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A Brief Introduction to the Legacy Museum: Reaches Record High

Importance

The United States Public Health Service Untreated Syphilis Study in the Negro Male in Macon County from 1932-1972

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Source: Legacy Museum

Statistics

  • 599 black men in a study
  • 299 had syphilis
  • The Federal Government ran the study
  • Did not treat the syphilis

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Source: https://www.freestdcheck.org/tsunami/

Consequences

  • They watched the men infect their wives, lovers, and significant others
  • They watched the men die
  • Presently in 2019, there is a syphilis epidemic occurring
  • Being referred to as a Syphilis Tsunami!

Source: https://www.freestdcheck.org/tsunami/

Statistical Information

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis

"Combined they total 2.4 million infections that were diagnosed and reported just in last year alone," said Elizabeth Torrone, a CDC epidemiologist who worked on the new report, adding that the combined number marks "the most cases" ever recorded since monitoring began in the United States.

A rise in the prevalence and incidence of STDs can come with serious public health consequences and concerns, including infertility, drug-resistant gonorrhea and congenital syphilis, which can cause infant death.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/08/health/std-cases-rising-us-study/index.html