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40. that study began in the 30s

Reply to Faygo Kid (Original post)

Thu Jul 22, 2021, 07:21 PM

Jul 2021

and went on for 40 years. It didn't end until the 1970s

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Black couple who refused vaccine due to Tuskegee syphilis study die from COVID-19 three hours apart [View all] Faygo Kid Jul 2021 OP

What kinds of testing was our gov performing on blacks Anon-C Jul 2021 #1

It was a syphilis study iemanja Jul 2021 #33

The stupid thing was the study DENIED the study drug to those Hortensis Jul 2021 #70

Sorry, but I don't get it. Because of something that happened 80 years ago? Walleye Jul 2021 #2

Here's some info that will help you understand why they refused the vaccine. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2021 #5

They are both dead from covid now. LisaL Jul 2021 #6

Of course, and I know that. I was responding to the poster above me who didn't understand ... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2021 #7

I read it. Still doesn't make sense,hundreds of millions of all races have gotten this vaccine Walleye Jul 2021 #8

thank you Skittles Jul 2021 #10

You are absolutely right. This is just foolishness. Drunken Irishman Jul 2021 #26

Thank you. It's frustrating Walleye Jul 2021 #34

Don't Forget The Conspiracy Theorists Who Said COL Mustard Jul 2021 #32

It Doesn't Make Sense RobinA Jul 2021 #66

They need to learn the difference between critical thinking and judgemental, I believe Walleye Jul 2021 #67

Zero reason NoRethugFriends Jul 2021 #9

That would be a valid reason IF the Covid-19 vaccine was only intended for minorities. LiberalFighter Jul 2021 #24

Thank You CaliforniaPeggy .... LenaBaby61 Jul 2021 #31

I had a black coworker who refused to get a flu shot zuul Jul 2021 #25

It is ridiculous paranoia cinematicdiversions Jul 2021 #53

I'm sorry for them, but really...Take a look around you black people are dying from this thing. Dream Girl Jul 2021 #3

"They" are getting it, too. Random Boomer Jul 2021 #15

Nothing works. I've tried every argument. She thinks it's cute Dream Girl Jul 2021 #23

I'm really sorry to hear that. Random Boomer Jul 2021 #44

Well put. Dream Girl Jul 2021 #46

A university graduate did this??? IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2021 #4

A Tuskegee University graduate did this IronLionZion Jul 2021 #13

And the fact that the government regularly christx30 Jul 2021 #55

The Darwin award is an equal opportunity award Fullduplexxx Jul 2021 #11

After Tuskegee was exposed, there were regulations banning that sort of thing IronLionZion Jul 2021 #12

Except for the Korean War CIA LSD experiments slipping unsuspecting Submariner Jul 2021 #37

Conservatives claim COVID is all a deep state plot IronLionZion Jul 2021 #41

The Tuskeegee experiment involed denying treatment to... brush Jul 2021 #14

The Tuskegee Experiments GB_RN Jul 2021 #16

Kind of hard to fathom how that could have happened in the "greatest country on the planet*" groundloop Jul 2021 #19

Covid doesn't give fuck about one's experiences. n/m BradAllison Jul 2021 #17

Tragic, tough understandable. Jirel Jul 2021 #18

how does it make sense Skittles Jul 2021 #36

As a Black man, I say BULLLLL Fucking Shitttt that is Understandable!!! AllTooEasy Jul 2021 #54

Thank you for your voice of sanity! SunSeeker Jul 2021 #62

thank you Skittles Jul 2021 #63

Millions of blacks and non-blacks alike have received the vaccine. OnlinePoker Jul 2021 #20

While the Tuskegee experiments were a shameful episode in history, it's just that: history. Vinca Jul 2021 #21

They studied at an institute of higher learning? oasis Jul 2021 #22

I am not Black and I am vaccinated, but I think this is tragic. TNNurse Jul 2021 #27

It is. But don't miss that they exhibited the same moral black hole Hortensis Jul 2021 #71

Pity. NurseJackie Jul 2021 #28

No way to know for sure, and no one to ask, since they are both dead. LisaL Jul 2021 #30

I wonder if they were genuinely, honestly, truly fearful and distrustful. LenaBaby61 Jul 2021 #38

Thank you for trying. Maybe hearing about this couple will sway them. femmedem Jul 2021 #43

Ridiculous sacrifice of two worthwhile lives. (nt) Paladin Jul 2021 #29

Looks like the original Tuskegee "researchers" won again . . . Journeyman Jul 2021 #35

Makes no sense at all treestar Jul 2021 #39

that study began in the 30s barbtries Jul 2021 #40

That's still fifty years ago. LisaL Jul 2021 #42

it has to do with faith in government programs. barbtries Jul 2021 #45

There was a segment on CBS' Evening News about a woman who buried her son, who had refused Hestia Jul 2021 #47

I'll Just Say This GB_RN Jul 2021 #48

From this Black man - "White People, please be judgemental of these idiots" AllTooEasy Jul 2021 #56

Thanks For The Feedback, My Friend GB_RN Jul 2021 #59

I feel for their familiy & wish they had got the vaccine but CC Jul 2021 #49

Scratch an anti-vaxx death and find Kennedy Richard D Jul 2021 #50

OMG. That is sickening. Literally. SunSeeker Jul 2021 #61

Damn that scumbag to hell The Mouth Jul 2021 #64

:( sakabatou Jul 2021 #51

Another Reason Why Critical Race Theory DallasNE Jul 2021 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker Jul 2021 #57

Peace to their families. I'm deeply sorry for their loss here. herding cats Jul 2021 #58

It makes absolutely no sense to refuse the vaccine because of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. SunSeeker Jul 2021 #60

Maturity is understanding that just because SOME things were and are bad, not ALL things are bad greenjar_01 Jul 2021 #65

These people are just as dumb as the white GOPers who won't get the vaccine Jose Garcia Jul 2021 #68

Didn't realize that the Tuskegee experiments were started under the FDR administration MichMan Jul 2021 #69