Submitted Testimony of Meryl Nass, MD Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor, Maine 04609 (207) 288-5082 ext. 220 Senate Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Hearing: Biodefense: Next Steps Tuesday, February 8, 2005, 10 am SD-430 Dirksen Senate Office Building Thank you for the opportunity to submit this testimony…
Tamiflu Cited in 2 Teen Deaths – Global Plan for Influenza Action – Lancet Monday, November 14, 2005 Japanese newspapers report that two teenage boys – one 14 the other 17 – died after taking one dose of the antiviral drug, Tamiflu, the drug being stockpiled in the event that…
Simply put, I am opposed to the vaccine study. These children’s immune systems are not yet fully mature and I feel their systems are already overwhelmed by the numerous vaccines they are given. Why risk a live virus vaccine in our country where no cases exist? I feel the threat…
FDA Commissioner Nominee told Senate He’s Open to Independent Safety Unit / Biogen issues Avonex Warning Fri, 18 Mar 2005 It would be impossible to gain insight into Lester Crawford’s confirmation hearings by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee if one read only one news report. The Los…
FDA Smoke & Mirrors Musical Chairs Wed, 16 Feb 2005 Amidst widespread public criticism of the FDA’s role as facilitators in the marketing of lethal drugs that killed thousands of people, the Administration made several announcements incorporating terminology (such as: “we’re in an era of openness” “transparency”). But politically correct…
An investigative report in Mercury News (below) focuses on Stanford University department heads, associate deans and other leaders because “these are senior people who set the tone at the medical school and are role models for junior faculty members.”
The Tacoma Tribune reports that the head of the Center for Disease Control, Dr. Julie Gerberding, has reversed the agency’s bird flu policy, which viewed the threat from the worse-case scenario lens.
The truth about the pharmaceutical industry and its corrupting influence on high ranking lawmakers and the near-total subversion of the FDA is spreading to the American hinterland. Below is an informed, intelligent editorial in the Shreveport Times, Louisiana that explains to readers why this industry is not to be trusted.
INTRODUCTION: This bill seriously endangers, if not completely undermines, the democratic process and the rule of law. It will absolutely destroy the unalienable rights of trial by jury and informed consent. It is a radical transfer of the US Treasury into the hands of unaccountable private companies whose record shows far more concern about profits than in protecting and improving the health of the American people. It also concentrates the power of life and death in the hands of one very fallible human being and creates an unaccountable federal bureaucracy not subject to disclosure, independent oversight or the safeguards of accountability necessary in a free republic.
Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s ties to drug firms spark questions over agency hiring policies
An Epidemic of Overreaction /The scare Scenario / The Fear Epidemic Thu, 27 Oct 2005 Dr. Marc Siegel, Â a practicing internist and an associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, and a subscriber to the AHRP Infomails, forwarded 3 recent Op Ed articles he has published–in…
Scientific American: Preparing for a Pandemic Wed, 26 Oct 2005 An article in Scientific American (excerpt below) provides a totally different explanation of a pandemic influenza outbreak than that offered in reports sent in yesterday’s Infomail. Two sites have been highly recommended for reliable information: FLU WIKI: http://www.fluwikie.com/ and EFFECT…
