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forkol

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3. Could be the next Tuskegee Experiment.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Sep 11, 2020, 03:01 AM

Sep 2020

Bahia is home to the city of Salvador, which, given it's location, was on of the stopping-off ports for bringing slaves from Africa to South America. As such, the population of Bahia is very much of African descent.

The Health Secretary of Bahia may be thinking he's doing his people some good, since Bolsanaro doesn't give a damn about the people of Bahia, but they might literally be guinea pigs.

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Brazilian state of Bahia to test Russia's vaccine, eyes buying 50 million doses [View all] Eugene Sep 2020 OP

Who in their right mind would take this? SheltieLover Sep 2020 #1

The orange man in the WH who believes injecting bleach is a treatment for SARS CO V2 still_one Sep 2020 #2

Could be the next Tuskegee Experiment. forkol Sep 2020 #3

That's horrendous. Bolsonaro also publicly claims he envies the U.S. for having gotten rid of almost Judi Lynn Sep 2020 #4