5 Feet of Fury

‘They went to Woodstock, they don’t really remember what they did’

From our bulging “Hippies Are (Still) Trying to Kill Us” files…

They were at parties where there was a little cocaine, and the straw was passing around. You know, something as benign-seeming as that is risk for hepatitis C. Or a little adventure with IV drugs once or twice in college is frequently enough, and they put it out of their mind – it was 40 years ago.

The CDC just put out a guidance last August suggesting that all baby boomers be checked for hepatitis C.