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Definitely one of those "what the heck am I reading" experiences. Is it groundbreaking or is it just a bunch of crazy rantings? Who knows? Totally nuts, but interesting in a weird way.
(Angie recommended)
(Angie recommended)
The amount of random circumstances helping author with his research on this book make this nonfiction if not unbelievable to at least questionable. If it was all true, the entire generation of Americans born in 1940-1950 would've died after receiving polio vaccine contaminated with cancer virus. Then there is a plot to kill Kennedy by CIA; the unsolved mystery of murdered (lesbian?) doctor with her arm chopped off; using atom splitting laser to eradicate cancer infested mice in 1950s!. This book doesn't reads like a work of a scholar but more as a far fetched propaganda.
There were a few interesting facts. I was hoping for more concrete evidence, not a bunch of possible coincidences.
OK, this is one of those books that you pick up and say to yourself "this is just too batshit crazy not to read!" and so you read it...and it's batshit crazy. And knowing our government, just crazy enough to be true...THe bulk ofthe story is based on a secret medical laboratory in New Orleans during the early 1960s. Covert government operations? Check. CIA and Mafia involvement? Check. Cure for cancer that turns into biological weapon against Castro that becomes AIDS? Check. And did I mention that Lee Harvey Oswald worked in this lab? Oh hell yeah, check. Batshit crazy. Your tax dollars at work...if its true, of course...
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I read this in the oughties and again in 2023 and while it is fun to hear about all the New Orleans gossipy elements, conspiracy theories regarding vaccines and viruses are no longer fun or worth entertaining. The origin of the AIDs virus has been well-established. The safety of the polio vaccine has been well-established. Anything that opens the door to vaccine conspiracy theory contributes to ignorance, misinformation and poor health outcomes.
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The author was the luckiest person ever, he just happened to be in the right places and meeting people who had the information he needed and gave it to him so easily.