joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a></p><p>About 1,750 people in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> are living with an undiagnosed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HepatitisC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HepatitisC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/infection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infection</span></a> after being given a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transfusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transfusion</span></a> with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ContaminatedBlood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContaminatedBlood</span></a>, according to BBC analysis.</p><p>Official documents, seen by BBC News, reveal how the UK government and the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> failed to adequately trace those who were most at risk of having the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/virus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>virus</span></a>.</p><p>They show how officials slowed detection rates and even sought to kept public awareness of the virus low</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68978513" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.com/news/health-68978513</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>