#51 THE QUESTION THEY DON’T WANT ASKED! – Big Pharma, Vaccines, COVID, Whistleblowers
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A groundbreaking and controversial episode of Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History features Del Bigtree, filmmaker and investigative journalist, who presents a chilling case against the long-standing assumption that childhood vaccines are definitively safe. At the heart of the discussion is an unpublished 2020 study conducted by Dr. Marcus Zervos, a top infectious disease expert at Henry Ford Health, which allegedly found that vaccinated children are 2.5 times more likely to develop chronic diseases by age 10, with risks for neurodevelopmental disorders and autoimmune conditions up to six times higher than unvaccinated peers. Despite the study’s rigorous design and large sample size (18,500 children), Zervos refused to publish it, citing fear for his career. Bigtree argues this is not an isolated anomaly—over a dozen similar studies have shown comparable results, yet they are routinely dismissed, discredited, or suppressed. The episode exposes a systemic failure: no placebo-controlled safety trials have ever been conducted on any vaccine in the U.S. childhood schedule, despite the fact that these are injected into millions of healthy infants. The legal shield protecting pharmaceutical companies from liability—established in 1986 under the claim that vaccines are 'unavoidably unsafe'—creates a perverse incentive to avoid safety research altogether.
No childhood vaccine in the U.S. has ever undergone a placebo-controlled safety trial, despite being injected into millions of healthy children.
A 2020 study by Dr. Marcus Zervos at Henry Ford Health found vaccinated children were 2.5 times more likely to develop chronic disease by age 10, with neurodevelopmental disorder risks 5–6 times higher.
The study was never published because the lead scientist feared it would end his career, despite its rigorous methodology and large sample size.
Over 12 similar studies have found vaccinated children have worse long-term health outcomes, yet they are routinely dismissed as 'anti-vaccine' or 'unscientific'.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted pharmaceutical companies liability protection in 1986, ruling vaccines are 'unavoidably unsafe'—creating a legal incentive to avoid safety research.
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Introduction: The Unasked Question
Neil Oliver introduces the episode with a sponsor message for TUI Cruises, then sets the stage for a provocative conversation with Del Bigtree, a filmmaker and vaccine investigator known for his controversial documentaries. He frames the episode around a single, forbidden question: Are vaccines safer than the diseases they prevent?
The Core Question: Is Vaccine Safety Proven?
“I couldn't believe it, but there are no placebo-based safety trials of any of the vaccines that are currently on the childhood schedule at the CDC in America.”
The Henry Ford Health Study: A Hidden Experiment
“I would be finished. He in his own words, I would be finished.”
The Systemic Suppression of Science
“Anyone that dares to do this science is immediately ridiculed, sidelined, and at times there's a famous study by a pediatrician in Oregon... he ultimately lost his license.”
The Legal Shield: Why Pharma Is Immune
Bigtree explains the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, which granted pharmaceutical companies liability protection by claiming vaccines are 'unavoidably unsafe.' This legal framework disincentivizes safety research, as ignorance becomes a defense. He argues this turns science on its head.
“anyone that dares to do this science is immediately ridiculed, sidelined, and at times there's a famous study by a pediatrician in Oregon here in the States that”
“The pharmaceutical industry, they just won a lawsuit yesterday or the day before yesterday. The American Academy of Pediatrics is suing Robert Kennedy Jr., trying to stop him from making changes to the vaccine program.”
“Until more science is done, Neil, we are now in a world where the pharmaceutical industry and every doctor that is injecting their products can only tell you we have made an assumption of safety that was never proven in the long term.”
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