Vera Sharav | A Holocaust Survivor's Warning for Humanity | Part 1 of 2

Distrustful of authority, tonight's special guest, a Holocaust survivor became a fierce critic of THE medical establishment. She is one of the most effective and passionate - some would say extreme - advocates for the rights of medical research subjects in the US. She has exposed experiments testing HIV drugs on toddlers in New York's foster care system and helped scuttle government research that would have paid low-income Florida families $970 to test their children's exposure to household pesticides. She helped pressure the National Institutes of Mental Health to rewrite protocols on dozens of psychiatric studies to better protect patients. And her relentless advocacy was key to forcing US drug regulators to warn about the suicide risk that antidepressants pose to teenagers. For years, she sent out a near-daily barrage of emails to thousands of journalists, activists, and scientists accusing academic researchers, pharmaceutical executives, and drug regulators of manipulating research findings or failing to protect patients. Being a holocaust survivor gives her the unique perspective to identify the parallels we are seeing today. We still have time to remain free. If you want to know. Stay with us.