Country music star John Rich recently revealed that a private dinner conversation with President Donald Trump may have influenced Trump’s decision to stop promoting COVID-19 vaccines. The discussion, which Rich described as candid, direct and respectful, sheds new light on the President’s evolving rhetoric surrounding one of the most controversial public health measures in history. […]
Nuremberg Code
FDA Quietly Revokes Informed Consent Codified in Nuremberg Code
In a significant blow to patient autonomy, informed consent has been quietly revoked just 77 years after it was codified in the Nuremberg Code. On the 21st of December 2023, as we were frantically preparing for the festive season, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued […]
FDA Loosens Informed Consent Rules for Research
On January 22, 2024, amendments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations (21 CFR 50) covering Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) were finalized and implemented. The amendments added a new section, 50.22, that allows for exceptions to informed consent requirements for minimal-risk research. While the addition of section 50.22 harmonizes FDA IRB regulations with the […]
A Florida County Passes Resolution to Ban COVID-19 Vaccines
Republicans from Lee County, Florida, have passed a ‘Ban the Jab’ resolution to ban COVID-19 vaccines. After receiving a two-thirds majority vote, the resolution will now go to the desk of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for his consideration. According to WINK News, the resolution calls for Gov. DeSantis to ban the sale and distribution of […]
Former Pfizer VP Says People Who Pushed Universal Vaccination Guilty of ‘Crimes Against Humanity’
The former vice president of Pfizer says people who pushed to have COVID-19 vaccines — a gene-based therapy — needlessly injected into billions of innocent people are guilty of “crimes against humanity.” An astonishing 42,086 adverse events, including 1,223 deaths were reported to Pfizer between Dec. 1, 2020, and Feb. 28, 2021, yet Pfizer did nothing and […]