Check out this NY Times editorial. It's about how the NY Historical Society whitewashed the response people had to AIDS in the early 80's, and how people let AIDS happen because it affected a community that was not popular at the time.
It was a time when children infected with HIV were not allowed to attend school, or as in Arcadia, Florida, their home burned down. This is the backdrop of my book, "Every Last Drop: Blood and Money," the true story about the trial that exposed how the government ignored the U.S. blood industry conspiracy that delayed AIDS testing resulting in thousands of people getting AIDS contaminated blood. In France, Japan and Canada blood bankers responsible for distributing AIDS contaminated blood were prosecuted, but the the U.S. they were lawyered up won the cases. But on this one particular day, in a small Hackensack, New Jersey, courtroom, money and power did not win - the jury found them guilty. The case was affirmed on appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court and fueled a congressional investigation.
George T. Baxter, Esq. Trial Lawyer at the Baxter Law Firm
www.gbaxterlaw.com
