Swine flul H1N1 vaccine: what well-known TV doctor may own stock?

November 11, 10:26 AMTampa Health Care ExaminerCarolyn Chambers Clark

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Is it ethical for Dr. Oz to be on TV talking about whether vaccines are safe and promoting swine flu vaccinations, while carrying stock options and serving on the board of directors of SIGA Technologies, a vaccine-development company?

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In a time of economic disasters, SIGA Technologies recently received a $3 million grant in taxpayer dollars from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)to fund the study of a chemical adjunct named ST-246 to be used in future vaccines. This could mean taxpayer money is now being used to fund a vaccine technology company whose stock price increases will financially benefit the very celebrity doctor who is promoting vaccines to a national audience.

While Dr. Oz pushes the swine flu vaccine for his viewing audience, his children will not be receiving it because his wife is against it

What does all this mean about the information we receive in the news about the H1N1 swine flu vaccine, and to the possible financial benefits Dr. Oz may accrue in the coming years?

What do you think?