SherBeareth<p>😶 More than 3,000 people have <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/died" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>died</span></a> in the UK after being <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/infected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infected</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hepatitisC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hepatitisC</span></a> in the 1970s and 1980s after receiving <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/transfusions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transfusions</span></a> or blood products from the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a>. </p><p>This afternoon, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RishiSunak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RishiSunak</span></a> will <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/apologise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apologise</span></a> to the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/thousands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thousands</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/victims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>victims</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scandal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scandal</span></a> which the Infected Blood Inquiry has found could and should have been avoided.</p><p><a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/infected-blood-scandal-report-official-inquiry-compensation-b1158918.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">standard.co.uk/news/uk/infecte</span><span class="invisible">d-blood-scandal-report-official-inquiry-compensation-b1158918.html</span></a></p>