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FactMission #1: Chimpanzee-plasma-derived vaccines
August 9, 2024:
Our first preprint is out on Substack, Zenodo, X and ResearchGate. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.13249977
The preprint focuses on the information in the WHO Symposia Proceedings, books given to participants documenting their private meetings. In 1978, clinical trials were about to begin of Hepatitis-B vaccines made from blood. Global health leaders discussed trials of 2 versions: one made from chimpanzee to try on gay men, and another made from human blood to try on staff. In 1982, the WHO warned participants that AIDS had emerged during the trials and much controversy existed over the possibility it was caused by a virus in the blood used to make the vaccines. In 1983, HIV was identified, and chimpanzee blood used to make the vaccine tested HIV+. Before 1982, there exist scores of papers and books discussing the vaccines made from chimpanzee blood. After 1982, the patents, trial documents and scientific papers were all updated, removing any reference to vaccines every having been made from chimpanzee blood. However, in 1984, the makers offered them to the WHO for use in Africa for $0.95/dose, acknowledging they were prohibited in wealthy countries where only human-blood-based vaccines were approved and selling for $100.
Our preprint does not speculate about vaccine harms. Rather, it merely seeks to establish consensus on the basic, verifiable facts. To do this, we ask everyone to visit our paper on X at the link below, and quote it, tagging experts to fact-check and verify, using #chimpvax. The final version of our paper sent for peer review and publishing will include all replies on X, and summaries to show if the facts are conceded or disputed, or if experts with first-hand knowledge have to respond “no comment”.
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WHO's private concerns over AIDS and chimpanzee-plasma derived vaccines
A book given to participants of the 1982 WHO Symposium in Athens documents their internal meetings discussing the controversy over a possible viral agent in chimpanzee-plasma vaccines. 6 months later, HIV was identified, and the chimpanzee blood used to make the vaccine tested HIV+. Since then, nobody acknowledges that chimpanzee-plasma derived vaccines ever existed. Since they clearly did, we wrote a preprint and seek public review from experts with firsthand information. Also on Substack, Rumble .
30 minute documentary on the history of AIDS and chimpanzee-based plasma vaccines
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