Tuskegee 2: Electric Boogaloo. The Administration for Children's Services in New York City has been forcing HIV+ orphaned and underpriveleged children to undergo controversial drug testing that made them sicker.
When parents refused to give their HIV-positive children medication, these children were taken into care and the drugs were effectively force-fed. In one case Jacklyn Hoerger, a nurse who adopted two HIV-positive girls, was convicted of child abuse for refusing to administer the drugs - even though the girls’ health improved when they were drug-free.
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Respectful of Others says this story is a hoax -- or, at least, not giving us all the facts. Check out the debunking.
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