Response to Lauri-Ann

Talk about Josef Menegele

Lauri-Ann Clarke
Aug 8, 2023 at 9:48 PM
Hello group members,

Great job on the discussion. According to Lin et al., (2022), numerous historical medical experiments have shaped the health care field, prompting pivotal changes. Notably, Nazi doctors conducted inhumane trials at Auschwitz, while at Buchenwald and Dachau, antibodies and vaccine elements were tested. The outrage sparked the Nuremberg Code, enforcing informed consent in human research. However, some American entities persisted, as seen in the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.” Initiated in 1932, it exploited uneducated Black sharecroppers in Alabama, deceiving them with freebies while withholding penicillin, a curative treatment available by the mid-1940s (Tobin, 2022).

COVID-19 highlighted health equity, with racial disparities in infections and vaccine hesitancy. Despite interventions by health departments and organizations, progress remains uneven. By June 14, 2021, vaccine uptake varied among racial groups in the U.S (Lin et al., 2022).

References

Lin, C., Tu, P., & Terry, T. C. (2022). Moving the needle on racial disparity: COVID-19 vaccine trust and hesitancy. Vaccine, 40(1), 5–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.11.010

Tobin M. J. (2022). Fiftieth Anniversary of Uncovering the Tuskegee Syphilis Study: The Story and Timeless Lessons. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 205(10), 1145–1158. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.202201-0136SO