By PAUL HARASIM / RJ
A number of veterans as
well as doctors now
believe that Vietnam
veterans...could have
contracted hepatitis C
through unsafe jet gun
vaccinations.
While it’s possible the government’s position on transmission of hepatitis C among boomers may have resulted in less testing, it’s critical today boomers forget any fears of stigma and get the easy blood test.
In
1970,
a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health, published
in the Journal of the American Medical Association, warned that just one
unit of hepatitis-contaminated plasma could contaminate an entire pool.
Diluted 10 million times, it still was infectious.