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Monday December 22nd 2025
Can You Say “Tuskegee Experiment?
SOMETHING I SAID
By DWIGHT HOBBES
You couldn”™t throw the COVID-19 or any other number vaccine on me in a bucket of water. Can you say Tuskegee Experiment? The research for which African Americans were used by the United States Public Health Service as lab rats to explore the effects of syphilis. That was far back as 1932 but medical science hasn”™t progressed so far today that we don”™t have one Dr. Jean-Paul Mira, chief of intensive care at the Cochin Hospital in Paris, France. In April of last year, he asked the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research director Camille Locht on French television channel LCI, “Shouldn”™t we be doing this study in Africa where there are no masks, no treatment, no intensive care, a little bit like we did in certain AIDS studies or with prostitutes?”
Locht responded, “You are right. We are thinking of a parallel study in Africa to use [an] approach with the BCG placebos.” Placebos. The same ruse this government perpetrated, in a study that went on until 1972, years with not one infected patient being treated with penicillin despite that by 1947, the antibiotic was widely available and had become the standard treatment for the disease.… Read the rest “Can You Say “Tuskegee Experiment?”
Random Alley News
By LINDSEY FENNER
Emergency Rental Assistance Now Available
The state of Minnesota has rolled out more emergency rental assistance at https://www.renthelpmn.org/. The program opened up for applicants on April 20, and will initially assist renters who owe back rent. The second phase will open up the program to all who qualify. Eligible Minnesota renters can receive help with rent and utility bills dated on or after March 13, 2020. If you qualify, you could receive up to 15 months total assistance. Visit the website to complete a checklist to see if you will be eligible or call 211 with questions.
Community Cleanup on Saturdays: Southside Harm Reduction Services will be organizing community cleanups, Saturdays at 12PM. Meet at the corner of Bloomington and 27th St. Training and safety gear will be provided. Questions? Email: volunteer@southsideharmreduction.org Based in South Minneapolis, Southside Harm Reduction Services works within a harm reduction framework to promote the human rights to health, safety, autonomy, and agency among people who use substances.
MNConnect Virtual Powwow through May 14: The 2nd annual virtual powwow is taking place April 15 through May 14 on Facebook, with a live Facebook celebration on May 21 with MC Deanna StandingCloud, MIGIZI, and youth from the community.… Read the rest “Random Alley News”
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