TIL that in the 1940s US funded doctors went to Guatemala to test STD treatments by deliberately infecting 1308 locals between the ages of 10 and 72 with gonorrhea syphilis and chancroid all without their informed consent. The US doctors gave only 52% of subjects any treatment. 83 died.
Upvoted: TIL that in the 1940s, US funded doctors went to Guatemala to test STD treatments by deliberately infecting 1,308 locals between the ages of 10 and 72 with gonorrhea, syphilis, and chancroid, all without their informed consent. The US doctors gave only 52% of subjects any treatment. 83 died. via /r/todayilearned https://ift.tt/3104XzH