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Danielle, I agree with the common theme you gathered from the articles. Coercion absolutely played a role in these studies, and being vulnerable populations, the groups were easy to target and therefore convenient samples for the researchers. This also violates the principle of justice by only choosing these vulnerable populations to partake in their studies. Unfortunately, I don’t think we will ever fully regain trust back from these vulnerable populations. I think that can be seen in healthcare and the government today with evidence to support more hesitancy towards government to be associated with “youth, female gender, low income, low education, low medical trust, and minority ethnic group membership” (Allington et al., 2021). The COVID-19 pandemic is a perfect example. Many people were initially hesitant to receive the vaccine, and even more so after information came out about the government falsifying death rates to scare people into getting the vaccine. The government also went back and forth on needing masks and even two masks, and the various rules on length of quarantine and shorter length of quarantine for healthcare workers due to the desperation of needing them in the hospital working. It has been shown peoples’ willingness to adopt policies and practices put out by the government is directly correlated to their level of trust in the government. I think you make an interesting point asking if we really did learn anything since the Tuskegee study. How can we trust our government when these ethical dilemmas arise, and our government chooses against what they know is right? The researcher with a Christian Worldview should ask for forgiveness for their sins, and advocate for their future participants and those in other studies. The Christian researcher should seek to reflect the character of our creator in all that he does and be a role model for other researchers ( King James Bible,  1769/2017, Ephesians 5: 1-2). Allington, D., McAndrew, S., Moxham-Hall, V., & Duffy, B. (2021). Coronavirus conspiracy suspicions, general vaccine attitudes, trust and coronavirus information source as predictors of vaccine hesitancy among UK residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Medicine, 53 , 236-247. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721001434 King James Bible. (2017). King James Bible Online. https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/ (Original work published 1769) 
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