In Our Blood Episode 3 (ABC TV Sunday 2 April 2023)

In the third episode of In Our Blood, Prime Minister Bob Hawke unexpectedly calls an election just as news of infant deaths is connected to blood donations from a gay man who was unknowingly infected with HIV.

As the states pass emergency legislation making it illegal to intentionally give blood or infect another person, Jeremy and David scramble to protect their multi-party liaison group.

There has been an uptick in violence against homosexual people, which has been linked to a new wave of hatred against the gay community fueled by growing blame and fear in the media. On his way to work, Liam is assaulted in a park. Michelle is fired from her teaching position at a secondary school, and David is threatened with public exposure.

David and Jeremy decide to convene all of the political, medical, and activist organisations in response to a television interview with Jeremy that was meant to calm the fearful and sometimes vicious public sentiment but instead reinforced the folly of a politician fronting the AIDS catastrophe.

Airdate: Sunday 2 April 2023 at 8.30pm on ABC TV.

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