• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    100% correct. They knew, and when the injuries were a lot more severe than they anticipated, they tried to pass it off as syphilis.

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      Wasn’t even a passing off, syphilis was one of those diseases that was seen as a sign of poor character (leper logic) so it was also an attempt to outright slander their own employees.