Why Vaccines are Important: Promoter Gets $29 Million.

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CDC Vaccine Advisor Pockets $29 Million Promoting Vaccines

http://www.naturalnews.com/026359_CDC_rotavirus_vaccination.htmlby David Gutierrez, staff writer

 

(NaturalNews) Dr. Paul Offit of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

(CHOP) received at least $29 million from his share of royalties for

Merck's Rotateq vaccine after using his position with the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention to ensure that childhood vaccination

with the vaccine became compulsory.According

to a report on the Web site "Age of Autism," a review of CHOP's

royalties schedules reveals that Offit likely received between $29

million and $55 million for his work developing the Rotateq vaccine for

rotavirus, which causes diarrhea in infants. Because the vaccine is

jointly owned by CHOP and by the Wistar Institute but Offit is the only

inventor listed on the patent from CHOP, he received 100 percent of

inventor's rights payments from CHOP."Clearly, based on the

distribution of income rights outlined in [CHOP's policies], Paul Offit

had a greater personal interest in Rotateq's commercial success than

any other single individual in the world," article authors Dan Olmsted

and Mark Blaxill write. "And more than other individual in the world,

he found himself in a position to directly influence that success."Between

1998 and 2003, Offit sat on the U.S. government's Advisory Committee on

Immunization Practices (ACIP). His involvement with development of

Rotateq began before and ended after these dates.While a member

of the ACIP, Offit consistently voted in favor of making vaccination

against rotavirus part of the compulsory U.S. childhood immunization

schedule. He also voted to rescind recommendation of Wyeth's competing

vaccine RotaShield, while aggressively advocating for the idea that

other rotavirus vaccines would be less dangerous."Unlike

most other patented products, the market for mandated childhood

vaccines is created not by consumer demand, but by the recommendation

of an appointed body called the ACIP," Olmsted and Blaxill write. "In a

single vote, ACIP can create a commercial market for a new vaccine that

is worth hundreds of millions of dollars in a matter of months."In

the case of Rotateq, its addition to the vaccine schedule led to an

increase in yearly revenue of $655 million over the course of two years.Sources for this story include: www.ageofautism.com.These (scientific) studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food consumption including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis,insulin regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system. Because GM foods pose a serious health risk, the AAEM believes that it is imperative to adopt the precautionary principle. - American Academy of Environmental Medicine.

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