Join the Fight: Canada and 23 Nations Demand a Halt to C-19 mRNA 'Vaccines'
Prime Minister Trudeau and All Canadian MPs Have Been Served This Notice—Take Action and Contact Your MP
Canadians, alongside 23 other nations, are united in demanding that our federal governments halt the use of C-19 Genetic 'Vaccines' and launch a thorough investigation into their approval and deployment.
A formal notice, signed by 800 scientists and policymakers, has been delivered to the governments of 24 countries, including Prime Minister Trudeau and every federal MP in Canada. We urge you to call or write your MP, ensuring they have read the notice, understand its significance, and are taking the necessary action.
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Please read and share this critical document that has been sent to Prime Minister Trudeau, every Canadian MP, and the governments of twenty-three other nations.
For more details on the NORTH GROUP of nations, visit: NorthGroup.com
Below, you'll find the letter served to PM Trudeau and all Canadian MPs, followed by the 'Scientific Lay Summary Supporting the Letter of Concern to Prime Ministers and Governing Bodies,' and the NORTH GROUP's recent press release regarding Canada and Australia joining this vital action.
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Canada North Group Letter to PM Trudeau & MPs – January 19, 2025
NORTH GROUP Press Release: Canada and Australia Join Global Action to Suspend COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
Canada North Group Letter to PM Trudeau & MPs
Notice - Identified Risk and Concern
Sent by Email
Date: 19 January 2025
To: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau & Members of Canadian Parliament
This notice expresses extreme concern regarding the safety and quality of COVID-19 modified mRNA “vaccines”. On 25th November 2024, this concern was initially communicated to prime ministers and governing bodies in the Nordic and Baltic countries, as well as the United Kingdom. Representatives from other European countries and Canada, who share these concerns, have since joined this call for action and answers.
Excessive levels of residual DNA were identified in Australian samples, corroborating data from France, Germany, Canada, and the USA. The introduction of foreign DNA into cells via lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) may damage human DNA, leading to genomic instability, cancer, and other severe health conditions.
As an international group of politicians and qualified professionals, we are gravely concerned about the effects of COVID-19 modified mRNA “vaccines” on public health and call for their immediate suspension. We would like to draw your attention to three critical issues surrounding the deployment of these “vaccines”, which carry profound implications for the health of our citizens:
COVID-19 “vaccines” were not tested for their ability to block viral transmission. Regulatory agencies, governments, and other bodies misled the public to coerce acceptance of these products.
Unprecedented levels of reported side effects, including deaths. Analyses of public data show that outcomes varied significantly depending on the batch a person received, creating a "lottery" of side effects.
Variable and excessive residual plasmid DNA in “vaccine” vials. Independent analyses revealed that Pfizer and Moderna products contained this DNA, a by-product of manufacturing, which should never have entered commercial vials.
These points highlight critical but unquantified risks to human health that regulatory authorities have systematically ignored. On behalf of the public, we demand:
An immediate halt to the use of COVID-19 modified mRNA “vaccines” and a full product recall.
An independent and transparent investigation into their approval and use.
Scientific evidence documenting the absolute absence of risks to human DNA.
For further details, please refer to the accompanying scientific summary. In light of this information, we seek clear answers to the following questions:
When will an independent, transparent, public, and forensic investigation into the safety and quality concerns of modified mRNA “vaccines” for COVID-19 be initiated?
When will the causality between mRNA “vaccines” and conditions such as cancer, infertility, or other acute, chronic, and genetic diseases be sufficiently examined?
Given the scientifically supported risks to current and future human health, we urge you to act in the best interest of the citizens you were elected to serve.
For more information, visit: NorthGroup.Info
With utmost concern and respect,
Ted Kuntz
President, Vaccine Choice Canada
Board Member, World Council for Health Canada
Dr. Mark Trozzi, MD
President, World Council for Health Canada
Member, World Council for Health International Steering Committee, Canada COVID Care Alliance, and International Crisis Summit
Signatories from Canadian Experts & Representatives
Claudia Chaufan, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Health Policy & Global Health, York University; Member, Canadian COVID Care Alliance (CCCA), and Canadian Academics for COVID Ethics (Substack, X)
Dr. Roger Hodkinson – MA, MBBChir (Cantab), FRCPC, General Pathologist (Facebook)
Dr. Neil Karrow – Professor of Immunotoxicology (LinkedIn)
Christopher A. Shaw, PhD – Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia; Co-Chair, Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee, CCCA (ResearchGate)
Jason Christoff – Board Member, World Council for Health Canada (Substack, X, Website)
Dr. Lana Nicoll – Board Member, World Council for Health Canada (X, Website)
Matthew Halma – Board Member, World Council for Health Canada (X, Google Scholar)
Dr. Laura Braden – Board Member, World Council for Health Canada (X, ResearchGate)
Bonnie Newell – Board Member, World Council for Health Canada
Michael Palmer, MD – Board Certification in Medical Microbiology (Germany); Former Professor of Biochemistry, University of Waterloo
Dr. David J. Speicher, PhD, DTM – Virologist, Senior Research Associate, University of Guelph (X, Substack)
Stephen Malthouse, MD – British Columbia (X)
Dr. Jessica Rose, PhD – Applied Mathematics, Immunology, Computational Biology (Substack, X)
Signatories on Behalf of the NORTH Group
International Elected Officials
Croatia
Miro Bulj, Member of Parliament, MOST Party (X)
Nino Raspudić, Member of Parliament, Independent
Nikola Grmoja, Member of Parliament, MOST Party (X)
Marin Miletić, Member of Parliament, MOST Party (X)
Josip Jurčević, Member of Parliament, Independent
Damir Biloglav, Member of Parliament, DOMINO Party (X)
Stjepan Bartulica, Member of the European Parliament, European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Czech Republic
Jitka Chalánková, MD, Member of Parliament
Vladimir Zlinsky, MD, Deputy and Physician, Member of Parliament
Finland
Kaisa Garedrew, Parliamentarian
Juha Mäenpää, Parliamentarian
Pia Sillanpää, Parliamentarian
Lithuania
Rimas Jakunas, Parliamentarian
Netherlands
Gideon van Meijeren, LLM, Forum for Democracy (FVD), Member of Parliament
Sweden
Elsa Widding, Independent Member of Parliament
Australia
Russell Broadbent MP, Federal Member for Monash
Signatories from International Experts & Representatives
Austria
Dr. Silvia Behrendt, PhD, Founder & Director, Global Health Responsibility Agency
Dr. Maria Hubmer-Mogg, General Practitioner, Mental Health Coach, Founder & President of the Austrian Organization for Children's Health, Founder of DNA Party
Mag. Andrea Steindl, Chair of the Association of Lawyers for Fundamental Rights
Members of Verein Rechtsanwälte für Grundrechte, ZVR-Zahl 1421037629
Belgium
Dr. Iwan Vanbreuseghem, Radiologist
Dr. An Fierlafijn, General Practitioner
Dr. Erwin Van Ingelghem, Neurologist
Dr. Hilde De Smet, General Practitioner
Dr. Steven Devos, Dermatologist
Dr. Leo Van den Bossche, General Practitioner
Dr. Frank Peeters, General Practitioner
Croatia
Miro Bulj, Member of the Croatian Parliament, MOST Party
Nino Raspudić, Member of the Croatian Parliament, Independent
Nikola Grmoja, Member of the Croatian Parliament, MOST Party
Marin Miletić, Member of the Croatian Parliament, MOST Party
Josip Jurčević, Member of the Croatian Parliament, Independent
Damir Biloglav, Member of the Croatian Parliament, DOMINO Party
Stjepan Bartulica, Member of the European Parliament, European Conservatives and Reformists Group
Krešimir Pavelić, PD, PhD, Molecular Oncologist, University Professor, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula
Prim. Marija Divić, MD, OB-GYN, President of the Croatian Association for Primary Health Care, Croatian Medical Association
Prim. Josipa Rodić, MD, Family Medicine, Croatia, Slobodni Zajedno
Ivana Kauf Puljević, MDD, The Hippocrates Initiative
Mirko Karačić, MD, Internal Medicine, The Hippocrates Initiative
Ivana Pavić, MD, PhD, Anatomical Pathologist, The Hippocrates Initiative
Melita Milenković, PhD, LLM, University of Zagreb
Danijel Grgičin, PhD in Biophysics
Czech Republic
Jitka Chalánková, MD, Senator, Pediatrician, Parliament of the Czech Republic
Vladimir Zlinsky, MD, Deputy, Physician, Parliament of the Czech Republic
Prof. Jiří Beran, MD, Vaccinologist and Epidemiologist, Vaccination and Travel Medicine Centre, Hradec Králové
Tomas Fürst, PhD, Co-founder of SMIS Lab, Palacký University Olomouc
Prof. Jaroslav Turanek, Immunologist and Vaccinologist, Palacky University Olomouc
Prof. Arnost Komarek, Biostatistician, Co-founder of SMIS Association, Charles University, Prague
Zuzana Kratka, Immunologist, Co-founder of SMIS Association
Vladimir Cizek, MD, Angiologist, Forensic Expert in Angiology
Tomas Nielsen, Lawyer, Chairman of the Institute for Law and Civil Liberties
Emil Berta, MD, Intensive Care Physician, Palacky University Olomouc
Jaroslava Chlupova, MD, Neurologist
Vladimira Beranova Nezvalova, MD, Physician
Jana Gandalovicova, MD, Cardiologist
Xenie Preiningerova, MD, Gynecologist
Vlastimil Voracek, MD, Orthopedic Specialist
Jan Brodnicek, MD, General Practitioner, Pneumologist
Zdenek Beran, MD, Physician, Urologist
Jana Šedivá, MD, General Practitioner
Petr Sedláček, MD, Surgeon
Jan Hnízdil, MD, General Practitioner
Hana Štefaničová, MD, Cardiologist
MUDr. Tomáš Lebenhart, Pediatrician, Neurologist, General Practitioner
Ghazalová Helena, MD, Dentist
Alena Levkova
Petra Ebachová
Martin Hála, MD, PhD, Head of Department, Intensive Care Physician, Brno
Vladimír Chodura, MD, Head of Department, Ophthalmologist, České Budějovice
Denmark
Niels Harrit, PhD, Associate Professor (ret.), Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen
Malene Montclairre, Founder/Chair of Frihedsbevægelsens Fællesråd (X)
Vibeke Mannich, MD, PhD (X)
Jørgen L. Rasmussen, Chiropractor, Author
Max Schmeling, MSc, Independent Statistical Adviser and Researcher
Lene Bang, Political Commentator
Dr. Jeanne A. Rungby, Specialized Physician, Otorhinolaryngology (X)
Marie-Therese Strand, Cand.theol & Priest
Kim Varming, MD, Specialist in Clinical Immunology
Charlotte Ryø, Civil Health Rights Movement, May Day
Stig Gerdes, MD, General Practitioner (retired)
Birita L. Jóansdóttir, Psychologist, Faroe Islands
Estonia
Prof. Hele Everaus, MD: Professor Emeritus of Hemato-Oncology, Tartu University Hospital
Prof. Urmas Saarma, PhD: Molecular Biology Professor, Chair of Mammalogy, University of Tartu
Arne Ader: MSc, Biologist
Lea Metsis: Psychologist
Edith Ainsalu: Psychologist
Kristel Mägi: ICU Nurse
Aune Altmets, MSc: Molecular Biochemistry, Assistant Pharmacist
Liis Orav: Integrative Health Therapist
Andres Assuküll, MSc: Molecular Biochemistry
Dr. Kristi Otti: Dental MD, DMD
Dr. Triin Eller-Pihelgas, MD, PhD: Psychiatrist
Jevgeni Popakul: EM Nurse-Specialist
Joona Sõsa: EM Nurse, Ambulance Team Leader, Vice-Chairman of Estonian Ambulance Workers' Union
Anne Pebre: Chair of the NGO Estonian Parents of Vaccine Injured Children
Katrin Heero: Pharmacist
Dr. Urve Prits, MD: Family Medicine
Marika Hiiesalu: Retired Nurse
Kaido Puusepp: Veterinarian
Pille Ilves: Executive Board Member, Estonian Patient Advocacy Association
Dr. Riina Raudsik, MD: Anesthesiologist, Cardiologist, Family Medicine (retired)
Dr. Pille Javed, MD: Public Health Specialist
Dr. Tiina Roostna, MD: Radiologist
Dr. Antonina Järviste, MD: Epidemiologist (retired)
Malle Roomeldi: Psychologist
Dr. Helju Juhanson, MD: Anesthesiologist
Sirje Rüütel Boudinot, PhD: Molecular Immunology
Merike Lillenberg, PhD: Lecturer in Molecular Biology, Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kaari Saarma, MSc: Molecular Biology, Council Member, NGO United Medics and Scientists
Dr. Indrek Melder, MD, MSPH: Occupational Medicine Physician (retired)
Dr. Andres Lindmäe, MD: Orthopaedics
Dr. Eneli Kaasik, MD: Anesthesiologist
Dr. Meeme Luks: Dental MD, DMD
Dr. Ants Kask, MD, PhD: Psychiatrist
Dr. Triin Lepp: Dental MD, DMD
Eveli Kask: Nurse
Dr. Tiia Liivalaid, MD: Family Medicine, Chinese Medicine
Maria Kaširova: ICU Nurse
Dr. Pille Varmann, MD: Psychiatrist
Aili Kütt: Midwife, Nurse
Dr. Evelin Vatsa, MD: Family Medicine
Dr. Pille Kilgi, MD: Anesthesiologist
Jaanika Vikk: Midwife, Nurse
Dr. Anti Kukkela, MD: Orthopaedics
Dr. Airi Värnik, MD, PhD: Professor in Psychiatry (retired)
Helle Kullerkupp: Midwife, Health Mentor
Merle Turmann: Nurse
Aleksander Lammas, MSc: Head of Biotechnology Laboratory
Margit Silla-Vunk: Midwife, Nurse
Dr. Helen Lasn, MD: Family Medicine, PhD in Neuroscience
Tiina Salusaar: Retired Pharmacist
Dr. Helle Lasn, MD: Neurologist, Occupational Health Specialist
Dr. Ruuta Tiimus, MD: Rheumatologist
Dr. Rene Bürkland, MD: Chinese Medicine
Dr. Aivar Tilk, MD: Urologist
Dr. Hasso Uuetoa, MD: Cardiologist
Ruth Kaasen: Nurse
Maarja Valb: Nurse
Finland
Nina Bjelogrlic, MSc, MD, PhD: Toxicology, Specialist in Neurology with Intellectual Disability Medicine (retired)
Tamara Tuuminen, MD, PhD: Specialist in Clinical Microbiology, Adjunct Professor
Janne Blommendahl, MD
Rauli Mäkelä, MD (retired)
Markku Juvakoski, MD: Specialist in Anaesthesiology
Aki Nummelin: Lawyer, Chairman of Trade Union VALO
Tuomas Kaasalainen: MSc in Organic Chemistry
Hanna Parikka: MSc in Biotechnology (X)
Leena Kenttämies: Attorney at Law
Osmo Vikman, MD, FECSM
Mikko Laakso, MD, PhD: Adjunct Professor
Helena Mäkelä, MD (retired)
Greenland
Falke Thue Mikailsen: Spokesperson for Inuit Nation and Greenlandic People
Hungary
Prof. Zsuzsa Bardocz: Retired Professor of Nutritional and Biological Sciences
Dr. József Tamasi: Internal Medicine, Health Promotion, Social Medicine
Dr. Laszlo Szilak, PhD: Molecular Biologist, Gene Engineer, Biochemist, CEO of Szilak Labor Bioinformatics
Dr. Tibor Uhrik, MSc: Surgeon, Medical Care Manager, CEO of Hyppokrates Consulting
Dr. Alfréd Pócs, MD: Consultant Orthopedic-Trauma Surgeon
Dr. Dorottya Kemény: Orthopedic-Trauma Surgeon
Dr. Gábor Tóth: Surgeon, Velence Surgical Clinic
Dr. Gergely Dávid Pelsőczi: General Surgeon, Toldy Ferenc Hospital
Dr. Sándor Matyijcsik: Orthopedic-Trauma Surgeon
Andras Papp, MD: Cardiologist, Head of Cardiological Rehabilitation, Semmelweis University
Dr. Zsuzsanna Ildikó Barta: Rheumatologist, Rehabilitation Specialist
Dr. Sándor Bodó: Ophthalmologist Specialist
Dr. Emese Pataky: Orthopedic Surgeon, Chiropractor, Bowen Therapist
Dr. Natália Petróczy: Internal Medicine Specialist
Dr. Rozália Hutvágner: General Practitioner
Dr. Erzsébet Annamária Tátrai: Psychologist, Behavioral Analyst
Erzsébet Anna Bokody: Psychologist
Katalin Tátrai Kocsisné: Economist
Albert János: Retired Economist
Dr. Csilla Éva Vas: Dentist
Dr. György Gődény: Pharmacist
Dr. Zsuzsanna Nagy: Dentist
Dr. Horkovics-Kováts János: Obstetrician-Gynecologist
Dr. Nagy Viktória: Dentist
Dr. Koncz István: Psychiatrist
Dr. Dobi Dalma: Dentist
Dr. Barkóczi Margit: Retired Biochemist
Dr. Éva Papp, PhD, MRSN: Emeritus Faculty Member, Australian National University
Biro Erzsébet: Pediatric Nurse (retired)
Dr. Szebeni János: Professor
Iceland
Arnar Þór Jónsson: Lawyer, Former District Judge
Guðmundur Karl Snæbjörnsson, MD: Specialist in Family Medicine
Martha Ernstsdóttir: Physiotherapist, Cranio-Sacral Therapist
Kolbeinn Normann: Dentist
Helga Birgisdóttir: Nurse, Midwife
Elín Björk Guðbrandsdóttir: Assistant Nurse, Bookkeeper
Margrét R Jónasardóttir: Health and Nutritional Consultant
Áslaug Katrín Aðalsteinsdóttir, MSc: Landscape Architect, Theta Healer
Rev. Sirry Berndsen: Minister, Certified Medium, Grief Educator
Helgi Örn Viggósson: Software Engineer
Jóhannes Loftsson: Chemical & Civil Engineer, President of Ábyrg Framtíð
Ireland
Professor Francis A. Boyle, Author of the U.S. domestic implementing legislation for the Biological Weapons Convention (Biological Weapons Anti-terrorist Act of 1989).
Dr. Jane Holland, MD, PhD, MRCSI, Senior Lecturer, Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Medicine, RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Dublin.
Dr. William Ralph, General Practitioner, Co. Wexford.
Dr. Pat Morrissey, General Practitioner, Limerick.
Dr. Gerry Waters, General Practitioner (Suspended), Kildare.
Dr. Mary Anne McCloskey, General Practitioner, Derry, Northern Ireland.
Ms. Una McGurk, S.C., Barrister, Senior Counsel.
Ms. Tracey O’Mahony, Barrister-At-Law.
Eddie Hobbs, Author, Activist, Trustee, Financial Business Owner.
Latvia
Dr. Lauris Līcītis, MD, Clinical Immunologist, Member of FOcIS, British Society for Immunology, and European Association for Cancer Research.
Dr. Marina Afanasjeva, MD, Homeopath, Head of the Homeopathy Programme, Riga Stradins University.
Dr. Viesturs Rudzītis, MD, Psychotherapist.
Dr. Tatjana Bodnare-Judina, DDS, Dentist, Zobu Paradize Ltd.
Dr. Edgars Mednis, MD, Paediatrician, Homeopath.
Dr. Antoņina Gorska, MD, Retired Emergency Physician, Paediatrician, Homeopath.
Dr. Inese Joksta, MD, Dr.Med., Homeopath.
Dr. Gita Ervika-Norvele, MD, Retired Paediatrician.
Dr. Ilze Ābele, MD, Otolaryngologist, Homeopath.
Kristīne Ozoliņa, Internal Care Nurse.
Dr. Jānis Zaržeckis, MD, Plastic Surgeon.
Solveiga Štrause, General Care Nurse.
Dr. Arta Sirgeda, MD, Thoracic Surgeon.
Rita Lukjanoviča, MD, Cosmetologist.
Dr. Pāvels Naumovs, MD, Otolaryngologist, Homeopath.
Ilze Auliciema, MSc.pol., Dipl.ing., Dipl.iur., Expert in Public Administration.
Jūlija Stepaņenko, Attorney-at-Law, Former Member of the Latvian Parliament.
Anita Tamberga, Mg.iur., Attorney-at-Law, Member of the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates.
Dr. Žanna Ņikitina, DDS, Dentist, Diplomatic Service Medical Center.
Dzintars Kalniņš, Mg.iur., Lawyer.
Dr. Elita Mūrniece, MD, Epigenetic Regulation Expert.
Olga Tatarinceva, Ambulatory Nurse.
Dr. Margarita Stoma, MD, Cardiologist.
Agnese Sevastjanova, Mg.iur., Attorney-at-Law.
Dr. Agnese Klūga, DDS, Dentist.
Agita Galiņa, Mg.iur., Lawyer. (X)
Dr. Aelita Šimkus, DDS, Dentist.
Inga Rutmane-Lazda, Mg.sc.sal., Audiologist/Speech Therapist.
Agija Golubeva, Anaesthetic, Intensive and Critical Care Nurse.
Dr. Zane Vīksna, MD, Neurologist, Paediatric Neurologist, Neurosonologist.
Malta
Dr. Susan Vosloo, Cardiothoracic Surgeon.
Dr. Angele Sammut, General Practitioner.
Charles Micallef, BPharm (Hons), MSc (Public Health), Pharmacist/Researcher, Department of Health.
Dr. Lidia Babenko, Medical Doctor.
Mr. Nicholas Farrugia, Nurse.
Noel Farrugia, Former MP, Minister for Agriculture, Partit Laburista.
Tania Gauci Fiorini, Partit ABBA.
Rudolf Ragonesi, Lawyer.
Alexander D’Agata, Human Health Alliance Malta, Independent MEP Candidate.
Geraldine Camilleri, Human Health Alliance Malta.
Carmen Houlton, Human Health Alliance Malta.
Elaine Mulcahy, World Council for Health Malta.
Saskia Zammit David Wildy, World Council for Health Malta.
Beverley Rimmer, Epigenetic Consultant & Detox Specialist, World Council for Health Malta.
Kay Treglowan, World Council for Health Malta.
Rita Bonnici, Malta Children’s Defense Movement.
Antoine Grech, Malta Children’s Defense Movement.
Radu Gheorghe, Wellbeing Consultant, Independent MEP Candidate.
Billy J. McBee, ResidentiBeltin (Valletta Residents).
Sinan Vural, Engineer.
Charlotte S. Vural, Director.
Alexia King, Director.
Stephen J. Newton, Political Activist.
Andrew Schultink, Activist.
Gavin Michael Fitzsimons, Researcher.
The Netherlands
Willem Engel, MSc, Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Human Rights Activist, Cofounder Foundation for Truth.
Maarten Fornerod, PhD, Associate Professor of Cell Data and Disease, Erasmus MC Rotterdam.
Rob Roos, Former Member of the European Parliament (MEP), 2019–2024.
Dr. Rogier Louwen, Expert in Molecular, Microbiology, and Cell Biology.
Theo Schetters, Extraordinary Professor (retired), Expertise: Vaccine Development.
Gideon van Meijeren, LLM, Forum for Democracy (FVD), Member of Parliament.
Karin Vocking, Biologist, Research Analyst.
Wybren van Haga, Entrepreneur, Former Member of Dutch Parliament.
Maria Groot, DVM, PhD, Researcher/Veterinarian (retired).
Dr. Wout van Orten-Luiten, PhD, Human Nutrition and Health, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Jonathan van Ouwerkerk, MD Arts, General Practitioner (retired).
Bart Coppens, General Practitioner.
Berber Pieksma, MD, General Practitioner.
John van der Woude, MD DO, Integrative and Osteopathic Physician.
Dr. A. H. van Walraven, Company Doctor.
Michael Smulders, General Practitioner.
Ingrid Wiebenga, Nurse Anaesthetist.
Vincent van Hemel, Drs/MSc, Dental Surgeon.
Margriet van Stratum, Radiodiagnostic Laboratory Technician (retired).
A. Driessen van Berendonk, Medical Assistant.
Linda (H.E.M.) Lieverse, Nurse.
Thea Nijssen-Atkinson, Chemical Analyst (retired).
Maudy Lisnet, Nurse.
Thea Nieuwveld, Nurse (retired).
W. A. M. Duin-Sant, Nurse.
Anja Bovendeaard, Nurse, Nursing Educator (retired).
Miriam van der Weijden, Midwife.
Gerben van der Veen, Psychiatric Nurse (retired 2023).
K. Rumping, Physiotherapist.
Xander Leuven, Physiotherapist.
Dagmar Kamstra, Personal Injury Specialist.
Dr. Frank Stadermann, Retired Attorney at Law.
Meike Terhorst, Lawyer.
Jeroen Terlingen, Personal Injury Specialist.
Norway
Einar Eskeland, MD, GP, Artha Helseconsult AS
Sigurd Nes, MD, GP, Innlandet
Ola Tellesbø, Lawyer, Former Researcher, Law Faculty, Oslo University
Torkel Snellingen, MD, Dr. Med., Former Head of Section, Institute for Clinical Medicine, Tromsø University
Barbro Paulsen, Lawyer, Bergfruene Advokatselskab AS
Jarle Aarstad, Professor, Dr.Oecon., Høgskulen på Vestlandet
Gunvor Lunde, MD, Psychiatrist, Sykehuset Innlandet
Jörn Eikemo, MD, GP, Oslo
Olav Tobias Ødegaard, MD, Specialist in Anesthesiology, Kongsvinger sykehus
Dmitri Svistounov, Chief Engineer, Institute for Clinical Medicine, UiT Norway’s Arctic University
Kjetil Elvevold, Dr. Scient., Tromsø University
Anne Christine Bjørnebye, MD, Consultant, Innlandet
Geir Guttorm Flatabø, MD, GP, Granvin
Portugal
Joana Amaral Dias, Politician and Psychologist
Dr. Graça Pereira, Paediatrician
Dr. Georgina Monteiro, Paediatrician
Prof. Dr. Manuel Pinto Coelho, Writer and Anti-Aging Medicine Expert
Prof. Dr. Fernando Nobre, Former MP, General Surgeon, and Urologist, University Professor, and President of AMI-Assistência Médica Internacional
Dr. Francisco António Franco Patrício, Consultant in General Practice and Occupational Medicine, Doctor Without Borders 1999
Dr. Tiago Marques, Internist and Infectious Disease Specialist
Pedro Ladeira, Manager, Pharmaceutical Research Industry
Dr. Cristina Pinho, Gastroenterologist
Dr. Marta Gameiro, Dentist
Dr. António Noivo, Dentist
Dr. Ana Ramalho, General Practitioner
Dr. Francisca Almeida, Anaesthesiologist
Dr. João Lagoas Gomes, Haematologist
Dr. Daniela Fontes, Anaesthesiologist
Dr. Oleksandr Rodin, General Practitioner
Dr. Rui Braga, Private Physician
Dr. Pedro Girão, Anaesthesiologist
Dr. António Godinho, General Practitioner
Luís Silva, Osteopath
Dr. Diogo Cabrita, General Surgeon
Dr. Gabriel Branco, Radiologist
Dr. Maria Margarida Oliveira, Anaesthesiologist
Dr. José Paulo Neuparth, Anaesthesiologist
Fernando Veríssimo Cardoso, Nurse
Lara Campos Ferreira, Nurse
Ana Sofia Ferreira, PhD, Psychologist
Slovenia
Marjan Podobnik, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Slovenia and Former Member of the Slovenian Parliament
Franco Juri, Former Member of the Slovenian Parliament and Diplomat
Aurelio Juri, Former Member of the European Parliament and Former Member of the Slovenian Parliament
Prof. Matjaž Zwitter, MD, PhD, Professor of Medical Ethics, Consultant for Oncology and Radiotherapy
Vladimir Pirnat, MD, MA, Specialist in Internal Medicine and Psychologist
Marko Novak, MD, Oncologist-Surgeon, Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana
Sabina Senčar, MD, Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialist, MCL, Ljubljana
Nada Hiti, MD, Specialist in Family Medicine
Petra Novak, MD, Ophthalmologist, FEBO
Živan Krevel, MD, BA in Biology, Krevel Homeopathic Centre, Ivančna Gorica
Mitja Gala, MD, Specialist in Occupational, Transport, and Sports Medicine, MEDICINA DELA MG D.O.O., Šempeter pri Novi Gorici
Žiga Zebec, MA in Microbial Ecology, Molecular Microbiology, PhD in CRISPR Systems
Biserka Ilin, MD, Psychiatrist Specialist, Retired
Prof. Miran Možina, PhD, MD, Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist, Director of the Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Ljubljana Branch
Tomaž Makovec, MD, PhD in Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine in Ljubljana
Karel Gržan, PhD in Literary Studies, Writer, Publicist, Theologian, and Priest
Prof. Igor Kononenko, PhD in Computer Science, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Computer Science and Informatics, Ljubljana
Maja Kristan, Lawyer, Former Criminal-Law Judge, Retired
Zoran Kodela, BA in Theology, Director of EXODUS TV
Tjaša Vuzem, BA in German and English Studies with Literature, Director of Zavod CISP (Lawyers), Ljubljana
Maja Makovec, Lecturer in English, University of Ljubljana
Spain
José Martínez Albarracín, Degree in Medicine and Surgery, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Diagnostic Processes
Natalia Prego Cancelo, Physician, Family and Community Medicine, Co-Founder of Doctors for the Truth, Member of FLCCC as Ambassador for Spain
Jon Ander Etxebarria, Degree in Biology, Master in Environmental Management and Planning, Director of Laboratory in Epidemiology and Public Health
Juan José Martínez Rodríguez, Doctor of Medicine and Surgery, Specialist in General Surgery and Digestive, Garaituna Medical Center
Sweden
A/Prof. Jonathan D. Gilthorpe, BSc (Hons), PhD, Docent, Senior Lecturer, Umeå University
Prof. Ludmilla Morozova-Roche, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University
Dr. Sven Román, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Senior Consultant, Chairman of The Doctors’ Appeal, Stockholm (X)
A/Prof. Lilian Weiss, PhD, Docent in Surgery, General Surgeon, Gothenburg
A/Prof. Hans Sjögren, Anaesthesiologist and Intensive Care Physician, Stockholm
Dr. Bo H. Jonsson, PhD, Psychiatrist, Stockholm
Dr. Ute Krüger, PhD, Pathologist, Växjö
Dr. Dinu Dusceac, Cardiologist, Trollhättan
Dr. Sture Blomberg, PhD, Gynaecologist, Obstetrician, Anaesthesiologist, and Intensive Care Physician, Gothenburg
Lotta Harming, Specialised Nurse, Co-Founder of The Nurses’ Appeal, Gothenburg
Dr. Magnus Burling, General Practitioner, Stockholm/Uppsala
Dr. Arnaldo Kaminer, Psychiatrist, Malmö
Dr. Kristian Holmberg, General Practitioner
Dr. Marcel Westerlund, Psychiatrist
Dr. Karin Albinsson
Dr. Birgitta Brunes
Pia Hautajärvi, Midwife, Co-Founder of The Nurses’ Appeal
Camilla Marydotter, Nurse, Co-Founder of The Nurses’ Appeal
Dr. Anne Liljedahl, General Practitioner and Emergency Doctor, Piteå
Dr. Carina Ljungfelt, General Practitioner, Ystad
Dr. Christina Malm, General Practitioner, Närhälsan Göteborg
Dr. Roger Nilson, Orthopaedic and Addiction Doctor, Addiction Therapist, Stockholm
Dr. Karin Vallander, Ophthalmologist, Stockholm
Dr. Nina Yderberg, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Stockholm
Dr. Hans Zingmark, Internal Medicine Doctor and Pulmonologist, Halmstad
Anette Stahel, MSc in Biomedicine, Skövde
Palle Johansson, PhD, Psychologist
Johan Eddebo, MA, PhD, Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society (CRS)
Dr. Linnea Karlsson, Associate Professor, Psychology
Angelica Baker, Specialised Nurse
Carina Lernheden, MA in Nursing, Anaesthesia Specialised Nurse
Inga Swanberg, MA in Public Health Science, Nurse
Pernilla Arnkvist, District Specialised Nurse, Umeå
Anita Blom, District Nurse, Supervisor, and Teacher
Lena Brunnberg, PhD, MSc, Nurse
Ulrika Alfridsson, Psychiatry Specialised Nurse
Leena Andersson, Midwife
Sofia Eklöv, Specialised Nurse
Lena Bergström, Specialised Nurse
Katarina Eriksson, Surgery Specialised Nurse
Janeth Ekström, Radiology Specialised Nurse
Linda Gustafsson, Ambulance Specialised Nurse
Lena Eriksson, Specialist Nurse
Eva Henriksson, Specialised Nurse
Gunnel Hellgren, District Specialist Nurse
Åsa Holfve, Intensive Care Specialised Nurse
Lise-Lott Hjelm, District Specialist Nurse
Ylva Jansson, Intensive Care Specialised Nurse
Janet Hultqvist, Radiological Nurse
Anita Johansson, Paediatry Specialised Nurse
Carina Jarhall, Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Specialist Nurse
Marianne Liljeholt, School Specialised Nurse
Lisbeth Jäder, Occupational Specialist Nurse
Karin Magdalena Lindfeldt, District Specialist Nurse
Cecilia Lindberg, Specialist Nurse
Lena Ljungqvist, District and Diabetes Specialist Nurse
Susanne Ljunggren, Midwife
Marie Lundholm, District Specialist Nurse
Ewa Lundberg, Prehospital Specialist Nurse
Helena Mattisson, Surgery Specialist Nurse
Marie Lundin, Paediatric Specialist Nurse
Ingmarie Nilsson, Intensive & Emergency Care Specialist Nurse
Carina Mölgaard, Anaesthesia Specialist Nurse
Catarina Pettersson Hjelm, District Specialist Nurse
Karin Nordlund-Wiberg, District and Intensive Care Specialist Nurse
Carina Ritzén, Midwife
Mona Rundlöf Palmeborn, School and District Specialised Nurse
Annika Strandberg, Specialised Nurse
Elisa Sirviö, Specialised Nurse
Mikael Jolhammar, Nurse and Coach
Cindy Stoa, Paediatrics Specialised Nurse, Functional Medicine
Ulrika Bringstål, Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Marlen Tindberg, Paediatry Specialised Nurse
Lena de Val, Midwife
Ann-Sofie Wennström, Midwife
Susanne Sundquist Holm, District Specialised Nurse
Charlotte Westh Kujawa, Nurse, Sports Scientist
Malin Lassi, Nurse, Piteå
Ann-Sofie Andersson, Nurse
Marie Bergwall, Nurse
Birgitta Berntsson, Nurse
Margaretha Bevedahl, Nurse
Inger Billman-Stark, Nurse
Cecilie Bjargo Jostrand, Nurse
Camilla Britt, Nurse
Mari Drömek, Nurse
Michaela Ejderflykt, Nurse
Karin Ekström, Nurse
Christina Erlandsson, Nurse
Anisa Falck, Nurse
Susanne Hansson, Nurse
Ann Hjalmarsson, Nurse
Louise Hävre, Nurse
Christina Höglund Jacobson, Nurse
Karin Inglander, Nurse
Helena Janlöv, Nurse
Anette Jansdotter, Nurse
Elisabeth Johansson, Nurse
Karin Kihlberg, Nurse
Amanda Kronberg, Nurse
Helene Larson, Nurse
Gunilla Larsson, Nurse
Lena Larsson, Nurse
Susanne Lundbäck, Nurse
Yvonne Lönn Axelsson, Nurse
Iris Mann, Nurse
Ulrica Mattsson, Nurse
Eva Mellerot, Nurse
Peter Mitakidis, Nurse
Josefin Moberg, Nurse
Nathalie Nilant, Nurse
Jenny Nordgren, Nurse
Monica Nylund, Nurse
Kajsa Resvik, Nurse
Pernilla Regenius, Nurse
Ann-Christine Roshäll, Nurse
Ulrika Ryding, Nurse
Malin Stämberg, Nurse
Maria Svensson, Nurse
Margareta Südowsson, Nurse
Karin Thoring, Nurse
Ingrid Wald, Nurse
Ann Wilén, Nurse
Ingela Westin-Kearney, Nurse
Michele Wilcox, Nurse
Anna Wahlström, Nurse
Agneta Werling, Nurse
Jonna Wildros, Nurse
Cathrine Lobel, Osteopath
Lisa Lidberg, Psychologist
Alyssia Rydin, President of the Swedish Naturopathic Association
Birgit Törnkvist Dahl, Psychologist
Ann Brodin Thorsson, Assistant Nurse
United Kingdom
Professor Angus Dalgleish, MD FRACP FRCP FRCPath FMedSci, Principal of the Institute of Cancer Vaccines and Immunotherapy, Emeritus Professor of Oncology, University of London
Professor Paul Goddard, MBBS MD FRCR FBIR, retired Professor of Radiology, University of the West of England
Professor Anthony J Brookes, Professor of Genomics and Health Data Science, University of Leicester
Professor John Fairclough, FRCS FFSEM, retired Honorary Consultant Surgeon
Professor David Livermore, BSc PhD, Emeritus Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of East Anglia
Professor Richard Ennos, MA PhD, Honorary Professorial Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Professor David Paton, Professor of Industrial Economics, Nottingham University
Professor Roger Watson, FRCP(Edin) FRCN FAAN, Honorary Professor of Nursing, University of Hull
The Lord Moonie, MBChB MRCPsych MFCM MSc, Life peer, retired member of the House of Lords, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State 2001–2003, former Consultant in Public Health Medicine
Dr Alan Mordue, MBChB FFPH, Retired Consultant in Public Health Medicine & Epidemiology
Dr Abby Astle, MBBChir BA(Cantab) DCH DGM MRCGP, GP Principal, GP Trainer, GP Examiner
Alex Kriel, Founder, The Thinking Coalition
Dr Alison Sabine, MBChB MRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist
Dr Alistair J Montgomery, MBChB MCGP DRCOG, Retired General Practitioner
Andrew Bridgen, Former Member of Parliament, North West Leicestershire (2010–2024)
Dr Ancha Bala-Joof, BSc MBChB MRCGP, General Practitioner
Dr Angharad Powell, MBChB BSc(Hons) DFSRH DCP(Ireland), DRCOG DipOccMed MRCGP, General Practitioner
Mr Anthony Hinton, MBChB FRCS, Consultant ENT Surgeon, London
Dr Aseem Malhotra, MBChB MRCP, Consultant Cardiologist
Dr Ayiesha Malik, MBChB MRCGP(2014), Integrative Medical Doctor, Doctors For Patients UK and co-founder of The Hope Accord
Dr Caroline Lapworth, MB ChB, General Practitioner
Dr Christina Peers, MBBS DRCOG DFSRH FFSRH, Menopause Specialist
Dr Chris Newton, PhD, Biochemist working in immuno-metabolism
Catherine Cassell, RGN, Practice Nurse
Dr Christine Dewbury, MBBS, retired General Practitioner
Dr Clare Craig, BM BCh FRCPath, Diagnostic Pathologist, co-chair of HART group
Dr David Cartland, MBChB BMedSci, General Practitioner
Dr David Critchley, BSc PhD in Pharmacology, 32 years’ experience in Pharmaceutical R&D
Dr Emma Brierly, MBBS MRCGP, General Practitioner
Mr David Halpin, MBBS FRCS, Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon, retired
Dr Elizabeth Burton, MB ChB, Retired General Practitioner
Dr David Morris, MBChB MRCP(UK), General Practitioner
Dr Felicity Lillingston, IMD DHS PhD ANP, Doctor, Urgent Care, Research Fellow
Dr Elizabeth Evans, MA(Cantab) MBBS DRCOG, Retired Doctor, CEO UK Medical Freedom Alliance
Dr Francesca Mbow, MD(Italy) MRCGP DFFP, General Practitioner
Eshani King, BSc(Hons) FCA CTA BFP, Evidence-Based Research in Immunology and Health
Dr Gerry Quinn, PhD, Postdoc Researcher in Microbiology & Immunology
Dr Fernando M Gundin, MRCGP (2017), General Practitioner
Helen Auburn, Dip ION MBANT CNHC, Nutritional Therapist
Dr Geoffrey Maidment, MBBS DRCOG MD FRCP, Retired Consultant Physician
Dr Henry Goodall, MBBS FFOM, retired Consultant Occupational Health Physician, President of the Society of Occupational Medicine (2011–12)
Dr Greta Mushet, MBChB MRCPsych, Retired Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy
Mr Ian McDermott, MBBS MS FRCS(Tr&Orth) FFSEM(UK), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Hedley Rees, BEng(Tech Hons) MBA, Advisory Board Member, International Institute of Advanced Purchasing and Supply, Pharmaflow Ltd
Dr James Dyson, MRCS LRCP MA, retired Medical Practitioner
Dr Ian Bridges, MBBS, General Practitioner, retired
Dr Janet Menage, MA MBChB, retired General Practitioner
Mr James Royle, MBChB FRCS MMedEd, Colorectal Surgeon
Jessica Righart, MSc, Senior Biomedical Scientist
Dr Jessica Robinson, BSc(Hons) MBBS MRCPsych MFHom, Integrative Medicine Doctor
Mr John Bunni, MBChB (Hons) Dip Lap Surg FRCS, Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon
Dr Johanna Reilly, MBBS, General Practitioner
Dr John Flack, BPharm PhD, Retired Director of Safety Evaluation, Beecham Pharmaceuticals, Senior Vice-president for Drug Discovery, SmithKline Beecham
Dr Jon Rogers, MBChB(Bristol) MRCGP DRCOG, Retired NHS General Practitioner
Dr Jonathan Eastwood, BSc MBChB MRCGP, General Practitioner
Dr John Sampson, MBBS, DM RD, retired doctor
Julie Annakin, Registered Nurse, Immunisation Specialist Nurse, retired
Joshua Knowles, Computer Scientist and Interdisciplinary Scientist
Katherine MacGilchrist, BSc(Hons), MSc, CEO/Systematic Review Director, Epidemica Ltd
Dr Julia Piper, FRCGP BM BS BMedSci DFFP AFMCP DipOccMed DipMedAcc
Dr Keith Johnson, BA DPhil(Oxon), IP Consultant for Diagnostic Testing
Kaira McCallum, BSc, Retired Pharmacist, Director of Strategy UKMFA
Dr Lucie Wilk, MD MRCP, Rheumatologist
Dr Keith Dewbury, MBBS FRCR, Retired Consultant Radiologist
Marco Tullio Suadoni, RN BSc(Hons) Adult Nursing MSc, Specialist Palliative Care Lead
Dr Livia Tossici-Bolt, PhD, Retired Clinical Scientist
Dr Matthew Dennison, MBBS MRCGP Dip IBLM, General Practitioner
Dr Marco Chiesa, MD FRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist & Visiting Professor, University College London
Dr Noel Thomas, MA MBChB DO DTM&H MFHom, Retired Doctor
Dr Mark A Bell, MBChB MRCP(UK) FRCEM, Consultant in Emergency Medicine
Dr Phuoc-Tan Diep, MBChB FRCPath, Consultant Histopathologist
Dr Matthew Hicks, MBChB, NHS Specialty Doctor
Dr Richard House, PhD CPsychol AFBPsS CertCouns, Chartered Psychologist, former senior lecturer, retired psychotherapist
Dr Peter Chan, BM MRCS MRCGP NLP, General Practitioner, Functional Medicine Practitioner
Dr Rosamond Jones, MBBS DRCOG MD FRCPCH, retired Consultant Paediatrician, convenor CCVAC (Children’s Covid Vaccines Advisory Council) (X)
Dr Rachel Nicoll, PhD, Medical Researcher
Sophie Gidet, Registered Midwife
Dr Richard J. O’Shea, MBBCh BA(Hons) MRCGP, General Practitioner
Stephen Jackson, Solicitor
Sarah Waters, BA(Hons) MBACP, Family and Adult Psychotherapist
Dr Stephen Ting, MBChB MRCP PhD, Consultant Physician
Sorrel Scott, Grad Dip Phys, Specialist Physiotherapist in Neurology, 30 years in NHS
Dr Tess Lawrie, MBBCh PhD, Director, Evidence-based Medicine Consultancy Ltd, Bath
Dr Stefanie Williams, MD, Dermatologist
Dr Tanya Klymenko, PhD FHEA FIBMS, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences
Dr Thomas Carnwath, MBBCh MA FRCPsych FRCGP, Consultant Psychiatrist
Rev Dr William J U Philip, MBChB MRCP BD, Senior Minister, The Tron Church, Glasgow. Formerly Physician specialising in Cardiology
Dr Zenobia Storah, MA(Oxon) DClinPsy CPsychol, Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologist
Other International Signatories
Australia
Emeritus Professor Robert Clancy AM, BSc(Med) MBBS PhD DSc FRACP FRCP(A) FRS(N), University of Newcastle
Emeritus Professor Wendy Hoy, MBBS(H1) BScMed (H1), FAA AO FRACP, University of Queensland
Prof Ian Brighthope, Director, The World of Wellness International; Advisor, The Aligned Council of Australia
Prof Gigi Foster, Co-Director, Australians for Science and Freedom, University of New South Wales
Prof Robyn Cosford, MBBS(Hons), DipNutr, Dip Hom, FACNEM, FASLM, Professor of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine; Chair, Director Children’s Health Defense
Prof Brendan Vote, Director, Tasmanian Eye Institute Ltd; Clinical Professor, University of Tasmania
Professor Paul Frijters PhD, Professor of Economics MBSC, Emeritus Professor, London School of Economics
A/Prof Peter Parry, MBBS, PhD, FRANZCP, Cert. Child & Adolesc. Psychiatry, University of Queensland
Dr Jeyanthi Kunadhasan, MD (UKM), MMed (AnaesUM), FANZCA MMed (Monash)
Dr Andrew McIntyre, FRACP MBBS(Hons), Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Astrid Lefringhausen, PhD, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Virology and Immunology, Board of Directors CHD Australia
Dr Luke McLindon, MBBS FRACGP FRANZCOG, Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, Advanced Laparoscopy/Endometriosis/Infertility
Dr Nicholas J. Hudson, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Metabolic Biochemistry, University of Queensland
Dr Geoff Pain, PhD, BSc(Hons), Grad Dipl Business Management
Dr Christopher Neil, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, Cardiologist; President, Australian Medical Professionals Society
Dr Conny Turni, BSc (Hons), PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Microbiology Research, QAAFI, University of Queensland
Dr Angela Jeanes, BSc (Hons), PhD
Dr Melissa McCann, BPharm MBBS FRACGP
Dr Julian Fidge, BPharm, Grad Dip App Sc (Comp Sc), MBBS, FRACGP, MMed (Pain Mgt)
Dr Suzanne Niblett, BSc (Hons), PhD, Consultant/Independent Researcher
Dr Kylie O'Brien, PhD, MPH, BAppSc (Chin Med), BSc(Optom), Grad Cert Tertiary Education, Consultant in Integrative Medicine and Higher Education
Dr Elvis Ivan Šeman, MBBS, FRANZCOG, EUCOGE, FRCOG, NFPMC, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Flinders University, South Australia
Ros Nealon-Cook, BSc (Hons I, Medal) (CompSci & BusMgmt), BSc (Hons I, Psych), Former Registered Psychologist
Dr David Richards, Adjunct Professor of Medicine; Co-founder, Australians for Science and Freedom
Christof Plothe DO, BSc.(Ost), Hons
Julian Gillespie, LLB, BJuris
Dr Julie Sladden, MBBS(Hons), BmedSci, PGDipMedEd
Dr Paul Oosterhuis, MB BS FANZCA
Tony Nikolic, Director, Ashley, Francina, Leonard & Associates
William D H Parry, Lawyer, LLB/LP, B.BehavSci(Psych), D.Bus
Andrew Madry, BSc (Hons I), PhD, Data Analyst
France
Prof Alexandra Henrion Caude, Geneticist, Director of Research INSERM, French National Institute of Health and Medical Research
Prof. Christian Perronne, MD, PhD, Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Paris
Germany
Prof Dr Jörg Matysik, Universität Leipzig
Ulrike Granögger, MA, Scientific Journalist, The Solari Report
Mexico
Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse, BVM&S, MSc, PhD, Professor of Virology, School of Natural Sciences, Autonomous University of Mexico
South Africa
Dr. Steven Hatfill, MBChB, MSc Molecular Biology, MSc Medical Biochemistry, M.Med Hematological Pathology
Switzerland
Dr Astrid Stuckelberger, MSc PhD, Privat-Dozent in Medicine, Medical Public Health School, University of Geneva; WHO Expert on IHR & International Research Ethics
Philipp Kruse, LL.M, Advocate
USA
Dr. Paul E. Alexander, Health Research Methodologist, Evidence-Based Medicine; Former WHO/PAHO/US Health and Human Services, Senior COVID Pandemic Advisor to President Trump's administration
Ryan N. Cole, MD, AP/CP Certified, American Board of Pathology; CEO, Cole Diagnostics
Eleftherios Gkioulekas, PhD, Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Katarina Lindley, DO, FACOFP, President, Global Health Project; Director, FLCCC Fellowship Program
Dr. Paul Marik MD, FCCM, FCCP, Chief Scientific Officer of FLCCC Alliance
Kevin McKernan, BSc, CSO/Founder, Medicinal Genomics
Peter A McCullough, MD, MPH, Cardiology, Epidemiology, and Public Health, McCullough Foundation, Dallas
Mary Holland, JD, President and General Counsel of Children’s Health Defense
Marsha Y. Blakeslee, MD, Internal Medicine
Parvez Dara MD, FACP, MBA, Oncologist, New Jersey
Mary L Davenport, MD, MS, ABOG, RealHealth, Berkeley, CA
Lynn Fynn, MD
Steve Kirsch, Independent Data Scientist
Dr. Elizabeth A. Laffay, DO, Elite Medical Group
Marc Rendell, MD, Medical Research, California
Raphael Stricker, MD, Union Square Medical Associates, San Francisco
Janci C. Lindsay, PhD, Toxicologist, Molecular Biologist
Meryl Nass, MD, Maine
Elena S. Shea, MD, Family Medicine, Arizona and Texas
K Paul Stoller, MD FACHM, Lifetime Fellow, American College of Hyperbaric Medicine
Mary Talley Bowden, MD, Otolaryngology and Sleep Medicine
Erika M. Delph, Registered Pharmacist
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, President and CEO, Truth For Health Foundation
Dr. Poppy Daniels, Obstetrician/Gynaecologist, Fertility & Hormone Specialist
Kimberly O. Biss, MD, OBGYN, Senior Fellow, FLCCC.org; Independent Researcher, ABRG.org
Dr. Joseph Varon, MD, FCCM, FCCP, President & Chief Medical Officer of FLCCC Alliance
North Group Lay Summary
Scientific Lay Summary to Support the Letter of Concern to Prime Ministers and Governing Bodies
Prepared by the NORTH Group (info@northgroup.info):
Our letter of concern, co-signed by physicians, scientists, politicians, and other qualified professionals, calls for the immediate suspension of COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines and an investigation into the presence of excessive levels of residual DNA in multiple vials, which is a serious, unquantified risk to human health. This lay summary explains the background to these concerns.
1. The mRNA vaccines do not stop the transmission of COVID-19
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) stated in an official response (EMA/451828/2023) to eight Members of the European Parliament that “COVID-19 vaccines have not been authorized for preventing transmission from one person to another.” In addition, “EMA´s assessment reports on the authorization of the vaccines note the lack of data on transmissibility.”¹
During the height of the pandemic, citizens were compelled to accept Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA products to protect others from COVID-19². This was a lie, and despite serious side effects being evident in clinical trial data³, lamentable safety and efficacy profiles, extreme pharmacovigilance safety signals reported worldwide, and thousands of peer-reviewed articles documenting harms associated with mRNA vaccines, these products continue to be recommended and administered.
In addition, proven prevention strategies were ignored, ineffective practices were promoted, and alternative treatment modalities for COVID-19 were suppressed. This led to billions of people worldwide, including children not at risk of COVID-19, being administered mRNA products unnecessarily.
Considering that residual DNA has now been discovered in five independent labs around the world, and at levels greatly exceeding the threshold deemed safe by medical product regulatory agencies, regulators under the direction of governments have an opportunity to recall these products from the market and complete an investigation into their contents. Potential harms to unsuspecting and uninformed recipients of these products must be limited.
The risks highlighted in the sections below support a call for the immediate withdrawal of mRNA-based products. In addition, the use and development of all products based on mRNA technology should be halted until the results of a fully independent and transparent forensic investigation have been made public and these products have been shown to be free from risks, including damage to human DNA (genotoxicity).
2. COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines resulted in an unprecedented level of reported side effects and deaths.
Real-world data collected by national competent authorities and distributed to the EMA shows the presence of statistically significant safety signals, including a high degree of variability in reported side effects for different batches of COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines⁴ ⁵ ⁶. These signals were consistent between countries and were particularly evident in the first few months of vaccine rollout, even though the EMA suppressed this information by keeping statutory periodic safety reports (PSURs) confidential until 2023.⁷
Published, peer-reviewed research on adverse event reporting data from Denmark⁴, Sweden⁵, and the USA⁶ has revealed batch-dependent side effects associated with Pfizer's COVID-19 mRNA vaccines. Data from the Czech Republic⁸ has shown the same pattern of variable batch-dependent side effects for both Pfizer and Moderna’s products. Pfizer informed the EMA in August 2021 about the same batch dependency of side effects⁹. This clearly suggests that the products were not manufactured to a consistent standard and that some individuals were exposed to a far greater risk of vaccine-associated side effects than others.
Usually, the sheer number of cases of reported side effects and the entirely atypical cases of deaths occurring in temporal proximity to vaccine administration¹⁰ ¹¹ ¹² ¹³ would have led to the immediate withdrawal of the products from the market. However, this did not occur and points towards a systematic and collusive failure to recognize COVID-19 vaccine harms. Since the regulatory authorities charged with pharmacovigilance are also those responsible for the approval process, they are conflicted. This makes a clear case as to why independent scrutiny of the regulator’s role in this process is essential.
3. COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines are contaminated with high and variable levels of artificial bacterially derived DNA.
On September 20th, 2024, Australian Member of Parliament (MP) Russell Broadbent wrote to the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describing compelling evidence of excessive levels of residual plasmid DNA in vials of Moderna and Pfizer’s mRNA vaccines distributed in Australia.
The letter, co-signed by a group of 26 doctors, scientists, and other qualified professionals from Australia¹⁴ pointed to the risk of residual DNA impurities being contained in lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), creating a serious but unquantified risk for damage to human DNA, genetic instability, hereditary changes, cancer, immune system disorders, etc. Mr. Broadbent called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to initiate an immediate and urgent investigation and suspension of Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines until the broader implications of these findings had been determined.
Mr. Broadbent further highlighted the responsibility of both the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and the Department of Health in having ignored repeated warnings by experts and continuing to distribute these products despite the undetermined risks to the public. This also applies to Europe, the Nordic and Baltic regions, and the UK.
A second letter, co-signed by 52 international doctors, scientists, and other qualified professionals¹⁴, was sent by Mr. Broadbent to Prime Minister Albanese on 25th September 2024, highlighting multiple attempts by prominent scientists to warn the TGA of the risks, which have been disregarded since early 2021. Attention was also drawn to the possible relevance of the Biosecurity Act 2015, with a recommendation that the Minister for Agriculture initiate a Biosecurity Import Risk Analysis, potentially leading to the suspension of these products due to the risks they pose to human health. The same type of risk analysis needs to be carried out in all countries.
Action by a local council
On October 11th, 2024, the local government of Port Hedland, Western Australia, voted to suspend Moderna's and Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines until they have been tested for excessive levels of foreign DNA. They also decided to distribute information to all general practitioners in the Port Hedland area, urging them to share this information with patients who wish to receive the mRNA vaccines in question. Furthermore, the council voted to inform the other 537 local councils in Australia about the evidence for prohibitive levels of DNA impurities in the modified mRNA products.
Nature of the DNA contamination
The basis for Mr. Broadbent’s letter to the Prime Minister was an independent investigation conducted by Dr. David Speicher, an independent researcher from the University of Guelph, Canada, who measured the amount of DNA in three vials of COVID-19 modified mRNA products retrieved from cold storage facilities of registered Australian health practitioners (see Appendix A).
Dr. Speicher found that all vials contained measurable levels of residual plasmid DNA and exceeded the regulatory limit of 10 ng/dose set by the TGA and WHO¹⁵ by 7.8-145 times.
The DNA identified in the vials is artificial and foreign genetic material, copied and expanded in E. coli bacteria and used as a template to produce the mRNA coding for the Spike protein. However, this DNA should have been degraded and effectively removed from the mRNA component prior to the encapsulation of purified mRNA into lipid nanoparticles (LNPs). Critically, the artificial plasmid DNA contains sequences that allow it to replicate in both bacteria, and in the case of Pfizer’s vaccine, in human cells, thereby posing a significant but entirely unnecessary health risk¹⁶ ¹⁷ (see also Appendix A).
Alarming presence of undeclared, high-risk sequences in the residual plasmid DNA
Crucially, Dr. Speicher also confirmed the presence of a specific DNA sequence derived from Simian Virus 40 (SV40) in the Pfizer vaccine. This piece of DNA (known as the SV40 promoter-enhancer) was not declared to the regulatory authorities as being part of the vaccine manufacturing process¹⁸ ¹⁹. Had Pfizer declared this component in their manufacturing process, it is likely that this would have led to greater scrutiny, since the SV40 virus is associated with cancer²⁰ ²¹ ²² and the SV40 promoter-enhancer itself has potent biological activity. Hence, the presence of this sequence in the Pfizer product presents a much more serious risk than the presence of only excessive DNA.
This SV40 promoter-enhancer is typically used in applications such as genetic engineering or gene therapy to control how much of an mRNA and the protein that is made from the mRNA is ‘turned on’. However, once this DNA crosses the cell membrane, as would happen within an LNP, this SV40 enhancer sequence can target the associated DNA to the cell nucleus, where it may cause changes to human DNA²³ ²⁴.
The SV40 enhancer can facilitate the integration of associated sequences into human DNA within cells of the human body, and the SV40 sequence would augment the likelihood of such an integration event²⁰ ²¹ ²⁵.
Dr. Speicher's findings confirm multiple studies that also identified the SV40 promoter-enhancer sequence in DNA within Pfizer’s products¹⁶ ¹⁷ ²⁶ ²⁷. The risks raised by these undeclared components of the COVID-19 modified mRNA products have not been investigated and have not been declared to recipients. This is inexcusable.
Risk of integration into the human genome
LNPs are known to be taken up by all organs of the body, including the brain, heart, liver, ovaries, and testes, and therefore can transfer their contents to the cells of these organs²⁸ ²⁹. Hence, the injected material does not necessarily remain at the site of intramuscular injection as was widely claimed.
Kämmerer et al. recently confirmed that residual plasmid DNA in Pfizer’s vaccine could be taken up by a human cell line in culture³⁰. Kevin McKernan and Professor Ulrike Kämmerer have also provided preliminary evidence that the addition of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to a human ovarian cell line (OvCar3) can result in the integration of the residual plasmid DNA into human DNA³¹. Furthermore, Dr. Phillip Buckhaults, Dr. Wafik El-Diery, Dr. Jessica Rose, and Kevin McKernan have all expressed their concern that residual plasmid DNA could trigger serious side effects, autoimmune diseases, and cancer³².
It is not a question of if residual plasmid DNA present in LNPs integrates into the DNA of human cells but how often it occurs and how severe the effects are. It must be noted that DNA integration is not necessary to induce cancer-associated pathways³³. The genetic risks to people who have received these products, as well as their offspring, are uncharted. Scientific investigation is urgently required to determine the risks of gene-based mRNA therapeutics to humans. It is for these reasons that these gene-based vaccines should have undergone a full regulatory pathway for new medicines as originally proposed, rather than following the shorter approval process used for standard vaccines³⁴.
Regulatory authorities on the possibility of integration
The Danish Medicines Agency, on behalf of the Minister of Health, has admitted that the DNA plasmid used in Pfizer's vaccine contains a very small “sample” of an SV40 virus. They claim that these sequences are unlikely to pose a risk in cancer development, nor be able to induce damage to human DNA. According to the Danish Medicines Agency, there is no risk of inheritance to the next generation¹⁹.
This response from the Danish Medicines Agency is almost identical to responses from other drug regulatory agencies around the world, including the response from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Florida State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who in January of this year demanded a halt to the use of modified mRNA vaccines until safety is proven, after the FDA failed to provide a satisfactory explanation for the DNA contamination³⁵.
This lack of concern is deeply worrying, and the fact that authorities have not prosecuted the manufacturers due to their failure to disclose all sequences used in the production of their products casts a further, very dark shadow over the lack of impartiality of the regulatory authorities. Safe and effective vaccines cannot be produced if regulators fail to act in the public interest.
We believe that the level and variability of residual plasmid DNA impurities in mRNA vaccines, as well as the inclusion of the SV40 promoter-enhancer sequence in the process Pfizer used to manufacture its vaccines, could pose serious and undetermined risks to the human population, including cancer, and in particular to pregnant women and their unborn children, who continue to be urged to receive these products.
Unquantified risks associated with modified mRNA vaccines
Modified mRNA coding for a biologically active spike protein, variable levels of residual plasmid DNA, and the presence of the SV40 promoter-enhancer sequence, pose serious risks to human health including cardiovascular disease, cancer, immunological, autoimmune, skin, and neurological disorders, particularly in the context of a highly efficient cell delivery system such as LNPs.
As detailed in the supplied scientific summary provided by Russell Broadbent's MP team (Appendix B) and the peer-reviewed literature provided therein, excessive residual plasmid DNA in the Pfizer and Moderna products, exacerbated by repeated doses, may result in:
a) Genomic insertion of the synthetic DNA into natural human chromosomal DNA;
b) Genomic integration inducing malignant/cancerous diseases;
c) Inactivation of the p53 leading to the proliferation of tumours;
d) Presence of synthetic DNA in cytoplasm inducing malignant/cancerous diseases;
e) Transfection into Oocytes and sperm-producing cells leading to:
i. Altered transgenic offspring;
ii. Interference with early intrauterine development;
iii. Induction of miscarriages and malformations.
If contamination includes intact and integratable whole genes, then further hazards arise, namely:
f) Spike protein production for an indefinite period, possibly years. Undesired production of spike protein for weeks or months may arise owing to the use of degradation-resistant modified mRNA;
g) Promotion of antibiotic resistance within the human host and throughout communities;
h) Replication of the synthetic (whole plasmid) DNA within the human host.
Summary of the concerns associated with modified mRNA vaccines.
COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines pose inherent health risks that were not adequately studied before their conditional approval and subsequent roll-out, but which have become abundantly clear afterwards.
LNPs do not necessarily remain at the injection site but may reach the bloodstream and thereby multiple organs.
Any cell in the body that takes up an LNP may express both the native Spike protein, a foreign antigen, as well as a range of aberrantly mistranslated and misfolded proteins³⁶, and thus be marked for attack and destruction by the immune system. If this happens to cells that line the blood vessels, it will cause vessel damage and blood clotting, leading to increased risk of stroke, heart attack, and other acute vascular diseases. Some of the aberrant proteins may lead to cross-reacting immunity against normal human proteins and thereby autoimmune disease. All these conditions have been well documented in the medical literature and in pharmacovigilance reporting systems worldwide. Likewise, LNPs are inherently toxic and may affect the blood (hemagglutination induction)³⁷ and organs such as the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, etc. Cell destruction by the immune system can lead to conditions such as encephalitis, myocarditis, autoimmunity, etc., which again have been amply documented.
While the above risks are inherent in the COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccine technology, the additional and potentially grave risk to human health due to excessive levels of residual plasmid DNA must be investigated.
The credibility of the regulatory bodies and the governments that coerced their citizens into taking these products – primarily to protect the vulnerable, which was deliberate misinformation – is under serious public scrutiny.
Development of safe and effective medical products depends upon transparent and trustworthy regulatory oversight of the manufacturing process. This has been disregarded during the COVID-19 response and is a catastrophe of governance that will take years if not decades to repair.
Positive change begins with an acknowledgement of error, and this process must begin immediately before more lives are lost carelessly and unnecessarily.
Appendices
A. Dr. David Speicher’s report. Click Here
B. Science summary. Consequences of Synthetic DNA Contamination. Click Here
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NORTH GROUP Press Release: Canada and Australia Join Global Action to Suspend COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines
BREAKING NEWS
20th January 2025 — AUSTRIA AND CANADA JOIN NORTH CALLING FOR AN IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF COVID-19 mRNA VACCINES.
The Austrian Lawyers Association for Fundamental Rights (Anwalte für Grundrechte) with over 50 members sent the NORTH letter to the Austrian Federal Chancellor on 15th January. This was followed by World Council for Health Canada and Vaccine Choice Canada sending the letter to the Canadian Prime Minister and Members of Canadian Parliament on 19th January.
NORTH was initiated on 25th November 2024, when an international group of politicians and leading medical and other professionals wrote to the heads of state of 10 European countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom) citing serious health concerns regarding COVID-19 modified mRNA vaccines.
Throughout December 2024, NORTH was joined by Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal, and Spain. Slovenia became the 20th country supporting the initiative on January 7th.
NORTH groups sent a follow-up letter on 13th January to governments that had not yet replied to the original call in November.
With over 700 international signatories, citizens from other countries are preparing to join NORTH in the coming weeks.
The letter from NORTH states:
Scientific evidence shows that it was a lottery as to which batch of vaccine a person received and the side effects they experienced, including death.
COVID-19 vaccines were never tested for their ability to block transmission.
Modified mRNA vaccines contain variable but alarmingly high levels of residual DNA, which raises extreme concerns about the risks to human health including the potential for genetic damage.
The call has unprecedented international support and demands:
An immediate halt to the use of modified mRNA vaccines.
An independent and transparent investigation into their approval and use.
Scientific evidence that shows that there is no risk of damage to human DNA.
Please share. MSM has declined sharing our previous press release due to editorial policy.
For further info:
NORTHGroup.info
I saw a video a couple of years ago of newborns that may have been damaged by the vax present in their mothers. Can anyone direct me to anything that talks about problems in newborns born from previously vaccinated mothers? The mother was vaccinated (2x) a couple of years ago and the father got boosted about 18 months ago. Thanks
Re the last paragraph just above ;Is that mention of Australia joining Canada a typo and meant to be Austria ? Maybe I am being thick !