British history | forgotten Britain Newport, Wales. Colin Smith weighed thirteen pounds when he died in 1990. He was seven. Infected as a toddler through NHS blood products pooled from tens of thousands of donors — including paid US prisoners — his family were shunned for years after his diagnosis. A manufacturer’s own 1976 memo said the British market would accept a higher risk of hepatitis for a cheaper product. In the 1990s, the Department of Health destroyed the files. In May 2024, a public inquiry finally reported: 30,000 infected, 3,000 dead. Its verdict — a chilling cover-up, decades of hidden truth. Negligence, or a cover-up that cost 30 years and 3,000 lives? #BritishHistory #ForgottenHistory #NHS #DarkHistory #HiddenHistory