When money and ethics collide

Last month, HART wrote an article on the spring booster programme, including linking to an article in Chemist+Druggist on the pending availability of private covid vaccines in pharmacies up and down the land. A company called Pharmadoctor was the first into the ring but has been followed by others including Boots, the oldest of the UK high street chemists, whose strapline on their website is: We serve your wellbeing for life.

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Open letter to the JCVI – 19th August 2021

Children do not need Covid vaccines Open letter to Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation                                                                                                    19th August 2021 Dear Professor Lim and colleagues, As you know, a group of 60 British doctors and scientists wrote to the MHRA in May with a copy to members of the JCVI, expressing our concerns about the potential […]

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Open letter to JCVI 9th December 2021

Why give a second dose to children? Professor Lim, Chairman, JCVI COVID-19 subcommittee Dr June Raine, Chief Executive, MHRA Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England Sir Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive, UKHSA 9th December 2021 […]

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Open letter to JCVI 6th June 2021

Professor Wei Shen Lim, Chairman, Covid-19 immunisation committee, Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) Dear Professor Lim,  I and 50 senior doctors and academics, wrote to you urgently on 17th May (linked here) to express our grave concerns about the possibility of the COVID-19 vaccination programme being extended to children. I was informed that the letter […]

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Com-COV-3 booster study for 12-15-year-olds

a letter to the senior investigator and the chair of the Research Ethics Committee 9th August 2022 Professor Matthew Snape, Chief Investigator  Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine University of Oxford,  Churchill Hospital, Old Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LE  Mr David Carpenter, Chairman, South Central – Berkshire Research Ethic Committee Bristol REC Centre, Temple […]

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Full open letter to MHRA 17-05-2021

Supporting evidence re concerns surrounding COVID-19 vaccination in children Dr June Raine, CEO, Medicines & Healthcare devices Regulatory Authority, cc: Professor Lim, Chairman, JCVI Covid-19 vaccines committee cc: Professor Chris Whitty, CMO, Co-chair of SAGE cc: Sir Patrick Vallence, Chief Scientific Officer, Co-chair of SAGE Dear Dr Raine, We wish to notify you of our […]

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