Topic: Taliaferro Clark

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29: The Rona
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29: The Rona

Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, Bad Blood, and Deception

The hosts provide a historical deep-dive into the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment, where 600 black men were misled into a 40-year study of untreated syphilis. The men were lured with promises of free healthcare for "bad blood" but were denied actual treatment even after penicillin became available.