Hospitals Knowingly Dispense Poisoned Blood

Babesiosis is borne of a parasite that can be traced before a blood transfusion. So why do four in every 1,000 donations still contain the potentially deadly disease?

 

In hospitals across the United States, people are getting sick and even dying from receiving transfusions of blood tainted with a known, epidemic-level parasite, and we’re still not testing either the blood supply or prospective donors for it.
Babesiosis has spread like wildfire through parts of the U.S., sickening those in the prime of their lives and sometimes even killing the weak, young, or elderly. Primarily spread by the bite of an infected tick, it’s a known hazard—one with symptoms regularly recognized in hot zones such as the Midwest or New England—and is starting to be mentioned right alongside Lyme’s Disease whenever ticks are brought up.
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