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“More specifically the report’s consideration of the evidence of the impact of stigma makes it clear that many affected persons experienced events which were equally distressing to the infected persons involved. For example … The husband and wife who were both physically attacked … A daughter physically bullied, had stones thrown at her, and her dress torn off at school because her father was infected … Families who moved homes and employment to avoid victimisation … Lives ‘ripped apart’ and ‘wrecked’ for infected individuals and their families”.