Both were tragic and inhumane. I'd say Tuskagee was worse though based on the fact that they weren't treated at all and the study went on for decades. I believe an official apology was made for Tuskagee years ago, but I could be mistaken on that.
-----Original Message----- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 3:41 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: US apologises for reprehensible experiments. And how is this different from the Tuskegee experiments where they observed blacks who were infected with STD's and left untreated for years? At least according to the BBC report, the Guatemalans were treated with Penicillin? 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:328426 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
