cost of living
May. 31st, 2005 01:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
deathboyCanada Red Cross used HIV blood (which is old news from the 80s, but it's regarding the settlement)
More than 3,000 people have died since getting the tainted blood in the 1980s.
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The Red Cross now faces a fine up to C$5,000 (£2,180) and will donate C$1.5m (£654,000) towards medical research and educational scholarships.
$500 for a Canadian life?
286 GB pounds?
That's pretty cheap.
More than 3,000 people have died since getting the tainted blood in the 1980s.
read to the bottom...
The Red Cross now faces a fine up to C$5,000 (£2,180) and will donate C$1.5m (£654,000) towards medical research and educational scholarships.
$500 for a Canadian life?
286 GB pounds?
That's pretty cheap.
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Date: 2005-05-31 12:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-31 12:20 pm (UTC)still, I just jumped at the figure.
they might have said "half a curly wurly and a packet of love hearts".
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Date: 2005-05-31 12:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-31 12:25 pm (UTC)But I like Canadians!
Couldn't they have sold the blood to be used in Ohio or something?
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Date: 2005-05-31 12:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-31 01:32 pm (UTC)definitely!
they're worth their weight in maple syrup!
so long as it's not one of the french-speaking bastards, of course...
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Date: 2005-05-31 01:47 pm (UTC)Worth their weight in Maple Syrup?
Lets see.. average weight 71kg. Density of Maple Syrup = 1.4g/ml
So thats about 50.7 litres of Maple Syrup - or about 13.3 Gallons.
Quick check on the web shows prices at about USD72/gal or around USD960 per Canadian.
Seems like the red cross *DID* get them cheaply.
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Date: 2005-05-31 01:55 pm (UTC):D