THE ORLANDO ADVOCATE - In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study— probably the most egregious example of the “physician do no harm” conundrum. Blacks were not told the problem was a general disease and were not given penicillin once it was developed as a treatment in the 1930s. Instead, doctors watched the disease progress and ravage their patients bodies for a period of 40 years.| By Kevin Seraaj You see the news reports and you hear that infections are continuing to mount. And so, too are the deaths. You’re curious about the vaccine, and you think you might need to be safe rather than sorry, but you have chosen to instead adopt the “wait and see” approach. You think that […]
