Navajos 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.
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