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irisblue

(34,405 posts) Mon Sep 7, 2020, 12:15 PM Sep 2020

Xavier University and Dillard University in NOLA are going to run COVID drug trials.

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Given POC history of medical experimentation( gynecological exoeriments, Tuskegee and the theft of Henrietta Lacks very DNA) I think this is very bold.

Much respect to anyone who considers it at all.

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Xavier University and Dillard University in NOLA are going to run COVID drug trials. (Original Post) irisblue Sep 2020 OP

Given what's going on in schools with Covid-19 PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #1

Given the damaging history of white medical establishment misuse of POC, irisblue Sep 2020 #2

This book, Medical Apartheid,by Harriet A published in 2007, is still available and a good resource irisblue Sep 2020 #3

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Given what's going on in schools with Covid-19

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Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:02 PM

Sep 2020

colleges are definitely where the vaccine should be tested.

I'm sure those won't be the only schools involved.

irisblue

(34,405 posts)

2. Given the damaging history of white medical establishment misuse of POC,

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:17 PM

Sep 2020

The fact that 2 HBCUs, in NOLA, a majority AA city, are in essence "vouching" for uprightness of this testing. I see these 2 unis asking for a leap of faith.

I am 100% sure other colleges& unis will be involved.

irisblue

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3. This book, Medical Apartheid,by Harriet A published in 2007, is still available and a good resource

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 7, 2020, 02:36 PM

Sep 2020

Full title- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present

From it's wiki page..."Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present is a 2007 book by Harriet A. Washington. It is a history of medical experimentation on African Americans. From the era of slavery to the present day, this book presents the first detailed account of black Americans' abuse as unwitting subjects of medical experimentation."
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