Graeber, David (2000) What did this man do to the Yanomami? In These Times, 24 (25). ISSN 0160-5992
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Did James Neel, a geneticist working on a grant from the Atomic Energy Commission, commit an act of mass murder? In 1968, did he, in a fiendish experiment that resulted in hundreds of deaths, intentionally unleash a measles epidemic on a population of Yanomami Indians in Venezuela? It seems extremely unlikely. Was he, instead, guilty of some kind of mass manslaughter, by intentionally using an outdated and extremely powerful vaccine on a notoriously vulnerable and immune-deficient population, then skipping off with all the trained medical personnel in the area as the epidemic spread? We'll probably never know for sure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://inthesetimes.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2000 In These Times and The Institute for Public Affairs |
| Divisions: | Anthropology |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HX Socialism. Communism. Anarchism |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Oct 2013 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 12:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/53381 |
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