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UPDATE: Turns out this study was rushed for approval because of the fiscal year ending. Congress designated the $1.6M for global health security, so instead of combating Ebola, it's being wasted on this. Denmark continues to stand by the study, despite what WHO or the Helsinki declaration says.

rollingstone.comHow a Controversial Hepatitis B Study Was Funded by the CDC Amid a Global Swirl of CriticismAs experts questioned the ethics of the study, documents show that expiring funds forced a rushed vote in Denmark, where the researchers’ institute is based
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BREAKING UPDATE: Our pressure is working! Everyone is trying to backtrack "Members of a Danish research ethics committee were informed that officials in Guinea-Bissau had approved an updated design of the study, which influenced some committee members’ votes to proceed with the trial last week."

theguardian.comGuinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newbornsHealth minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr

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It costs $13k to vaccinate every newborn in Guinea-Bissau. Yet the CDC wants to spend $1.6M to "study" a vaccine we already know is safe and most effective when given at birth. Talk about wasteful government spending

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While Denmark, Guinea-Bissau, and CDC are busy backtracking on their published statements, we are doing everything to get this trial cancelled. Help our fight by signing our petition 👉 tr.ee/qnxhMk Donating to the fight 👉 tr.ee/D9yxo5 And contacting your MoCs 👉 tr.ee/AIygOi

tr.eeSign the Petition to Congress to Stop RFK's Guinea-Bissau Study — STAND UP FOR SCIENCEJoin with SUFS to sign the Petition to the US Congress to demand they take immediate action to halt the quack science "study" RFK intends to launch in Guinea-Bissau, which will intentionally withhold ...