Vaccine trial does not blame religious

THERE is no information at this stage to suggest the religious acted inappropriately during a vaccine trial involving infants in their care more than 40 years ago, the Laffoy Commission heard yesterday.

The vaccine trial conducted in the early 1960s involved 68 children in five mother and baby homes and an industrial school.

The trial sought to compare a quadruple vaccine (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and polio combined) with the triple DPT vaccine and polio administered separately and at different sites.