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Looking Back on the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and the Damaged It Caused
Black providers have been looking to the past as we confront the challenges of the COVID-19 crisis. Black Americans say they are less likely to get vaccinated for the disease compared to other ethnic groups. Much of this is rooted in the black community’s distrust of the government and the American healthcare system.
From conducting experiments on slaves to treating black people for novel diseases without their consent, the black community had been made to suffer in the name of medicine. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment is a part of this legacy. During the 1930s and 50s, the government knowingly lied to black patients while they participated in the study, leading to generations of distrust and skepticism within the black community.