People need hepatitis C information

To the editor:

This letter is in regard to a Speak Out comment concerning hepatitis C. The comment said people with this disease are burden to taxpayers because of the lifestyle they chose and the bad decisions in their lives.

I was diagnosed with hepatitis C in August 2001. I still work and do not get any help and have no insurance. Many days at work I am throwing up constantly.

Just because people have this disease does not mean there was drug abuse. You can get it from blood transfusions during surgery and many other ways.

I get so aggravated because people are so quick to judge, but they don't know the facts. People need to be educated about hepatitis C before they judge and make rude remarks. Read a book about hepatitis C before passing judgment.

GINA ROSLEN, Jackson