US Admits It Infected Guatemalans With Syphilis in 1940s

[Demeter]

http://www.truth-out.org/us-admits-it-infected-guatemalans-with-syphilis-1940s63780

Exposing a dark page in its history, the U.S. government acknowledged Friday that its scientists had infected hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis in experiments conducted from 1946 to 1948 in “appalling violations” of medical ethics.

Under the experiments, U.S. scientists sent prostitutes infected with syphilis into a Guatemalan prison, mental health hospital and army barracks to test possible cures.

“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,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a joint statement.

“We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologize to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices.”

LOOKS LIKE THE US IMPORTED MORE THAN NAZI ROCKET SCIENTISTS AFTER THE WAR...

[marmar]

1. If there is such a thing as cosmic karma, this country is f**ked.

nt

[doc03]

2. Didn't the US also run similar experiments with our own

military personnel back int he 50's and 60's? Probably still are if the truth were known.

[deminks]

3. Tuskegee experiments - on our own civilians, with no treatment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment

The Tuskegee syphilis experiment<1> (also known as the Tuskegee syphilis study or Public Health Service syphilis study) was a clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 in Tuskegee, Alabama, by the U.S. Public Health Service. Investigators recruited 399 impoverished African-American sharecroppers with syphilis for research related to the natural progression of the untreated disease.

[tomm2thumbs]

4. our proud American heritage - the one that Right Wingers boast about endlessly

heaven forbid we ever admit to anything wrong or un-American done in our country's name as being 'apologetic'

dumf*ck GOP'ers probably see this as better than using stemcells

wanna bet?