#96 - The Contaminated Blood Scandal

When the AIDs epidemic began tearing its way through gay communities throughout the world, there was almost no effort made by governments to address the escalating health crisis whatsoever.  Even when heat-treated blood became available, pharmaceutical companies were strangely reluctant to offer these newer, safer products, particularly in South America and Asia, but no country was quite as ruthlessly self-defeating than in Japan, which created an extraordinary conspiracy to put corporate profits above the lives of their citizens Today's guest is Hannah Lane! You can find her via her Instagram page, and she is also the co-host of our horror movie review podcast that we do together, Not Another Film podcast. Check my new album, Ruined Numbers, for sale on Bandcamp! It's an album of acoustic arrangements of Final Fantasy music. You can also stream the album on Spotify or YouTube Music. Enjoy! You can also find me on Twitter @sequencepod, or you can listen to my other podcasts Final Fanservice and Not Another Film on any big podcast app. Sources: Qanon Anonymous, Episode 221: Plasma Vampires & the Blood Business feat Kathleen McLaughlin  New York Times: 2003, Beyer Exposed (paywall)  New York Times: Japanese Suits on H.I.V.-Tainted Blood Settled (paywall)  LA Times: Japan Official Apologises in AIDS Scandal  Nature Medicine: Japanese officials were aware of HIV in blood products  Washington Post: Japanese Arrested in Blood Scandal  CBS News: Japan - Convictions In Blood Scandal  National Library of Medicine: Haemophilia patients launch action against Bayer over contaminated blood products  Wikipedia: HIV/AIDs in Japan  Wikipedia: Green Cross  Wikipedia: Contaminated Haemophilia Blood Products  JP Wikipedia: Contaminated Blood Scandal