Finding and Funding the Cause: Children’s Medical Safety Research Institute - Claire Dwoskin
Scientific research on vaccines has been limited by a narrowness of approach. The current model of government and industry-sponsored research utilizes research methods that sanction the use of active placebos and active controls, which may be masking background levels of adverse reactions. Subjects are followed for short time frames in relation to the biological activity and reactivity of the components, preparations and combinations under review. Passive surveillance is inadequate to assess both short and long term health consequences at the population level due to under reporting and lack of scientific certainty of the relationship between the vaccines and health effects. Government sponsored safety monitoring research is primarily epidemiological. Bench science is required to examine the biological, molecular, genetic, and physiological impacts.