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18: Secret Medical Testing on People & the Government Knew?! The Tuskegee Experiment

2021/11/3
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The Tuskegee Experiment was a horrific medical study where African American men with syphilis were left untreated for 40 years, even though a cure was available. Peter Buxton, a whistleblower, exposed the study, leading to public outrage and the eventual end of the experiment.

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 In 1972, an article went viral before the internet existed. The headline read: “Syphilis Victims in U.S. Study Went Untreated for 40 Years.” This bombshell report exposed the Tuskegee Experiment for what it was: a crime against humanity. Today, Bailey tells the story of the study’s 400 participants and the monsters who lied and took advantage of them even though a cure to their illness was readily available.

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