Dr. Stanley Human in Form Plotkin, re: experiments on orphans, mentally retarded, prisoners

Please support First Freedoms work: Dr. Stanley Plotkin, January 2018. ATTY: Have you ever used orphans to study an experimental vaccine DR. PLOTKIN: Yes. ATTY: Have you ever used the mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine DR. PLOTKIN: I don t recollect ever doing studies in mentally handicapped individuals. At the time in the 1960s, it was not an uncommon practice. ATTY: So you re saying I m not clear on your answer. I m sorry. Have you ever used mentally handicapped to study an experimental vaccine DR. PLOTKIN: What I m saying is I don t recall specifically having done that, but that in the 1960s, it was not unusual to do that. And I wouldn t deny that I may have done so. ATTY: Well, there s an article entitled Attenuation of RA 27, 3 Rubella Virus in WI38 Human Diploid Cells. Are you familiar with that article DR. PLOTKIN: Yes. ATTY: In that article, one of the things it says is 13 seronegative mentally retarded children were given RA 27, 3 vaccin