Ashamed-of-my-old-industry ping.
Is it any wonder then why so many of us have turned hardened skeptics, and are reluctant to get our kids ANY vaccine?
Have to Pay for Vioxx.
Anything post the 1986 indemnification legislation is suspect.
When I first became a pharmacist the research by Merck was the gold standard in the pharmaceutical industry. They were trusted and with good reason. Their drug trials were first class and without bias. If they published it, it was true to the best of their very high research standards.
Sadly today, Merck is no longer driven by ethical research standards. This is very sad. They are no longer to be trusted.