I found Alyssa’s analogy of TILOHL to the Holocaust to be creative and interesting; I would have never thought about Henrietta’s story in that manner. It really makes me think of how unethical it was to use Henrietta’s cells without her consent. I agree with Alyssa on the premise that it is incredibly important to establish rules regarding morality and ethicality in hopes that this issue will not arise again. I also agree that the public has a right to know about this pertinent issue that had been hidden for such a long time. It isn’t moral of the doctors involved in the research to hide such an unethical part of their research concerning the use of Henrietta’s cells. The general public should be educated about the flaws of the people responsible for such an act of immorality, as to assume they will better understand why it was wrong and why it shouldn’t happen again in the future. When Alyssa quotes that “The story of Henrietta Lacks could potentially bring forward similar controversial issues that have not been exposed yet”, it makes me think that the general public may not be ready to hear what really happened. We (the public) are so certain that what doctors and the government do is legit, we never think about them actually committing a wrong. That’s one flaw in today’s society; we put too much trust in those people with higher power, and if they do something unethical or immoral, it is usually not brought to our attention.
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