Vaccine Trial Stopped Due to Severe Reaction

[Becky1951]

@win231 Here's a quote from Wiki about the Tuskegee study..."The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, also known as the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the African American Male, U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee, or Tuskeegee Experiment, was a clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service.[1][2] The purpose of this study was to observe the natural history of untreated syphilis; the African-American men in the study were only told they were receiving free health care from the Federal government of the United States.[3"
I bolded the last sentence. Ergo why a lot of Black people are not trying to get that vaccine. Of course, as evidenced here, Black folks are not the only ones who don't trust. A rushed vaccine to satisfy someone who doesn't have a medical degree and is not a scientist at all...no good. Shots in the dark about what can work and what won't....no good. Being a guinea pig....no good.

True story. I remember watching this and being sad and outraged at the injustice and total lack of care for another human being considered expendable due to their race.

Miss Evers' Boys

Miss Evers' Boys is a 1997 American made-for-television war drama film starring Alfre Woodard and Laurence Fishburne, based on the true story of the decades-long Tuskegee experiment. It was directed by Joseph Sargent and adapted from the 1992 stage play written by David Feldshuh.