• Singletona082
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    227 days ago

    Intentionally infecting black airmen with syphillus and giving them placibos instead of treatments so they could track long term effects.

    As an example.

    • They weren’t intentionally infected, they were just deliberately not given the cure. It doesn’t make a difference at the end of the day, but it is important to distinguish because that is probably part of how those involved in the study justified their actions.

      E.g.,

      I didn’t give them the disease, so I’m not responsible for what happens to them”