{"id":10278,"date":"2024-02-15T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T22:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/?post_type=jtf_topics&p=10278"},"modified":"2024-07-21T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T18:47:24","slug":"did-they-lie-about-mumps-vaccine-effectiveness","status":"publish","type":"jtf_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/jtf_topics\/did-they-lie-about-mumps-vaccine-effectiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Did they lie about mumps vaccine effectiveness?"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row source=”” text=”Clinical Trials” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes” google_fonts=”font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”” css=”.vc_custom_1708910874436{border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Claim:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]\n
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Andrew Wakefield made a\u00a0new movie<\/a> based on that claim and the dismissed \u201cwhistleblower\u201d lawsuit concerning the mumps vaccine effectiveness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=”The Facts:” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]This new film is based an old, dismissed lawsuits.\u00a0It was\u00a0alleged that Merck defrauded the government and misrepresented data to secure contracts for manufacturing the vaccine.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0article<\/a>, by our friend\u00a0Dorit Reiss<\/a>,\u00a0discusses the dismissal of a 2010 lawsuit against Merck over its mumps vaccine. A\u00a0lawsuit against Merck\u00a0alleged\u00a0fraud after questions about the minimum \u2018release potency,\u2019 an analysis of the amount of live virus in the vaccine at the beginning of the vaccine\u2019s shelf life. After protocols changed in 1996-1997, the analysis included the amount of live virus\u00a0at the end of shelf life.<\/p>\n

In the end, the Federal District Court found that even if there were misrepresentations by Merck, they were not material to the government\u2019s decision to contract with Merck for its mumps vaccine, as the government had its own data on the vaccine\u2019s effectiveness\u00a0and did not rely on the data provided by Merck.\u00a0The court decided this without ruling on the fraud allegations.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claims about mumps vaccine effectiveness fraud are based on dismissed lawsuits. The court found Merck\u2019s alleged misrepresentations did not affect government contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","jtf_topic_subjects":[203,213,218],"class_list":["post-10278","jtf_topics","type-jtf_topics","status-publish","hentry","jtf_topic_subjects-mmr","jtf_topic_subjects-mumps","jtf_topic_subjects-vaccine-safety","entry","no-media"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jtf_topics"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10360,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topics\/10278\/revisions\/10360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jtf_topic_subjects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicesforvaccines.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jtf_topic_subjects?post=10278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}