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Thursday, February 28, 2008
Baratz Blasts Wulsin: Malariotherapy compared to Tuskegee Experiments
Posted by The Dean of Cincinnati
Photo courtesy of here.
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. Robert Baratz came to Cincinnati to give a press conference about his active complaint against the medical license of Dr. Victoria Wulsin, a Democratic candidate in Ohio’s second congressional district. “I am not registered with a political party, nor am I here to engage in partisan politics, or to support a particular candidate,” said Baratz. “I am here to bear witness for the ethical practice of medicine. I am here to bear witness for the cause of science and the truth.”
“The atrocious Nazi medical experiments of World War II and those of Tuskegee produced information that was forever poisoned by the methods under which that information was obtained,” explained Baratz. “Any so-called malaria therapy (immunotherapy) experiments which relate to the Heimlich Institute or its founder are equally reprehensible.”
“Malaria is no picnic,” said Baratz. “When you have malaria you are very sick. These HIV-infected individuals were allowed to have a minimum of 10 cycles of recurrent fevers over several weeks before they were offered treatment for the malaria. Most had bed-shaking rigors.”
“This is not the stuff of science,” continued Baratz. “It is for this reason I am here to condemn it, and to speak out against those who would thrust their wills upon desperate and innocent victims of cancer, Lyme disease, and now HIV to try to validate their invalid ideas, methods, and pronouncements. I equally include their collaborators, apologists, spokespersons, those who seek to profit from the misery of others for their own gain, those who covered their eyes to all of this, and those who deluded themselves into thinking they were anything less than monsters.”
Baratz concluded with comments about Victoria Wulsin’s role in these atrocious human experiments. “Dr. Wulsin has said she got involved with the Heimlich Institute more than 10 years after the New York Times and the Cincinnati Enquirer exposed this whole mess,” he said. “I am stunned that a doctor trained in public health would cover and obfuscate any such activity.”
“First there were statements that this was only a literature review,” explained Baratz. “But what about the raw data analyzed in the Wulsin Report showing that humans were used as guinea pigs?”
“It is perplexing that Dr. Wulsin did not immediately report the Heimlich Institute to the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office for Human Research Protection,” said Baratz. “Was Dr. Wulsin unaware of the wealth of stories detailing the sordid facts about the malaria therapy experiments in major, respected media? Somehow these are missing from her report.”
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28 Feb 2008 at 04:58 pm | #
What in the heck is all this about? Why are you parading Wulsin’s name about so recklessly? What did she do? I see nothing; what am I missing?
More troubling is this guy Black. Who is he?
28 Feb 2008 at 07:15 pm | #
Will someone bring Dieter into the 21st century?
28 Feb 2008 at 07:46 pm | #
dieter: What in the heck is all this about? Why are you parading Wulsin’s name about so recklessly? What did she do? I see nothing; what am I missing?
Rip Van Winkle speaks.
Dieter, if you can’t keep up with the rest of the class, you’re going to be left back again this year!
28 Feb 2008 at 09:44 pm | #
I’m no admirer of Wulsin but a quick google of Baratz, who runs a hair removal salon, has allegedly been fired from every position he’s held, and frequently loses lawsuits over unsubstantiated allegations he makes, shows his character to be as questionable as those he accuses. I wouldn’t cheer too soon.
29 Feb 2008 at 02:25 am | #
cincysuz (shorter): “Kill the messenger.”
There’s no cheering when a physician like Dr. Wulsin, someone who had enormous advantages and opportunities, ruins her own reputation by engaging in despicable misconduct for money.
Instead of making cheap shots because she can’t handle the truth about her fallen idol, cincysuz should be grateful for watchdogs like Dr. Baratz who have the guts to do the dirty work of trying to police their profession, one which is renowned for turning a blind eye and giving their own a pass. Why else do you think a monster like Henry Heimlich managed to get as far as he did?
What I want to know is this. When is this town going to come to terms with why they made a hero out of a maniac? Why is Cincinnati that desperate?
cincysuz, you spout off endlessly in this forum from a position of self-proclaimed virtue. But here, confronted with an opportunity to follow an ethical standard rather than simply defending your “team of the moment,” you take the low road. No surprise, just disgust at your need to ignore the truth. Maybe that’s the answer to why Heimlich was crowned a hero, too. But don’t look too close or say the emperor has no clothes. If you do, the cincysuz and Freedom Fighters will be quick to try and dirty you up.
To all you Wulsin supporters, take her. You deserve her. Without question, she will represent your interests.
29 Feb 2008 at 08:21 am | #
No Cheering, you took quite a leap with this one. Criticizing Baratz shows support for Wulsin? Put on your critical thinking cap. Don’t you think it’s just a matter of time before someone else brings up Baratz’s shady history and uses it to dismiss any and all criticism of Wulsin? I’m not a Wulsin fan and I don’t see why she still has a license to practice. I wouldn’t support her for dog catcher and I challenge you to find one, single word of support I’ve written for Wulsin. You won’t because it couldn’t exist. She’s not my type of politican, physician or human being.
I was familiar with, and denounced the AIDs experiments on Chinese prisoners before The Beacon discovered it. Many national and international AIDs advocacy groups have been on this for a while. As well, I condemn the Cincinnati DOD radiation experiments that right here in our own back yard fried our friends, family and neighbors at the old General Hospital sending them to heinous and early deaths. There are still today, licensed physicians in the Cincinnati area that were responsible, living out their retirement in luxury and ease as a result of this contract with the devil. Dr. Martha Stephens wrote a comprehensive, well-researched book on the subject. Impeccable, unimpeachable. She was attacked, but her history and reputation held up under scrutiny. That’s the kind of evidence needed to bring the issue to the forefront, educate, and sway public opinion.
I would just like to see credible sources cited on this topic. When a Jerry Springer or other snake oil salesman inserts themselves as spokesman for any cause, instead of helping, it gives people the ammunition they need to dismiss the issue.
Self-proclaimed virtue? Sounds more like you than me.
29 Feb 2008 at 11:33 am | #
Oh cut the crap, cincysuz. “Baratz’s shady history”? Let’s see an example.
And I’m making the following editorial request of the Dean on this one. There’s a creep out there named Tim Bolen who’s a paid hired gun for quacks. He gets paid to smear anyone who goes after “alternative health” hucksters. That includes governments agencies as well as organizations like NCAHF and Quackwatch. Basically Bolen is an agent for slimeballs who put the public at risk. There’s good money in quackery; desperate or uneducated people are willing to throw away their money for miracle cures.
So my editorial to the Dean is to maintain a high editorial standard in the comments section on the Wulsin-Baratz-Heimlich issues because they’re so important and because the Beacon has devoted so much work to bringing them forward.
The standard that I’m asking for is to not allow poorly-sourced information or innuendo to be published in the comments sections of articles on this subject. That means everyone - including me - has to provide original source documents to back up allegations.
Decent people and honest, hardworking researchers don’t need to be bound by such a rule. They take it for granted as part of the territory. Based on her history in this forum, I don’t consider cinzysuz to be decent, honest, or hardworking so I’m asking the Dean for a ruling on my request.
I’m also requesting that if she can’t substantiate her previous allegations in the next few days that they be stricken from the comments section. That’s not censorship, that’s maintaining an editorial standard which keeps false information off The Beacon.
29 Feb 2008 at 12:19 pm | #
Another point. When it comes to evaluating the allegations against Dr. Wulsin, it doesn’t matter if Dr. Baratz is Jesus of Nazareth or Attila the Hun. The State Medical Board of Ohio is investigating the allegations, not based on the character or background of who made the complaint, but on the substance of the allegations.
The Enquirer has already reported that the case is under investigation. Given the public interest issues, including whether a potential congresswoman participated in unethical human experiments on African sex workers, presumably even political partisans would urge the board do a thorough investigation. If Dr. Wulsin is lying (and there’s no question that she is withholding information), who wants another liar in the US House of Representatives?
29 Feb 2008 at 09:26 pm | #
Bobby is an older physican nearing the end of a full time working career. Do you want the names of all the “well known” Cincinnati physicians who aren’t even close to retirement age that are covering at “spas” in the area- because of the way the licensing is set up? You’d be very surprised to know who one of them is- VERY surprised. So that has nothing to do with it. Just a side venture.
He carries a lot of weight with the cases that he has won- and there are more of those than you have stated. You have no clue, but when people in the industry hear his name- they cringe and hope that their name isn’t in the same sentence.
So, climb back into you hole and worry about CPS for the weekend.
01 Mar 2008 at 11:15 am | #
I see that the Dean chose not to print my rebuttal and that happens more and more lately under the guise that I’ve broken some rule (i.e., I disagreed. As in this case. I questioned Baratz, the subject of the article, and the attacks against ME began. That was a violation of the rules). Justin also does that regularly. Any time one of the many kinks in his naive, hypocritcal political armor is exposed, he shuts it down. The Beacon doesn’t take to counter arguments.
It would make more sense to stick to publishing the paper (is that still around)than manage a blog. That’s what the Enquirer does. They occasionally publish a few counter arguments, but nothing controversial or actually challenging. Like the Beacon. Feedback isn’t encouraged. Only kudos. And since the censoring became so prevalent on here, along with the “Rules” for posting, i.e., don’t argue with Justin or the Dean, posts have dropped substantially. Many get zero and most get, no more than a dozen. So you have what you intended. A conservative, controlled environment. A place to pontificate and a small audience with which to mutually masturbate instead of a stimulating, thought-provoking controversial site where divergent views collide. But that’s how you conservatives roll, isn’t it?
01 Mar 2008 at 02:05 pm | #
cincysuz, your allegations are upsurd as usual. I have hardly ever deleted your comments and only when you have broken our simple rules which are posted for all to see. If anything we underenforce them sometimes. You constantly disagree with us as does JFD, Urbanist, 3CDC Mike, L.G. and many other anons. So stop whining and just follow the simple rules like everybody else does.
Despite what you think, our audience continues to grow and as the Dean has always said comments don’t equate to readership. Some of our most widely read articles or watched videos don’t have many comments. While other articles generate a huge amount of comments from a small audience.
You say I’m a conservative all the time, so can you please tell me on what issue am a conservative on?
11 Nov 2008 at 09:03 am | #
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11 Nov 2008 at 02:06 pm | #
It seems that back in February, I asked a question (#1 above) and got the standard smart answer that is usual on this blog. Apparently the controllers of this blog aren’t really interested in truth or discussion. They pander to anyone, it seems.
I went out and found the following site which I find more credible than this site:
http://www.politicker.com/schmidt-hits-wulsin-malariotherapy-ties-fundraising-letter
An excerpt from the above site:
There is a court that could deal with this issue. The Alien Tort Claims Act allows foreign nationals to take legal action over crimes against them overseas. Why not ask why the writer Baratz why he doesn’t pursue the question in the court?