Big Pharma News /bigpharmanews Big Pharma News - Big Pharma Information Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:59:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 CDC works in collusion with vaccine manufacturers… can you really trust their “fake science?” /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-cdc-history-of-fake-science-shows-the-degree-of-collusion-and-criminality-behind-vaccines.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-cdc-history-of-fake-science-shows-the-degree-of-collusion-and-criminality-behind-vaccines.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-cdc-history-of-fake-science-shows-the-degree-of-collusion-and-criminality-behind-vaccines.html If you’ve ever wondered how the CDC can afford to do all that it does, look no further than the CDC Foundation. The organization describes itself as some kind of liaison between the CDC and the private sector, existing solely for public benefit, but a quick look at their list of corporate partners reveals a much more sordid story; a story of fake science that is being propagated for industry benefit.

While studying the rather lengthy list of corporate donors — who also sometimes collaborate with the CDC on their project — one might notice that many of them are pharma companies, pesticide makers, and biotech firms. And when considering CDC senior scientist-turned-whistle blower Dr. William Thompson’s recent testimony against the MMR vaccine — one corporate partner stands out among the rest: Merck.

Merck is the manufacturer of the MMR vaccine — the very vaccine on which Dr. Thompson alleges he and his cohorts manipulated data and violated study protocols to protect.

CDC obfuscated MMR vaccine and autism link

In August 2014, Dr. William Thompson confessed that he and his colleagues had participated in an act of serious scientific fraud. Ten years prior, he had worked on a study of the MMR vaccine and published the findings, claiming that the vaccine was not linked to autism. (Related: Learn more about autism.)

However, Dr. Thompson now says that he and the other study authors purposely omitted data that contradicted that outcome. Thompson claims that the CDC did find data showing the MMR vaccine demonstrated a statistically significant effect at the 36-month threshold. This shows that the study found a causal connection between the MMR vaccine and autism, but the evidence never made it to publication.

The omitted data revealed that African American males vaccinated before 36 months of age were more likely to develop autism. (Related: Learn more about vaccines at Vaccines.news)

In a statement, Thompson said “Sometime soon after the meeting, we decided to exclude reporting any race effects, the co-authors scheduled a meeting to destroy documents related to the study. The remaining four co-authors all met and brought a big garbage can into the meeting room and reviewed and went through all the hard copy documents that we had thought we should discard and put them in a huge garbage can.”

Thompson knew what they were doing was illegal. He himself noted, “I believe we intentionally withheld controversial findings from the final draft of the Pediatrics paper.” Fortunately, Thompson held onto copies of the original documents that had been disposed.

Dr. Thompson penned a letter in 2002 to the then-CDC Director Julie Gerberding because he was growing very concerned about the MMR vaccine study findings, and wrote to her again in 2004. It would appear that Gerberding did little in regard to Thompson’s concern. Following her time at the CDC, Ms. Gerberding went on to become the executive vice president at Merck.

And of course, Merck isn’t the only company that gives money to the CDC Foundation — and indirectly,  the CDC.  Several other pharma companies like Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi Pastuer, and Pfizer are on the list.

Is ‘fake science’ the norm at the CDC?

When one considers the apparent ties the CDC has to Merck — and countless other corporations — it honestly raises doubts for just about anything the federal agency has put their stamp on. The 2004 “study” features cherry-picked data sets, and reached a conclusion that purposely ignored the facts: it is the epitome of fake science. Evidence was actually destroyed by the government to protect a product rather than the people. (Related: Learn more about misleading information at FakeScience.news)

Their incessant pushing the of the flu vaccine is another example of fake science in the CDC. There is little evidence to suggest that the flu vaccine is beneficial for the average person — and those who need extra protection are unlikely to get it from a vaccine.

The CDC’s webpage on “vaccine effectiveness” claims that studies show the flu vaccine can prevent the flu in 50 to 60 percent of people. However, a vaccine package insert for Flulaval reads,”There have been no controlled trials adequately demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with FLULAVAL.”

The CDC conducts their own studies on these vaccines to see how effective they are. However, these studies are purely observational — which means that no causality can actually be determined. Any number of factors, such as diet, lifestyle, and current health condition, can impact how vulnerable a person is to getting the flu. The agency itself notes that the study results may vary due to differences in design, outcomes measured, and other such tribulations. In other words: the CDC itself does not have an accurate, finite method for testing the actual efficiency of the flu vaccine, they’re just guessing at it.

While observational studies are not necessarily fake science, pretending that observational data is all that is necessary to confer the benefits of something most certainly is fake science.

 

Sources:

VaccineImpact.com

NaturalNews.com

CDCFoundation.gov

NaturalNews.com

TruthWiki.org

GlobalResearch.ca

CDC.gov

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Anti-nutrition media runs fake news attacking vitamin D after baby in France suffocates on liquid medicine /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-anti-nutrition-media-fake-news-vitamin-d-suffocates-liquid-medicine.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-anti-nutrition-media-fake-news-vitamin-d-suffocates-liquid-medicine.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-anti-nutrition-media-fake-news-vitamin-d-suffocates-liquid-medicine.html In France, a newborn baby recently suffocated after being given a liquid vitamin D supplement, prompting health officials to launch an investigation — and suspend all sales of the product.

The supplement in question is known as Uvesterol D, which is a liquid vitamin D supplement frequently given to children overseas who are suffering from a deficiency. The national medical safety agency of France, the ANSM, has previously issued several warnings about the supplement due to how it is administered, most notably when given to newborn babies.

On December 21, 2016, a baby passed away at just 10 days old, following the administration of Uvesterol D. Investigations revealed that there was a probable link between the supplement and the infant’s death.

In a December 30th email written by the ANSM, and seen by the AFP, the health organization notes that the baby died at home from “cardio-respiratory arrest” after receiving a dose of the liquid vitamin D supplement. In essence, the baby died from drowning on the water used as the carrier for vitamin D.

Uvesterol D is given to children via a pipette, and the ANSM has explicitly cautioned that this route of administration is not appropriate for babies. The agency suggests it should be given to infants by merely placing one drop at a time rather than giving them the whole dose at once. A smaller-sized dose has also been recommended, and the group suggests it be given before feeding to help ensure that infants are in a semi-upright position before being given the liquid. The ANSM issued warnings about the liquid being a choking hazard to infants in 2006 and again in 2013.

One might be inclined to ask who, if anyone, prescribed this supplement to the baby in spite of the very apparent risks. One might also be concerned about the parents’ potential lack of proper education on medication administration for newborns, or perhaps question why such information was not printed on a product that is primarily given to children.

It seems that the supplement manufacturer, a French company named Crinex, will be bearing the brunt of the blame, at least in France. The liquid form of Uvesterol D will be suspended from the marketplace for the time being.

Health Minister Marisol Touraine recently issued a statement on the matter.

“I want to reassure parents who have given vitamin D, in whatever form, to their children: they are safe,” she claimed. Touraine noted that it was “the specific way the product is administered that presents risks,” and added that Uvesterol D is the sole target of their concerns, at least for now.

Touraine also called on parents, “as a precautionary measure, to no longer administer Uvesterol D to their children,” before any kind of definitive decision from the ANSM has been announced.

Despite the ANSM and Touraine noting that other vitamin D products are safe, the nutrient has still been featured in wildly misleading headlines. Even the BBC is guilty of being inflammtory, with one recent headline proclaiming, “French baby death linked to vitamin dose.”

Really?

Further reading, even within that very article, reveals that the vitamin dose had nothing to do with the baby’s unfortunate passing; the baby choked and suffocated on the medication. This infant did not die of a vitamin D supplement overdose, though that is exactly what that title seems to imply.

Another headline, from the site Politico, boasts, “France moves to ban vitamin D brand after baby’s death.” A quick search reveals countless others: “French baby dies after taking product to treat vitamin D deficiency,” from AOL.com , and “Baby dies in France after being given vitamin D supplement,” from RFI.fr — to name just a few.

The onus always seems to be on the vitamin, rather than on the fact that this baby suffocated on a medication he or she probably never should have received at such a young age. Vitamin D did not harm this child — negligence from the medical community and pharmaceutical industry as a whole did. If this supplement was so risky to infants that multiple warnings needed to be issued, perhaps that should have been reflected on the label.

See more examples of fake science reporting from the “fakestream” media at FakeScience.news.

Sources:

Yahoo.com

Politico.eu

BBC.com

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Donald Trump announces plan to hammer Big Pharma monopoly profits by requiring competitive bidding /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-donald-trump-announces-plan-to-hammer-big-pharma-monopoly-profits-by-requiring-competitive-bidding.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-donald-trump-announces-plan-to-hammer-big-pharma-monopoly-profits-by-requiring-competitive-bidding.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-donald-trump-announces-plan-to-hammer-big-pharma-monopoly-profits-by-requiring-competitive-bidding.html During his first press conference as president-elect, Donald Trump unveiled how he plans to remove himself from his family’s business dealings to avoid any appearance of a conflict of interest while president. He also railed against the pharmaceutical industry, which he boldly described as “getting away with murder,” as he called for “new bidding procedures” to lower drug costs and presumably end the Big Pharma monopoly that has been strangling American healthcare for decades.

Following through on one of the many pro-business promises he made all along the campaign trail, Trump reiterated the need to rethink the way our country buys and sells drugs to help lower costs in the public interest. The United States is currently the largest buyer of pharmaceutical drugs in the world, and yet prices are completely out of control. Trump would like to see this change by using simple competitive market forces, a position that appeals to a strong public sentiment that Big Pharma has been getting away with far too much for far too long.

“Pharma has a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power,” the president-elect proclaimed before an eager press pool, “and there’s very little bidding. We’re the largest buyer of drugs in the world and yet we don’t bid properly.”

President-elect Trump’s statements come amidst the drug industry’s major annual investor conference, which is currently taking place in San Francisco. Though no specific policy proposals were presented by Trump as to how drug pricing will change, the writing seems to be on the wall for many key players within the drug industry, which felt a major hit in the stock market following the announcement.

“Our drug industry has been disastrous; [drug companies are] leaving left and right,” Trump added. “They supply our drugs but they don’t make them here, to a large extent.” (Follow more news about Big Pharma at BigPharmaNews.com)

Trump plan for pharmaceuticals should have bipartisan appeal; who doesn’t want more competition and lower prices?

While these words by Trump might come as a warning shot for the drug industry, they are music to the ears of the American public. Tackling the Big Pharma monopoly has been a key priority for voters on both sides of the aisle for many years, explaining why former presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders also took aim at drug industry price-gouging and other anti-consumer tactics while on the campaign trail.

Trump’s call for a policy of more competitive bidding to encourage lower drug prices is a message that one would expect would have drawn broader bipartisan support from both Republicans and Democrats than it has. But aggressive campaign “fake news” campaigns against the incoming Trump administration by many within the mainstream media have created an environment of continued hostility.

While the president-elect tried repeatedly to outline the many ways in which he plans to level the playing field, foster transparency and serve the interests of the country, many in the press pool could only find fault with every word coming out of his mouth. At one point, CNN reporter Jim Acosta had to be told to keep quiet and stop “being rude,” after he interrupted questions from another reporter with ones of his own.

“Your organization is terrible,” Trump retorted to Acosta’s continued interruptions and demands that his question be answered. “Don’t be rude. No, I’m not going to give you a question. You are fake news,” he added.

Later in the day, Trump “tweeted” about the fake news phenomenon that seems to be specifically targeting Trump with attacks in a way that no other president-elect in history has faced. Trump denounced the situation in all-caps as “A TOTAL POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!”

Sources for this article include:

ZeroHedge.com

CNBC.com

Gazette.com

TheHill.com

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Measles outbreak in L.A. proves vaccine mandates don’t work (but they do create a medical police state) /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-measles-outbreak-in-l-a-proves-vaccine-mandates-dont-work-but-they-do-create-a-medical-police-state-totalitarian-society.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-measles-outbreak-in-l-a-proves-vaccine-mandates-dont-work-but-they-do-create-a-medical-police-state-totalitarian-society.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-measles-outbreak-in-l-a-proves-vaccine-mandates-dont-work-but-they-do-create-a-medical-police-state-totalitarian-society.html A recent measles outbreak in Los Angeles County reveals the limitations of California’s strict new compulsory vaccination law, health experts say.

A 2014 measles outbreak traced back to Disneyland infected 145 people in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In reaction, California passed a law requiring all children in public and private schools to be fully vaccinated, with only medical exceptions permitted. The law, which took effect in July, makes California one of only three states that do not accept personal or religious exemptions to vaccine requirements.

The first measles case in the new outbreak was diagnosed in L.A. County in early December. Since then, 19 more people have been infected, 17 of them in the same county.

Small, contained outbreak

To contain the outbreak, county health officials interviewed every infected person to learn everywhere they had gone and everyone they had interacted with during the period in which they were most likely to be contagious. Officials then attempted to figure out who else might have been exposed, such as by scanning patient lists at emergency rooms that had been visited.

Officials then contacted 2,000 people who might have been exposed to the virus. About 10 percent had not been vaccinated against measles, and nearly all of these accepted vaccination or another prophylactic treatment.

Because the current outbreak was confined to a limited social circle, it was relatively easy to trace and contain, said Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, interim health officer for the L.A. County Department of Public Health. Of the 18 infected people in L.A. County, 15 had at least one clear social connection.

But health officials are still remaining cautious, he said.

“They could’ve driven and let’s say they stopped at a gas station — somebody could’ve gotten exposed.” (RELATED: See more news about infectious disease outbreaks at Oubreak.news)

“Full compliance” impossible to achieve

Public health experts were open about the ways that the case demonstrates the weaknesses of the new compulsory vaccine law, SB 277. They noted that people infected in the recent outbreak ranged in age from young children to senior citizens, and that the most well-represented group was people in their 20s. Other than young children, none of these people will be affected by the new law.

That’s because SB 277 takes advantage of the state’s control over schooling to require vaccination for all schoolchildren. To avoid a bureaucratic nightmare, however, the law only requires vaccine checks at kindergarten and seventh grade. Children in between those ages may have several years before being forced to comply. And while the University of California system has voluntarily agreed to follow the same rules set by SB 277, many people leaving high school will never have their vaccination status checked again. Nor is there any mechanism in place to check the status of people who have already left school.

In other words, actually achieving “full vaccine compliance” across all ages would require a degree of intrusiveness that would be politically untenable, if not outright unconstitutional. Thus SB 277 cannot produce “herd immunity” against measles until nearly all unvaccinated people above the age of 12 have died!

Notably, California never had much of a vaccine compliance crisis to begin with. It is estimated that prior to the passage of SB 277, 94.5 percent of kindergartners were already vaccinated against measles. However, because measles are so contagious, a vaccination rate of 96 to 99 percent is required for herd immunity to function (to protect those who cannot be vaccinated for reasons considered valid by the medical establishment).

It’s unclear if such a high rate of compliance is even a feasible goal. Looking just at the contraindications for the MMR vaccine listed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and vaccine manufacturer Merck, people who should not get the shot include those with immunodeficiency, those with a family history of immunodeficiency, and those with severe allergies to any component in the vaccine, including gelatin or the antibiotic neomycin. Collectively, these people might well total 1 percent or more of the population.

Also see CDC.news for more news about infectious disease.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.LATimes.com

https://www.CDC.gov

http://www.Merck.com

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Trump crushes the TPP, taking a hatchet to the international profits of Big Pharma /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-trump-crushes-the-tpp-taking-a-hatchet-to-the-international-profits-of-big-pharma.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-trump-crushes-the-tpp-taking-a-hatchet-to-the-international-profits-of-big-pharma.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-26-trump-crushes-the-tpp-taking-a-hatchet-to-the-international-profits-of-big-pharma.html Following through on yet another one of his most well-known campaign promises, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday officially withdrawing the United States from a toxic trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, that former President Barack Obama had tried to usher through in his final days as part of his now-failed legacy.

Reports indicate that the axing of the TPP by President Trump came as part of a trio of executive orders, the other two of which included a hiring freeze on all federal employees except for those in the military, and the reinstatement of the so-called “Mexico City Policy,” which bars countries that receive U.S. aid from performing or actively promoting abortion as a method of family planning.

As President Trump signed the executive action officially killing the TPP once and for all, he stated before press cameras in the Oval Office that the move was a “great thing for the American worker.” The president has also indicated that he plans to take a closer look at and renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), another jobs-killing trade deal signed into law by former President Bill Clinton back in 1993 that’s been a gradually progressing death sentence for the American economy.

“The trade deal is a disaster for many reasons,” then-presidential candidate Trump stated back in May 2015 about the nature of Obama’s TPP. “Number one, we don’t have any good negotiators in our government … Number two, and very, very importantly, it doesn’t take into consideration the currency manipulation because we get beaten in trade more by currency manipulation than any other single factor.”

“The other thing they do, and they do it despite agreements, is they make it impossible to sell product in their countries even after they sign an agreement, so we need much stronger penalties if they continue to do that.”

Concerning NAFTA, President Trump later stated that its affects have been felt all throughout the U.S. manufacturing industry, which has lost nearly half of its entire base since the law was first enacted. This is the type of thing that the president has repeatedly promised to both stop and reverse — the continuous bleeding of American jobs and manufacturing to foreign countries — and he’s beginning with the TPP.

TPP would have been a nightmare for healthcare both in the U.S. and abroad

Another area where the TPP would have been disastrous for Americans and the American economy is the provisions it contained governing the drug industry. Not only would the TPP have upheld existing pharmaceutical monopoly powers over drug pricing, but it would have greatly expanded them in many areas, both domestically and abroad.

Specific text contained in the bill would have given multinational drug companies the rights and powers necessary to continue increasing drug prices while limiting consumer access to less expensive generic drugs. It would have done this by extending monopoly drug patents, allowing drug companies to continue charging obscene prices for not only drugs but also surgical procedures.

Where this likely would have hit the hardest is in foreign countries bound by the provisions of TPP, where multi-billion dollar drug companies would have been allowed to sell “lifesaving” drugs for conditions like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and cancer at monopolistic prices, preventing all access to generic alternatives. The end result of this would have been more sickness and more death amongst the poorest and neediest people living on our planet.

“Big Pharma uses free trade agreements like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the now-defunct Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to expand their monopoly power and restrict access to medicines,” says Public Citizen, a nonprofit organization in the nation’s capital that fights on behalf of the public interest. (RELATED: See more news about pharmaceutical medicine at Medicine.news)

“The TPP — which was defeated by thousands of diverse organizations representing working people united across borders — would have provided large pharmaceutical firms new rights and powers to increase medicine prices and limit consumers’ access to cheaper generic drugs.”

In the U.S., expanded drug company powers provisioned in the TPP would have resulted in major attacks on public health programs like Medicare, which would have been prevented from reducing prescription drug costs for Americans in need, including the elderly. It also would have allowed pharmaceutical corporations to sue the U.S. Government for trying to reduce drug costs.

“The TPP would have also empowered multinational corporations to directly challenge domestic toxins, zoning, cigarette, and alcohol and other public health and environmental policies, and to demand taxpayer compensation for ‘expected future profits’ they claim were inhibited by such policies,” adds Public Citizen.

There’s no denying that the world dodged a bullet with the total annihilation of the TPP, and the world has President Donald Trump to thank for this major accomplishment, which occurred on the first business day of the president’s term as Commander in Chief.

Stay up to date on more news about Donald J. Trump at WhiteHouse.news.

Sources for this article include:

Breitbart.com

Citizen.org

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CDC whistleblowers come forward over ethics issues /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-cdc-whistleblowers-come-forward-over-ethics-issues.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-cdc-whistleblowers-come-forward-over-ethics-issues.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-cdc-whistleblowers-come-forward-over-ethics-issues.html An anonymous group of scientists from the CDC have joined forces to create a coalition against the uncouth practices the government agency has been undertaking — and to expose them for all they’re worth. The heroic group goes by the acronym CDC SPIDER, the latter half of which stands for Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence and Ethics in Research.

In their accusatory letter, the CDC SPIDER group wrote to Carmen S. Villar, Chief of Staff at the CDC, and a copy was sent to the renowned watchdog organization, US Right To Know (USRTK).

“We are a group of scientists at CDC that are very concerned about the current state of ethics at our agency. It appears that our mission is being influenced and shaped by outside parties and rogue interests. It seems that our mission and Congressional intent for our agency is being circumvented by some of our leaders. What concerns us most, is that it is becoming the norm and not the rare exception.”

The letter goes on to note that several senior management officials are clearly aware of what is transpiring and continue to remain silent, merely turning a blind eye and acting as if these unacceptable practices aren’t taking place. The CDC SPIDER group states that some of these officials even encourage these practices.

CDC SPIDER writes that these illegitimate behaviors are taking place at all levels and units of the CDC; no one appears to be immune. The group states, “These questionable and unethical practices threaten to undermine our credibility and reputation as a trusted leader in public health.”

(Related: Learn more about CDC controversies at CDC.news)

Concerns about the CDC’s ethics have been on the rise for the last several months, the culmination of which truly resides in CDC SPIDER’s momentous letter. While their complaints were filed anonymously for obvious reasons — like fear of retribution — CDC SPIDER could very well be the face of a revolution against a government addled with corporate interests and steeped in fake science.

It is easy to see how the CDC could fall prey to corporate interests. A quick look at the CDC Foundation reveals a huge list of corporations that donated money to the CDC during the 2016 fiscal year. Among the dozens of companies on the list, one can see that several big name brands have made such donations. Abbott Laboratories, Merck, Bayer Corporation, Cargill Inc., The Coca-Cola Company and Pfizer Foundation are just a few of the names on the list.

Oddly enough, one of SPIDER’s complaints, as noted by Carey Gillam for Huffington Post, was that the CDC had developed a “troubling” relationship with the beverage giant Coca-Cola and their nonprofit group International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). One must wonder if the relationships with other cash donors might also be viewed as unsettling.

The Coca-Cola relationship is particularly startling when you note the fact that several CDC scientists appear to have colluded with them or ILSI to further the beverage industry agenda. One example of this was when the CDC’s Director for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, Barbara Bowman, had to retire after her bad behavior came to light. She was, apparently, even giving a Coke advocate guidance on how to influence world health authorities on sugar and beverage policies.

Another scientist, Dr. Michael Pratt, has come under fire for his close work with ILSI, co-authoring papers funded by Coca-Cola, and most disturbingly, even receiving funding to attend industry-sponsored events and conferences.

While the CDC Foundation notes that their organization is authorized by Congress to “facilitate partnerships between CDC and the private sector,” one can’t help but wonder if the concerns brought forth by CDC SPIDER are possibly related to the foundation.

While the organization appears to make great efforts to create some semblance of ethics, it is truly mind-boggling that a government agency is allowed, indirectly, to take money from major corporations.

Desperate for change, the SPIDER group concluded their letter with a plea for the Director of Staff to put an end to the corrupt practices taking place at the CDC. Whether or not anything will come of it remains to be seen.

Sources:

TheDailySheeple.com

USRTK.org [PDF]

HuffingtonPost.com

TheHill.com

CDCFoundation.org

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FDA warning: Dogs are dying from toxic “skin cancer” medication cream /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-fda-warning-dogs-are-dying-from-toxic-skin-cancer-cream.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-fda-warning-dogs-are-dying-from-toxic-skin-cancer-cream.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-fda-warning-dogs-are-dying-from-toxic-skin-cancer-cream.html A popular skin cream for dogs that is used to treat and prevent cancer has been associated with deaths of five beloved family pets, after the pups accidentally consumed some of the product — prompting the FDA to warn pet parents to keep the product out of reach.

The toxic cream in question is known as fluorouracil, which is sold under the brand names Carac, Efudex, and Fluoroplex.

The FDA reports, “In one case, two dogs began playing with a tube of fluorouracil and one punctured the tube before their owner could retrieve it. Within two hours, the dog that punctured the tube began vomiting, experienced seizures, and died 12 hours later.” (Related: Keep up with FDA headlines at FDA.news)

In another, unrelated case, a dog managed to find a tube of the cancer cream and proceeded to ingest it. After realizing the dog had consumed the cream, the owner immediately rushed their pet to the veterinarian’s office. Unfortunately, the federal agency says, the dog fell sick anyway and was euthanized.

The FDA warns,”People using this medication should use care when applying and storing the medication if they are also in a household with pets, as even very small amounts could be dangerous to these animals.”

Additionally, the FDA has warned that fluorouracil can also be toxic to cats — who could be accidentally exposed to the product as well. The FDA notes that if an owner were to touch a cat after applying the product to another pet, the amount consumed while the cat grooms themselves would likely be enough to cause a reaction. (RELATED: Stay up to date on warnings about prescription medicine at Medicine.news)

What is mind-boggling about all of this is the simple fact that dogs also lick themselves. If you have ever tried to put anything on your dog, you know how quickly they will find a way to lick it off.  That’s why the FDA is suggesting that if you use this product on your dog, you should consult with your vet to see what options there are to ensure your dog cannot lick it off.

While many products may cause some gastrointestinal distress if accidentally consumed, death is not really an acceptable side effect of accidental consumption when it comes to products geared for pets. Fluorouracil can be extremely toxic even in small amounts.

What is fluorouracil, and why is it so toxic?

The chemical name for this poisonous skin cancer treatment is 5-fluourouracil and it is a pyrimidine analog that is an antimetabolite. It is capable of destroying rapidly dividing cells, and a number of ill effects — like killing your dog.

A toxicology report, published in 2001, states that while any form of 5-fluorouracil can cause problems, most issues arise when dogs find the tube of cream and start chewing on it. Jay Albretsen, DVM, PhD, DABT, explains that ingesting less than half of a 25 milligram tube of 5% fluorouracil will likely be fatal to any dog that weighs 70 pounds or less. Albretsen says that even a 160-pound dog would experience adverse effects from such a minuscule amount, let alone an average-sized pup. Albretsen also commented that the small size of the tube would permit even small dogs to consume its contents with relative ease.

One of the top problems with fluorouracil is that many times, pharmacists or other professionals may not be away of how toxic this compound is to pets. In some instances, pet owners have even been erroneously told that the cream isn’t toxic to animals. However, fluorouracil routinely induces vomiting and seizures when consumed by household pets. These seizures grow more aggressive and difficult to treat, and unfortunately, often leads to an untimely death for the dog.

Albretsen explains that the severe toxicosis seen in dogs exposed to fluorouracil is not fully understood, but there is at least one hypothesis. It is thought that when the 5-fluorouracil breaks down into fluorocitrate, it causes cerebral ataxia and convulsions. The potential for fluorouracil to produce such neurotoxic effects has been recognized at least since the 1970s, though it is generally considered to be a rare occurence in humans.

Regardless, it is a known risk for dogs. For your pet’s safety, be sure to keep this product — and truly, any medicine of any kind — in a place where they cannot get to it.

(Keep up with the latest headlines on chemical toxins at Toxins.news)

Sources:

NBCNews.com

ASPCAPro.org

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The CDC is an “edifice of fraud” warns Robert F. Kennedy Jr. /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-the-cdc-is-an-edifice-of-fraud-warns-robert-f-kennedy-jr.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-the-cdc-is-an-edifice-of-fraud-warns-robert-f-kennedy-jr.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-the-cdc-is-an-edifice-of-fraud-warns-robert-f-kennedy-jr.html The mainstream media’s coverage of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s having been asked by incoming President Donald J. Trump to lead a vaccine safety commission is a testament to just how influential the vaccine industry is regarding the manipulation of the narrative on the subject.

The reaction by the press and the scientific establishment to the announcement also indicate the level of threat perceived by those who want to continue hiding the dirty little secret that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) truly lives up to the “edifice of fraud” label attached to it by Kennedy.

Since Trump asked Kennedy to lead the commission, the longtime anti-mercury crusader and environmental lawyer has been called a “vulture,” an “alarmist” and worse by those in the media who take their marching orders from Big Pharma and other corporate interests.

So what exactly has Robert Kennedy, Jr. been saying that makes him such a dangerous “conspiracy theorist”?

Perhaps his refusal to mince words regarding the CDC’s inherent conflicts of interest have led to his demonization by the mainstream media news outlets:

“All the things that I do are bent on forcing this debate out into the open—because once the science is in the open, the CDC’s position is so fragile, it’s an edifice of fraud, fraud stacked upon fraud, so high and so wobbly, that even a slight breeze of public scrutiny will topple it.”

This is the kind of talk that scares the bejeezus out of CDC authorities, and it’s why they mobilize their minions in the press to smear anyone brazen enough to tell the unvarnished truth, as Kennedy, Jr. has on many occasions.

In fact, Kennedy, Jr. has also hit the nail on the head regarding the media’s collusion with the CDC:

“And the press has been compromised. And it’s not just the mainstream corporate media, but also the so-called alternative media like Huffington Post. Daniel Schulman wrote in the Columbia …Journalism Review that for journalists this is radioactive, that this is a career-ending controversy. So reporters won’t touch it, they’re really scared of it.”

So it’s no big surprise that the press has done its best to discredit Kennedy, Jr. as he now appears to be in a position to put pressure on the CDC and to bring transparency to the public.

And if there are any remaining doubts as to whether or not Kennedy, Jr. is barking up the right tree, the recent submission of a letter to the head of the CDC from a group of anonymous CDC whistleblower scientists calling themselves the Spider Group (Scientists Preserving Integrity, Diligence and Ethics in Research) should lay them to rest.

A brief excerpt from the letter sent by the Spider Group to CDC chief of staff, Carmen S. Villar:

“It appears that our mission is being influenced and shaped by outside parties and rogue interests. It seems that our mission and Congressional intent for our agency is being circumvented by some of our leaders.”

If that’s not clear justification for a full and complete investigation of the CDC, it’s hard to imagine what would be, except perhaps the fact that the CDC owns at least 20 vaccine patents itself, as Robert Kennedy, Jr. has pointed out (the actual number of patents is more like 50).

Essentially, the CDC is the vaccine industry and that’s one of the facts that needs to be made clear to the American public.

If you’d like to learn more about Robert Kennedy, Jr.’s position regarding vaccines, I recommend reading the in-depth interview conducted by Autism File Executive Editor, Rita Shreffler,  published on the World Mercury Project website. Also, read excerpts from his book on Thimerosal at this Natural News link.

President Trump’s choice of Robert Kennedy, Jr. to head up the vaccine safety commission may prove to be one of his most significant acts as he assumes the presidency. Stay informed at Vaccines.news, and watch for the upcoming launch of Thimerosal.news.

Sources:

AgeOfAutism.com

JonRappoport.Wordpress.com

ScienceMag.org

GreenMedInfo.com

WorldMercuryProject.org

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Dear Breitbart news: Please stop parroting HPV vaccine propaganda put out by corrupt drug companies run by globalists /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-why-is-breitbart-news-pushing-hpv-vaccine-propaganda-that-benefits-corrupt-drug-companies-run-by-globalists.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-why-is-breitbart-news-pushing-hpv-vaccine-propaganda-that-benefits-corrupt-drug-companies-run-by-globalists.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-why-is-breitbart-news-pushing-hpv-vaccine-propaganda-that-benefits-corrupt-drug-companies-run-by-globalists.html We love Breitbart News and its reporting, but one recent article by Breitbart made a shocking departure from its regularly scheduled programming with the recent publishing of an Associated Press (AP) article pushing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for men.

According to the report, one in four men in the U.S. currently has some kind of genital infection caused by a sexually transmitted virus, and the only solution, apparently, is to jab all males with a vaccine originally designed for women to help them avoid cervical cancer — or so the vaccine’s manufacturers claim.

The brief, five-paragraph AP endorsement of the HPV vaccine published by Breitbart cites a recent study published in the journal JAMA Oncology that claims injecting pre-teens and young adults with HPV vaccines will help them avoid developing the virus. It also claims that most HPV infections show no symptoms and disappear on their own without treatment.

The report also claims that most adults will develop an HPV infection at some point in their lives, which is why getting vaccinated is important — though not enough people do, the reports insists, as it makes a push for more compliance.

In less than 150 words, the AP claims that genital infections that were once only associated with female cancers, like cervical cancer — though even this connection is lacking in scientific merit — are now associated with male cancers, and that men need to undergo the jab for the protection of the “herd.”

It’s the same narrative constantly being pushed by mainstream news outlets like NPR, for instance, which last fall tried to make the case that even adult men approaching the age of 30 should get the HPV vaccine to supposedly avoid genital warts and cancers of the anus and penis.

HPV vaccines are medically useless, dangerous

These types of radical and unsubstantiated scare tactics are what you might expect from the left-wing media. But to see them also being published (perhaps without sufficient review) by Breitbart is a bit disheartening, though to be clear Breitbart merely republished this AP propaganda piece — its writers didn’t actually write it. Still, our message to Breitbart is that they need to be wary of AP vaccine propaganda and avoid being inadvertently exploited into spreading such propaganda.

It would have been far better to cover the warnings against the vaccine’s ineffectiveness and counter some of the pro-vaccine nonsense being peddled by the CDC, Bill Gates, Hillary Clinton and left-wing medical tyrants like California Sen. Richard Pan. While there are over 30 different strains of HPV, the HPV vaccine only protects against four, and only two of these are known to be cancer-causing. These four strains are also among the least prevalent.

Dr. Diane Harper, who helped run phases II and III of the vaccine manufacturer’s clinical trials, publicly admitted that most infections show no symptoms and resolve on their own. And those that don’t, she says, have only a very rare chance of developing pre-cancerous cells that might lead to cancer.

Beyond this, the HPV vaccine comes with a number of serious risks, not the least of which include neurological damage and, believe it or not, cervical cancer. That’s right: the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer can actually cause it, according to data compiled in the official Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS).

According to figures compiled by SaneVax, Inc., the total number of adverse events reported in conjunction with HPV vaccines through December 2016 nearly tops 50,000. These include thousands of permanently disabled young folks, and at least 300 deaths. The overall number of “serious” adverse events reported following HPV vaccination is well over 6,000.

The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) has also come forward to admit that the HPV vaccine is sterilizing some young women by triggering a condition known as premature ovarian failure, or POF, also known as premature menopause. The group describes POF as a “very rare but serious condition,” with VAERS indicating some 213 known cases as of the beginning of 2017.

Keep up the great work, Breitbart, but please be mindful of Associated Press vaccine propaganda… and don’t parrot it to your own audience.

Stay informed on the truth about vaccines at Vaccines.news.

Editor’s note: May Andrew Breitbart rest in peace, a fearless warrior of truth who was murdered by the State because he knew too much.

Sources:

Breitbart.com

NPR.org

TheTruthAboutCancer.com

SaneVax.org

VaccineImpact.com

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TIME Magazine runs vile hit piece against RFK Jr. for daring to tell the truth about mercury in vaccines /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-time-magazine-vile-hit-piece-rfk-jr-truth-mercury-thimerosal-vaccines-neurological-damage.html /bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-time-magazine-vile-hit-piece-rfk-jr-truth-mercury-thimerosal-vaccines-neurological-damage.html#respond Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://162.244.66.231/bigpharmanews/2017-01-25-time-magazine-vile-hit-piece-rfk-jr-truth-mercury-thimerosal-vaccines-neurological-damage.html Robert Kennedy, Jr. has been appointed to head a new commission on vaccine safety by President Trump, and The Powers That Be are not happy. Time magazine is bringing out the big guns to try to smear RFK Jr’s reputation in the public’s eye. He hails from a family of political and humanitarian icons of modern history, so it’s no wonder that Time feels the need to destroy him.

Ironically, Mr. Kennedy was previously named one of Time magazine’s “Heroes for the Planet” for his environmental work. But when a high profile truth-teller goes up against the corrupt propaganda machinery that Time represents, that person will be vilified. What makes Time magazine so dangerous is their clout in the marketplace of ideas. Time holds a position of honor in the minds of millions of readers, and it portrays itself as a serious and sober voice of authority. Many topics are covered fairly and accurately, but when a well hidden agenda is afoot, all bets are off. Time magazine’s crafty article “Why Donald Trump’s Choice of RFK Jr. as Vaccine Czar Is a Terrible Idea” is so full of half-truths, misrepresentations, and misdirection, it’s hard to know where to start.

TIME’s sleazy attack on RFK Jr. mirrors the “fake news” tactics of CNN

The article begins:

Now comes the Trump team’s latest planned explosion: the appointment of celebrated anti-vaccine crusader Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to chair a commission on, yes, vaccine safety and integrity.

The through-the-looking-glass news broke today in the lobby of Trump Tower…

Time‘s condescending tone continues as they refer to President Trump’s position connecting vaccines and autism as “nonsensical non-science.” Natural News has well covered the saga of Andrew Wakefield and the vaccine-autism connection, yet Time calls it “The vaccine-autism fable…” They go on to claim there exists a “tidal wave of studies showing that vaccines are safe and effective…” and that partly to blame for this ‘persistent rumor’ are Hollywood celebrities Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy, and Rob Schneider, to whom Time warns menacingly, “we’re looking at you…”

Time falsely claims that with regard to vaccine constituents, “the thimerosal just isn’t there,” when in fact after the ban went into effect, old vaccine stocks containing the mercury preservative were allowed to be sold, and may still be used. To finish, the article says about Kennedy, “the newly chosen vaccine czar does not know what he’s talking about.”

In truth, Time has no clue what it’s reporting. Mercury (Thimerosal) is still used in flu shots routinely given to infants and expectant mothers, subjecting millions of U.S. children to toxic mercury exposure via vaccinations. (RELATED: For the latest honest reporting on vaccines, visit Vaccines.news)

Kennedy has published a manifesto on mercury and vaccines, a very worthy read. It is available at his website RobertFKennedyJr.com. Also, read the powerful excerpts from his Thimerosal science book at this Natural News link. Here is how it begins, and this shows precisely why he is a marked man:

I am pro vaccine. I had all of my six children vaccinated. I believe that vaccines save millions of lives. So let me explain why I edited the book Thimerosal: Let The Science Speak, which exposes the dangerous—and wholly unnecessary—use of the mercury-based preservative thimerosal in vaccines being given to millions of children and pregnant women here and around the world.

Vaccines are big business. Pharma is a trillion-dollar industry with vaccines accounting for $25 billion in annual sales. CDC’s decision to add a vaccine to the schedule can guarantee its manufacturer millions of customers and billions in revenue with minimal [advertising] or marketing costs and complete immunity from lawsuits. High stakes and the seamless marriage between Big Pharma and government agencies have spawned an opaque and crooked regulatory system…

Ultimately, it comes down to a question of human rights – who is in control of your mind and body?

Time‘s vile hit piece on Kennedy is subtitled “Kids will pay the price for anti-vaxxer nonsense.” Those nine words are loaded, and the subtitle in and of itself constitutes mass mind control. First, it is a clear example of fear-mongering. The choice to not  vaccinate is valid and does not mean you will bring harm to your children. The truth is that kids are ‘paying the price’ for an intensive vaccination schedule that pumps them full of toxins many times over that of the schedule from a few decades ago.

A reasonable and measured approach is for parents to question the safety, effectiveness, and necessity of each and every of the dozens of vaccine doses that is overloading their children’s immune systems. That is not nonsense, that is wisdom. What is folly is to mindlessly prostrate oneself before the medical/pharmaceutical overlords as if they hold sovereign power over us. Moreover, RFK Jr. is self-professedly pro-vaccine. To use the term ‘anti-vaxxer’ is inappropriate, disingenuous, and perfidious.

Finally, to use the word ‘nonsense’ is dismissive, as if the science is settled, as if no credible voices speak against the vaccine theology, and as if anyone who questions TPTB can be rightfully marginalized.

Sources:

Time.com

RobertFKennedyJr.com

RobertFKennedyJr.com

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