N.Y. Sincerity Test

3 part video on a ‘sincerity test’ given to parents in NY by a school lawyer.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

keep in mind..no matter what he or the school decides, it can be over turned (if it is denied) by the NYS commissioner.

A Pox Upon You

Are some parents really trying to make their children sick? M&J look at the pros and cons of chicken pox parties.

Video

India clinical trials

Lax and corrupt – Indian Dr assesses clinical trials

 

An Indian doctor has slammed the nation’s clinical trials, claiming they use the vulnerable, the system is corrupt and that the country lacks high quality scientists.

 

The criticisms were made by Dr Amar Jesani in a short-film produced by Dutch non-governmental organisation Wemos. Jesani is a founding member of journals and research centres focused on medical ethics in India and has contributed in government committees on health.

India’s clinical trials came under increasing pressure last year following reports of infant deaths and Jesani’s comments show that some are still deeply uneasy about the current system.

The view held by Jesani, which echoes many who spoke out last year about the infant deaths, is that some drug companies are “compromising science and ethics in the pursuit of profit” and that flaws in the Indian system allow this.

Jesani said: “Unfortunately in my country there are laws but they are not very well implemented so the regulation over the trials, the oversight mechanism, the functioning of the ethics committee and the Drug Controller General of India all of them are so lax that it makes India a big destination for clinical trials.

“They don’t have good scientists; they don’t have enough inspectors to go all over the county. The worst thing in every developing country is corruption. There is too much corruption.”

One consequence of this is that clinical trials use the “desperate” and “most vulnerable” members if Indian society, according to Jesani. This alleged exploitation of India’s poor is what Jesani cites as bothering him most about the current system.

Jesani is a founder member of the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics (IJME), the Centre for Studies in Ethics and Rights (CSER) and the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT).

The short-film can be viewed here.

Taking Shots

 

 

LISTEN TO “Taking Shots” (24MB MP3)

 

Whether or not vaccines pose a risk to infants and small children has been called one of the great debates of this decade. Some claim that there is a connection between vaccines and the rising rate of autism in the U.S., while others argue that vaccines are not only safe but vital to keeping kids healthy.

Oregon requires children to be vaccinated against 11 different diseases in order to attend school, but the state does allow for exemptions. These are technically religious exemptions, but religion is defined broadly as “any system of beliefs, practices or ethical values.” The exemption rate is 4.1 percent statewide but Ashland has recently drawn national attention for their unusually high rate of vaccine exemptions. More than 28 percent of kindergartners there were not vaccinated in 2007. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control will be hosting a public meeting in this southern Oregon city on Saturday to listen to parents’ concerns and gather information for a vaccine safety study.

Are you a parent? How did you decide whether or not to vaccinate your children? Were you vaccinated as a child? How has your experience informed your medical choices? With the preponderance of the medical community in favor of vaccines, but with access to plenty of anti-vaccine information, how do you decide who you can trust?

GUESTS:

 

• Jennifer Margulis: Travel writer and mother in Ashland who chose not to vaccinate her three kids when they were babies
• Dan Salmon: Vaccine safety specialist with the National Vaccine Program Office
• Jeffrey Baker: Pediatrician and the director of the History of Medicine Program at Duke University School of Medicine
• J.B. Handley: Co-founder of Generation Rescue

ThinkTwice Videos

http://www.theoneclickgroup.co.uk/news.php?start=2460&end=2480&view=yes&id=3025#newspost

Includes: MMR, HepB, Tetanus, HPV, Influenza, autism

At Odds with Offit

Robert Krakow on why he believes a flu vaccine caused autism in his son

http://www.newsweek.com/id/40211#?l=1873840928&t=1879686453

Government denies Gardasil risks

NVIC President Barbara Loe Fisher says government denies Gardasil risks and calls for transparency.

http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20081024005429/en/1709995

Bernadine Healy

 

Bernadine Healy’s comments in a CBS interview with Sharyl Attkisson.

Bernadine Patricia Healy is a cardiologist and a former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Red Cross. She is a senior writer for US News & World Report.

MMR Vaccine, Measles, Mumps, Rubella

Dr Richard Halvorsen answers the big questions about MMR, Vaccines and Diseases

Vaccine Discussion with Tedd Koren, D.C.

Part 1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbNRdx1_7aU

Part 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrEKiOKcUOI&feature=related

Part 3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkOyao2XoLs&feature=related

Part 4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbuKaO_ieuw&feature=related

He formed The Foundation for Health Choice www.foundationforhealthchoice.com with Jim Turner, Esq to fight for healthcare freedom.  They helped Arkansas obtain a philosophical as well as religious exemption for vaccination.