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Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_haemophilia_blood_products#Continued_sales
TIL In the 1980s pharmaceutical giant Bayer discovered their blood clotting drug was tainted with the HIV virus. Instead of scrapping the drug and taking a loss they sold it to unknowinging countries in Asia and South America leading to thousands becoming infected.
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capitalism!
Lest we forget Bayer’s role in IG Farben