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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Arkansas jail’s ivermectin experiments recall historical medical abuse of imprisoned minorities

A man being X-rayed in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis.
A man being X-rayed in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis. Photograph: Gado Images/Alamy

In late August last year, four inmates at the Washington county detention center in north-west Arkansas contracted Covid-19. In the days that followed, the four men were relocated to a quarantine block in the prison.

In the block, the inmates were given a cocktail of drugs. They soon began to suffer a series of side effects including vision problems, diarrhea, bloody stools and stomach cramps.

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