Saturday, December 3, 2011

HeLa Conspiracy: Must Read!

I don't know the legitimacy of this blog, or if the author has done enough research to claim anything posted is true, but based on the blog: mindcontrolblackassassins.wordpress.com, Henrietta Lacks developed cervical cancer due to being subjected in a classified human radiation experimentation, conducted by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and Johns Hopkins. This to me sounds absurd, but like I said, I still need to do more investigation to make an actual conclusion.

To read the full article please click on the link below:
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7 comments:

  1. Tim VDecember 3, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    pretty interesting, one of those things we may never know but if thats true thats another book waiting to be written

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  2. KashfiaDecember 4, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    “We were taking care of them, and felt we had a right to get some return from them, since it wouldn’t be in professional fees and since our taxes were paying their hospital bills."
    -Dr. Paul Beeson-Yale University-1950’s Human Radiation Experimentation-

    I am grateful that doctors have to take consent from the patient for everything and give a follow up to the patients or relative about what's going on. No more secrecy.

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  3. KashfiaDecember 4, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    But you are right Aldrian. We don't know if the blog is legitimate. But human guinea pig experiments on black women can be true since they have done experiments on black folks around that time like Tuskegee syphilis experimentation. Look at the quotation I posted on my previous comment, I found that from the blog you talked about.

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  4. Aldrian MuyanoDecember 4, 2011 at 1:19 PM

    That's true Kashfia, It is very possible that Henrietta Lacks was was a subject of experimentation, due to lack of laws protecting African Americans at that time. However, If you look at the rest of his blog, it seems like he's spewing alot of racist anti-white propaganda. The contents of the blog are similar to that of tabloids. We must be skeptical to everything and question everything so this means further investigation is a must...but only after finals week is over :)

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  5. Aldrian MuyanoDecember 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    @Tim: That is also true. If proven true that would really suck for Rebecca Skloot.

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  6. LindsayDecember 4, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    After reading the article, I think this blogger is just trying to start a conspiracy. He makes all these claims and accusations but he never says that Henrietta was given any radioactive material before or during her pregnacy; just after it when she already had cancer. I really can't believe that this is true, at least not with the so-called "facts" this blogger has displayed.

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  7. JoshuaDecember 5, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    To me it feels like anytime a bit of a conspiracy arises someone will fantasize and make something so much more in-depth. Though this is one of those things you have to chalk up to the unsolved mysteries isn't that the way all conspiracy theories are. It is true that in our history and within the medical community there have been numerous of unethical or at least now viewed unethical trials and experiments, but I feel that Rebecca Skloot obviously tried to dig up anything she could already. Skloot did a good job at showing the legal issues that have already surfaced. There is a reason she didn't include these kinds of claims in her book. Just my personal feeling.

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