January 25, 2022 Dear Medical Council of Nepal: The World Bank is sending 4 million doses of Moderna covid vaccine for Nepali children aged 12-17, although this vaccine is not approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) of the USA for this age group. This means the World Bank is sponsoring a very large clinical trial on Nepali children, without getting consent from parents or informing authorities about their intentions. This is not just deceptive but also illegal, according to the Nuremberg code on medical trials. Please request the health minister to open a debate about this in Parliament. These are the 10 points of the Nuremberg code: The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of cons
Ayurveda and traditional healing traditions from around the world are dismissed as “pseudo-science.” The justification for this arrogant condescension is: “Herbs haven’t gone though a clinical trial.” This argument is lazy. You can find medical research literature of herbs like gurjo, hibiscus, and timmur, in the Western scientific tradition, archived online. I have read these research articles via the US National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health. People do not bother to read this research, although they are only a click away. The Kathmandu Post ran an article about Kathmandu traffic police planting tinospora cordifolia or gurjo at the Tinkune Park. Gurjo is thought to prevent coronavirus. The traffic police, one of our most vulnerable frontline workers, were grateful to have this healing herb. This article called it an “untested herb.” There are over 300 scientific research articles about the herb and its usages, including for osteo-arthritis to HIV/AIDS, from r