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1. Five Infants Die Due To Measles Vaccine
Five infants, around 10-months-old, died after being vaccinated for measles at Gandhidhams Rambaugh Hospital on Wednesday. Three others are said to be serious. The entire stock of this vaccine in the state has been withdrawn pending lab tests and measles vaccination in the district has been stopped till further notice. Following the deaths at 10 am, people went berserk breaking furniture and fixtures and beating up Dr Abhishek Makwana, who was on duty. Four infants died within minutes of being vaccinated by two female health workers while one infant died after an hour.
The Times Of India
2. Stop Damaging Children With Influenza Vaccines
The Times Of India
2. Stop Damaging Children With Influenza Vaccines
National authorities worldwide promote influenza vaccines, arguing they are not just effective, but extremely safe. The US NIAID director claimed that "the track record for serious adverse events is very good. It's very, very, very rare that you ever see anything that's associated with the vaccine that's a serious event". There is now abundant evidence that such optimism is misguided. In Australia last year, one febrile convulsion occurred for every 100 to 200 young children vaccinated with CSL's influenza vaccine. Now in the US there have been similar concerns. A recent analysis of the American experience reported a rate of 60 seizures per 100,000 influenza vaccinations when given together with conjugated pneumococcal vaccine. However this is likely to under-estimate the true rate. In 2005, when a new study demonstrated that influenza vaccines were not saving elderly lives, many argued that this underscored the importance of vacc inating more children. Yet we have no evidence demonstrating that children are benefiting from this strategy but do have evidence that these vaccines are hospitalizing children. The recent H1N1 "pandemic" and our immunisation response show that in children we likely caused more harm than good. Public health authorities should not continue to recommend (as in the US), that all children receive routine influenza vaccine until we have much better safety and efficacy data.
Peter J Collignon, Peter Doshi & Tom Jefferson, Australian National University, British Medical Journal
3. Conflict of Interest in Drug Studies Sneaking Back
A McGill study analyzing 29 "studies of studies" (meta-analyses) found that important declarations of financial conflicts-of-interest in individual drug trials disappeared when those studies were combined in meta-analyses. Dr. John Ioannidis, a foremost expert on clinical trial methodology has identified various factors that, in one way or another, confound the integrity of medical research reports. He found that "as much as 90% of the published medical information that doctors rely on is flawed." We believe that the single most potent factor undermining the veracity of medical research and meta-analyses is imbedded financial conflicts of interest.
Vera Hassner Sharav, AHRP
4. Anonymous: US army of fakes tracks Facebook users
Anonymous, the WikiLeaks-loving online hacktivist collective, claims the US military is developing a piece of software that can infiltrate Facebook and other social networks using an army of fake profiles, cross-referencing information to "track and identify" individuals. Evidence of the software - code-named 'Metal Gear' by the group - was uncovered in leaked emails belonging to US security contractor HBGary, after the company was attacked by Anonymous for providing assistance to the FBI in unmasking its members. In a lengthy audio statement explaining their initial findings, members of Anonymous claimed an informant inside the US Air Force had confirmed the existence of the technology. The allegations echo comments made by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange earlier this week, when he claimed that the Internet - and particularly social networks - is being used by governments as the "greatest spying machine the world has ever seen".
James Nixon, thinq_
5. Grey areas reshape the Assange debate
A popular new social movement in Sweden, dedicated to exploring the “grey areas” of sexual life, has been accused of being a campaign directed at Julian Assange, with tweets between the organisers talking of naming the movement after one of his accusers, and coaching each other to “keep the story close to the Assange situation”. The tweets seem to contradict claims by the organisers that the movement was only inspired by the Assange situation, and had no focus on it, and the leading figures are all well-connected friends of Assange case complainant Anna Ardin. The tweets pretty clearly indicate that the campaign was not only Ardin focused, but also Ardin-leaning. The campaign has reshaped the debate in the country where Assange will be tried, giving the impression that a vast sexual grey area has been expanding for too long, and that it is time to put a stop to it. And what explosive, high-profile trial might make that possible?
Guy Rundle, Crikey
Related Links:
* Police Interrogator In Assange Sex Case Is Accuser's Long-Time Buddy
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* Investigation: Interpol and Julian Assange's Red Notice
Tess Lawrence, Truthout
6. Harvard Law professor argues against WikiLeaks prosecution
Harvard Law Professor Yochai Benkler has released an article detailing U.S. government and news media censorship of WikiLeaks after the organization released the Afghan War Diary, the Iraq War Logs, and U.S. State department diplomatic cables in 2010. Among his key conclusions: The government overstated and overreacted to the WikiLeaks documents, and the mainstream news media followed suit by engaging in self-censorship. Benkler argues further that there is no sound Constitutional basis for a criminal prosecution of WikiLeaks or its leader, Julian Assange.
Yochai Benkler, Harvard Law School
Related Links:
James C. Goodale, former vice chairman and general counsel of The New York Times
7. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague Questioned On Bradley Manning
Ann Clwyd, Labour MP for Cynon Valley
(Caption & pic courtesy of One Click)
The Foreign Secretary William Hague was today directly questioned for the first time on the UK Government’s position on the case of Bradley Manning. Footage of today’s meeting of the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Committee may be viewed here. Ann Clwyd’s question appears right at the end of the meeting, at 16:46:43 and a transcript of her exchange with the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, following.
UK Friends of Bradley Manning
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