We need to ALL stand together to protect Vaccine Exemption Rights now! Read this email for Vaccine Bills in Your State!

We need to ALL stand together to protect Vaccine Exemption Rights now!

This is a Human Right! 

Parents are the rightful decision-makers for their children’s healthcare.  Please join us in protecting the fundamental right to decline or modify vaccines or other injections or treatments recommended by government for children.

Mass vaccination policies are made at the state level - where your action to protect your rights is urgently needed!   Click On Your State Below NOW to defend the right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccinations.  Join Washington, Oregon and Maryland in successfully convincing legislators to stop bills that would restrict the legal right to make voluntary choices about vaccinations.  Click on Your State Below NOW to tell your legislators that the right and responsibility for making medical intervention decisions for preventative care for your family belongs to you!

Click on Your State to OPPOSE These Bills that would take away your rights:

California - Hearing 4/28

Connecticut

Illinois

Maine

Minnesota

North Carolina

New Jersey SB 1147

New Jersey AB 1931

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Texas

Vermont

California SB 277, eliminating personal belief exemptions to vaccinations, will be heard in the Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 1:30 P.M. in Room 112.  SB 277 was amended and passed out of the Education Committee on Wednesday, April 22, 2015 on a vote of 7y:2n.  The Education Committee heard SB 277 on April 15 but it postponed voting on the bill until April 22 to give Senator Pan more time to address several Senators’ unresolved concerns.  The amended bill now excepts pupils in a home-based private school and students enrolled in an independent study pursuant to specified law from the prohibition described in SB277.  SB 277 passed the Senate Health Committee, 6y:2n, on April 8.  Read the bill and check its status here.  Take Action Here.

Connecticut HB 6949, restricting religious exemptions to vaccination, was substituted in the Joint Committee on Public Health on March 18th.  The current version of the bill still requires exemptions to be notarized, but the section requiring education has been removed.  Read the current bill here.  Take Action Here.

Illinois SB 1410, originally severely restricting religious exemptions to vaccination, was amended on the Senate Floor and was passed out of the Senate, 42y:14n, on April 23.  The Senate floor amendment makes it clear that the bill does not give a health care provider grounds to determine a religious exemption but the bill still is mandating health care provider visits and education before using the exemption; read the floor amendment here.  After the Senate Public Health Committee passed the bill on April 14, 2015 (6 years; 3 nays), the bill received its 2^nd and 3^rd readings.  Now SB 1410 will head to the IL House.  Read the senate bill here.  Take Action Here.

HB 2560, now different from SB1410, would restrict the religious exemption to vaccination in IL by requiring parents present to the school authority a signed certificate detailing their grounds for objection to the immunization. The grounds for objection must set forth the specific belief that conflicts with the immunization. The certificate must also be signed by the health care provider and submitted every year. Philosophical and moral reluctance are not sufficient for an exemption. The local school authority would decide if the content of the certificate of religious exemption constitutes a valid religious exemption.

Maine LD 606 would eliminate personal belief exemptions to vaccination and was referred to the Health and Human Services Committee on 3/3/2015. Current law allows exemptions because of a person's philosophical beliefs from immunization requirements for students in elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary schools and employees of nursery schools and health care facilities. This bill would remove those exemptions. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to remove any immunization exemptions because of philosophical beliefs from its rules.  The bill is sponsored by Rep. Ralph Tucker. Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

Minnesota SB 380/HB 393 would eliminate the conscientious belief exemption and replace it with a restricted personal belief exemption.  SF 380 passed the Senate Health, Human Services and Housing Committee, as amended, on March 18 and was read a 2nd time on March 23, 2015.  SF 380 is currently on general orders in the Senate and could be voted on any day.  H.B.393/S.B 380 would require a person to obtain a statement from a physician that provides immunizations verifying that the physician has reviewed with the parent or guardian, or the child if emancipated, information about the risks and benefits of the vaccines that is consistent with information published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  Read the bill here.  Here

New Jersey SB 1147, restricting religious exemptions to vaccinations, is still awaiting a Senate floor vote after passing out of committee on March 9.   Both legislative chambers are currently on a budget break and so the earliest the Senate could vote on SB 1147 is May 18; the Assembly’s next voting session is on May 14.   Continue to contact your NJ State Senator and ask them to VOTE NO or ABSTAIN on S1147.  Read the bill here.  Here

New Jersey AB 1931, restricting religious exemptions to vaccinations, passed the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee, 9y:1n, on March 16 and is awaiting a full Assembly vote.  Both legislative chambers are currently on a budget break and so the earliest the Assembly could vote on AB 1931 is May 14; the Senate’s next voting session is on May 18.   AB 1931 requires a written statement "explaining how the administration of the vaccine conflicts with the bona fide religious tenets or practices of the student, or the parent or guardian."  As such it requires parents to explain and ultimately justify their deeply held personal and private religious beliefs to the government.  Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

North Carolina SB 346, eliminating the religious exemption to vaccination, died on April 2!  Congratulations North Carolina!  The new law would have added new mandates for school children in NC.  If this passed children would have been required to receive hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, red measles (rubeola) and rubella.(rubeola), rubella, mumps, pneumococcal, influenza, varicella and meningitis vaccines, in addition to any other virus, disease, or condition against which the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends.  Current requirements do not include Hepatitis A, rotavirus, pneumococcal, flu or meningitis vaccines.  Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

Pennsylvania HB 883, a bill to eliminate philosophical belief exemptions from vaccination requirements, was referred to the House Committee on Health on 4/6/2015.  The current exemption law in PA includes an exemption for "on the basis of a strong moral or ethical conviction" in addition to religious beliefs.  Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

Rhode Island SB 381 would eliminate religious exemptions to vaccination requirements.  A hearing was held on SB 381 on 3/26/15 by the Senate Health and Human Services.  The current status of the bill is that it is being held in committee for further study.  Continue to contact members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and your own State Senator and ask them to oppose SB 381.  Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

Texas HB 2006, a bill that would repeal conscientious and religious exemptions to vaccinations, was referred to the Public Health Committee on March 11.  Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

Vermont HB 98 would eliminate philosophical belief exemptions to vaccination.  On April 22, the Vermont Senate approved an amendment on HB 98 to remove the philosophical exemption to vaccination 18y:11n and then passed the bill out of the Senate on Third Reading by vocal majority (no roll call taken).  Read the bill here.  Take Action Here.

Additional bills relating to vaccination exemptions and immunization registries for you to support and oppose can be found at NVIC.org, here.

Stand Up in Your State Today!  Schedule a face-to-face meeting with your state representatives.  Find out who your Representatives are here.

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Change.org Petition to Governor Jerry Brown - Veto California Senate Bill 277!

 Here is another one that needs our support!

Please read and sign this petition also if you believe in PARENTAL RIGHTS and INFORMED CONSENT and EDUATIONAL RIGHTS for all children in California.

If SB 277 comes to his desk this petition asks him to VETO it.

Petitioning Governor Jerry Brown - Veto California Senate Bill 277

https://www.change.org/p/jerry-brown-veto-california-senate-bill-277-should-it-come-to-your-desk/sponsors/new

“No human being should be FORCED to undergo any medical procedures against their will and/or personal/religious beliefs.
Veto California Senate Bill 277.”

Please sign and share!

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Change.org Petition - Ask for Senator Richard Pan's Resignation!

If you believe in VACCINE CHOICE and PARENTAL RIGHTS TO CHOOSE and that all elected government officers are expected to uphold the highest ethics, with the duty to protect and serve the public interest with safety, honesty and fairness – then sign this petition and share.

Senator Richard Pan has corrupted himself and the Senate Committees because of his interests and financial support of the Vaccine Industry lobbyists, for their gain.

SB277 passed the Education Committee yesterday (4.22.15) by a vote of 7 – 2 and will be voted on by Judicial Committee on 4.28.15.

If it passes in the Judiciary Committee, the bill would go to Governor Brown's desk next.

This Bill should concern ALL people because it tramples on parent's rights, informed choice and takes away educational rights of thousands of children who are partially or selectively or not vaccinated.

Vaccination dangers are real, and 1 in 33 California children now has autism.

SIGN AND SHARE!

https://www.change.org/p/richard-pan-we-call-on-california-state-senator-dr-richard-pan-to-resign-from-his-position-due-to-his-vested-interests-in-profiting-from-merck-glaxosmithkline-and-literally-dozens-of-pharmaceutical-companies-and-the-conflict-of-interest-this-causes

"We call on California State Senator, Dr. Richard Pan to resign from his position due to his vested interests in profiting from Merck, GlaxoSmithKline and literally dozens of pharmaceutical companies, and the conflict of interest this causes."

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Vitamin D status linked to mental functioning and mood among patients with psychosis

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitamin-d-news/vitamin-d-status-linked-to-mental-functioning-and-mood-among-patients-with-psychosis/?mc_cid=94dbe9018b&mc_eid=ec1651b17f

New research presented at the 15th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research (ICOSR) found that low vitamin D levels in first-onset psychosis is associated with function and mood one year later.

Psychosis refers to an abnormal condition of the mind in which one loses contact with reality. People who experience psychosis may have hallucinations or delusions. There are many different causes of psychosis, including drugs, dementia, stroke, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.

Case control studies have found that patients with psychosis have lower vitamin D levels than healthy adults. However, whether low vitamin D levels affect the signs and symptoms of the disease is unknown.

Researchers recently evaluated vitamin D levels of 166 patients at first onset of psychosis and again 12 months later to further our understanding of vitamin D’s role in psychosis.

The average vitamin D status was 13.64 ng/ml and only 18.7% of the patients were considered vitamin D sufficient (greater than 20 ng/ml).

The researchers assessed the symptoms of psychosis one year later with the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS). GAF is a scale that rates the social, occupational, and psychological functioning of adults. PANSS measures the symptom severity of patients with schizophrenia. CDSS is a structured interview tool used to assess depression in people suffering from schizophrenia.

The researchers found that low vitamin D levels correlated significantly with lower overall GAF scores (p = 0.02), poorer function (p = 0.05), quality of life scores (p = 0.02) and PANSS scores (p = 0.03).

The researchers concluded,

“The idea of vitamin D as potentially neuroprotective in psychosis deserves exploration.”

Source

Melville N. Low Vitamin D Common in Early-Stage Psychosis. Medscape, 2015.

 

Should Adults Receive the Pneumococcal Vaccine? NO WAY!

Should Adults Receive the Pneumococcal Vaccine? NO WAY!

By Dr. David Brownstein
http://blog.drbrownstein.com/should-adults-receive-the-pneumococcal-vaccine-no-way/

I am frequently asked by my adult patients if they should get the pneumococcal vaccine. If you want the short answer, I can give it here: NO WAY!

Let me explain.

An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA—February 17, 2015, volume 313, N. 7) reported on the new guidelines which advise doctors to recommend two pneumococcal vaccines in adults. The recommendations state that “…adults 65 years or older should receive one dose of the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) followed by a dose of the 23-valnet pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) 6 to 12 months later.” After reading that, you would assume that the two vaccines have been shown to be effective at preventing pneumococcal-associated illnesses and death from pneumonia. But, you would think wrong as the vaccines fail over 99% who take them.

As reported in the JAMA article, Stretococcus pneumoniae is a common cause of respiratory tract infection and community acquired pneumonia (CAP). In 2012, there were 31,600 cases of pneumococcal infection and 3,300 related deaths in the U.S. The highest rates of infection are among children and adults aged 65 years and older. The PPSV23 vaccine was licensed in the U.S. in 1983. According to a 2013 meta-analysis, there is no consistent evidence that the PPSV23 vaccine is associated with reduced rates of all-cause pneumonia or all-cause mortality.

In September, 2014, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, a governmental committee recommended that the PCV13 vaccination be given to all adults 65 years and older. (1) In 2011, the FDA approved PCV13 for adults aged 50 years and older.   These recommendations were based, somewhat, on a yet-to-be published trial—CAPITA. (NOTE: CAPITA was funded by Big Pharma founding member Pfizer. Guess who makes PCV13—if you guess Pfizer, you win.) This trial randomized 84,496 persons aged 65 years and older to a single dose of PCV13 or placebo. The primary endpoint was the prevention of a first episode of vaccine-type pneumococcal CAP. In the JAMA article, the author states that the vaccine was 45% effective at preventing the first episode of pneumococcal illness. Sounds good, right? However, this is a relative risk number. As I explained in detail in my new book, The Statin Disaster, Big Pharm uses the relative risk statistic to make a mediocre therapy appear better than it is. It is important to note that nobody, physician and patient alike, should be making medical decisions based on relative risk numbers.

A more accurate interpretation of a study is to use the absolute risk difference between the placebo and the treatment groups.   Once the absolute risk difference is calculated, it is easy to figure out how many need to be treated—or in this case vaccinated—to prevent one event. The full data from CAPITA has not been released yet, so I cannot state what the more-accurate absolute risk difference and the number-needed-to treat with PCV 13 would be. I find it astonishing that the relative risk numbers were released before all the data was made available.

Let’s go back to the JAMA article. The author states, “At this point, the potential effect of the vaccine (PCV13) can only be inferred.” Hmmmm. Only inferred, yet the new guidelines already recommend every adult over the age of 50 should receive it. We must be in Wonderland, with Alice, where down is up and up is down.

The JAMA article continues, “Based on the immunogenicity studies and CAPITA, one model estimates that {the number needed to vaccinate was 27,800}.” That means, to prevent one case of invasive pneumococcal disease, you need to vaccinate 27,800 subjects. In other words, the vaccine failed 99.99% of the subjects who received it (27,799/27,800). To prevent community acquired pneumonia, the number-needed to vaccinate was 1,620. At least the numbers are better here—the vaccine only failed 99.94% of those who took it (1,619/1,620). The JAMA article summarized these findings by stating, “This (new) guideline can be implemented broadly in a variety of settings.”

Wow. So, the FDA recommends every adult receive a vaccine that fails 99.9% of those who receive it. I did not even mention that the pneumococcal vaccines contain aluminum and phenol which have never been shown to be safe when injected into the human body. In fact, aluminum and phenol should never be injected into any living being.

Folks, this story should not be surprising. We all know the FDA and CDC are bought and sold by Big Pharma.

What is surprising is why so many doctors follow idiotic guidelines.

 

"Trace Amounts" An important film and a MUST SEE!

“Trace Amounts” - important film and a MUST SEE!

Download here http://traceamounts.com/

Has Mercury Caused One of the Worst Health Crises in American History?

During the past 20 years, the frequency of autism occurring in children has skyrocketed from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 68, and the scientific community is no closer to determining a cause. Trace Amounts is the true story of Eric Gladen’s painful journey through mercury poisoning that he believes resulted from a thimerosal-loaded tetanus shot. His discoveries led him on a quest for the scientific truth about the role of mercury poisoning in the Autism epidemic.

Trace Amounts is an investigative documentary exploring the link between the mercury based preservative thimerosal and the autism epidemic. The film further explores the alarming rate that the world population is being exposed to mercury through industrial emissions and the unsafe use and disposal of dental silver fillings and florescent light bulbs.

“This is a must-see film. There is no doubt in my mind that mercury is a major contributing factor in the autism epidemic.”
~ Congressman Dan Burton (R-Ind.), Chairman, Government Reform and Oversight Committee

Digital rental for 72 hours is only $5.99.

Watch this powerful and important 90 minute documentary and share it with others by email and in social media!

 

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CALIFORNIANS ON THIS LIST AGAINST SB277 - get involved and send your email or call the Senators on the Education Committee members today!

Email or call all Senators on the Education Committee with opposition to SB277 and do it by 4/14.  The vote is 4/15.

List below!

This issue is incredibly big morally and medically – please help fight on behalf of vaccine injured children and to protect your own children and future children…and yourself.

Now it is about Mandatory vaccines for children to be in school….then come for adults in the work place….it's all headed our way in this State unless we say NO, not now and keep saying no in the future when more bills get introduced, like they just did in Oregon.

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Stop this bill in CA

On Wednesday April 15 a hearing in California before the Senate Education Committee will listen to arguments for and against Senate Bill 277. Senators will then vote to pass along the bill or kill it. This bill will take away all personal exemptions for any childhood vaccines, the personal choice for parents to avoid a vaccine they think is unnecessary or dangerous or a vaccine that has previously caused a bad reaction in their child.

This hearing could be the last chance to stop this bill becoming law in California. Six members of the Committee are undecided. Please contact their offices with a phone call and/or an email voicing your opposition to SB 277.

A threat to personal health freedoms

Six states have already rejected similar bills because of the strong opposition of citizens that choose to retain personal freedoms. This is just the first of many measures to force medications on the population. There are already plans to require vaccines for adults as well as children. If you value your ability to make personal choices about your own body and medical treatment you choose for yourself, make the call.

Cost of this bill

This bill could result in the loss of more than one billion dollars of state funds for schools when parents are forced to remove their children from school.

It could cost the state as much as eight billion dollars to prosecute parents who continue to defy the law and refuse vaccinations.

And it could result in the loss of 900 million dollars in tax revenues for the state if parents choose to leave California rather than submit to this invasive law that removes their personal and legitimate right of free choice.

Please contact these Senate Education Committee members on Monday or Tuesday and voice your opposition to SB 277.

CHAIR: Carol Liu (916) 651-4025, senator.liu@senate.ca.gov

VICE CHAIR: Bob Huff (916) 651-4029, senator.huff@senate.ca.gov

Loni Hancock (916) 651-4009, senator.hancock@senate.ca.gov

Connie M. Leyva (916) 651-4020, senator.leyva@seante.ca.gov

Tony Mendoza (916) 651-4032, senator.mendoza@senate.ca.gov

Andy Vidak (916) 651-4014, senator.vidak@senate.ca.gov

Spain now suing the Gardasil manufacturer

Spain now suing the Gardasil manufacturer

This complaint states that Merck Laboratories FAILED to use an inert placebo during clinical trials, thereby manipulating data and marketing Gardasil under FALSE pretenses. The complaint goes on to say both national and local health authorities had adequate knowledge regarding the potential harmful effects of Gardasil and chose to recommend administration of the HPV vaccine anyway. The complaint alleges this showed an absolute disregard for the health and well-being of young Spanish girls.

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/049256_Gardasil_HPV_vaccine_Spain.html#ixzz3WZWDVyMu

 

Vitamin D RDA Too Low, by Ten Fold

http://todayspractitioner.com/immune-health/vitamin-d-rda-too-low-by-ten-fold/

March 26, 2015

A calculation error may have skewed the vitamin D recommendations by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS),  Institute of Medicine (IOM). They are far too low, by a factor of ten, say researchers at UC San Diego and Creighton University. Researchers submitted a letter of challenge, published in the journal Nutrients, which confirmed a calculation error that was also noted by other investigators using a data set from a different population.

Dr. Cedric F. Garland, Dr.P.H., adjunct professor at UC San Diego’s Department of Family Medicine and Public Health said his group confirmed findings published by Dr. Paul Veugelers from the University of Alberta School of Public Health, which were reported last October in the same journal.

“Both these studies suggest that the IOM underestimated the requirement substantially,” said Garland. “The error has broad implications for public health regarding disease prevention and achieving the stated goal of ensuring that the whole population has enough vitamin D to maintain bone health.”

The recommended intake of vitamin D specified by the IOM is 600 IU/day through age 70 years, and 800 IU/day for older ages. “Calculations by us and other researchers have shown that these doses are only about one-tenth those needed to cut incidence of diseases related to vitamin D deficiency,” Garland explained.

Robert Heaney, M.D., of Creighton University, wrote: “We call for the NAS-IOM and all public health authorities concerned with transmitting accurate nutritional information to the public to designate, as the RDA, a value of approximately 7,000 IU/day from all sources.” Garland noted, “This intake is well below the upper level intake specified by IOM as safe for teens and adults, 10,000 IU/day.”

References:

1. Heaney, R.P. et al. 2015. Letter to Veugelers, P.J. and Ekwaru, J.P., A Statistical Error in the Estimation of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for Vitamin D. Nutrients 2014, 6, 4472–4475; doi:10.3390/nu6104472 URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/7/3/1688

2. Veugelers, P.J. et al. 2014. A Statistical Error in the Estimation of the Recommended Dietary Allowance for Vitamin D. Nutrients 2014, 6(10), 4472-4475; doi:10.3390/nu6104472 URL: http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/6/10/4472/htm.

 

Stanford Scientist Proving DNA Fragments In Vaccines Cause Autism

Stanford Scientist Proving DNA Fragments In Vaccines Cause Autism
http://edgytruth.com/2015/04/01/stanford-scientist-proving-dna-fragments-in-vaccines-cause-autism-great-read/

Saying vaccines cause autism these days brings forth a great many passionate debates. Pro-vaxxers have launched Government and Celebrity funded campaigns to make sure that no one out there ever even considers the idea, no matter how much evidence is put forth. But that hasn’t stopped everyone from keeping up the good fight to keep vaccines and Big Pharma honest.

Dr. Theresa Deisher, a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Physiology from Stanford University, the first person to discover adult cardiac derived stem cells, determined that residual human fetal DNA fragments in vaccines may be one of the causes of autism in children through vaccination.

“It is possible that these contaminating fragments could be incorporated into a child’s genome and disrupt normal gene function, leading to autistic phenotypes.”

You can read the full study HERE.

Of course, Deisher’s credentials are no joke at all, you can check them out right here.  She has over 19 years in commercial biotechnology, but no matter, because the social movements bullying anti-vaxxer movements won’t concern themselves with credentials or experience in the field or actual studies. Instead they will disregard, contact Jimmy Kimmel and Penn and Teller and have a celebrity video created in response.

Our children are at risk from social incompetence. We can change this. We have the power. When we have actual scientist with years upon years of experience and achievements trying to tell us what is happening then we need to listen. Unfortunately this will fall mostly on deaf ears.

 

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ACT NOW for Vaccine Health Freedom Rights: Vaccines Are in Jeopardy in Many States!

March 16, 2015

ACT NOW for Vaccine Health Freedom Rights:
Fundamental Right to Decline
Vaccines in Jeopardy in Many States!

Join Washington, Oregon and Maryland in successfully defending the right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccinations. Click On Your State Below NOW! Legislative committees all across the country are considering bills to restrict the legal right to make voluntary choices about vaccinations but you can stop them. Whether you advocate for or against the use of vaccines, NHFA urges you to stand up for your right to be in charge of your family’s health care, including  making informed, voluntary health care decisions for yourself or your children and  choosing to use no vaccines, a few vaccines, or all government recommended vaccines. Click on Your State Below NOW to tell your legislators that the right and responsibility for making medical intervention decisions for preventative care belongs to you!

Click on your State to OPPOSE These Bills:

California  |  Illinois  |  Maine  |  Minnesota
New Jersey  |  New Mexico  |  Oklahoma
Pennsylvania  |  Rhode Island  |  Texas
Vermont SB 89/HB 212  |  Vermont HB 266

California SB277, a bill to eliminate the personal belief exemption to vaccination requirements, is set for hearing on April 8 in the Senate Health Committee. Read the bill and check its status here. Take Action Here.

Illinois SB 1410 severely restricts religious exemptions to vaccination. SB 1410 provides that parents or legal guardians who object to health, dental, or eye examinations or immunizations on religious grounds must present to the appropriate local school authority a Department of Public Health objection form, detailing the grounds for the objection and signed by the parent or legal guardian, as well as a religious official attesting to a bona fide religious objection whose signature must be notarized (instead of presenting a signed statement of objection detailing the grounds for the objection). Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Maine LD 606, eliminates personal belief exemptions to vaccination. Current law allows exemptions because of a person's philosophical beliefs from immunization requirements for students in elementary and secondary schools and postsecondary schools and employees of nursery schools and health care facilities. This bill removes those exemptions. The bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services to remove any immunization exemptions because of philosophical beliefs from its rules. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Minnesota H.B.393/S.B 380 eliminates the conscientious belief exemption and replaces it with a restricted personal belief exemption. H.B.393/S.B 380 would require a person to obtain a statement from a physician that provides immunizations verifying that the physician has reviewed with the parent or guardian, or the child if emancipated, information about the risks and benefits of the vaccines that is consistent with information published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

New Jersey SB 1147, restricting religious exemptions to vaccinations, passed out of committee on March 9 and needs to be stopped from moving into the House. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

New Mexico HB 522 severely restricts religious exemptions to vaccination. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Oklahoma SB830, a bill to eliminate all non-medical exemptions to vaccinations, was introduced on March 02, 2015. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Pennsylvania bill to eliminate the philosophical belief exemption from vaccinations will soon be introduced. Check back with NHFA toread the bill text once its posted. Take Action Here.

Rhode Island SB381 would eliminate religious exemptions to vaccination requirements. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Texas HB2006, a bill that would repeal conscientious and religious exemptions to vaccinations, was referred to the Public Health Committee on March 11. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Vermont SB87 would eliminate religious belief exemptions to vaccination and HB212 eliminates both religious and philosophical belief exemptions to vaccination. SB 87 was read and referred to Committee on Health & Welfare on Feb. 12, 2015. Read SB 87 here. Take Action Here.

Vermont HB 266, requiring all school students, teachers, administrators, and staff to be fully vaccinated. Read the bill here. Take Action Here.

Additional bills relating to vaccination exemptions and immunization registries for you to support and oppose can be found at NVIC.org, here.

Stand Up in Your State Today! Schedule a face-to-face meeting with your representatives. Find out who your Representatives are here.

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Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2015: Read Facts and Statistics On Autism

Facts and Statistics On Autism
http://www.autism-society.org/what-is/facts-and-statistics/?utm_source=April+2015+Newsletter&utm_campaign=April+2015&utm_medium=email

About 1 percent of the world population has autism spectrum disorder. (CDC, 2014)

Prevalence in the United States is estimated at 1 in 68 births. (CDC, 2014)

More than 3.5 million Americans live with an autism spectrum disorder. (Buescher et al., 2014)

Prevalence of autism in U.S. children increased by 119.4 percent from 2000 (1 in 150) to 2010 (1 in 68). (CDC, 2014) Autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability. (CDC, 2008)

Prevalence has increased by 6-15 percent each year from 2002 to 2010. (Based on biennial numbers from the CDC)

Autism services cost U.S. citizens $236-262 billion annually. (Buescher et al., 2014)

A majority of costs in the U.S. are in adult services – $175-196 billion, compared to $61-66 billion for children. (Buescher et al., 2014)

In 10 years, the annual cost will be $200-400 billion. (Autism Society estimate)

Cost of lifelong care can be reduced by 2/3 with early diagnosis and intervention. (Autism Society estimate based on Government Accounting Office Report on Autism, 2006)

1 percent of the adult population of the United Kingdom has autism spectrum disorder. (Brugha T.S. et al., 2011)

The U.S. cost of autism over the lifespan is about $2.4 million for a person with an intellectual disability, or $1.4 million for a person without intellectual disability. (Buescher et al., 2014)

35 percent of young adults (ages 19-23) with autism have not had a job or received postgraduate education after leaving high school. (Shattuck et al., 2012)

It costs more than $8,600 extra per year to educate a student with autism. (Lavelle et al., 2014) (The average cost of educating a student is about $12,000 – NCES, 2014)

In June 2014, only 19.3 percent of people with disabilities in the U.S. were participating in the labor force – working or seeking work. Of those, 12.9 percent were unemployed, meaning only 16.8 percent of the population with disabilities was employed. (By contrast, 69.3 percent of people without disabilities were in the labor force, and 65 percent of the population without disabilities was employed.) (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014)

 

White House Petition Seeks to Ban Mandatory Vaccination Legislation

White House Petition Seeks to Ban Mandatory Vaccination Legislation[Kari J. Kindem's Comments]  Citizens attempt to preempt laws that would mandate forcible inoculation

http://www.infowars.com/white-house-petition-seeks-to-ban-mandatory-vaccination-legislation/

by Adan Salazar | Infowars.com | February 16, 2015

A concerned citizen has launched a popular petition on the official White House website seeking a moratorium on legislation that may force Americans to obtain vaccinations.

The all-inclusive petition entitled, “Prohibit Any Laws Mandating the Force and Requirement of Vaccinations of Any Kind,” appeared on the “We the People” site earlier this month, and has already managed to garner some 34 thousand signatures.

“No human being should be FORCED to be vaccinated against their will and/or personal/religious beliefs,” reads the petition’s text.

“I petition against making vaccinations of any kind mandatory. This includes forcing children to be vaccinated to attend public schools, activities, and daycare centers. This also includes adults working in the public or private sector.”

The appeal is a response to the wave of vaccine hysteria that swept the nation following the highly-publicized Disneyland measles outbreak, which affected up to nine people who had allegedly contracted the disease via visitors from foreign countries.

Little reported, of course, was the fact that of those nine people, five had been vaccinated, according to The Los Angeles Times.

The “Mickey Mouse measles” fear campaign led to neurotic calls for anti-vaccination parents to be jailed, while lawmakers from such states as California and Washington floated legislation to do away with personal vaccine exemptions, regardless of religious or moral objections.

Even the president embodied the role of health czar and has begun prescribing wellness recommendations, urging the public to “get your kids vaccinated,” because “It’s good for them.”

The petition still needs just over 65 thousand signatures by March 6 to necessitate a White House response, but the fact it has already received tens of thousands of unique signatures in such a short time frame shows many Americans don’t take too kindly to being ordered to inject themselves with chemical cocktails.

Even if the petition meets its target, however, federal legislation won’t necessarily be forthcoming.

As we’ve seen in the past, petitioners’ concerns are typically answered with glib statements explaining why signatories’ demands won’t be upheld.

The White House is also prone to ignoring petitions that cross the threshold, and has even tried to tamp down on the number of successful petitions by raising the target signature goal from 20,000 to 100,000.

Despite health authorities’ claims that vaccines are safe and effective, the MMR vaccine insert itself lists a number of potential adverse reactions, ranging in severity from a mild fever, to seizures and brain inflammation, to death.

A federal program known as the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) receives up to 20,000 reports regarding vaccine damage per year, and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has also reportedly awarded over $3 billion to families since its inception.

As we reported last week, two people in Washington state also contracted the mumps virus after receiving the MMR vaccine, further fueling vaccine skepticism.

In reality, a government that insists on medicating its citizens against their will is more of a threat to the people than any virus or vaccine

“This debate shouldn’t be about the efficacy of vaccines, or the dangers of vaccines,” expressed Infowars’ Paul Joseph Watson. “What it should be about is the chilling precedent being set by both the left and the right… that it now should be completely accepted without question that the government has the right to forcibly mass medicate anyone against their will.”

 

Monsanto's Roundup Causes Cancer

Monsanto's Roundup Causes Cancer

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/health/herbicide-cancer-claim-cops-a-spray/story-fn59nokw-1227277032616?utm_content=SocialFlow&utm_campaign=EditorialSF&utm_source=TheAustralian&utm_medium=Twitter

The most common chemical used in Australia by farmers and gardeners to kill weeds “probably” causes cancer, according to the World Health Organisation.

The finding by the French-based International Agency for Research of Cancers that the ­active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup ­ glyphosate ­ is likely to be a carcinogen has shocked the agricultural sector.

The multi-weed killer remains approved for safe use in Australia, except around waterways, and throughout the world. The federal government’s Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority has not commented on this week’s WHO finding or decided whether it plans to review the safety of glyphosate, which makes up the bulk of Australia’s $1.5 billion annual herbicide sales.

Since its invention by chemical company Monsanto in 1974, glyphosate has become the most common herbicide sprayed by all farmers worldwide, usually ­applied after autumn rain and before crops like wheat, barley and canola are sown to kill weeds.

Monsanto yesterday reacted with “outrage”, accusing the WHO cancer agency of “agenda- driven bias”. It claimed the ruling was inconsistent with decades of safety reviews and more than 800 studies showing glyphosate is safe for human health.

South Australian grain grower Mark Jaensch has been using Roundup and other cheaper or generic brands of glyphosate on his 500ha of crops for the past 30 years.

He is about to order another 600 litres of the herbicide today as he waits for a good autumn break on his Callington farm to signal the start of new weed growth, spraying time and, finally, crop sowing.

Ironically, his glyphosate chemical use has increased since the 1990s when he started using new “direct drilling” methods, sowing crop seeds directly into old stubble beds ­ without the usual ploughing to control weeds ­ in a bid to preserve soil moisture and prevent erosion, topsoil loss and dust storms.

“I’m reliant on it; we can’t put our crops in without (glyphosate), it would be hard to replace it,” Mr Jaensch said.

“But to be honest, I’m not too worried about this new (WHO warning); unless something comes out more concrete than ‘probably causes cancer’, I think it’s just scaremongering ­ I mean it’s not even classed as a dangerous poison on the label and you can still buy it in a spray can from the supermarket.”

Mr Jaensch said the chief difference from the 30 years ago was that he was now a better and safer user of herbicides such as Roundup.

His big tractor with its air-conditioned cab has charcoal filters to prevent him breathing sprayed chemicals, laws are much stricter about under what weather and wind conditions herbicides can be used, and most farmers now must undertake a safe chemical course before being able to buy products.

 

Study finds determinants of vitamin D status vary by gender in elderly population

Study finds determinants of vitamin D status vary by gender in elderly population

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/vitamin-d-news/new-study-finds-low-vitamin-d-status-linked-to-irregular-menstrual-cycles/?mc_cid=d83bef4d28&mc_eid=ec1651b17f#

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Vitamin D Council

A recent study found that lower vitamin D levels were associated with irregular menstrual cycles, but not with short or long cycles.

Most women have menstrual periods occur every 28 days, lasting four to seven days. However, some women experience abnormal menstruation. Examples of irregular menstrual cycles include periods that last more than seven days, periods that occur less than 21 days or more than 35 days apart, and missing more than three periods in a row.

Animal studies have found an association between low vitamin D status and menstrual cycle disturbances. However, no research had studied humans.

Researchers recently examined the association between vitamin D levels and menstrual cycle characteristics. They gathered information of 636 women between the ages of 35 and 44 from Washington D.C. The study was titled the Uterine Fibroid Study.

All women provided a blood sample and completed a telephone interview, where they were asked about their menstrual cycle.

The average vitamin D level was 12.0 ng/ml. After adjusting for potential confounding factors, a decrease of 10 ng/ml in vitamin D status was associated with 1.9 times the odds of irregular cycles. Though, vitamin D status was not associated with short or long cycles.

Source

Jukic A., Steiner A., & Baird D. Lower plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with irregular menstrual cycles in a cross-sectional study. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2015.

The Vaccine Culture War in America: Are You Ready?

More than 1.2 million people in the United States are infected with HIV but government officials do not ban HIV infected children and adults from attending school, receiving medical care, being employed, or otherwise participating in society. In fact, there are anti-discrimination laws that guarantee civil rights protections for Americans infected with HIV or living with AIDS.

 

Full Scale Assault on Civil and Human Rights

 

But in 2015 after a handful of measles cases were identified at Disneyland, suddenly Americans are being asked to surrender civil liberties. We are being asked to discriminate against and condone extreme societal sanctions against fellow citizens... How did a handful of measles cases at Disneyland turn into a full-scale assault on civil and human rights in America?

 

Bill in 12 States to Eliminate Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions

 

Why have politicians in 12 states (CA, MD, ME, MN, NJ, OK, OR, PA, RI, TX, VT, WA) already filed legislation to eliminate non-medical vaccine exemptions, leaving only a very narrow medical exemption that most people cannot get?

 

Censorship of Speech, Imprisonment

 

Why are editorials calling for censorship of speech and for parents with unvaccinated children to be hunted down and publicly identified, sued, criminally prosecuted and imprisoned, and for doctors who criticize vaccine safety to have their medical licenses revoked?

 

What is happening right now in America is not about measles or the public health...

 

Watch and read this referenced commentary or make a comment here.

 

State Vaccine Legislation Emergency

 

The war on families defending the right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccination continues to rage in state legislatures across the country. There are well over 100 bills in 35 states that have been introduced due to heavy pressure from the well-funded Pharma/Public Health/Medical Trade lobby that either: 

1. remove and restrict non-medical (religious and conscientious belief) vaccine exemptions;
2. restrict medical exemptions so the only medical reason that qualifies is a federal government approved contraindication; 
3. require employers to mandate federally recommended vaccines for health care and day care workers,  as well as teachers and all school staff;
4. require schools to publicly post vaccine exemption and vaccine coverage rates to create community peer pressure to force children and teachers to get all federally recommended vaccines;
5. allow minor children aged 14 years and older to be given government recommended vaccines without parental knowledge or consent;
6. expand the numbers of federally recommended vaccines required for school attendance or employment;
7. expand and enforce the electronic tracking of the vaccination status of all citizens; and
8. expand police powers of government health officials to allow citizens suspected of exposure to infectious diseases to be detained. 

The bills are moving forward and the status of bills are continually changing, including dates and times for public hearings. NVIC monitors these bills 24/7 and posts their status on the free online NVIC Advocacy Portal with instructions on how you can take action. 

  

REGISTER TODAY for the NVIC Advocacy Portal so you can frequently check it on a daily basis in order to stay on top of what is happening in YOUR state. This will allow you to take immediate action by visiting, emailing or calling your own legislators or showing up at public hearings in your state Capitol to make your voice heard.

  

Please urge everyone you know to sign up for the  NVIC Advocacy Portal and take action TODAY!

 

Your Comments Needed on National Adult Immunization Plan

 

The National Vaccine Program Office has extended public comment on the National Adult Immunization Plan to March 23, 2015. The goal of this federal plan to ensure that all adults comply with the Centers for Disease Control's Recommended Adult Vaccine Schedule. The new Plan promotes use of all federally recommended vaccines by all adults; creates incentives for doctors to ensure that adults comply with the federal government vaccine schedule; and partners with employers, community groups, churches and other religious organizations to promote adult vaccination. NVIC has submitted public comment and encourages everyone to read the plan and submit public comment by Mar. 23.

 

NVIC Launches New Pinterest Boards

 

Alert to Pinterest fans! NVIC has launched two new boards for you to pin. Check out our Measles & Measles Vaccine board and our Vaccine Risks, Choices & Forced Vaccination board at Pinterest.com/NVIC/YourChoice.  

 

Report and Share Your Vaccine Experiences

 

If you or your child have gotten vaccinated and the vaccine failed to work or caused harm or you have been threatened or punished for declining one or more vaccines, you can report and also choose to share your experiences with others on NVIC.org here.

 

NVIC in the News

 

More Parents Are Refusing to Vaccinate Their Kids. Doctors Say They Want Stricter Laws. "We consider this an assault on human rights," said Barbara Loe Fisher, director of the National Vaccine Information Center, a Virginia-based nonprofit that monitors vaccine legislation. "You should have the right to make a fully informed, voluntary medical decision without being punished for it." Fisher has called the last eight weeks "unprecedented" in terms of vaccine-related legislation, and said that rhetoric about "the greater good" is actually adversarial and discriminatory when it comes to singling out unvaccinated children, whose parents may have legitimate reasons for refusing to vaccinate them.You cannot say that one child's life is more important than another's," she said." Times Free Press (TN) Mar. 8.

 

States Move To Toughen Vaccination Laws in Wake of Measles Outbreak. "I do think we're in danger here of having a country that is committed to forced vaccination," says Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center, which lobbies for exemptions and for parental choice around vaccines. "We consider this an assault on both civil liberties and human rights." Christian Science Monitor Mar. 3.

 

US Parents Pressure Doctors to Spread Out Kid Vaccinations.  Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, a Sterling, Virginia, nonprofit that supports parents who don't vaccinate or who question the recommended schedule, said increasing numbers of parents call her organization to complain that doctors refuse to treat their children if they insist on delaying injections. "They are trying to find ways to vaccinate that they're comfortable with and I think doctors are making a big mistake treating parents disrespectfully," Fisher said. Bloomberg News Mar. 2.

 

What Experts Say About Vaccination. "Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center, a nonprofit charity she co-founded with parents of vaccine injured children, said public health officials underestimate the risk of vaccine injuries because they haven't studied the effects of combining so many vaccines in single patient visits. Under the current immunization schedule recommended by the CDC, Fisher said a child could get 25 to 35 vaccines in its first year of life. "It's one thing to make a risk estimate for a single vaccine," she said. "It's very different to make a risk estimate based on the recommended schedule, which sometimes includes 8 to 10 vaccines given on the same day." Fisher said she has been asking for years for a long-term study of health outcomes in children who get all the government-recommended vaccines compared to those who don't." Charlotte Observer Feb. 28.

 

Amid Measles Outbreak, Few Rules on Teacher Vaccinations. "Barbara Loe Fisher, of the National Vaccine Information Center, a Virginia-based nonprofit that favors letting parents decide whether to vaccinate, said the discussion on vaccination requirements has started to expand from schoolchildren to certain adult professions. She said her organization has a number of concerns about requiring teacher vaccinations, including safety and job protection for those who cannot or choose not to be immunized. "I think at the end of the day, the most important principle to protect is the right to make an informed voluntary decision, and that includes teachers," she said." Associated Press Feb 16.

 

Live Debate on Voice of America about vaccine choice with Barbara Loe Fisher and Dr. Georges Benjamin, APHA (at 13 minute mark). Dr. Benjamin agreed with Barbara that parents should be informed, doctors should be partners with parents in making health care and vaccination decisions for children, nobody should be "demonized," and there needs to be more vaccine safety science. Hashtagvoa, Voice of America, Feb. 10.

 

Live Debate on Newsmax-TV with Barbara Loe Fisher, Nick Tate, Ellis Henican on vaccine choice.(at 1 minute mark) Moderated by former U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth. America's Forum, Newsmax Feb. 6.

 

Debate Over Vaccine Requirements Forges Strange Alliance. "Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccination Information Center said she sees no partisan divide. "This has always been a bipartisan issue," said Fisher, whose organization fights vaccine mandates. "The demographic spans the political spectrum." The main difference, she said, is that her side has far less money than the pharmaceutical companies and medical groups that she blames for the push to tighten vaccination requirements." Associated Press Feb. 6.

 

Can You Handle the Truth About Vaccines? Fisher explains what the federal protection means for the companies: "Nobody who makes or profits from the sale of the vaccine, nobody who regulates the vaccine, who promotes the vaccine, who votes to mandate the vaccine-nobody is accountable or liable in a civil court of law in front of a jury of our peers when we get hurt because we've been tol.d we have to take it, or when the vaccine fails to work." Accuracy in Media Feb. 4.

 

Colorado Kindergarten Children Have Lowest Measles Vaccination Rate in the Nation. "It's a parent's right to decide what medical procedure and products are used on their children," said Theresa Wrangham of Louisville, executive director of the nonprofit National Vaccine Information Center. "If people want to use vaccines, they should have access to them. Vaccines should be safe as possible, but they are not totally 100 percent safe." Denver Post Feb. 3.