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Related: About this forumNavajos to be used in coronavirus vaccine experiments by Johns Hopkins and drug company
The Navajo Nation government has agreed to allow Johns Hopkins to carry out coronavirus vaccine experiments on Navajos.
Navajo President Jonathan Nez said Friday that the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 study will be administered by the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health in Chinle, Arizona, and in Shiprock, New Mexico, on the Navajo Nation and in Gallup, New Mexico.
Johns Hopkins University was responsible for infecting Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala with sexually transmitted diseases during its secret medical research in the 1940s. It took decades for the truth to be exposed and the matter is now before the U.S. courts.
Johns Hopkins staff have already been on the Navajo Nation and providing the lead in the epidemiology research on the Navajo Nation during the pandemic.
It was not widely known that John's Hopkins already received funding for experimental plasma infusions on Navajos.
Johns Hopkins announced in July that it received $35 million to carry out experimental plasma infusions on Navajos. The plasma is from those who recovered from the virus. This was not widely publicized in Indian country media. Read article.
Medical researchers and drug profiteers have a long history of targeting vulnerable people, including those who do not speak English, and the elderly, who may not understand what they are agreeing to.
This is especially true in the Indian Health Service facilities, operated by the U.S. government and located on Native American Nations. The risks associated with experimental vaccines may not be fully explained.
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2020/09/navajos-to-be-used-in-coronavirus.html
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)I wonder...will the vaccine will be delivered on blankets?
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Ive got a bad feeling about this
Historic NY
(38,043 posts)The randomized double blind trials totaling 1,100 people will be conducted at over 20 ambulatory clinics in medical centers across the U.S., including the Navajo Nation, and will help researchers determine whether convalescent blood plasma therapy can effectively be used to treat people in the early stage of COVID-19 illness or prevent the infection in those at high risk of exposure to the virus at their home or jobs.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/johns-hopkins-receives-35-million-in-funding-from-department-of-defense-for-covid-19-blood-plasma-trials
The Article has been manipulated to make it seem like it only going to be Navajo Nations people