“But a study by B.C. researchers found the peak of the hepatitis C epidemic occurred about 1950, when many baby boomers were young children, and had plateaued by 1960 — well before the zenith of injection drug use at the end of that decade.”

Unless the Hep C has really fugged up my mind, my earliest memory of being vaccinated at primary school (1960 onwards), was being lined up and stuck with a huge needle that was sterilised over a candle and reused. When this finished we all walked back to class though some got to feeling sick and had to sit down.

I suspect kids that age were not big IV drug users so I don’t imply that Hep C could have been transmitted that way. Maybe those that think people with HCV all brought it on themselves because of some alleged ‘risky’ behaviours, should focus on the real issue – getting everyone cured.

J.