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Wonder why the US thought they needed to continue this experiment when they had access to the results and researchers of Unit 731[0], that did extensive researc

• s1artibartfast 2y ago
  As discussed elsewhere, one reason is that at the time Syphilis response was significantly different in Africans. Trials like this had been previously run on Europeans, and 731 would presumably include east Asians and ran for a handful of years, not decades. Unlike Unit 731, they didn't infect anyone and it was an observational study.
• burningChrome 2y ago
  >> Kinda makes one think that the racial aspect was the point. Interesting to note that the lowest C19 vaccine rates were in the African American communities. A lot of media outlets have speculated the primary reason for their vaccine hesitancy was this experiment and not trusting the government. In Tuskegee, Painful History Shadows Efforts To Vaccinate African Americans https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/967011614/in-tuskegee-painful-history-shadows-efforts-to-vaccinate-african-americans https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/967011614/in-tuskegee-painful...
  • throwup238 2y ago
    > A lot of media outlets have speculated the primary reason for their vaccine hesitancy was this experiment and not trusting the government. Combined with the much more recent incident in Pakistan where the CIA staged a fake hepatitis vaccine program to help locate Osama Bin Laden, leading to the resurgence of polio in the country. The US government just can't help itself in abusing vaccine programs for shady purposes.