The hyperfit athlete and the frail elderly woman are alike in that they are made in God's image. The lost rebellious teenager, the college overachiever, and the self-concious middle schooler are all image bearers.
But you, you're not allowed / You're uninvited / An unfortunate slight
[F]rom this time forvvard I do pardon before God all the vvrongs that they haue done, or ſhall doe vnto me, vvhether they vvere, be, or ſhall be done by high or lovv perſon, rich or poore, Gentleman or Churle, vvithout excepting any ſtate or condition.
In a chilling affirmation of Dr. Donald Francis’s 1982 predictions, the Common Factor, a newsletter published by the Committee of Ten Thousand, who had brought the lawsuit, wrote twelve years later, “Like the canaries in the coal mine, persons with hemophilia serve as the early warning system for the nation’s blood supply. We all contracted hepatitis B, then non A-non B hepatitis (hepatitis C), and then HIV. The hemophilia community has provided gravesful of information about the safety of the blood supply.”
