HUGE Conflict of Interest: Canadian Immunization Programs are Funded by Big Pharma
Ontario’s Immunization Agenda 2020 playbook has been removed from the public internet.
It’s almost impossible to find now and has been replaced with the WHO’s Immunization Agenda 2030.
When they say “partners” they mean Government & Pharma, mandating their products for Canadians and funded by OUR tax dollars!
By: Christine Colebeck
“Immunization 2020 is a first-of-its-kind roadmap for Ontario that will help our government and our partners achieve a high performing, integrated immunization system.”
The focus is that vaccines are cost effective, not necessarily healthier or safer
• Immunization is great value for money
“Immunization is one of the most cost-effective health interventions we have.
By keeping people healthy and preventing disease, immunization reduces the
burden on the health care system and has a positive effect on the economy”
• Ontario was the first in Canada to introduce school immunization laws:
In 1982, Ontario became the first province to pass laws requiring children
to be vaccinated against certain diseases in order to attend school, unless
they have a valid exemption. Similar laws were also passed for children
attending licensed daycares. This legislation continues to protect children
from serious vaccine-preventable diseases and reduces the risk of outbreaks.
• Ontario launched first Universal Influenza Immunization Program in North America:
In 2000, Ontario initiated North America’s first large-scale Universal Influenza
Immunization Program. The program provides free influenza vaccine to
anyone six months of age or older who lives, works, or goes to school in Ontario.
In 2012, the program was expanded to improve access at community pharmacies
through pharmacist-administered flu shots.
• Public Health Ontario (PHO) formed:
The creation of PHO in 2007 has strengthened scientific advice on immunization
as well as immunization surveillance and research activities.
• Ontario implemented a central immunization information system:
Beginning in 2013, Ontario was among the first of the provinces to launch
a new electronic database called Panorama. Ontario’s public health units
now use Panorama to more effectively track and analyze immunization
coverage rates for school-aged children. This is a critical step in laying the
groundwork for a provincial immunization registry for all Ontarians.
• Ontario continues to expand its publicly funded immunization program:
Over the last twelve years, the number of routine publicly funded
vaccines has almost doubled, from 8 to 15 vaccines. Ontario now publicly
funds a total of 22 different vaccines as part of both routine and targeted
high-risk immunization programs. These vaccines protect Ontarians against
16 diseases across their lifespan – diphtheria, tetanus, polio, pertussis
(whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox),
rotavirus, meningococcal disease, Haemophilus influenzae type B, human
papillomavirus (HPV), influenza, pneumococcal disease, hepatitis A and
hepatitis B.
Source: immunization_2020_report
Public Health Ontario (PHO) is NOT a government organization, but it IS funded by the government.
PHO’s Mandate:
We provide scientific and technical advice and support to clients working in government, public health, health care, and related sectors.
In meeting our Vision, Mission and Mandate, our primary clients include:
- Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health
- Ministry of Health, Ministry of Long-Term Care and other ministries
- Public health units
- Health system providers and organizations across the continuum of care
Our partners for health may be clients and can also include academic, research, not-for-profit, community-based and private sector organizations, and government agencies working across sectors that contribute to the people in Ontario achieving the best health possible.
PHO Financial Audit 2022-2023: PHO financial-statements-2023
PHO President and CEO Dr. Vivek Goel attended two of the three Rockefeller funded schools of public health, Harvard and University of Toronto. He is former U of T provost and emeritus professor (Institute of Health Policy Management & Evaluation) at the University of Toronto Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
READ Dr. Goel’s pharma-funded public health vision here
In 2008, Dr. Vivek Goel left U of T to become founding president and CEO of Public Health Ontario, then returned to U of T.
Public Health Ontario, a government ministry-funded agency, is responsible for monitoring, among other things, the percentage of Ontarians who receive vaccines and adverse events following immunization. Many of the Directors on the Board of Public Health Ontario are current or former University CEO’s or professors. Universities are very heavily funded by pharmaceutical companies so this is an obvious conflict.
Dr. Vivek Goel went on to become the president of University of Waterloo.
In December 2020, Dr. Goel was named a member of the Order of Canada, recognized for his contributions as an academic and administrator who is committed to the advancement of public health services, evidence-based healthcare and research innovation. Dr. Goel played an integral role in supporting Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as a member of the federal COVID-19 Immunity task force and as scientific advisor for the CanCOVID Research Network, the national research platform for COVID-19 research.
The creation of Ontario’s Panorama Database: the collection of your private health information, as part of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s “One Health” approach
In 2012, Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health commissioned a review to identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Ontario’s publicly funded immunization system in order to address the system’s growth, both in cost and complexity in the last several years, the corresponding low vaccination coverage rates, and the associated reasons. The resulting report, Ontario’s Publicly Funded Immunization System: Building on Today’s Strengths, Innovating for the Future—Report of the Advisory Committee for Ontario’s Immunization Review (referred to as the 2014 Immunization System Review) was submitted to the Ministry in March 2014. It identified a number of issues, many of which we also identified and discuss in this report. The Ministry does not track or monitor the total costs of delivering the immunization program in Ontario. We estimated that operational funding for Ontario’s immunization program was about $250 million in both the 2012/13 and the 2013/14 fiscal years, as shown in Figure 1. In addition to these costs, the total costs to develop, between 2007 and 2016, a new public-health information system that includes a new immunization registry are expected to exceed $160 million
Panorama: Immunization Ontario MOH Panorama
HUGE Conflict of Interest: Immunize Canada is Sponsored by Big Pharma and is a partner of CANvax
Immunize Canada is a proud member of the WHO’s Vaccine Safety Net (VSN)
Immunize Canada Government Members:
Immunize Canada Sponsors:
- GlaxoSmithKline Limited
- Grifols
- Merck Canada Inc.
- Moderna
- CSL Seqirus
- Pfizer Canada
- Sanofi
- VBI Vaccines Inc.
https://immunize.ca/member-organizations
Immunize Canada is a national coalition of non-governmental, professional, health, government and private sector organizations with a specific interest in promoting the understanding and use of vaccines recommended by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI).
The Coalition’s Goal
To contribute to the control/elimination/eradication of vaccine-preventable diseases in Canada.
The Coalition’s Objectives
- To provide accurate information via public awareness campaigns on vaccines recommended by NACI.
- To maintain and increase public trust in immunizations by responding to inaccurate information on immunization with factual, evidence-based information.
- To develop and ensure dissemination of promotional products and activities for seasonal campaigns that focus on the benefits and safety of recommended immunization for all ages.
- To advocate for public health policies that support Immunize Canada’s goal of controlling/eliminating/eradicating vaccine-preventable diseases in Canada through immunization for all ages.
- To provide expert spokespeople on the benefits and safety of immunizations for media in both official languages as required.
- To engage the media in the campaigns to promote immunization.
Methodology
Immunize Canada creates educational tools and promotional materials for the general public and for health care providers. Our materials undergo a rigorous internal review, and we rely upon evidence-based information and the knowledge syntheses produced by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) and its recommendations, which are published in the Canadian Immunization Guide.
The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)
NACI is a national advisory committee of experts in the fields of pediatrics, infectious diseases, immunology, medical microbiology, internal medicine, and public health. NACI reports to the Assistant Deputy Minister of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, and works with the Public Health Agency of Canada to provide ongoing and timely medical, scientific, and public health advice in the form of recommendations for the use of vaccines currently or newly approved in Canada.
Immunization Agenda 2030 is the next global planned pandemic- with the motto “leave no one behind”
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