Senate Approves Burr's Bioterrorism Bill

HA--Bioterrorism begins at home:

Winston-Salem Journal | Senate approves Burr's bioterrorism bill: "After almost two years of negotiations, the Senate passed a bill last night sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., that would create a new federal agency to combat bioterrorism.

The bill to establish the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority has been a priority of Burr's since his first day in the Senate. After the vote last night, Burr said he was 'excited' that the bill had finally passed."

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Highlights of BARDA include the creation of a new position within the Department of Health and Human Services that would be solely responsible for the oversight of vaccine production and decide what medications would be distributed.

Barbara Loe Fisher, the president of the National Vaccine Information Center, has been an outspoken critic of the bill. She was unaware that the bill had been passed by the Senate last night but said she's worried about the effects "secret vaccine production" could have on the American public. "This is an extremely dangerous precedent that is being set," she said.

And when you get trapped as an unwilling "test" subject because so-called "Bird Flu" threatens your area, just think about this:

LIABILITY SHIELD GRANTED TO DRUG COMPANIES

NVIC condemns the disgraceful behavior of those in the Senate who used under-handed tactics in late December to ram unjust liability protection for drug companies through Congress. Many NVIC supporters took positive action in December after NVIC issued a call to action to try to defeat the massive lobbying effort by drug companies and pro-forced vaccination lobbyists to remove access to the judicial system when federal health initiatives result in vaccine injuries and deaths. It is clear that the only way they could defeat us was to lie and deliberately corrupt the legislative process. To more fully understand why they did what they did, read the letter NVIC sent to Senate staffer, Robert Kadlec, M.D. protesting the liability shield legislation for Big Pharma which President Bush has signed into law.