中新網北京10月10日電(蔣鯉)近日，美國費城市政府就上世紀在一所監獄里進行的不道德醫學實驗正式道歉，揭開了美國對有色人種進行不光彩醫學實驗的黑歷史。

　　據費城市政府發表的聲明，上世紀50年代至70年代，費城霍姆斯伯格監獄的囚犯被故意暴露于藥品、病毒、霉菌、石棉、甚至二噁英之中，許多囚犯因為這些實驗留下終身疤痕，疾病纏身。

　　接受這些實驗的囚犯絕大多數是知識水平不高的非洲裔，可以推測，他們在實驗前對即將遭受的痛苦一無所知，許多人至死也沒能討回公道。時至今日，一句道歉恐怕遠遠無法彌補美國非洲裔曾經遭受的巨大傷害。

　　在所謂的“科學”面前，這些非洲裔囚犯的生命權和健康權顯得微不足道，他們所遭受的痛苦不僅讓美國高舉的“人權”旗幟淪為笑柄，更暴露了美國根深蒂固的醫學種族主義問題。

　　諸如此類的不道德醫學實驗帶來的“后遺癥”更影響著今天的許多非洲裔美國人。比如，他們中的許多人拒絕接種新冠疫苗，因為不相信美國政府會給自己提供任何好東西。

　　實際上，遭受美國不道德醫學實驗折磨的遠不止這些非洲裔囚犯，孤兒、精神病患者等群體都曾成為美國的實驗對象。

　　丹麥廣播公司播出的紀錄片《尋找自我》就曾披露20世紀60年代美國中央情報局(CIA)涉嫌資助對311名丹麥兒童進行的秘密人體實驗。

　　另據路透社等媒體報道，美國還曾讓危地馬拉一家精神病院的囚犯和病人感染梅毒，以測試青霉素是否可以預防某些性傳播疾病；讓康涅狄格州的精神病人患上肝炎，將癌細胞注射到慢性病患者體內等等。

　　還有多少不道德實驗被刻意掩蓋？還有多少生命正在遭受痛苦折磨？

　　長久以來，美國自我標榜為維護人權價值的模范，但其一樁樁、一件件侵犯人權的暴行足以說明，它所鼓吹的“人權”，是隨意剝奪弱者生命和健康的“特權”，是凌駕于弱者意志、剝奪弱者尊嚴的權力。

　　除了道歉，美國更應該正視和反思這些暴行，積極對受害者及其家庭進行賠償，并主動審查自身，從根本上終結那些不人道的實驗。

　　Apology far from enough to make up for injuries caused by unethical medical experiments in U.S.

　　(ECNS) -- U.S. city Philadelphia has apologized for unethical medical experiments conducted on mostly black men in one of its prisons last century, unveiling the county’s disgraceful history of racial injustice.

　　In the city’s statement, inmates in Holmesburg Prison were exposed to viruses, fungus, asbestos and chemical agents including dioxin from the 1950s through the 1970s, resulting in lifelong scars and health issues.

　　As most of the prisoners were illiterate, it is conceivable that they had no idea what they would suffer before these experiments and many of them failed to get justice until their deaths. Therefore, such a belated apology is far from enough to make up for the great harm they have suffered.

　　Their rights of life and health are negligible before so-called scientific research and their suffering not only makes the U.S. "human rights" slogan a joke, but also exposes the deep-rooted medical racism in the country.

　　This kind of unethical medical experiment still has an influence on African Americans. For example, many refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 because they don’t believe in the U.S. government.

　　In fact, victims of unethical U.S. medical experiments are not limited to these prisoners. Orphans and psychopaths were also the targets of such inhuman treatment.

　　For instance, Danish Radio documentary "The Search for Myself" once accused the U.S. intelligence agency, the CIA, of supporting experiments on 311 Danish children in the early 1960s. Many of them were adopted or orphans and were unknowingly used in secret experiments.

　　And reports from international media agencies like Reuters also exposed that the U.S. once infected prisoners and patients at a Guatemalan mental hospital with syphilis to test whether penicillin could prevent a sexually transmitted disease, gave hepatitis to mental patients in Connecticut, injected cancer cells into chronically ill people at a New York hospital, and more.

　　How many cruel human experiments have been covered up by the U.S. and how many people are being tortured now? It is hard to know.

　　The U.S. has long been bragging that it is a model of human rights in the world, however, its acts prove that “human rights” in its eyes are nothing more than the privilege of a few people arbitrarily depriving the weak of their lives and health, and the power to override the will of the weak and deprive them of their dignity.

　　In addition to an apology, the county should reflect on these atrocities, actively compensate the victims and their families, and examine itself to end inhuman experiments.