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Quality of writing improvement needed[edit]

Parts of the article are not written in a way that adheres to the Wikipedia quality guidelines. The structure and writing style are not consistent with the wider style of Wikipedia articles. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout for style guidelines. It would be appropriate to follow a similar structure to the British Post Office Scandal page. Ahead of the new ITV drama, a higher quality would be expected. I have added a clean-up tag and will go about restructuring the article - with minimal editing of the content.

--StevenEnterprises123 (talk) 09:08, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

More than one Lord Archer[edit]

There is more than one Lord Archer, and Lord Jeffrey Archer (Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare) is more famous than the Lord Peter Archer named here. Although the hyperlink leads to the correct person, it should be clarified in the article text which Lord Archer it is referring to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.99.210.174 (talk) 13:58, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Three instances of "Archer" have been amended in order to clarify which Lord Archer is being referred to. I've only addressed the instances relating to the person, not the Archer Report which I have left as is was. SpookiePuppy (talk) 15:02, 27 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

1979[edit]

^[1] talks about a case of HIV from June 1979 in a haemophiliac - perhaps thsi can be added to the timeline — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.115.204.102 (talk) 23:40, 17 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How many survivors are still alive today?4.7.52.38 (talk) 03:49, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There are two parts to what you are suggesting there. The first part, regarding Chapter 9 of the Penrose report does indeed state that HIV infection entered the United Kingdom in 1979, and more precisely, in June 1979 in a patient with haemophilia. However, I should stress that this was only determined through retrospective testing of stored samples. This early seroconversion would not have been known in June 1979, but far later, when the paper was published in September 1995.^[2] So an entry to the timeline would probably require a new subsection as it would not fit well under 1981–1986 – HIV and it would be too early for the next section 2000 – Destroyed evidence investigation. The main issue with this is that the information is only known retrospectively (in 1995), about samples taken in 1979. Regarding the second part, about the number of survivors, do you have a source for this? And where in the article do you propose that this information be added? SpookiePuppy (talk) 04:49, 5 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

Research[edit]

This article in BBC says it was "clinical trials" therefore Category:British human subject research - https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68831061 Arwenz (talk) 16:11, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.penroseinquiry.org.uk/finalreport/text/354876_chapter_9.html

[2] Darby et al, 'Mortality Before and After HIV Infection in the Complete UK Population of Haemophiliacs', Nature, 1995

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