade in tainted blood. Speaking in Tsinghua University, Clinton spoke of scandal, not regarding the worldwide spread of HIV by the trade in blood plasma, but about the cost of anti-AIDS drugs: "This medicine issue is an international scandal," Clinton said, with not even a trace of irony. "Money shouldn't determine who lives and dies from AIDS." (Source: "Clinton, in China: World must collaborate to fight diseases like SARS, AIDS," Stephanie Hoo, Associated Press, November 10, 2003.)

[Wallaby]

Just found that one of my contentions in "Is the Blood Trade Responsible for the Origins of the AIDS Epidemic?" (April 5, 1999, Free Republic) -- that the spread of AIDS in Africa had more to do with the needle than unsafe sex -- has received recent support from medical researchers.

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HIV RISK FACTORS: Unsafe healthcare bigger culprit than unsafe sex in African AIDS AIDS Weekly EXPANDED REPORTING; Pg. 17 March 10, 2003 Since the 1980s most experts have assumed that heterosexual sex transmitted 90% of HIV in Africa. But now an international team of HIV specialists presents groundbreaking evidence to challenge this consensus, with "profound implications" for public health in Africa. In a series of articles in the March 2003 International Journal of STD and AIDS, Dr. David Gisselquist, John Potterat and colleagues argue that the spread of HIV infections in Africa is closely linked to medical care. In their unique study of existing data from across the subcontinent they estimated that only about a third of HIV infections are sexually transmitted. Their evidence suggests that "health care exposures caused more HIV than sexual transmission", with contaminated medical injections being the biggest risk. *HIV and STDs: According to the authors' data, African HIV did not follow the pattern of sexually transmitted disease (STD). In Zimbabwe in the 1990s HIV increased by 12% a year, while overall STDs declined by 25% and condom use actually increased among high-risk groups. *Infection rate: HIV spread very fast in many countries in Africa. For the increase to have been all via heterosexual sex, the study claims, it would have to be as easy to get HIV from sex as from a blood transfusion. In fact, HIV is much more difficult than most STDs to transmit via penile-vaginal sex. *Risky sex? Several general behavior surveys suggest that sexual activity in Africa is not much different from that in North America and Europe. In fact, places with the highest level of risky sexual behavior, such as Yaounde in Cameroon, have low and stable rates of HIV infection. "Information ... from the general population shows most HIV in sexually less active adults."

*Children and injections: Many studies report young children infected with HIV with mothers who are not infected. One study in Kinshasa kept track of the injections given to infants under 2. In one study, nearly 40% of HIV+ infants had mothers who tested negative. These children averaged 44 injections in their lifetimes compared with only 23 for uninfected children. A growing body of evidence points to unsafe injections and other medical exposures to contaminated blood" as an explanation for the majority of the spread of the epidemic. *Good access to medical care: Countries like Zimbabwe, with the best access to medical care, have the highest rates of HIV transmission. "High rates of HIV in South Africa have paralleled aggressive efforts to deliver health care to rural populations". *Riskier to be rich: Most STDs are associated with being poor and uneducated. HIV in Africa is associated with urban living, having a good education, and having a higher income. In one hospital in 1984, the rate of HIV in the senior administrators was 9.2%, compared with the average employee rate of 6.4%. The authors suggested several reasons why evidence has been ignored until now, including the West's preconceptions about African sexuality, the fear that people might lose trust in health care, and simple disbelief that medical practices could be so unsafe. They concluded, "A growing body of evidence points to unsafe injections and other medical exposures to contaminated blood" as an explanation for the majority of the spread of the epidemic. "This finding has major ramifications for current and future HIV control programs in Africa". This article was prepared by AIDS Weekly editors from staff and other reports.

[T'wit]

>> "Money shouldn't determine who lives and dies from AIDS."

Bud Henderson ADMITTED -- on camera -- to making $500,000 a year from selling tainted blood. Correcting for inflation, that would be more like $2 million a year, or a million-five.

We don't know how much the Clintons got, but from Arkansas understandings, and the amount of arranging and lobbying he did to protect the operation -- the Clintons got a bundle. A third? That could have been $5-6 million a year.

Even supposing that's much too high, they got a lot of money for spreading death by AIDS and Hepatitis C. His statement above shows him once again to be utterly without conscience or core.

[T'wit]

VERY interesting finding!

[Great Dane]

Wonder why Michael didn't make sure to get copy right. ?

[Great Dane]

Nice to see you again.

I missed this, as we were away at Christmas, just got back yesterday.

[Great Dane]

Yup, Factor 8 was one title that I suggested, among others. It's too bad it's come to this but it may have a silver lining. Galster and Duda's legal battle could focus the attention back on the story.

Good point.

It's good to see you all again, it's been a loooong time.

[BigM]

Good catch and post. In the past countries like Egypt had mass vaccinations using retractable innoculators that they thought they could reuse indefinately. Turns out about 60% of those vaccinated has developed hepatitis C. It stands to reason that African countries with even less standards would be an accident waiting to happen for the spread of AIDS.

bump

[BigM]

Hi GD, good to you you still lurking around as well.

bump and a drip!