SO, WHAT WOULD I KNOW?

I recently appeared as an expert witness in an Australian Fair Work Commission case opposing vaccine mandates.  A comprehensive and fully referenced Expert Report was written by myself and submitted to the court in the usual way.

I’ve been involved in many such cases and written many expert reports.  However, I am seldom called to testify or be cross-examined.  I suspect the other side is ill prepared for what I have to say and be appraised of the data at my fingertips.  In the rare two cases I have been called, I have only been asked one question each time.  In the first case I was asked if the COVID-19 vaccines had been “approved” and I said “no” because they are only Provisionally Approved in Australia and there is a big difference between “approved” and “provisionally approved”.  When I tried to explain the difference (which the barrister opposite did not want to know about) I was immediately dismissed as a witness.

The second time I was called to testify I was asked to read an “expert” recommendation emanating from the government on COVID-19 vaccination policy stating the COVID vaccines prevented transmission of the virus and I was asked to confirm that the words were there.  Of course, the words were there.

The Deputy President of the Fair Work Commission then said of me: “Well, it looks like Dr. Altman is outgunned here”.  And that was the end of my testimony on the safety of COVID “vaccines”…..  simple as that.  My testimony was all over in a couple minutes.  This suggests a very superficial judicial appraisal of the quality and value of expert advice available to the court.  I was sitting right there ready to answer any questions asked of me.  But no questions came.  The failure of the judicial system to be able to take the time to look at scientific fact and distinguish fact from bureaucratic dogma unsupported by any hard evidence during the COVID times has cost thousands of lives in my opinion and I suspect this sort of behaviour is widespread.

Let’s drill down a bit on who knows what……..

The typical “expert” opposing me many cases is a medical doctor, often a Professor of Paediatrics or something similar who cites the policies and narratives of the prevailing pro-COVID vaccine narrative.

These types of “experts”, in general, have probably NEVER

-       critically evaluated the manufacturing, chemistry and quality control data for a new pharmaceutical or

-       read or know anything about the intricate and detailed code of Good Manufacturing Practice which is intended to ensure the quality of medicines or

-       read or know about the international pharmaceutical regulatory guidelines regarding the chemistry, manufacturing and quality control  of pharmaceuticals or

-       read or know anything about the evaluation of animal toxicological studies or even seen a full animal toxicological report supporting a new chemical entity or

-       know anything about the international pharmaceutical regulatory guidelines regarding the conduct and reporting of animal toxicology studies or

-       read or know much about or have experience in designing, conducting and reporting pharmacokinetic studies in animals and man or

-       know anything about the international pharmaceutical regulatory guidelines regarding pharmacokinetic clinical studies of absorption, distribution and elimination or

-       have decades of experience in appraising and critically analysing the value and limitations of clinical trial reports – both full industry reports and published reports or

-       have experience in managing adverse drug reaction reporting systems to detect safety signals especially for new drugs or

-       been intimately involved in early phase clinical trial design, management and reporting of Phase I drugs determine the safety of a new therapeutic agent or

-       been involved in international safety committees to assess the safety of a marketed drug or

-       been responsible for the complete compilation of safety data for a drug which has never previously been registered worldwide

Well, I have 40+ years experience in doing these things which are all relevant to the assessment of the safety of the COVID vaccines but I am never asked about it in a court of law. Why not?