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		jonginn 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So Much Blood It's a big scandal in the UK. Over 30,000 people were infected with HIV or Hep C from US blood stock in the 70s and 80s. The UK Government will be paying almost £12bn as compensation, which to put into context is over a third of our education budget. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48596605

eru 9 months ago [–]

> The UK Government will be paying almost £12bn as compensation, which to put into context is over a third of our education budget.

Presumably that's a one time compensation, and you are talking about the annual recurring education budget?

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