Ethics of Vaccine Safety Testing with Dr. Andrews

Which of the following is a principle of medical ethics?

Which of the following is the correctly paired medical ethics principle and explanation?

Non-maleficence – people have a moral right to be given accurate information
Justice – the harm should not be disproportionate to the benefits of the treatment
Autonomy – a patient has a right to choose or refuse treatment free of interference from coercion or manipulation of information
Truthfulness and honesty – giving each person what he or she deserves

Thimerosol has been removed from the childhood vaccine schedule, except for the _______ vaccine.

Which of the following statements is true?

Randomized double blind placebo controlled studies on vaccines typically use normal saline as the placebo control.
The Menactra study control group at 9 months of age received no immunizations while the test group received multiple immunizations.
Prior to 2006, randomized double blind placebo controlled studies in children had not been done on any of the vaccines in the CDC schedule.
VAERS is responsible for monitoring vaccine safety prior to the completion of licensing.

The Gardasil vaccine was approved in ________. The phase III clinical safety trials for that same vaccine were completed in ________.

______ was the greatest pharmaceutical disaster of all time, causing over 140,000 heart attacks and 60,000 deaths.

Which of the following statements are true?

VAERS depends on voluntary and required submission of reports by physicians
When data was manipulated in post-marketing research studies, it artificially reduced the potential adverse effects of vaccination
There is no correlation between the administration of Tripedia and the diagnoses of SIDS, anaphylaxis, and autism.
The general public remains fully informed on vaccine safety, including all potential dangers and adverse effects

Conservative estimates suggest that about _____ of all vaccine adverse events are actually reported.

The purpose of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was to…

Protect children from dangerous adverse effects of vaccines
Create a physician mandated reporting system to track adverse effects related to vaccine administration
Improve the construction of research studies in the medical literature supporting vaccine safety
Confer immunity to vaccine manufacturers from any liability associated with vaccine injuries

Which of the following is currently utilized in the creation of vaccines?

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