US Funds 'Unethical' African Study After Trashing Own Vaccine Advice
The Trump administration, through RFK Jr.'s health initiatives, is bankrolling a $1.6 million hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau, a country where 1 in 5 adults carry the virus. Critics call it 'neocolonialist' and 'extremely risky.' This follows the CDC’s curious reversal, changing its stance on early hepatitis B vaccination from a universal recommendation to an 'individual decision' for
US babies, despite decades of proven safety and efficacy. So, the US medical establishment now says what's good for American infants is an individual choice (when it used to be a standard protection), but what's 'highly unethical' for those same infants is perfectly fine—and funded—for newborns in West Africa. One wonders if the 'individual decision' applies only to those who can afford the
alternative, or if some lives are simply more expendable for 'research' purposes. When did proven public health become a laboratory experiment for others?