Certainly is. But I will point out it was an American researcher from a private American university, researching at the library of a government-run state university, using documents released by the government under its "Freedom of Information" policies, who brought this to light.
At least in this case, it happened generation(s) ago, parts of the government released the information and made it available, other parts are actively admitting to the acts and condemning them, and still other parts are mobilizing to find out how it happened, what else might have happened, and to make sure it cannot happen again. This is how it is _supposed_ to work, I think. (Tragic for the infected folks, and dastardly of the doctors, and sad for the American people that it was done in their name and on their dime, and disappointing for humanity in general.) On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130266301&sc=fb&cc=fp > > It's facts like these that are fodder for conspiracy theorists > everywhere, and which have lead to the > distrust of the US Government and their influence and actions in other > countries. > > Some would argue that not much has changed, and even point to the > Torture facilities located in other countries. > > "apologized for a U.S.-funded study that led to the deliberate > infection of hundreds of Guatemalans with syphilis from 1946-1948. > "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," their statement reads. " > > "The researchers infected nearly 700 prisoners and mental patients in > Guatemala with syphilis. Prostitutes with syphilis were used to infect > male prisoners. The researchers deceived the study subjects about the > experiment and concealed the facts of their infection." > > 0_0 > > The world is an ugly place sometimes. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
