In the early 1960s, Stanley Plotkin was doing a paediatric residency in London, England, at the Hospital for Sick Children (now the Great Ormond Street Hospital).  It was during this time, as Plotkin admitted in a 2018 court case, that orphans, mentally handicapped and babies of mothers who were in prison were experimented on for the development of vaccines.

Plotkin is an American physician who, in his “retirement,” works as a consultant to the big four vaccine manufacturers, as well as biotechnology firms, non-profits and governments.

According to Wikipedia, his book, ‘Vaccines’, is the standard reference on the subject. And he has been nicknamed as the “Godfather of vaccines.”  When asked about his nickname, Plotkin said, “I think it’s ambiguous, since the Godfather was a criminal,” he says. “I wouldn’t [call myself that], but obviously, I can’t stop others.”

During the covid-19 “pandemic,” Plotkin was sought for advice on the recommendations for use of the mRNA and other vaccines.

In an article on Tuesday, Roman Bystrianyk discussed how medicine makes patients unwilling participants in experiments, and without their knowledge. 

“The medical establishment sees you as part of an unending experiment, a subject for trial in an array of medications and vaccines – without ever being fully informed of the potential dangers. You likely trust that these products are meticulously tested, believing corporations and governments would never risk your well-being. But history tells a different story,” he wrote before listing examples of the medical experiments that have been conducted on an unwitting public.

In this article, we are highlighting one example Bystrianyk provided – DTP vaccines – which demonstrates the extent to which medical experiments have been wilfully and knowingly conducted on populations.  You can read Bystrianyk’s full article HERE.

“The national vaccination of DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis) began in the United States in the late 1940s and in England by 1957. Very early on, there were indications of problems. A 1946 article discussed twin boys aged 10 months who both died on June 19, 1945, after receiving their second injection of diphtheria and pertussis vaccine … A 1948 article in Paediatrics discussed cases of brain damage following use of the vaccine … A 1980 report tied the use of the DTP vaccine to seizures,” Bystrianyk said.

“The 1985 IOM [Institute of Medicine] report of the US National Academy of Sciences reported on the problem of adverse reactions to the whole-cell pertussis vaccine. The panel estimated that 17,994,600 doses of whole-cell vaccine were given each year. The result was 7,197,840 cases of minor reactions, 10,283 convulsions, 164 cases of encephalitis and 58 cases of chronic disability, with costs running into the millions. The panel also estimated that the whole-cell DTP caused two to four deaths per year,” he added.

“As a result of their findings, the IOM recommended a switch to the acellular version, or DTaP … The hope was that it would greatly reduce the number of reactions … Yet the DPT would still be used worldwide.”

Bystrianyk quoted Stanley Plotkin’s testimony in 2018 in a Michigan court where he admitted to DTP vaccines being used in developing countries, such as in Latin America and Africa, despite there being a ten-times greater death rate amongst those who got the DPT vaccine. (You can read more about the court case HERE and HERE.)

In the same court case, Plotkin admitted that children of mothers in prison, the mentally challenged and populations in developing countries, were experimented on by vaccine researchers and developers:

Q Have you ever used orphans to study an experimental vaccine?

A Yes.

Q Have you ever used the mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine?

A I don’t recollect ever doing studies in mentally handicapped individuals. At the time in the 1960s, it was not an uncommon practice.

Q So you’re saying – I’m not clear on your answer. I’m sorry. Have you ever used mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine?

A What I’m saying is I don’t recall specifically having done that, but that in the 1960s, it was not unusual to do that. And I wouldn’t deny that I may have done so.

Q Have you ever expressed that it’s better to perform experiments on those less likely to be able to contribute to society, such as children with handicap, than with children without or adults without handicaps?

A I don’t remember specifically, but it’s possible. And, again, I repeat that in the 1960s, that was more or less common practice. I’ve since changed my mind. But those were, that was a long time ago.

Q I’m going to hand you what’s been marked as Exhibit 43. Do you recognise this letter you wrote to the editor? [See note below.]

A Yes.

Q Did you write this letter?

A Yes.

Q Is one of the things you wrote: The question is whether we are to have experiments performed on fully functioning adults and on children who are potentially contributors to society or to perform initial studies in children and adults who are human in form but not in social potential?

A Yes.

Q It may be objected that this question implies a Nazi philosophy, but I do not think that it is difficult to distinguish non-functioning persons from members of ethnic, racial, economic or other groups.

A Mm-hmm.

Q Have you ever used babies of mothers in prison to study an experimental vaccine?

A Yes.

Q Have you ever used individuals under colonial rule to study an experimental vaccine?

A Yes.

Q Did you do so in the Belgian Congo?

A Yes.

Q Did that experiment involve almost a million people?

A Well – well, all right, yes.

Deposition of Stanley A. Plotkin, M.D. New Hope, Pennsylvania. 11 January 2018. State of Michigan in the Circuit Court for the County of Oakland Family Division. Lori Matheson f/k/a Lori Ann Schmitt, Plaintiff vs. Michael Schmitt, Defendant. Case No. 2015-831539-DM.

Note: According to the transcript of the court proceedings, “Exhibit 43” relates to “The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 289, No. 11.” A 1973 article titled ‘Ethics of Human Experimentation (Cont.)’ was published in the journal’s “Vol. 289” under “Correspondence” but it is behind a paywall so we were not able to definitively confirm this is the “letter to the editor” being referred to.

Featured image: Stanley A. Plotkin; Physician, professor, researcher and vaccine developer, History of Vaccines