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Urgent lawsuit filed against FDA to halt swine flu vaccines; claims FDA violated federal law
NaturalNews ^
| October 9 2009
| Mike Adams
Posted on 10/09/2009 4:59:37 AM PDT by Brown Deer
(NaturalNews) Health freedom attorney Jim Turner is filing a lawsuit in Washington D.C. mid-day Friday in an urgent effort to halt the distribution of the swine flu vaccine in America. On behalf of plaintiffs Dr. Gary Null and other licensed health care workers of New York State, the lawsuit charges that the FDA violated the law in its hasty approval of four swine flu vaccines by failing to scientifically determine neither the safety nor efficacy of the vaccines.
"The suit will seek an injunction against the FDA from approving the vaccine," attorney Jim Turner told NaturalNews on Thursday evening's Natural News Talk Hour show. "And the core of the argument is that they have not done the proper safety and efficacy tests on the vaccine to allow it to be release at this time."
The suit seeks to not only nullify the FDA's unlawful "approval" of the four H1N1 influenza vaccines, but to also ask the court to issue an injunction that would halt any mandatory vaccination requirements.
"The FDA is required by law to establish that a vaccine is safe and effective before it can be given to the public," said Turner. "We are arguing that they did not establish that the vaccine was effective, and did not establish that it was safe. They are trying to get it on the market by a waiver."
Vaccine / adjuvant combination has never been properly tested
The vaccine / adjuvant combination being referred to as the "swine flu vaccine" has apparently never been safety tested or approved by the FDA. In fact, in many cases the vaccine is being sent to clinics, pharmacies and other health establishments separately from the adjuvant chemical, leaving it up to each local vaccine retailer to properly mix the vaccine with the adjuvant, according to information provided by Turner. With hundreds of millions of Americans potentially being targeted with this vaccine, the potential for improper mixing, improper dosages, and human error is alarming.
If the charges described in the lawsuit are true, it means the FDA has blatantly abandoned medical science and violated its own regulations in approving not only these four vaccines, but the potentially deadly adjuvant chemicals as well. To date, the FDA has produced absolutely no scientific evidence documenting safety tests for any of these swine flu vaccines. There are no published studies, no records of any clinical trials, and no publicly-available paper trail demonstrating that any safety testing was done whatsoever. There is no researcher who has publicly put their name on the record declaring the vaccines to be safe, and no FDA official has ever stated that scientifically-valid safety testing has ever been conducted on the vaccine / adjuvant combinations now being distributed across America.
Normally, when a pharmaceutical achieves "FDA approved" status, there is a considerable paper trail of scientific scrutiny, peer review, clinical trials and other supporting evidence. To our knowledge, no such documents exist for the swine flu vaccines. The FDA's approval of these vaccines appears to be based entirely on a whim.
"What has been tested?" asked attorney Jim turner. "Where has it been tested? Who reviewed the test? Who looked at the test and said yes they proved safety and efficacy? There is no record that we can find that shows these things have been done."
By approving the four vaccines in the absence of such safety testing, the FDA itself stands in direct violation of federal law. "There is a law that they're supposed to follow and they are not following it," Turner added.
Billions of dollars are at stake
Why, then, did the FDA apparently violate the law and push these vaccines into full public distribution without securing the safety testing required by law? Turner suspects a profit motive may be involved: "They're charging $24.95 to get a vaccine. Multiplied by 100 million people, that's a lot of money. If you do the whole society, you're talking about several billion dollars."
In fact, the U.S. vaccination push could ultimately target over 200 million Americans, generating nearly $5 billion in vaccine-related revenues. Cashing in on those revenues, however, requires three things:
1) Spreading fear about H1N1 swine flu by exaggerating its dangers.
2) Quickly making a vaccine available for sale, even if it has never been thoroughly tested for safety and efficacy.
3) Aggressively marketing the vaccines before the H1N1 swine flu fizzles out and can no longer be hyped up as "highly virulent."
All three of these conditions are now being pushed aggressively in the U.S. by pharma-influenced health authorities at both the state and federal level. There is a mad, cult-like rush under way to vaccinate American citizens with an unproven, untested chemical that was thrust into distribution in apparent violation of federal law. And if this vaccine is not stopped, the price that may ultimately be paid in terms of lost lives could be quite dire.
It all harkens back to 1976 when a previous formulation of the swine flu vaccine paralyzed and killed thousands of Americans. Turner was one of the attorneys instrumental in halting that vaccine, and he fears a repeat situation could potentially recur today. He told NaturalNews, "[In 1976] they were intending to inoculate 200 million people. We stopped them... and somewhere between 40 and 50 million people were vaccinated. What ultimately brought it down is that a substantial number of people got 'French Polio' [Guillain-Barre syndrome], a paralysis that goes... through the body, and if it goes far enough you die."
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fda; flu; lawsuit; swineflu; vaccine
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It takes on average 12 years and over US$350 million to get a new drug from the laboratory onto the pharmacy shelf. Once a company develops a drug, it undergoes around three and a half years of laboratory testing, before an application is made to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin testing the drug in humans. Only one in 1000 of the compounds that enter laboratory testing will ever make it to human testing." ---
FDA Approval Process
and they developed and got this vaccine on the market in just a few months time? ;-)
To: Brown Deer
Snowball chance in hell of winning, but the right thing to do to make the effort. These guys are trying to save a lot of lives, and maybe the news reports alone will open some people’s eyes to the true story. Glenn Beck tried yesterday.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:01:29 AM PDT
by
BlueStateBlues
(Blue State business, Red State heart. . . . .Palin 2012----can't come soon enough!)
To: Brown Deer
Heard this evening that the two Obama daughters WILL NOT be vaccinated for H1N1.
Now I wonder what the First Family knows that the rest of us aren’t supposed to know?
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:05:39 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: Brown Deer
A friend's son was advised by a doctor he had the *regular* *seasonal* flu recently and was prescribed Tamiflu.
Even with insurance, the cost was over $100 for 5 doses.
Whether this vaccine is good or bad, profits are definitely at the forefront.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:11:10 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: wolfcreek
Will someone follow the money? What drug companies are involved? How much money did they get? And what political party do they contribute to?
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:16:53 AM PDT
by
killermosquito
(Buffalo (and eventually France) is what you get when liberalism runs its course.)
To: wolfcreek
As I understand it Tamiflu has nasty side affects.
It should not be given to kids unless really necessary.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:17:45 AM PDT
by
DB
To: SatinDoll
Heard this evening that the two Obama daughters WILL NOT be vaccinated for H1N1.
Makes sense since they live in a bubble and don't have to associate with the great unwashed. However, it still speaks volumes.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:17:57 AM PDT
by
Dewey Revoltnow
(People don't respect that which they don't earn.)
To: Brown Deer
“And the core of the argument is that they have not done the proper safety and efficacy tests on the vaccine to allow it to be release at this time.” Considering how many TRULY important drugs are DENIED or DELAYED because of the FDA’s multi-stage approval process, it's rather remarkable how they just cut through their own red tape to fast track a vaccine to the public, combining Squalene (Shark Liver Oil) and Thiomersal (Mercury - C9H9HgNaO2S) without thoroughly testing it. |
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:20:55 AM PDT
by
BP2
(I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
To: Brown Deer
If only the FDA would get out of the way for other promising treatments.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:23:55 AM PDT
by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: SatinDoll
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:30:12 AM PDT
by
john in springfield
(One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe such things.No ordinary man could be such a fool.)
To: SatinDoll
they live in a “bubble” and don’t have access to the “little people”
To: Brown Deer
The FDA has already violated their own rules regarding proper testing procedures at least once, after the EPA mandated the replacement of CFC propellants (used in asthma and respiratory inhalers). These propellants had an ~ 50 year safety record, and the replacements were never fully tested. They have proved to be a decidedly inferior replacement.
This was a purely political decision to ‘save the ozone layer’. I’m certain the H1N1 vaccine falls in the same category - driven by politics not science or medicine.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:34:07 AM PDT
by
algernonpj
(He who pays the piper . . .)
To: DB
He’as 15 and was getting better at the time of the doctor visit. His parents didn’t purchase the drugs.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:44:14 AM PDT
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: Brown Deer
The vaccine / adjuvant combination being referred to as the "swine flu vaccine" has apparently never been safety tested or approved by the FDA
Typical. Either it has or it hasn't. But not knowing that doesn't stop someone from trying to use the situation to draw attention to his cause.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:47:27 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Brown Deer
Good! Good!
However:
1. Breaking the law? They don't care.
2. Some will suffer life threatening side effects? They don't care.
You are being much too rational. The motivation for desiring to inoculate everyone in the country is mostly left wing emotionalism. Sorta like global warming. Create an imaginary crisis, then save everyone from it.
They'll need to strap me to a gurney and force into my arm. IOW, we won't be getting it.
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posted on
10/09/2009 5:50:07 AM PDT
by
Banjoguy
(Barack H. Obama and the Democrats are enemies of American way of Life.)
To: SatinDoll
Gee, even the Bangkok Post is concerned about Obama’s flu shot. I like how he says he’ll do what his doctor says - what, not what Governor Patrick says or Sebelius?
Obamas to get swine flu vaccine
Published: 20/09/2009 at 10:21 PM
Online news: Breakingnews
America’s first family will get vaccinated against swine flu when they are advised to, President Barack Obama said in a television interview broadcast Sunday.
“We want to get vaccinated. We think it’s the right thing to do. We will stand in line like everybody else and when folks say it’s our turn, that’s when we’ll get it,’’ Obama told CNN’s “State of the Union.’’
With the northern hemisphere entering its autumn flu season and infection rates again beginning to spike, many Americans are waiting for the first deliveries of (A)H1N1 vaccines, expected to come in the first weeks of October.
The emergency services personnel and others who are at risk or vulnerable, including pregnant women and children with underlying conditions, will be first to get the vaccine.
“After that, I think, you’re looking at kids, so Malia and Sasha would fall into that category,’’ Obama said referring to his two young daughters. “I suspect that I may come fairly far down the line.’’
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that the flu season had begun earlier than normal and that the number of detected cases had risen.
“The Obama family plan is to call up my HHS (Health and Human Services) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and my CDC director, and just ask them, what’s your recommendation? And whatever they tell me to do, I will do,’’ Obama said.
Worldwide, at least 3,205 people have died of the virus since it was uncovered in Mexico in April, according to the World Health Organization. The United States has confirmed more than 600 swine flu-related deaths.
The US government has purchased 195 million doses of swine flu vaccine and will make shots against the influenza A(H1N1) virus available free of charge starting next month.
To: Brown Deer
I am recovering from both flu (may be H1N1 but was not tested) and pneumonia. As flus go ... hurts more in the joints but does not last the 2 weeks that I have experienced with other flus.
To: taxcontrol
Flu came to my home yesterday. Doc appointment this afternoon.
Oddly this is the first time I’ve scheduled a doctor appointment for the flu.
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posted on
10/09/2009 6:39:36 AM PDT
by
sunny48
To: sunny48
I would say the first 72 hrs are the worst. If you can avoid getting really really sick during that time, it should pass quickly.
Unfortunately, I am an asthmatic and have a long history with pneumonia (now 9 times) and the flu just weaken me enough for the pneumonia to return.
To: Brown Deer
Have no fear, it will be tested on those who are dumb enough to get the shot.
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posted on
10/09/2009 6:50:53 AM PDT
by
stockpirate
("And if my thought-dreams could be seen. They'd probably put my head in a guillotine" Dylan)
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