There was a time, not all that long ago, when people were dying quietly. Not from accidents, or old age; but from the very system that was meant to save them.
Thousands of people were infected with hepatitis and HIV through contaminated blood transfusions. Many of them were children. The government said it was safe. Doctors said it was fine. Everyone said the risks were tiny, manageable, acceptable.
They said that right up until the funerals started. By then, it was too late. The damage was done, drip by drip.
Disasters don’t always happen in explosions or collapses. Some of them unfold more slowly, more quietly.
And if you think that kind of thing couldn’t happen in demolition or construction, you’re kidding yourself.
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