Is it true that the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyain called to cancel the Nuremberg Code?

Information is distributed, supposedly Ursula von der Layen said that the Nuremberg Code became irrelevant over the years, and suggested cancel it. We decided to check if the head of the European Commission spoke in that way.

Information about such a statement was distributed by the media (for example, "Moscow Komsomolets", "Pravda.ru" And RIA "Katyusha"), Forums, Users social networks, Blogs And the authors Telegram-kanals. She also appeared on English -speaking sites. It is reported that Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference on December 1 proposed revising the parts of the Code regarding bioethics and informed consent.

The mentioned press conference wide Lighted In the European Media, on the official website of the European Commission there is also her Video recording. The head of the European Commission performs together with Stella Kiriyazki, the European Commissioner for Health and Safety of Food Products. If you carefully familiarize yourself with the performance of Ursula von der Lyain, you can see that she does not mention the Nuremberg Code at all. Instead, starting from 12:22, she answers a question from the hall about her position regarding compulsory vaccination in European countries. The head of the European Commission said that legally this is completely in the competence of the Union members themselves, but it also outlined its own position: “I believe that it is now optimal and correct to discuss what measures can be used to encourage potentially compulsory vaccination in the European Union. This requires discussion, it requires the development of a general approach, but this is a discussion that, as I think, should begin. ” In her speech, Ursula von der Lyaine expressed concern that a third of the EU population is not vaccinated. Its special concern is caused by children for whom the use of vaccination is not yet approved in many countries, and people to whom vaccination is contraindicated due to the presence of certain diseases.

It is worth noting separately that although the Nuremberg Code has references to bioethics and informed consent, these points Can't To be applied to vaccination against a new coronaviral infection. The whole code regulates The procedure for conducting medical experiments (the need for informed consent, preceding animal experiments, the value of the experiment is higher than potential risk for subjects, scientific qualifications for researchers, etc.).

Vaccination does not fall under the action of the Code for several reasons. Firstly, vaccines checked in preclinical and clinical researchincluding Volunteers. And these studies corresponded All relevant legal and ethical standards. Secondly, informed voluntary consent to the experiment and vaccination differ. Refusal of the first attracts There is only non -participation in the experiment, the rejection of the second is appropriate for medical reasons, and without them, depending on the legislation of the country attracts Some legal restrictions necessary to ensure the rights of other people to health and safety.

Thus, the statement of the head of the European Commission that the Nuremberg Code is outdated and it is time to cancel it is a fake, which is most likely launched by European antivaccinators. Moreover, vaccination is not regulated by the Nuremberg Code at all, therefore, even if it had been canceled or changed, this would not affect the legal possibility of introducing mandatory vaccination in certain countries.

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