Puncture Page #7

you see, up until the 1960..

needles syringes are made of

glass.

which hospitals sterelized with

heat.

Thompson Needle Manufacture

refuse

to switch to plastic needles,

despite the money they make.

because plastic needles can't

be sterelized.

founder of the company, James

Thompson,

he was quoted as saying..

''we'll switch to plastic

needles, over my dead body''.

sure enough,

in 1966..

the year he died, Thompson

Manufactures switched to

plastic needle.

within 10 years,

Hepatitis C,

and AlDS were on the map.

they knew that they'd be

responsible for spreading

epidemic around the world...

this tape..

has footage taken by peace

corps worker in Nigeria.

look,

see those kids?

children..

they get paid pennies,

to bring used needles and

syringes to local pharmacies.

clinics save unhealth-care by

reusing needles at 200 times.

this is what's going on,

everywhere.

Thompson Needles Manufactures

they're not only NOT acting on

this,

they're actually suppressing

the knowledge of it.

the plastic syringe is the root

that AlDS epidemic all accross

Africa.

and Russia, and lndia.. -sorry,

they made an offer to buy

Safety Point.

we're advising our client to

take it.

oh Come on Mike!

you know if they buy it,

they're not gonna use it.

that needle

can saves more than nurses here.

.

it can saves millions of lives

around the world.

i'm just a personal injury

lawyer.

not exactly the best place to

go around

saving people's lives.

you know something, Mike?

sometimes the brightest light..

comes from the darkest places.

get it. before it wakes the

baby.

hello.

Jesus Christ, Mike. you'll wake

the baby.

i'll hang up now, alright? we

could talk about it tomorrow.

okay, sorry.

i like people who are nuts.

keep things interesting.

do you know anything about the

original glass needle

manufactures?

or anything about plastic

syringes?

you know, Michael.

everyone goes to law schools,

to become the good guy.

fight the good fight, for

justice.

is that what you did?

yes i did. -how's that working

out?

do you remember the big..

tobacco lawsuits? -of course.

front of congress and on camera.

and every states in the union

sued them, right? -right.

do you remember what happen

after that? -yeah.

they showed out a 165 billion

dollars settlement, that's what

happened.

no, nothing happened.

cigarettes are everywhere.

new teenager starts smoking

everyday.

billions of people smoking

worldwide.

millions of people dying, every

year.

nothing happened.

big tobacco got a spanking.

slap on the wrist.

and they went right back to

business as usual.

i assume you came here tonight

to try and..

convince me to do the right

thing.

i look in your eyes, and..

like oh my God,

you're right!

then what?

guys like me are like cafetaria

trays,

take one of the top, there's

another one right underneath it.

i'll bet you spent your whole

life,

claiming that you.. you were

born to do something great.

make a difference, do something

special.

important.

well, Michael..

this is most ordinary thought

anybody ever had.

i'll see you in court.

that might be difficult, since

your client and partner already

accepted the offer.

you right.

you might have settled with

them, but you haven't settled

with me.

i'm gonna travel the country

and making every hospital

worker who's ever been infected

every mother that lost a child,

every child that lost a parent,

i'm gonna put them on the stand.

and i'm gonna tell them that

your client has a needle that

could have prevented it from

but keeps it locked up.

cause it's cost too much to

make.

trust me.

you're about to see just how

ordinary i can be.

good morning. -good morning to

you.

what is this?

that is a bonus.

for the hard work you've been

doing.

are you serious? -i am.

thank you. -you're welcome.

listen, there is a long

rambling message on the machine

from Mike.

figures.

here he is now.

you're up early.

yes?

you the partner?. -yeah.

died in his sleep.

so, this is your partner?.

Michael Weiss?

yeah.

he died alone?

detectives will be able to

answer some of those questions.

they wanna talk to you bout

something.

have you seen these needles

before?

it's a safety needle.

can't be reuse.

that explain why there's so

many of them.

are you okay, Mr. Dancort?

could we offer you something to

drink, tea perhaps?

no, it's alright.

Mr. Danziger.

sorry to hear about Mr. Weiss.

we offer our most sincere

condolences.

so, since we're all here we

should probably

hey boy..

hello Nat. it's been a long

time.

you and me..

we're going to court on this

one.

looking forward to it.

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