By Norma Erickson, President
SANE Vax Inc. was organized to provide medical consumers with all of the information they need to make informed choices about vaccines, HPV vaccines in particular. Dr. Sin Hang Lee, Director of Milford Medical Laboratory Inc. has been instrumental in our efforts to raise consumer awareness regarding safe and effective cervical cancer prevention and the scientific facts in relation to the international HPV vaccine controversy.
Because of studies submitted to the FDA prior to approval of HPV vaccines indicating there was a substantial increase in pre-cancerous lesions for those who had already been exposed to vaccine-relevant genotypes of HPV before they were injected with Gardasil® or Cervarix®, Dr. Lee agreed to offer his cutting edge technology HPV genotyping test to medical consumers throughout the United States to protect those who were considering HPV vaccination so they could avoid that potential risk. The decision was announced to the public via a BusinessWire Press Release on 20 September 2010.
In the fall of 2010, without Dr. Lee’s knowledge or having an opportunity to defend himself, the newly appointed Chairperson of the Pathology Department at Milford Hospital informed the hospital’s credentialing committee that she was not recommending for approval or supporting Dr. Lee’s application for renewal of his medical staff privileges. For those who do not know, medical staff privileges at a hospital are a major asset to a medical doctor and they establish the relationship that permits among other things, the doctor to practice at a particular hospital. When medical staff privileges at a hospital are revoked or not renewed, the doctor no longer has permission to practice at the hospital or use its facilities. The non-renewal of the medical staff privileges, may also adversely affect the doctor’s license to practice medicine. In Dr. Lee’s case, the non-renewal of his medical staff privileges at Milford Hospital is under appeal.
Although Dr. Lee still maintains his medical staff privileges during the appeal, his position as director of the laboratory was summarily terminated along with his employment relationship at Milford Hospital on December 13, 2010 and he has been prevented from using the hospital’s laboratory to continue his testing and research there ever since that time. A lawsuit addressing the wrongful termination claim has been brought against the Milford Hospital.
While the hospital-based appeal hearings and the lawsuit are pending, Dr. Lee’s research and testing and the operation of his world class, CLIA certified molecular diagnostic laboratory at the Milford Hospital have all been significantly hindered and obstructed. Dozens of opportunities for Dr. Lee to test Gardasil samples for contaminants have been lost as the hospital has redirected and/or returned vaccine lots sent to and intended for Dr. Lee back to the senders or other locations. Dr. Lee and his attorneys are pursuing all available legal remedies to restore the testing laboratory as soon as possible in order to protect the public health, safety and well being.
In addition to his efforts to make sure those who choose to use HPV vaccines are able to protect themselves from a potential increased risk of pre-cancerous lesions due to prior exposure to vaccine-relevant HPV, Dr. Lee also allowed SANE Vax Inc. to offer his HPV DNA sequencing technology to those unfortunate enough to have experienced abnormal pap tests after HPV vaccination. SANE Vax Inc. believes these medical consumers have a right to know what genotypes of HPV are associated with their abnormal cells. If they are vaccine-relevant genotypes, the vaccine did not work for them. If they are not vaccine-relevant genotypes, perhaps the manufacturer targeted the wrong genotypes for their geographic area. Either way, medical consumers have a right to know.
Through the donation of his laboratory facilities, time and effort, Dr. Lee was able to confirm the contamination of Gardasil® with recombinant HPV DNA firmly attached to the aluminum adjuvant contained in the vaccine. This is a man who has dedicated his life to what is best for the medical consumer, no matter what the cost to himself personally.
It is the belief of the SANE Vax team that Dr. Lee has come under fire because of his association with and support for the SANE Vax mission. Therefore, the SANE Vax Board of Directors is beginning a campaign to let those in charge of deciding Dr. Lee’s fate know that we, along with medical consumers around the world, support Dr. Lee.
If you wish to join us to show your support for Dr. Lee and his ability to continue his much needed research, please take a few minutes to send the following three emails to the authorities in charge of determining Dr. Lee’s fate:
#1 Dr. Joe Pelaccia, President and CEO, Milford Medical Hospital
#2 Commissioner Jewel Mullen, Connecticut Department of Public Health
#3 Mr. George Jepsen, Attorney General State of Connecticut
All you need do is copy the linked emails into a new email, add an introductory sentence if you wish, and type your name and state/country after the signature line.
Without the information provided by Dr. Lee and his ongoing research, we feel medical consumers around the world will be deprived of information that is vital to their ability to exercise their right to informed consent when it comes to HPV vaccinations.
Please, take a few minutes and show those in charge of deciding Dr. Lee’s fate that you support his efforts to do what is best for medical consumers.
This is a grotesque example of how competent and unbiased research workers are treated if they publish negative results for vaccines or other pharmaceutical products.
Milford Hospital
Joe Pellacia – President & CEO
203-876-4230 or 203-876-4231
email: joe.pellacia@milfordhospital.org
Dear Dr. Pellacia:
Terrorism comes in my forms. 911 was a vicious and deadly attack on the American people and has been condemned by all right thinking people, around the world. But the form of terrorism that I would bring to your attention is the vicious attack on a person’s reputation and life’s work.
I am contacting you to ask that you take immediate steps to reinstate Dr. Sin Hang Lee as director of the Milford Medical Laboratory, an affiliate of Milford Hospital in Milford, Connecticut, and grant him the resources he needs to continue contamination analysis and testing of the HPV vaccine, Gardasil, and the adverse reactions reported by young women who have been given this vaccine.
Access to these resources by Dr. Lee will allow him to continue his research, test the numerous samples of Gardasil that have already been sent to him for analysis and allow him to complete a report he has been commissioned to submit on his findings with S.A.N.E. Vax Inc., a consumer watchdog organization monitoring patient reaction to the Gardasil vaccine.
I believe anything less than full reinstatement of Dr. Lee’s former status will effectively deprive medical consumers around the world of information critical to their ability to make an informed choice with respect to HPV vaccinations.
Sincerely,
Larry Silverstein
There is, in fact, a legitimate controversy as to the safety and efficacy of HPV vaccines. It is, in fact, true that young girls across the country have experienced a variety of adverse medical effects…including neurological ailments and death…soon after taking one or more doses of the HPV vaccine Gardasil. There is, in fact, concern as to whether cervical cancer in the US rises to the level of prevalence to justify the use of any vaccine. All of these points and more were discussed on NPR’s Science Friday (2008, I believe) by a panel of vaccine experts…all of whom concurred re. the “rush to judgement” in favor of HPV vaccines (particularly Gardasil, which has been legislated in some jurisdictions, and is under consideration in others).
Dr. Lee generously donated his test to allow prescreening of those who wish to get the shot to see if they have the targeted hpvs so they would not have the consequences of having those hpvs worsen from the shot. He further generously donated his time and lab to test vials of donated Gardasil to see if they had any contamination. After he discovered HPV DNA contamination in all lots tested (15 different lots from all around the world), the FDA was notified. Dr. Lee’s work is a potentially life saving public service. Consistent with the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished,” Dr. Lee’s lab was closed shortly afterward. Other incoming samples were turned away and his staff were discharged. Such a reaction is a disservice to the potentially life saving work being done by Dr. Lee with regard to HPV vaccines.
What is the point of this except to sacifice public health and safety in the interest of…WHAT??? Something more important than saving lives???
CORRECTION OF PREVIOUS POSTING:
There is, in fact, a legitimate controversy as to the safety and efficacy of HPV vaccines. It is, in fact, true that young girls across the country have experienced a variety of adverse medical effects…including neurological ailments and death…soon after taking one or more doses of the HPV vaccine Gardasil. There is, in fact, concern as to whether cervical cancer in the US rises to the level of prevalence to justify the use of any vaccine. All of these points and more were discussed on NPR’s Science Friday (2008, I believe) by a panel of vaccine experts…all of whom OPPOSED the “rush to judgement” in favor of HPV vaccines (particularly Gardasil, which has been legislated in some jurisdictions, and is under consideration in others).
Dr. Lee generously donated his test to allow prescreening of those who wish to get the shot to see if they have the targeted hpvs so they would not have the consequences of having those hpvs worsen from the shot. He further generously donated his time and lab to test vials of donated Gardasil to see if they had any contamination. After he discovered HPV DNA contamination in all lots tested (15 different lots from all around the world), the FDA was notified. Dr. Lee’s work is a potentially life saving public service. Consistent with the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished,” Dr. Lee’s lab was closed shortly afterward. Other incoming samples were turned away and his staff were discharged. Such a reaction is a disservice to the potentially life saving work being done by Dr. Lee with regard to HPV vaccines.
What is the point of this except to sacifice public health and safety in the interest of…WHAT??? Something more important than saving lives???
Thank you for supporting Dr. Lee, but must clarify one point. Dr. Lee’s lab was not closed. His hospital privileges were not renewed. Although this hindered his work, it did not stop him. Samples were turned away and staff members were terminated. Nevertheless, Dr. Lee’s work did continue despite the difficulties.