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A group of healthcare professionals, scientists, academics and concerned citizens has launched The Hope Accord, an international initiative calling for the immediate suspension of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and a comprehensive reevaluation of their safety and efficacy.
The accord has garnered signatures from prominent medical experts and researchers who argue that emerging evidence suggests these novel vaccine products may be contributing to increased rates of disability and excess deaths.
John Campbell, Ph.D., a retired nurse educator and popular health commentator, described the accord in a July 5 video as “basically a new international movement … developed by clever doctors and scientists.” But he emphasized that the accord is “open for everyone to sign.”
The accord’s signatories, including “well-known and highly reputable professionals” such as diagnostic pathologist Clare Craig, Dr. Kat Lindley and Bret Weinstein, Ph.D., are calling for a return to what they consider fundamental medical ethics and scientific transparency.
The movement comes amid ongoing debates about the long-term impacts of the global COVID-19 response and the rapid deployment of new vaccine technologies.
The Hope Accord outlines five primary demands, each addressing what signatories view as critical issues in today’s medical and scientific landscape.
1. Suspension of COVID mRNA vaccine products
At the forefront of the accord is a call for the immediate suspension of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine products.
The accord argues that a “growing body of evidence suggests that the widespread rollout of the novel Covid-19 mRNA vaccine products is contributing to an alarming rise in disability and excess deaths.”
Signatories justify this call by pointing to what they describe as “plausible biological mechanisms of harm” and high rates of adverse events reported in clinical trials, national surveillance programs and autopsy studies.
“These vaccine products … contain genetic sequences we feel should be suspended, at least for the time being, until we know one heck of a lot more about them,” Campbell said.
2. Reevaluation of vaccine safety and efficacy
The second point calls for a comprehensive reevaluation of the safety and efficacy of all COVID-19 vaccine products.
The accord demands “independent investigations” that are “properly resourced, preferably by governments and independent agencies,” Campbell said in a follow-up video exploring the details of The Hope Accord.
The accord calls for focusing on the actual clinical impact on illness and mortality rather than relying on “synthetic results based on modeled assumptions.”
“We certainly want to limit the use of modeling,” Campbell said, adding that it “causes all sorts of problems.”
Accord signer and DarkHorse Podcast co-host Weinstein, in a brief video posted July 6 on X (formerly Twitter), said the claim that the mRNA vaccines were safe “was a dangerous lie.”
The Covid shots are neither safe nor effective. The fact they’re still being given, are recommended by CDC, and are still mandated in some cases, is scandalous. Join the global fight to remove them from the market by signing The Hope Accord at:https://t.co/fUxrdN3kYV
Please RT pic.twitter.com/NrVupDP85W— Bret Weinstein (@BretWeinstein) July 6, 2024
3. Recognition and support for vaccine-injured individuals
The Hope Accord’s third demand focuses on immediate recognition and support for those claiming to be injured by COVID-19 vaccines.
“Vaccine injury must be recognized and every effort made to understand their conditions,” Campbell said.
The accord calls for “readily accessible multidisciplinary clinics” offering investigation and treatment, and “appropriate compensation for all those who have been harmed,” according to Campbell.
Signatories argue that denying vaccine injuries betrays those who followed official directives, often under coercion from mandates restricting access to work, education and other aspects of daily life.
Lindley, president of the Global Heath Project and an organizer of the Global Covid Summit, told The Defender she signed the accord because governments and regulatory agencies continue to ignore safety and injury issues.
“While we have had some hearings, there has been no accountability for actions taken during the pandemic,” she said.
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4. Restoration of ethical principles
The fourth point addresses what signatories see as the abandonment of fundamental medical ethics during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Campbell highlighted principles such as “First, do no harm,” informed consent, bodily autonomy and “the notion that adults protect children, not the other way around.”
The accord argues these principles were disregarded under the premise of an emergency.
“Emergencies are never a reason to abandon our principles; it is precisely at such times that we most profoundly depend on them,” it states.
Lindley said the lack of ethics on the part of the medical establishment has been “very disheartening” and is one of the reasons she rewrote the Hippocratic oath a few years ago.
“As physicians, we have failed in our duty to protect the vulnerable and we must reevaluate the state of medicine that we find ourselves in,” she said. “Primu Non Nocere [first, do no harm] is not just a quote, but a way of life and our most sacred promise.”
5. Addressing root causes
The final demand calls for addressing what signatories view as the root causes of current medical and scientific predicaments. The accord seeks “an honest and thorough investigation” into factors such as “institutional groupthink, conflicts of interest and the suppression of scientific debate.”
Campbell emphasized the need for greater transparency and data access throughout his discussion of The Hope Accord.
“Unpublished data needs to be put into the public domain,” he said. “Agencies and vested interests around the world are holding data that you and I are not allowed to see. This has to stop.”
Campbell stressed the importance of free speech and scientific debate. “This is how science progresses.”
He also highlighted the need to address publication bias, suggesting that unfavorable results may have been “rejected or withheld due to fears of reputational damage.” He argued that this approach contradicts scientific principles. “All results should be published — good, bad and indifferent, warts and all, the whole thing.”
In a July 5 post on X, U.K. cardiologist and accord signer Dr. Aseem Malhotra discussed the accord, saying “Big Pharma … is an industry whose business model is one of fraud.”
BREAKING:
Over 1000 doctors, scientists & concerned citizens have signed the HOPE accord calling for a suspension of the mRNA jabs & the reclaiming of medical ethics.
Make your voice count by adding your signature so we can collectively clean up this rotten system… pic.twitter.com/Qc2inoELCx— Dr Aseem Malhotra (@DrAseemMalhotra) July 5, 2024
‘Healthcare and science of the people, for the people, by the people’
Campbell expressed particular concern about the erosion of free speech during the pandemic response, saying it reminded him of “past totalitarian regimes.”
“We don’t want censorship in our era,” he said. “We want free speech and a democratic principle that underpins the ability to question untested interventions.”
Looking to the future, Campbell stressed the need to learn from recent experiences and restore ethical principles in medicine and public health. He said:
“We ultimately seek a renewed commitment to the core principles of ethical medicine, and how it includes science and all life in general, really — returning to an era in which we strive for transparency, accountability and responsible decision-making through the spheres of medicine and public health.”
Campbell framed the accord as a movement of ordinary people, calling for a return to “healthcare and science of the people, for the people, by the people.”
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‘We want everyone to sign this’
As of July 9, The Hope Accord had over 33,000 signatures, including nearly 4,000 from medical doctors and other healthcare professionals, over 1,000 from scientists and academics, and over 28,000 from concerned members of the public. Campbell highlighted some of the prominent founding signers in his video presentation.
He emphasized that the accord aims to be “a sort of a ground-up, grassroots movement of people internationally,” open for anyone to sign, regardless of their professional background.
He encouraged viewers to consider signing the accord if they agree with its principles, emphasizing its potential to influence future approaches to public health challenges and scientific discourse.
“We want clever doctors, we want clever scientists, then we want people like me and everyone else — the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker,” Campbell said. “We want everyone to sign this to show our dissatisfaction with what is happening.”
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