Vaccine testing disadvantages oppressed

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If an experimental vaccine proves to be harmful, chances are that the side

effects will hit blacks, Latinos and American Indians hardest. That's

because, as The SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS reports. eight out of 14 childhood

vaccines approved since 1990 were tested disproportionately on low-income

minorities. In many cases, the potential risks of the vaccines were not

properly described to parents of the children receiving them. In contrast, a

previous MERCURY NEWS article reported that minorities are underrepresented

in the testing of prescription drugs. The danger of this bias is that it

ignores mounting evidence that reactions to some drugs might vary by

ethnicity. Experimental vaccines are especially risky, say many

bioethicists, because they are tested on otherwise healthy children.

Prescription drugs, on the other hand, are usually tested on sick patients

who already need treatment.

http://www.mercurycenter.com/premium/nation/docs/vaccine19.htm

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