US sorry over deliberate sex infections in Guatemala

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US sorry over deliberate sex infections in Guatemala

The United States government has apologised for deliberately infecting hundreds of people in Guatemala with gonorrhoea and syphilis as part of medical tests more than 60 years ago.

None of those infected - mentally ill patients and prisoners - consented.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom accused the US of "crimes against humanity".

US President Barack Obama has called Mr Colom to apologise and has said the acts ran contrary to American values.

'Shocking, tragic, reprehensible'

Syphilis can cause heart problems, blindness, mental illness and even death, and although the patients were treated it is not known how many recovered.

Evidence of the programme was unearthed by Prof Susan Reverby at Wellesley College. She says the Guatemalan government gave permission for the tests.

No offer of compensation has yet been made, but an investigation will be launched into the specifics of the study, which took place between 1946 and 1948.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Friday the news was "shocking, it's tragic, it's reprehensible".

The joint statement from Mrs Clinton and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said: "Although these events occurred more than 64 years ago, we are outraged that such reprehensible research could have occurred under the guise of public health.

"We deeply regret that it happened, and we apologise to all the individuals who were affected by such abhorrent research practices."
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The study by Prof Reverby shows that US government medical researchers infected almost 700 people in Guatemala with two sexually transmitted diseases.

The patients - prisoners and people suffering mental health problems - were unaware they were being experimented upon.

The doctors used prostitutes with syphilis to infect them, or inoculation, as they tried to determine whether penicillin could prevent syphilis, not just cure it.

The patients were then treated for the disease, but it is unclear whether everyone was cured.

Prof Reverby has previously done research on the Tuskegee experiment, where the US authorities measured the progress of syphilis in African-American men without telling them they had the disease or adequately treating it.

The experiment ran from 1932 to 1972, with President Bill Clinton eventually apologising for it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11454789

Holier than thou yanks at it again.
 

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Biological Warfare at its best so to say!

The US has been accused of many such activities and so it is not surprising.

Why was Guatemala targeted?

Aren't they pro US?
 
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it was a prison camp...the govt was/is like any other puppet govt doing the yanks bidding.
 

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The experiment ran from 1932 to 1972, with President Bill Clinton eventually apologising for it.
What's the point of recycling old news this Ernesto?
 

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because history is what makes us learn.

they must be doing it even today and we'll learn about it after some decades.

they spout nonsense about human rights, being enlightened, being a beacon of light in the dark world while doing nasty things in the background. everyone has a right to know the truth.

and it is not old because:

US President Barack Obama has called Mr Colom to apologise and has said the acts ran contrary to American values.
 

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It has been the clandestine policy of the US to:
  • Perform biological experiments on humans.
  • Spread artificially cultured pathogens, such as viruses and microbes and thereafter sell patented vaccines for diseases consequent from these pathogens
.

One example is the Parthenium hysterophorus that can be seen around FCI warehouses that kept wheat imported from US.

Kalyani, West Bengal, Visakhapatnam, AP, Bangalore, Karnataka, Trivandrum, Kerala Kodaikanal and Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India are places that are affected. Other places affected are Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Pakistan.

This plant is known to spread fast, are difficult to eradicate, have dangerous pollen that can cause asthma and other respiratory diseases and skin irritation.

Ref: Dr. Jay G. Varshney, Director, DWSR gave a talk on "Status of Parthenium at global level and its management" at International Weed Science Congress held at Vancouver during June, 2008

One research paper that talks about this problem:
View attachment PollenProblem.pdf

Details: Parthenium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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