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The World Health Organization is convening a panel to discuss the ethics of using the experimental drug ZMapp during the West African Ebola outbreak. Two American healthcare workers received the drug after being transported to Atlanta. President Obama stated that the government must let "science guide" the response to the crisis.
Barbara Loe Fisher, National Vaccine Information Center
Adam Curry plays a commentary from Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccine Information Center regarding the H1N1 "novel" swine flu. Fisher warns that the CDC and FDA are using emergency powers granted after 9/11 to fast-track experimental vaccines without thorough testing. The segment highlights the $1 billion allocated to drug companies to produce vaccines that may contain genetically engineered viruses and reactive adjuvants.
