FOX 13 Archive: Kelly Ring interviews boys who got HIV through transfusions
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- Опубліковано 17 тра 2022
- The Ray family learned their three boys had contracted HIV from blood transfusions and were diagnosed with AIDS. At the time, little was known about the disease, other than it was fatal. FOX 13’s Kelly Ring interviewed the family after they were thrust into the national spotlight and spoke with them again, nearly 40 years later. More: www.fox13news.com/news/the-ra...
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This story is from the late 80's/early 90's. Ricky died at 15 in 1992, Robert at 22 in 2000. Randy went on to have a wife, a child and grandchildren. He died last month at 43. Their little sister who did not have hemophilia or HIV/AIDS is a nurse. They put up with a lot of prejudice, violence, (their house was set on fire) hate and ignorance. Their parents are amazingly kind and forgiving. RIP Ricky, Robert and Randy.
Imagine what Black people go through without even having AIDS
Blood disorders like Hemophilia are less common in females.
@@seanwebb605 Correct. The Mother carries the gene for hemophilia. Although women can get hemophilia 91% of cases are male inherited.
@@seanwebb605 True.
Still, female hemophiliacs do exist.
They're also underdocumented compared to male hemophiliacs.
@@thecajunphoenix You're quite right. And much of the available literature and stories presented by males with bleeding disorders don't help. They often suggest it is exclusively males.
I can understand if you want to keep your distance because you are afraid you'll get infected. But why, why do you need to insult, bullied, cursing and even burned down their house? Those boys already living in pain. Why would you cause more pain for them. So evil.
Remember Ryan White, the young boy who was infected by a transfusion. He was bullied so bad they had to move out of their state. In the name of RYAN WHITE, many programs exists to help people manage their illness. HIV/AIDS is not a death sentence. We know more now. I work in this field & seen many of all ages thrive, live their life & become the best.
Better drugs, yes. Keeping HIV from turning into full blown AIDS.
Just awful.. Imagine being a child and contracting an insidious virus such as AIDS and then being BULLIED over it... People/Kids/Life can be cruel at times.
@@seanyager3177 Very cruel & uneducated. Even Ryan White's parents were bullied by the adults, the city, the state. These boys in this video did nothing wrong & to feel ashamed, a loss of their childhood is just heartbreaking.
A related story to that: back in 1990, the song Club at the End of the Street was popular and MTV wanted a video for it, but Elton John was unable to do so because he was with Ryan White in his final days (Ryan White passed away that April). As such, an animated video ended up being made for that song.
Wonder how all this people that were against them feel now …..?
relieved
Those 'people''s so-called 'feelings' are irrelevant here because they abused the Ray family and now I hope those same bullies rot in Hell for their abusive treatment of the Ray family.
I understand the stigma back then, but to really outright show how scared you are by bullying, setting their house on fire, killing the boy with insulting, harsh words….. they should’ve just stayed inside their homes if they were that afraid.
I wonder if these adults had a change of heart before some of them died. If they’ve outgrown their ignorance.
Poor kids, may they rest in peace now
RIP to the Ray brothers. Have we as a nation come to understand and be more compassionate? God I hope so
Heart breaking 💔
This angers me to know end! To be scared is one thing but you educate yourself ! But treat people this way is disgusting!!
Whosoever that pastor was, that let his congregation, turn their backs on those kids, I hope he isn't still preaching. People were so quick to judge back then, without trying to learn about what's going on. I probably would have been scared at first also, not knowing what to say or do. But I'm not going to make the kids feel like everyone is scared to be around them. Then I know the parents that were scared, were making it worse for their kids. Probably saying some mean things about those boys to their kids. Kids are pure and full of love, until the adults corrupt them.
In Texas, people stopped attending the church of a pastor due to his wife and son passing from AIDS due to a blood transfusion.
People with Aids were treated so badly. It was known very well that Aids wasn’t transferred easily. Still people kept on stigmatising the them.
People's ignorance knows no bounds
It proves itself time, and time again.
At one point and time nobody knew how it really spread, can’t fault them for being scaredy-cat
Not that I'm saying that I support those ppl, but it was the times though. Ppl were scared shitless about the disease
@@bmoregood6878 exactly
Then they should be educated.
Shame on everyone in that town !!!!
Poor family x
So sad
So much for donared blood screening!
Bill, this was a LONG time ago. And yes, Dr. Fauci messed this up.
@@ed7519 Fauci didn't mess this up. That's nonsense.
They didn't know how to screen for it back then.
That's TERRIBLE.
I can't imagine the pain and suffering and intolerance the Rays had to go through because of their son's illnesses, and now they have lost all 3 of them. The Rays seem like such a nice loving family who believe in equality and justice for everyone. However, I noticed from the 80s footage that the father had a few different Confederate Flag baseball caps and would wear them in public within being criticized. He also seems like a very kind man who would never have any of those hateful thoughts against certain groups of people. Did the Confederate Flag have a different meaning back in the 80s, or was it just as controversial as it is today? If anyone who grew up in or lived in the south in the 80s can tell me about it, please reply to my comment when you get a chance.
God Bless the Ray Family.
Government, Dept of Health, WHO, CDC, Transfusion Boards and anyone involved in the acceptance, cover up, (non) screening of blood products etc I hope this haunts you all - those poor little boys 😢 and so many more treated like outcasts all across the world.
Here we are so many years later and these beautiful boys are gone but reunited in heaven - RIP to the Ray brothers.
Don't forget the homophobic old white politicians especially the president at that time Ronald Reagan. I guess he got his... Alzheimer's.
They all contracted HIV in 1986. Screening for HIV was just beginning back then for HIV-1; it did not start for HIV-2 until 1992.. That's how Randy White got HIV, and also how Arthur Ashe contracted HIV...like the Ray boys, all through contaminated blood products.
@@AEMoreira81 CDC had recommended using a Hepatitis B test as a surrogate for the virus as early as 1984. Experts in blood banking warned against the risks of paid plasma donations and sourcing from at risk groups such as prisons. State Prison Blood systems continued to sell the contaminated blood and plasma products abroad after agreeing not to use them domestically. Hemophilia Association told patients to keep treating normally even when they knew of the increased risk of HIV and Hepatitis C transmission.
This is sad 😭 and is this in the 80s?
Yes...back when Gaylord Broadcasting owned the station.
People are awful i can only hope they deal with worse
What year was this filmed?
I think it was 1992. There's 4 videos in a row on this channel of these archives and the other one has 1992 either in the title or description. 💜
@@ClaireNicole33 It mentions President Reagan, so sometime before 1988.
@@ThePeterDislikeShow ok thanks♡
This was 1987.
I'm so happy that those days are long gone. People are living with the HIV/AID Virus, Outliving most people who doesn't have any disease. The medicine it's much more better.
Um it happened again in 2020, this time everyone was shunned from schools.
@@ThePeterDislikeShow Oh don't conflate ignorance of HIV/AIDS with the Yahoos who chose not to be vaccinated for Covid and willingly spread the virus.
Wow this hurts because I have hemophilia A as well but never had blood 🩸 problem with the transfusion
Unfortunately this was back in the 80's and AIDS/HIV had just came on the scene and there was a stigma associated with it
@@elenahickman4329 yea I know I was born in 78 with Hemphill A and 1998 with conwillbran type 2 I get DDAVP and humate P
How r they now
Two of the boys died, one at 15 and one at 22. The third one is still alive at 42.
2 of them dead. 1 still alive.
@@andybub45 You are currently being maliciously prosecuted for disorderly taco bending, because Michael Obama smelled people without their permission. Yet you just did the same thing in this video, and you weren’t arrested. Make it make sense…burnout
All 3 are gone now 😔
Im guessing this was around 1988-89. Times were different back then and many people didnt really understand HIV or how you contracted it. We live in a different world today.
1986, specifically.
Looking back though they barely knew how it was spread yet. You'd be cautious too. They were just a holes about it.
People keep saying that but it is a load of crap.
People keep saying that but it is a load of crap.
John 3:16❤
Its hard on their kids but its rough on ours. God forbid children have to have a child in their town with AIDS. So horrible to treat children so cruel.
Any city or town in the U.S. at that time could have a Hemophiliac with HIV.
They will be healed in Jesus name. Amen 🙏 let’s all pray for them
This was 40 years ago
Unfortunately 2 of them died a while back. One of them is still alive at 42.
@@andybub45 You are currently being maliciously prosecuted for disorderly taco bending, because Michael Obama smelled people without their permission. Yet you just did the same thing in this video, and you weren’t arrested. Make it make sense…burnout
They ddnt die because of the illnes, they died because of the stress and lack of support from the community😭😭😭😭💔💔💔
@@andybub45 The remaining brother recently passed away 😔
Worst is those who were judging them are the ones who go to church to pray to god and they think they good people
They make me sick
What this Family had to go through it’s awful Shame to all those who did this to you Disgusting just disgusting
God loves your sons, truly loves your sons.
Couldn’t they move faraway, start over and just not tell anyone? The risk is so low.
They had already made national news before this. There was no corner of the US they could have moved to, and they were likely too poor to move anyway, if they couldn't find work because of their sons' illness.
This sort of thing was happening all over the U.S. They had no reason to belie that they would be treated any better anywhere else. Plus think about your own situation. Would all of your family, friends and support system move with you? Can you transfer your job to a new city or town?
They ole a$$ stuck in they ways. What if it was them & they kids that had it. Smdh
This is an old video. It looks like the 80s
It’s sad these people claim to be Christians, but they’re so scared with fear and forget what Jesus said!! Shame on our grandparents and even parents!! God Knows everything!!
It sounds pretty much how Christians tend to behave.
GOD is watching over these 3 trust me..some of these people are soooo ignorant
Take the children to Apostle Kathryn Krick that she can pray for them. Nothing impossible for the Lord Jesus Christ.
Two of them died, the third one with HIV survived, and he's married with children of his own now.
It's easy to look at this and cry bigotry and ignorance, but the truth is that ignorance isn't someone's fault. Ignorance isn't the same thing as stupidity. Everyone was ignorant about AIDS at this time. This would've been us nowadays if we didn't know how COVID spread. Hindsight is an amazing thing. Everyone around this time deserves some grace for how they reacted to one of the scariest viruses to ever strike humanity.
No we don't have to forgive people for behaving horribly. Ignorance is not simply not knowing. It is willingly avoiding credible information that could help you learn and better understand.
@@seanwebb605 No. Thats not what ignorance means. People misuse the word all the time. You’re describing stupidity - which is not the same as ignorance.
@@strangementalitypaperYT You're exhibiting it.
@@seanwebb605 If that’s what you think, fine. You’re still wrong.
All the parents were being normal parents, onecday wecwill mock people wearing masks
Normal parents torment the family with three sick boys and burn down their house?