The 50th Anniversary of the End of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Just a reminder that the U.S. government treated 623 African American men like human guinea pigs, so government doctors could study the course of the disease. They watched as these men suffered in agony and died during a period of four decades before ending the experiment and offering them treatment.

And yet, here's the current CDC director's spin below:

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wildbill83 · 41-45, M

50 years from now, I wonder if there will be any mention of the millions of guinea pigs used for a non-working vaccine? 🤔

BizSuitStacy · M

@wildbill83 Seems some things never change.

WillaKissing · 56-60, M

@wildbill83 Oh, it works on shortening the lives of the injected. Does that mean it worked as a population control tactic?