Merck on trial over its MMR vaccine Dear Reader, Whenever there are cases of mumps, measles or chicken pox youll always hear people saying that its the fault of all those crazy anti-vaxxers. Anti-vaxxers are parents, grandparents and others who wont just take what medical authorities and Big Pharma promise about how safe these shots are... And with good reason. But what if these vaccines arent really all that effective to begin with? That would kind of change the whole picture now, wouldnt it? Well soon, we might just get the low-down on exactly how effective one of these vaccines really is. Thats because Merck and its mumps vaccine are going to trial... and for all we know, Mercks vaccine house of cards might just be blown down. Let the buyer beware Mercks mumps shot has been taken to court almost a thousand times. But to a special place called the vaccine court. Thats the only court where claims against vaccines can be heard. Injuries from the mumps, measles and rubella (MMR), are third on the list for numbers of cases filed there. However, this latest one is a different kind of lawsuit. Its not about children who died or were injured after getting the MMR vaccine. Its all about money. Specifically, how much money Merck may have cheated medical authorities out of. You see Merck has had control over the MMR vaccine since 1967. In the US, its the only drug company that has an FDA license to make it (in the UK, GlaxoSmithKline dominates the market). Merck claims its MMR vaccine is 95 per cent effective in preventing mumps specifically ... and thats what this lawsuit is all about. It looks like the vaccine is not as effective as Merck would like everybody to believe... And exactly how effective this shot really is, nobody knows. The two whistle-blowers who worked for Merck as virologists and who are taking the drug giant to court say that they witnessed fraudulent testing of the mumps vaccine. They say that Merck used some clever tactics to get that prevention number up to 95 per cent. The whistle-blowers say that when the test results didnt come out to Mercks liking, they were trashed, and different, sneaky ways to study the vaccine were devised. Now, these two Merck employees first told their story to medical authorities... who paid Merck a visit... but saw and did nothing. However, the whistle-blowers were assigned to different jobs. And Merck, they say, went right on with its fraudulent testing. Finally, these two guys managed to get their case into court. Of course, Merck tried to get it dismissed, but the judge didnt buy the companys reasons. Look, we already know these vaccines arent 100% safe. If they were, there wouldnt be so many settlements made by that vaccine court. But if this latest trial can get it on the record that theyre not even all that effective, it might put a stop to the nonsense we keep hearing about the wonder-working preventive power of these vaccines. It might also put a stop to people trying to place the blame for occasional cases of mumps on parents who refuse to place the health and safety of their children on the altar of Big Pharma profits. More cutting-edge health news below...
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:47:00 +0000
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