Dr. Mary’s monkey

I read it about 10 years ago. There is some very interesting takes in the book. I believe a good bit of what is written to be true as I have worked at Ochsner and talked to old timers as to how things were back in those days. Alot of shady stuff was going on in New Orleans those days I was told by those who lived through those times. Ochsner was on a power trip and many phone lines were wire tapped in the area.

The entire intentional virus causing cancer issue is chilling. Seems like the more things "change" the mor they really stay the same.

I’ve been wanting to read it for a long time, and I finally started reading it last week. I couldn’t really get into it and put it down.

It's an interesting book and not as crazy as "Lee and Me", or whatever Judith Baker's(?) Book was titled. But Dr Mary's Monkey has some extreme logic leaps. If you take a shot every time you read the words "cancer causing monkey virus", you'll be a full blown alcoholic by end of the book.

If you're from New Orleans, especially if you're older than about 50, you'll probably find it interesting.

Just finished it. I found it credible, as the explosion in cancer cases is noticeable to me in people my age and older who got the vaccine in early 60s.
It is a stupid idea to try and use a cancer virus as a biological weapon. It’s a train you can’t stop, and the Wuhan leak was from a lab that at least had some sort of safety protocol in place. Think of the shite these people brought home. Damn.

ETA to clarify, I’m referring to the monkey handlers who were getting exposed.

I wound up starting it last night and am one chapter in and it’s keeping my interest so far.

It's an interesting book, especially if you're familiar with the names and places. Interesting, but that doesn't mean I necessarily believe it!

I finished it

Pacing really picks up in 2nd half. Very interesting, Haslem makes an intriguing case about Mary’s murder

Ocshners involvement in all of this is really interesting..

I just finished the book. It’s not great, but not bad either. Similar to many JFK or other conspiracy books with a LOT of very tenuous connections being made to connect dots. It kept my interest more than I expected. If you like NOLA history and JFK connected stories, you’ll like it.

It mainly deals with the polio vaccine and possible contamination of that and the murder of a prominent doctor involved in research and Dr. Ochsner’s connections to it all as well. Jack Ruby, Oswald, Ferrie, Bannister, Clay Shaw, Garrison, everyone from the JFK world is there also.

I don’t think there is anything new showing the cia did it.

Excerpt from someone who reviewed the new info:

What emerges from this account is not so much a portrait of CIA officials horror-struck that their role in the president’s murder might be exposed but of government bureaucrats scrambling to find details about the accused assassin and cover themselves, no doubt worried that they might be blamed for not paying more attention to him before the murder.

It is so poorly written it is hard to get through. But I did believe a lot of it.