That does not sit right with Dr. Joel Lexchin, a retired York University health policy professor who has long studied conflicts in medical research.
As Canadians bristle at the slow delivery of COVID-19 vaccine, the task force’s limited transparency and allegedly competing interests have come under heightened scrutiny.Article content As for the task force, it had rigorous rules governing conflicts of interest and the group’s secretary advised on how members should handle them, said Langley.
In a statement earlier this week, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada stressed that the members were volunteers who spent about 200 hours in total meeting to provide the government “sound evidence-based decisions.” She should have realized that even such “indirect conflicts” matter, said Amir Attaran, a health-law professor at the University of OttawaIf someone endows you with $700,000 … it is quite reasonable to suppose you will have warm feelings toward them.”
Lexchin worries that the conflicts, coupled with the group’s secrecy, will only fuel growing “vaccine hesitancy,” despite ample evidence of the safety and efficacy of the shots now on the market.Article content
Please dig in to all of the task force members and their potential COIs - they're there!
NACI Our Advisory Committee on Immunization has always been a secret organization with no accountability. That needs to change. Media ACIP, The equivalent Organization in the US has all their meetings open to public and put on line.
However one views this the facts remain: while other governments made intelligent business decisions, embraced the challenge with urgency and focused on the welfare of their populations the Liberal government failed across the board.
Conflict of interest related to the Trudeau government, this is shocking.....there is no god!
A conflict of interest with Trudeau around? Shocker.
The Sanofi GSK vaccine trials have essentially failed they are back to square one and we will NEVER see the delivery of those already paid for doses to Canada. dont as AnitaOakville how much this will cost to taxpayers as it is secret, becasue that is our best interest 🤦♂️🤦♂️
That long mis-pinned name tells everything! 🙄🤔😒
Is he a Trudeau friend & family ? All that benefit usually are.