ACarl (@ACarl)

“TRUST US” SHOULD NEVER SUBSTITUTE FOR TRANSPARENT SCIENCE There is a tendency whenever vaccination is discussed for people immediately to divide themselves into camps. Pro-vaccine. Anti-vaccine. Trust the #science. Don’t trust the science. I think that misses the fundamental point. Science worthy of public trust should withstand scrutiny. So show us: THE RISK ASSESSMENT. THE #CSIRO TRIAL DATA. THE SPECIES THAT WERE TESTED. THE ADVERSE-EVENT DATA. THE EFFICACY DATA. THE CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS. And once thousands of penguins have received their #injections: PUBLISH THE RESULTS. If the programme prevents a catastrophic H5 outbreak and protects one of Australia’s most extraordinary wildlife colonies, then the evidence should demonstrate that. And if unforeseen problems emerge, the public should know about those too. Because whether we’re talking about human beings, #livestock or wild penguins: “TRUST US” IS NOT EVIDENCE. The Gates Foundation connection to Zoetis is real and documented. The #Zoetis connection to #Australia’s #H5 vaccine is real and documented. But a direct #Gates connection to the penguin programme itself has not been established. That is where the evidence currently ends. And that’s where responsible investigation should stop — until further evidence takes us somewhere else. Because 5,000 wild #penguins are about to become part of an extraordinary real-world #vaccination programme. https://seemorerocks.substack.com/p/theyre-vaccinating-5000-penguins #Victoria #adverseevents #provaccine #antivaccine