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In reply to the discussion: Black couple who refused vaccine due to Tuskegee syphilis study die from COVID-19 three hours apart [View all]RobinA
(9,888 posts)66. It Doesn't Make Sense
The Tuskegee situation, while heinous, is in no way analogous. I feel sorry for this couple to a point. I'm sorry they weren't better educated decision makers. Maybe schools should spend a whole semester on Informed Decision Making. You won't help everyone, but some people's lives might improve.
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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
Here's some info that will help you understand why they refused the vaccine.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2021
#5
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
They need to learn the difference between critical thinking and judgemental, I believe
Walleye
Jul 2021
#67
That would be a valid reason IF the Covid-19 vaccine was only intended for minorities.
LiberalFighter
Jul 2021
#24
I'm sorry for them, but really...Take a look around you black people are dying from this thing.
Dream Girl
Jul 2021
#3
After Tuskegee was exposed, there were regulations banning that sort of thing
IronLionZion
Jul 2021
#12
Kind of hard to fathom how that could have happened in the "greatest country on the planet*"
groundloop
Jul 2021
#19
While the Tuskegee experiments were a shameful episode in history, it's just that: history.
Vinca
Jul 2021
#21
There was a segment on CBS' Evening News about a woman who buried her son, who had refused
Hestia
Jul 2021
#47
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