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Sep 15Liked by Clint Collide

Clint, motley mix of everyday guys, some more modern ones too like 'The Clash's and guy with nose ring in. The Blood Bank image, was of it's day but here in ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง we suffered greatly from infected imported blood products, primarily from 'paid donations' To this day there are still hearings and tribunals over infected blood from way back. Perhaps it's the same in ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ? Cheers DougT ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด

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I remember a few years of weirdness around blood donations (and I believe โ€œactiveโ€ gay/bi guys are still discouraged from donating), but canโ€™t recall anything involving hearings. We Americans have fairly short attention spans, so like most bs, it was mostly forgotten and the mistakes were left to be repeated. :-/

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Sep 15Liked by Clint Collide

You said it all 'mistakes were/are left to be repeated. The biggest blood products disaster was the US plasma treatment for Haemophilia. The hearings are still taking place now. Cheers DougT ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด

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