A Polio Vaccine Made from Tobacco Leaves?
Seeking an alternative to using live poliovirus to create the polio vaccine, scientists are infecting a relative of the tobacco plant with a virus “containing the genetic material of polio” to manufacture a new polio vaccine from the modified plant leaves. If the experimental technique is considered successful once the vaccines have been tested in…
Vaccine Victim Sara Sotomayor
Hi, my name is Sara Sotomayor and I live in Pennsylvania. I’m 23 years old and became vaccine injured in 2006 at 13 years old in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Before I became vaccine injured, I was active, joyful and carefree. I was an honor roll student and I played sports like soccer and softball, and I […]
Tetanus Shots for Texas Hurricane Harvey Flood Victims?
U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (R-Texas) has encouraged victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas to get vaccinated against tetanus, particularly people who have been wading through dirty flood water. On August 28, 2017, Rep. Sessions said on CNN, “I would like to say in watching this there are a couple things as a result of my Boy Scout…
Anecdotal Evidence Has Long Guided Medical Research
The word “anecdotal” is defined as something that is based on “personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation.” Anecdotal evidence relies on personal accounts, stories shared by people about what happened to them or what they observed.
Forced Vaccination Judged Unconstitutional in Colombia
The Constitutional Court in Colombia recently ruled that mandating the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is unconstitutional. However, the precedent-setting judicial decision went beyond HPV vaccine mandates and affirmed the ethical principle of informed consent to medical risk taking. According to the Court, which is the highest judicial…
Australia’s Draconian Vaccine Laws and Game of Thrones
For a long time now, I’ve been hearing about this TV phenomenon called the Game of Thrones, so I recently decided to see for myself what all the fuss was about. In the last two weeks, I’ve binged and managed to view all seven seasons—67 episodes. I’m hooked. The draconian code of conduct and graphic violence…