It has been all over the Twitterverse today. The US Government conducted medical experiments on unsuspecting citizens of Guatemala in the 1940s – about the same time the Tuskegee fiasco was unfolding.
I have put together a compendium of tweets, with links to additional information, using a service called Storify. Let me know if you like this approach! It provides a broader perspective than just my view.
It is not only the people of Tuskegee that the United States experimented on back in the 1940s — without subjects’ permission or even their knowledge. In fact, they downright lied to them. How can they ever make up for the suffering they caused to innocent men, women, and children?
1940s: US govt scientists infected prisoners from #Guatemala without consent w STDs to test medications on them>~83 died http://t.co/sQXVKKX
Bassem_Sabry
August 30, 2011 at 4:22“Shocking” not nearly describes the horror RT @guardian: Shocking new details of #US STD experiments in #Guatemala http://t.co/gjsPkMe
luthers
August 30, 2011 at 15:12U.S. Reviews #Syphilis #Experiment In #Guatemala: Researchers Knew It Was Unethical http://t.co/qOhakqw #news
disinfo
August 30, 2011 at 12:34US, #Guatemala: Marta Orellana must just live with the devil that haunts her http://t.co/wkB8yp0 #syphilis
danwibg
August 30, 2011 at 16:21#US research practices .. #Guatemala is a shameful part of the American Medical history http://t.co/crsd5rd
syriansoldier1
August 30, 2011 at 14:30″
What other unspeakable and amoral atrocities wait to be revealed? There’s only one word to sum this up: indefensible.
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