We are now faced with a paradoxical issue. Do we continue to create ever more vaccines, always with the assumption that their safety and efficacy have been proven and that there is no limit to how many of these vaccines can be introduced into a human body. Or do we for the first time investigate objectively by a high scientific gold standard, independent from the vaccine manufacturers and the federal agencies, the long term safety and efficacy of individual vaccines and and vaccines used in combination? However, we must be realistic. We are witnessing the power of Wall Street lobbyists acting for the banking industry who control almost every aspect of the financial reform bill. Hence there will be no real structural reform whatsoever. We saw the pharmaceutical and insurance industries' and their lobbyists control the healthcare debate. Again, the final bill represents no actual reform, virtually no preventative and regulatory measures to lessen the incidence of diseases. We observed the energy cartels and their lobbyists meeting secretly with Dick Cheney to assure the barons of coal, oil and nuclear energies can act on their own behalf without government interference. So the reality is that standing in the way to thwart any legitimate effort to evaluate vaccine efficacy and safety is once again the pharmaceutical industrial complex, their thousands of lobbyists, and the industry's serfs serving as heads of our regulatory health and oversight bodies.Â
The pharmaceutical financial game will continue, and injuries and deaths will continue to rise.Â
What chance is there then for scientific truth and ethical responsibility to protect citizens to emerge?Â
Richard Gale is the Executive Producer of the Progressive Radio Network and a former Senior Research Analyst in the genomic industry.
Dr. Gary Null is the host of the nation's longest running public radio program on nutrition and alternative medicine, and a multi-award-winning director of progressive documentary films, including Vaccine Nation (2008) and Autism: Made in the USA (2009).
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