Red Cross Aids

Why would the canadian red cross give out tainted blood in the 1980's when they KNEW it was tainted with HIV AIDS??
You don't believe me? I truly hope that is a joke, or you lack serious knowledge..

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/tainte dblood/bloodscandal_timeline.html

It says in the article that the people in question were acquitted of criminal negligence, and admitted to supplying contaminated bllod products. But that doesn't mean they knew they were contaminated.
At the time, HIV was just emerging as a health issue; very little was known about it. Many HIV positive people donated blood without knowing they were infected, as they had not yet developed AIDS. And the risk of spreading HIV via blood was not well-known or understood enough to make testing or blood mandatory at that time.
As they didn't know there was a threat of infection, they couldn't be held responsible for the inadvertant spread of the disease (except by negligence, of which they were acquitted). Many people in many countries who suffered from haemophilia were unknowingly infected with the HIV virus from blood products. This was, of course, tragic. But it doesn't mean that anybody meant it to happen.

2008-03-25 13:32:06 by conser

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I am taking a course in First Aid by the American Red Cross and I need to pass the test on First Aid with a 80%. My teacher said it is 15 questions and I am worried because there is a lot of information. I read the manual but I am not sure if I will remember all of it after all I can only get 4 wrong. Does any one have any tips that has already taken it? What should I focus on? Should I memorize numbers?

Correction: You can only get 3 wrong.

15 * 0.8 = 12

2009-04-20 16:44:44 by Stefanie

Price: $4.22

...Once they're on the field. I want to know what to expect.

Heater meals and water.

2010-02-27 10:59:27 by Knickerbocker

Price: $29.98 $22.86

Does anyone have information about The American Red Cross secretly blocking legislations years ago on the interference of testing of AIDS.

Read "And the Band Played on " if you want to know the truth about aids, Red Cross has nothing to do with the FDA testing blood.

2007-06-20 18:20:52 by oe542

I have worked for 6 years in the Lebanese red cross (first aid teams), and Now I am living in Canada and I need to join the Canadian red cross.
Please advice me. Thank you

This is the link to their careers page, which includes a list of open positions both in Canada and internationally.

2009-11-23 13:07:32 by wetkisses