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How Long Has Industry Captured Vaccine Regulation? By Jeffrey A. Tucker, republished by request of the author. Dr. Robert W. Malone (12/24/25)
The always cogent Jeffrey Tucker— Founder, Author, and President at Brownstone Institute — takes us on a bumpy trip down pharma-capture vaccine memory lane. We encourage you to read this short article, which paints a clear picture of Pharma’s long-term hold on industry, medicine, government, and us.
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Our Take
What started early in the 19th century persists to this day and isn’t likely to let up unless we insist that it does. What can we do?
Speak up. Ask elected and appointed officials to:
Repeal/Revise National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 to REMOVE liability shields for vaccine makers on the childhood schedule: tinyurl.com/yu8znhp6.
Repeal unconstitutional PREP Act: tinyurl.com/2kkfrvec.
Repeal or revise Bayh-Dole Act: tinyurl.com/yy7cwdwx
Rescind Declarations of Public Health Emergency for COVID and other diseases: tinyurl.com/3w9vs99x.
Defund pharma and its beneficiaries. No taxpayer dollars!
Boycott pharma and its beneficiaries.
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Summary (Grok ai, edited; image from article)
From the early 19th century to modern times, the pharmaceutical industry has influenced vaccine regulation, including legislative acts, contamination incidents, and industry-driven regulations that shaped government oversight.
Historical Federal Efforts in Vaccination
1813: Act to Encourage Vaccination required free distribution of smallpox vaccines.
1821: Tarboro Tragedy involved Dr. James Smith accidentally sending live smallpox virus instead of vaccine, causing an outbreak with around 60 infections and 10 deaths, eroding public trust.
1822: Congress repealed 1813 Act to Encourage Vaccination due to injuries, deaths, and corruption allegations.
Civil War Vaccination Issues In 1861, efforts to vaccinate soldiers against smallpox led to injuries and deaths. Complications included:
Faulty preservation of vaccine crusts.
Use of scabs from sick individuals, spreading other diseases.
Syphilitic scabs causing widespread infections, rendering brigades unfit for service.
Confederate Medical Department prohibited soldier-to-soldier vaccination to mitigate risks and discouraged civilians from self-vaccinating.
Optimism in Medical Journals
Late 19th-century: Journals expressed optimism about vaccines curing diseases and extending life.
1902: The American Druggist stated no inherent reason exists for death except ignorance of protoplasm reactions. Journal advocated artificial synthesis of living matter with vaccination as a key tool.
Biologics Control Act of 1902
1902: Biologics Control Act passed after contamination incidents in 1901, including 80 tetanus infections and 11 deaths in Camden, New Jersey, from a poisoned vaccine, and similar events in other cities.
Act was initiated by large biologics manufacturers, with secret cooperation from the Public Health Service, to prevent state and local production of vaccines and antitoxins.
Parke-Davis pushed for strict standards to reduce competition; several small producers failed inspections and closed.
The Hygienic Laboratory, renamed the National Institutes of Health in 1930 and now headed by Jay Bhattacharya, regulated vaccines. Jay Bhattacharya has been tasked with extricating NIH’s mission from industry capture
Forced Vaccination: A Dreadful Supreme Court Decision
In 1905, Jacobson v. Massachusetts upheld forced vaccination, prioritizing public health over individual freedom. See tinyurl.com/225w9rjt
Here we are 123 years later, and the implications of this [Supreme Court] act are still being felt, complete with the overwhelming influence of industrial cartels that drive federal regulatory efforts. — Jeffrey Tucker
Later Developments
1986: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act granted liability shields to vaccine makers on the childhood schedule, preventing civilian court challenges.
2023 Revelation: NIH shared thousands of patents with pharma, valued at $1-2 billion, enabled by 1980 Bayh-Dole Act.
1970, 2000: Parke-Davis acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1970, then by Pfizer in 2000 for $90 billion.
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Related:
Covid Essential Links: tinyurl.com/4x23jysr
Action Items & Information > Medical Freedom: tinyurl.com/323fe8cp
