Author Archives: Carol Anne Grayson

About Carol Anne Grayson

Blogging for Humanity.... Campaigner/researcher global health/human rights/drones/WOT/insurgency http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/PO/experts/Health_and_Wellbeing.aspx Exec Producer of Oscar nominated documentary Incident in New Baghdad, currently filming on drones.

Contaminated Blood: Paul Cunningham’s RTE awarded documentary, and a reminder of how haemophilia campaigners were blocked by UK government and some media for years

Note sent to Grayson early 2000s from US campaigner “Bill” with a boxed collection of US plasma company gay donors ads New campaigners to the Contaminated Blood scandal may be surprised to learn that long standing campaigners had much key … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Collins Law and their client’s double standards on pharma company funding causes anger and confusion

US campaigner Ken Baxter (long standing friend of Grayson and her late husband Longstaff) protests at a National Haemophilia Foundation meeting in 1997 regarding one of the pharmaceutical companies that supplied contaminated blood products to haemophiliacs in both the US … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: The problem of the non anonymous “anonymous” Infected Blood Inquiry witnesses

Some campaigners are claiming “anonymity” at the Infected Blood Inquiry but outing themselves on social media (Image Grayson Protest Archives) The Contaminated Blood scandal has traumatised those who were infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses through their haemophilia treatment and … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Alpha, Green Cross and alleged Japanese war criminals…Unit 731

Open email to the Infected Blood Inquiry, 24th October 2022 sent by this author and core participant to the Infected Blood Inquiry chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff Dear All, (VERY IMPORTANT… Alpha Therapeutic, Abbot, Green Cross, Unit 731, Manchuria, China) … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Haematologist’s own letter shows journalist Susan Douglas was right to be concerned over US plasma AIDS risk to UK haemophiliacs in May 1983

This week journalist Susan Douglas (previously of the Mail on Sunday) finally gets the opportunity to give evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry and respond to an official complaint made against her back in 1983 by haematologist Dr Peter Jones … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Professor Makris argues for compensation for haemophiliac “natural clearers” of hepatitis C on Twitter.

This week has been one of mixed emotions for haemophiliacs given contaminated blood and their affected partners that have fought long and hard over decades for both a public inquiry and proper compensation for all. Haemophiliacs were born with an … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Letter from the sister of hepatitis C infected US prison plasma donor that Tony Blair ignored

Haemophiliacs were infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses during the 1970s and 80s through their factor concentrate treatment for an inherited bleeding disorder. They discovered years later that much of this treatment was imported from the US and made from … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Haemophiliacs were kept waiting years for todays interim compensation announcement following government lies over Eire settlement

Haemophiliacs infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses through contaminated blood during the 1970s and 80s believed their long wait for compensation was finally about to end in 2009. The Archer Inquiry was set up in 2007 by Lord Archer of … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Don’t “woke” us too far, haemophiliac women and girls bleed too and in different ways say Grayson and Wintle

For decades women whose blood had a clotting deficiency were told even by some care providers that they could not be haemophiliacs. WRONG! Although most haemophiliacs with the inherited bleeding disorder are men, there are female haemophiliacs too, though only … Continue reading

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Contaminated Blood: Susan Deacon missed an opportunity to view campaigner’s damning evidence in 2000 which should have led to a Public Inquiry.

On Friday the 28th July 2022, Susan Deacon gave evidence to the Infected Blood Inquiry chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff which is investigating how haemophiliacs became infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses through their factor concentrate, blood product treatment in … Continue reading

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