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My 3/13/19 testimony on vaccine exemptions to the Maine joint Education and Cultural Affairs Committee
My name is Dr. Meryl Nass. I am here today to oppose LD798 and support LD987. · I am a physician in Ellsworth, Maine. · I graduated from MIT and the University of Mississippi School of Medicine. · In 2010, I was the chair of a commission established by…
What DHHS proposes to tell parents about giving anthrax vaccine to their children
In order to meet the requirements of 45 CFR 46.407, a federal advisory panel must review the proposed pediatric research, agree that it will provide important generalizable knowledge, and that children participating in the research will be protected from taking dangerous risks. DHHS has convened the necessary panel, which will meet to discuss details of…
Initial data on swine flu adverse event reporting/ MMWR
Per CDC’s MMWR, as of November 24, VAERS data indicated 82 adverse event reports per 1 million H1N1 vaccine doses distributed, compared with 47 reports per 1 million seasonal influenza vaccine doses distributed. Adverse events designated serious were 50% higher (based on doses distributed, not doses used) for swine flu compared to seasonal flu. Monitoring…
Media Called for an Independent Investigation; New FBI report fails to assuage their concerns
Washington Post Editorial, September 19, 2008“Anthrax Suspicions: Why an independent look at the FBI probe is essential” THERE’S NO better proof of the need for an independent review of the FBI’s anthrax investigation than the words of Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)… Mr. Leahy rejected the agency’s assertion that government scientist Bruce E. Ivins acted…
Ramping up the Moneypox fears. The new fomite scare
An article published in Eurosurveillance says that surfaces in isolation rooms of moneypox patients were sampled, and they found virus all over the room and bathroom. Not only were PCR tests positive, but viable virus was able to be cultured on Vero (african green monkey kidney) cells. Highest viral counts were found on the toilet…
In the interest of not adding to the confusion re Ivins
http://www.courant.com/news/local/hc-anthrax0802,0,2705314.story My comments to a reporter were misinterpreted and I want to clarify them. The story says, “Ivins was a civilian working in the Army’s main bioterrorism program. Nass said Ivins always complained about being treated poorly by some of the military personnel.” Bruce did not ever complain to me about being “treated poorly.” I…