Labeling deception, omissions, and false informed consent for vaccination have been significant issues since the early 20th century, especially in the context of biological and chemical products. These deceptions often involve ambiguous terminology and arbitrary units of measurement on product labels, such as vaccines, which mislead consumers into believing that the contents are identifiable, measurable, stable, non-toxic, and therapeutic.
Labeling fraud is just one aspect of the many layers of legalized deception surrounding biological products, vaccination laws, and the fight against infectious diseases. Deceptive practices often involve misrepresenting the contents of biological materials, and when these deceptions are examined, they inevitably lead to further layers of misinformation. Fully understanding these layers requires a deeper investigation into the terminology, units of measurement, and practices described in reports on this issue.
A crucial point for preventing the vaccination of infants and toddlers is ensuring that no one gives informed consent without specific information about the exact contents of each individual vaccine. Biological labeling laws require general information, but not specifics, as the contents of any biological product cannot be fully characterized or determined at any given time. Scientific methods of identification and measurement can only provide partial characterizations due to the inherent instability and diversity of biological organisms.
Evaluation methods for biological samples break them down to gather limited information. Each sample or aliquot differs from others, even from the same batch, and varies with time. Biological materials interact unpredictably with the recipient’s body, making it impossible to establish a consistent “dose” based on mass or volume.
Living organisms undergo constant change and interaction with their environment, which also affects biological products like vaccines. These processes can occur rapidly when stored at room temperature or body temperature, but slow down when cooled, frozen, or suspended. The biological processes resume quickly once the product is thawed, mixed, or injected into another living organism.
Given these complexities, no healthcare professional, manufacturer, regulator, or vaccination specialist can know the exact contents of a vaccine at any given time. As a result, none can accurately inform the recipient about the nature or effects of the product. This knowledge has been understood by public health, military, scientific, and medical communities since the start of the modern vaccination era, leading to the removal of identifying information from product labels for all vaccines, serums, toxins, and other biological products since the passage of the Viral-Toxic Drugs Act in 1902 and the Emergency Countermeasures Act in 2003.
For instance, during the October 2020 FDA VRBPAC Meeting, Marion Gruber, Director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, stated that the FDA must determine that a product may be effective and that its benefits outweigh its risks before issuing an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Experimental vaccines, such as the COVID-19 vaccine, do not require full informed consent, but recipients should be provided with an information leaflet describing the experimental nature, known benefits, risks, alternatives, and the option to opt out.
Informed consent remains the cornerstone of medical ethics and decision-making. For those seeking a deeper understanding of the issues surrounding informed consent, we recommend reading The War on Informed Consent by Jeremy R. Hammond.
