Hi all,
Umm, I'm not certain how this has thread has become seen as a nationality discussion.
As far as I can see the 'offending' statement appears to be a quote by "Gregg Bigsby, a commercial fisherman from Alaska" which I assume makes him American?
If the reporter had gone on to state that "what Gregg really meant by that was blah, blah, blah"
then she would have been editorialising.
And the inclusion of that quote in the OP of this thread would appear to be in the time honoured press tradition of getting public interest by using a "man bites dog!" headline.......except it appears to have resulted in argument rather than reading.
For the rest of it, I'm sure everyone on this site has experienced the stigma and ignorance associated with HCV at some point. It isn't exclusive to any particular nationality and I see it espoused in the comments section of media outlets worldwide.
We should all be working
together to educate the general populace as to the truth of the situation.
Thanks
Guy