U.S. apologizes for syphilis experiment on Guatemalan prisoners

go http://bit.ly/97ahrf to see more "Reuters is reporting that the United States officially apologized on Friday for a 1940s experiment government medical researchers conducted on Guatemalan prison inmates. In the study, researchers knowingly infected prisoners with syphilis and tested the effectiveness of penicillin on the sexually transmitted disease.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius along with other government officials issued an apology statement. The statement reads, ""The sexually transmitted disease inoculation study conducted from 1946-1948 in Guatemala was clearly unethical... Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health. We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologize to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices.""
The experiment, which bears similarity to the 1960s Tuskegee study that left African American men untreated for syphilis, was discovered by Susan Reverby, a professor of women's studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

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[danielmountain]

The video has almost no relation with the title. And the song has absolutely no bearing on either. This was poorly done.

[mrchrmedone]

well like the u.s gave diseases to guatemalans. now the u.,s should give them amnesty to this people. so they can work and have a better life.,, isnt itn FAIR!!

[chewbaca1989]

And you wonder why colonized brown folks resent the U.S. Government?

[plutoamun]

Sad

[rapnsum]

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