Lawsuit Against Swine Flu Vaccine

Emergency legal action has been filed against the swine flu vaccine. This is who filed it and the agencies and people who are the defendants:

Gary Null, PhD, Rima E. Laibow, MD, Susanne Field, RN,
Cherryl Robbins, CNA, Mary Kuchman, Heather Walker,
Natural Solutions Foundation Foundation for Health Choice

Plaintiffs,

vs.

U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES,
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS,
in her official capacity as
Secretary of Health and Human Services,
U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services

MARGARET HAMBURG, M.D.,
in her official capacity as
Commissioner of Food and Drugs,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

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You can read the text of the Civil Action No. 1:09-cv-01924 here.


To summarize, they're asking for a temporary restraining order to stop "the distribution, licensing and use of four controversial vaccines -- including their use under an existing Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) -- until there has been adequate safety testing and a full opportunity for public hearings."

They suit is "alleging that the FDA violated the law in its hurried approval by failing to determine the safety and efficacy of the vaccines as required by law since 1964."

They're saying they a law has been violated and that they haven't proven that the vaccine is safe or effective before giving it to the public. They also claim that the FDA has not produced any "scientific evidence documenting safety tests." Read more here.

Sure doesn't give me any warm fuzzies over running out and getting the vaccine.