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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

In the News

Vaccine Court Awards MMR Victim Millions. Conceals Diagnosis with Word Games.
http://tinyurl.com/dl9q3k

Generation Rescue Ad in USA Today: Court Again Concedes Vaccines Cause Autism
http://tinyurl.com/cpw3h3

Government Again Concedes Vaccines Cause Autism
http://tinyurl.com/bzwjhr

Brian Deer's Boss Joins MMR Manufacturer Glaxo's Board
http://tinyurl.com/b266r8

Vaccines and Autism: The Unending Story
http://tinyurl.com/b429p9

New Vaccine Court Case Keeps Controversy Going
http://tinyurl.com/byhalw

Thoughtful House Center for Children on Court Ruling: MMR Causes Autistic Disorder
http://tinyurl.com/bwfzfy

Vaccine Court: Autism Debate Continues
http://tinyurl.com/ddo7kf

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and David Kirby on HuffPo: Vaccine Court Autism Debate Continues
http://tinyurl.com/dmfhur

"Vaccine Court" Awards $$$ To Boy
http://charlieinwonderland.com/?p=1133

British Columbia offers SIX-IN-ONE vaccine for babies
http://tinyurl.com/d9sotl

Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine mandate in Alaska
http://rubysoup.com/varicella-chickenpox-vaccine-mandate-in-alaska

Use caution: Ban mercury from flu shots for children
http://tinyurl.com/bhgwrl

Poor nations may make flu vaccine
http://tinyurl.com/bg67h3

Vaccine Court: MMR led to Pervasive Developmental Disorder
http://tinyurl.com/ct399u

Vaccine makers' legal shield questioned
http://tinyurl.com/aat2x9

Behind the Vaccine Court: Zero Accountability
http://tinyurl.com/ab3boy

Vaccines for Teens PSA
http://tinyurl.com/bzz8fm

Schering-Plough announces collaboration with World Health Organization
http://tinyurl.com/c8ajkn

NHS blunders are behind a spate of 'vaccine overloads'
http://tinyurl.com/aw4go6

Pertussis Outbreak in New Jersey - Vaccinated Are Apparently Not Protected
http://tinyurl.com/alm5u4

Autism Treatment Community Endorses "www.wesupportandywakefield.com" Petition
http://tinyurl.com/af8ly5

Vaccine-Autism War: Teresa Binstock's Prophetic Hunch
http://tinyurl.com/dhkuko

Sunday Times Journalist In Cedillo Vaccine Case Controversy
http://tinyurl.com/d5nw8b

Gov. Ritter Honors Life-Saving Impact of CU-Boulder Inhalable Vaccine
http://www.colorado.edu/news/r/09a5fe9037fd805f5f692f3c2820ff22.html

Flu Bug Eludes Vaccine -- Again
http://tinyurl.com/da2nln

Boston Latin students to be offered vaccines
http://tinyurl.com/daxekj

Anatomy of a Scare
http://www.newsweek.com/id/185853

THE AUTISM/VACCINE CONNECTION: Could the Government be Dead Wrong?
http://tinyurl.com/bj9xlx

DR. CHARLES ROBERTSON:Whims should not dictate state public health policy
http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=286244&pub=1&div=Opinion

GeoVax Starts Injections for Phase 2a Human HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trial in USA
http://tinyurl.com/daojqw

Dr. Jon Pangborn on The Vaccine Autism Connection
http://tinyurl.com/b93fh5

Contagious disease's spread highlights dilemma over unvaccinated kids
http://tinyurl.com/bw33cv

Katie Couric/Sharyl Attkinsson Reports on Serious Vaccine Safety Issues (Gardasil)
http://tinyurl.com/bzd8bf

Judging autism
http://www.salon.com/env/vital_signs/2009/02/19/autism_and_vaccines/

Iowa Autism Activists Continue Seeking Ban on Mercury in Vaccines
http://tinyurl.com/blhlcq

Bad Justice, Bad Journalism, A Maligned Doctor And A Dead Mother
http://tinyurl.com/dnkc44

Read our Collective Lips: It Ain't Over
http://tinyurl.com/b286zv

Letters: Mercury in shots
http://tinyurl.com/be63es

Vaccine-Autism War: Globe & Mail's Andre Picard Decrees Vaccines Safe
http://tinyurl.com/byz8kz

Bill forces shots on all children (W Virginia)
http://tinyurl.com/ajc8n4

Flu season picking up speed, tracking indicates
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/16/healthmag.google.flu.trends/

CDC warns of measles threat, source in China
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/19/2003436471

CDC revises guidelines on rotavirus vaccines
http://tinyurl.com/agvxpq

Flu death called an isolated incident
http://tinyurl.com/ahr6lr

Cervical cancer vaccine gains acceptance in California
http://tinyurl.com/dj5ugp

FDA advisers set vaccine for 2009-2010 flu season
http://tinyurl.com/bybffn

CDC pushes vaccines, but critics have their doubts
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1152892

Health officials: Levittown child, 10, died of flu
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/ny-liflu0218,0,7644478.story

Sanofi Pasteur Starts a Phase II Study of a Vaccine Against Clostridium Difficile
http://tinyurl.com/couvay

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#29245188
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/

Meet Dr. Gary Kampothecras, Warrior Dad
http://tinyurl.com/chfrdo

Id and Nancy
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/id-and-nancy.html

Unvaccinated Children Madness
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/unvaccinated-children-madness.html

A Neurosurgeon Speaks Out Against Vaccines After What He's Seen
http://tinyurl.com/ae9l2k

Daily Kos on Dr. Wakefield: A Reader Responds
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/liberating-the-liberals.html

History Suggests HHS Candidate Not Unbiased on Thimerosal-Vaccine Issue
http://tinyurl.com/chn44g

No Shots, No School (Oregon)
http://tinyurl.com/czcqua

Sunday Times' London Editor Must Quit Over False "Wakefield MMR Data Fixing" Story
http://tinyurl.com/bfpjcq

Industry Flu Studies Get More Prestigious Play
http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/URItheFlu/12885

When we waiver on public-health issues
http://tinyurl.com/cqum6c

School-based influenza vaccinations: a good option?
http://www.pediatricsupersite.com/view.aspx?rid=36717

Should you vaccinate your kids?
http://tinyurl.com/d45qxs

Statement from the Department of Health and Human Services Regarding the Decisions of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in the Omnibus Autism Proceeding
http://www.cdc.gov/Features/AutismDecision/

UTSA is developing chlamydia vaccine strategy
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/stories/2009/02/09/daily22.html

NBC's Nancy "I need to earn out my book advance" Snyderman to Allay Vaccine Fears
http://tinyurl.com/d3uuxx

Is Mercury Autism's Red Herring?
http://autismparents.net/is-mercury-autisms-red-herring/

A Parents' Guide to Managing Vaccinations
http://tinyurl.com/c9a3xa

Dr. Bob Sears, Pediatrician, kids and vaccinations
http://tinyurl.com/ag2529

NY flu cases climb, feds see resistance to meds
http://www.newsday.com/iphone/ny-liflu1112448877feb11,0,1431142.story

The Vaccine Court Was Wrong
http://tinyurl.com/dxsfwk

Decision leaves autism activist unbowed
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/02/17/let_511670.shtml

Merck reassigns Gardasil exec
http://tinyurl.com/ce5zrw

Flu Blamed for 10-Year-Old New York Girl's Death
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,494967,00.html

Boston seventh-grader dies of flu
http://tinyurl.com/aafvtd

Do Drug Companies Control Medical Journal Vaccine Studies?
http://tinyurl.com/bez4zb

Vaccine-Autism War: Unrelenting Offit Opinion Offensive
http://tinyurl.com/d7knrz

Vaccine book brings out hidden support, author says
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE51H02O20090218

Flu season in full swing at the College (NJ)
http://tinyurl.com/awqnju

Two doses needed for fall 2009 Kindergarten and seventh grade (MN)
http://tinyurl.com/bkjd94
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

In the News

A deer in the headlights
http://tinyurl.com/cyrg3h

Whooping Cough Outbreak
http://www.my9tv.com/

Lifewatch: Vaccination concerns
http://www.wect.com/Global/story.asp?S=9852221&nav=menu157_2

Autism, vaccine debate not over for some
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09045/949185-85.stm

A difficult decision
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090216/NEWS01/902160321

Fluoride, Marijuana, Steroids, and Vaccines
http://tinyurl.com/ah6o7c

Vaccine Court Verdict Draws Opinions From All Sides
http://tinyurl.com/dzwxb2

US Federal Court, US Justice Dept & The Sunday Times - More Questions Than Answers
http://tinyurl.com/aaq6bd

More Ohio Parents Refusing To Vaccinate Children
http://www.wlwt.com/health/18724093/detail.html

Penn sees three cases of bacterial meningitis
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2009/02/17/22783/

Hib infection in children makes a deadly return
http://tinyurl.com/cf2s9a

Herd Vaccines Safe Says Special Court
http://oxadox.com/article/healthyeating/2009-02-17/84860.html

The MMR Vaccine is not Holy Water
http://www.newswithviews.com/Tenpenny/sherri120.htm

Poison in our Bodies
http://tinyurl.com/cqj5nn

Generation Rescue and Autism Action Network ALERT! on Healthcare Legislation
http://tinyurl.com/aah2en

Deb Farris of KAKE ABC 10 Wichita Reports on Gardasil Injury
http://tinyurl.com/bu45qx

Sign the Petition to Investigate Gardasil Vaccine Deaths Now
http://www.naturalnews.com/025646.html

Sunday Times Journalist Challenged Over Role in US MMR Cases & Denying Being Complainant In UK MMR Case
http://tinyurl.com/d5o2fh

UK's Sunday Times Journalist Challenged Over Role in US MMR Cases
http://tinyurl.com/b6cjbh

Voting Himself Rich: CDC Vaccine Adviser Made $29 Million Or More After Using Role to Create Market
http://tinyurl.com/atv2s8

Vaccine-Autism Research and the Vaccine Court Autism Decisions: The Circle is Complete
http://tinyurl.com/bdpvfd

The Snyder Decision
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/the-snyder-decision.html

"There is no proof that cigarettes cause cancer"
http://tinyurl.com/d8c4rc

Thimerosal and Vaccines — A Cautionary Tale
http://tinyurl.com/aofogj

Wichita Teen Says She's Dying From Vaccine
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/39520342.html

Vaccination ruling leaves deep divide
http://tinyurl.com/dyh256

Mom insists vaccine caused son's autism
http://www.lohud.com/article/2008902140350

LETTER: Government not taking responsibility autism
http://tinyurl.com/cvshh3

Autism Expert on Vaccine Decision: Parents Know Best
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29167527/

Mother questions decision by vaccine tribunal
http://www.joplinglobe.com/local/local_story_045235311.html

Father takes his autism fight to Tallahassee
http://tinyurl.com/c9yc64

Raun Kaufman on Vaccine Decision: Parents Know Best
http://tinyurl.com/bekru6

The Warranty of Vaccine Safety For Pediatricians
http://tinyurl.com/c5v83h

On beyond the Vaccine Court: next steps in the vaccine-autism legal process
http://tinyurl.com/cgm7pq

Help Wipe Out Offit's Disease!
http://tinyurl.com/b9hh2k

The Hazlehurst Decision
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/the-hazlehurst-decision.html

The Cedillo Decision
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/the-cedillo-decision.html

Media Misleads on Vaccine Suit
http://tinyurl.com/avfq2o

Vical: pandemic flu vax a success in early trial
http://tinyurl.com/bf95qa

Vaccine Insanity: Doctors Push Vaccines During Eighth Month of Pregnancy
http://www.naturalnews.com/025617.html

Well, Well, Well: Bad is bad
http://tinyurl.com/dzjxga

Send the `Body of Evidence' to Washington
http://tinyurl.com/cdzbmx

The CDC Believes That Most People Are Stupid
http://tinyurl.com/cfp9sj

Autism and Vaccines: Does Court Ruling Make You More Confident in Vaccinations?
http://www.rnntv.com/message.php

After Omnibus: Soldiering On
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/02/after-omnibus-soldiering-on.html

Researchers: Guillain-Barre syndrome after HPV vaccine needs monitoring
http://tinyurl.com/dnegaw

Court: Vaccine not to blame for autism
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=6655143

Hospitalized girls prompt Gardasil recall
http://tinyurl.com/caugqm

Help Us, Autism Speaks, You're Our Only Hope
http://tinyurl.com/cjlsdn

The Decisions =96 Cedillo, Hazlehurst, and Snyder
http://tinyurl.com/d9sqx8

TACA's Response to Autism Omnibus Court Decision
http://tinyurl.com/adr4eg

Vaccine Studies: Under the Influence of Pharma
http://tinyurl.com/azzvu9

SafeMinds' Response to Autism Omnibus Court Decision
http://tinyurl.com/dz5bx5

Lautenberg Assumes Powerful Committee Position With Oversight of Toxic Chemicals
http://www.ewg.org/node/27620

Economic Stimulus Bill Mandates $954 Million for Vaccinations, $545 Million for "Genomics Programs"
http://www.naturalnews.com/025608.html

Parents and Advocates Label Today's Vaccine Court Rulings Insincere and Politically Driven, Says National Autism Association
http://tinyurl.com/cgtmdo

Setback For Children With Autism Caused By Thimerosal-Laced Vaccines
http://tinyurl.com/c7fsgu

Vaccine Ruling Could Spur Appeals, Suits in State Court
http://tinyurl.com/co5e6n

Autism Speaks Responds to Autism Omnibus Court Decision
http://tinyurl.com/aebzup

National Autism Association Response to Autism Omnibus Court Decision
http://tinyurl.com/ak9k98

Vaccine Court Decision Corruption - Denied. Denied. Denied.
http://tinyurl.com/ccbx27

Autism/Vaccine Court Decision Discussed (video)
http://www.abc6.com/news/39518632.html

From Charleston To Yorktown
http://kerboblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/from-charleston-to-yorktown.html

Vaccine Court finds no vaccine-autism link, but changes few minds
http://tinyurl.com/dzvcuc
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

In the News

Sunday Times Journalist Made Up Wakefield MMR Data Fixing Allegation
http://tinyurl.com/djbtzq

Vaccine Awakening on Gardasil Death & Brain Damage: A National Tragedy
http://tinyurl.com/aup3vh

Katie Wright on IACC, aka "Team Can't Do"
http://tinyurl.com/cbkzj4

Unwillingness To Look Doesn't Equal No Evidence
http://tinyurl.com/b8qrvd

Michael Wagnitz: Aluminum in our vaccines: Is it safe?
http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/437558

Hospital uses video to boost staff vaccinations
http://tinyurl.com/d5jgdz

The Flu is Here (NY)
http://gothamist.com/2009/02/10/the_flu_is_here.php

Hunterdon sees rise in whooping cough cases (NJ)
http://tinyurl.com/c69qo7

CDC Updates Rotavirus Vaccine Recommendations
http://www.medpagetoday.com/ProductAlert/DevicesandVaccines/12808

Gardasil: Did the FDA F-up Again?
http://tinyurl.com/bhebxv

Spain withdraws cervical cancer shot after illnesses
http://tinyurl.com/clhu4x

Spain halts batch of Merck's Gardasil
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssHealthcareNews/idUSLA56308620090210

Cervical cancer vaccine withdrawn in Valencia
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_19986.shtml

Ashley's story
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/videos/detail/ashley-story/

David Kirby/Robert F Kennedy Jr - Ring of Fire on Air America
http://airamerica.com/content/broadcast-ring-fire-2009-02-07-file-full
(the interview is at the very end, beginning at minute 93:30)

Vaccination crackdown brings progress at Atlanta-area schools
http://tinyurl.com/djyg7s


Tables turning: Vaccine proponents becoming increasingly on the defensive
http://proliberty.com/observer/20090122.htm

New Local TV Ad Campaign To Educate St. Louis Women About Cervical
Cancer Prevention and HPV Testing
http://tinyurl.com/cw6bj4

NVIC Vaccine Risk Report Reveals More Serious Reaction Reports After Gardasil
http://tinyurl.com/b2dn3w

Tell the CDC to Reverse the HPV Vaccination Mandate for Immigrants
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/petition-sign.cgi?napawf

There's more to the pain of autism than the MMR debate
http://tinyurl.com/cpzgwd

Gardasil Death & Brain Damage: A National Tragedy
http://tinyurl.com/cjc8r6

MMR Vaccine: No Jab, No School
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/feb/10/measles-mmr-vaccine

UK Government Hides Yet More MMR Documents
http://tinyurl.com/bksq7o

Call for Formal Enquiry into Wakefield Witch-hunt (petition)
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/wakefield/

Columbia University Press and Dr. Paul Offit Sued for Autism's False Prophets
http://tinyurl.com/cptf2y

Olmsted on Autism: Steel Thyself
http://tinyurl.com/dbtpw6

Sunshine is the Best Disinfectant
http://tinyurl.com/bpo92d

Doctor Denies Manipulating Vaccine Data
http://tinyurl.com/awzjcp
www.sarnet.org/lib/Deer%20response.pdf

Autism, Bowel Disease and MMR: Dr. Andrew Wakefield Responds to Brian Deer
http://tinyurl.com/bushm8

Brian Deer – history repeating itself as farce.
http://tinyurl.com/cvtthu

Update: British Bulldog Attacks Dr. Wakefield Again
http://tinyurl.com/azm32t

New York Gets to Decide If You Believe In God or Not
http://tinyurl.com/chajn3

School interrogates, rejects parents' religion
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=88232

Thimerosal and Autism
http://www.jdeclanflynn.com/uploads/autismweb/index.html

Florida Autism Dad Writes to NIMH's Dr. Tom Insel
http://tinyurl.com/bz4667

Sharyl Attkisson of CBS Reports Serious Gardasil Vaccine Side Effects
http://tinyurl.com/cq7w34

Mystery Illness Strikes UK Child
http://tinyurl.com/bdujgr

To Vaccinate or Not To Vaccinate: That is the Question
http://tinyurl.com/aocz2z

Guarding Against Gardasil
http://ecochildsplay.com/2009/02/09/guarding-against-gardasil/

New Worries About Gardasil Safety
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/06/eveningnews/main4781658.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4781885n

Response to Dr. Ari Brown and the Immunization Action Coalition
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/pr/dr-ari-brown-response.htm

Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,488348,00.html

MMR and Me
http://www.jenibarnett.com/2009/02/mmr_and_me.php

WWU student had mumps, but case appears isolated
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/783089.html

RSV to Blame for 1 in 13 Pediatrician Visits
http://tinyurl.com/cumg6e

Book Talk Thursdays– The Vaccine Book
http://tinyurl.com/br53qc

Readers weigh in on flu vaccine safety
http://tinyurl.com/cmx7gr

gardasil truth
http://gardasiltruth.com/

Vaccines: Are they safe?
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2009/02_05-31/LIF

Public Comment on National Vaccine Plan Needed!
http://tinyurl.com/b9u4l9

Don't Mess With Momma Bear
http://tinyurl.com/beh76t

Vaccine Videos, Movies, TV shows and TV Clips
http://www.vaccinationnews.com/vaccine_videos_and_tv_clips.htm
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Thursday, February 5, 2009

In the News

CDC's New Dodgy Thimo Study - Shows Vaxed/UnVaxed Research Now Urgent
http://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/dodgy_cdc_hg_study/

CDC Warns Flu Epidemic May Hit The U.S. Within Next 2 Weeks
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7013918966

Vaccine Drug Company Now Targeting Boys For Profit
http://tinyurl.com/bpnbka

The Vaccination Decision: Weighing The Risks
http://tinyurl.com/cxkuw6

Public Comment to National Vaccine Program Office (2009)
http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/documents/ASPAPublicCommentsFeb2.pdf

Vaccines and Autism: A Tale of Shifting Hypotheses
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/596476?cookieSet=1

Outbreak of Varicella at a Day-Care Center despite Vaccination
http://tinyurl.com/alj3p6

Flu vaccine challenged
http://tinyurl.com/dgvt5m

NY Bill A883 to Bar Vaccine "Sincerity Testing"
http://tinyurl.com/bxoabs

Vaccine Court: Hepatitis B Shot Caused MS
http://tinyurl.com/bxoabs

Autism Salute's Angela Warner to First Lady Michelle Obama
http://tinyurl.com/dagh3p

NJ Coalition for Vaccination Choice: Local Meeting
http://tinyurl.com/bpjdma

ACOG Says "Adios" to Mandatory HPV Vaccine for Immigrants
http://tinyurl.com/ccfufg

Vaccine Court: Hepatitis B Shot Causes MS
http://tinyurl.com/csae3y

Vaccine-Autism War: Offit Over and Over ... and Over Again
http://tinyurl.com/b4psgg

Flu Update 2009: "On second thought..."
http://tinyurl.com/ctoj6a

Students protest flu vaccine
http://tinyurl.com/atnqok

Separate Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Vaccines No Longer Available?
What Can Parents Do?
http://tinyurl.com/bzmnwq

Italilan Children Used AS Guinea Pigs
http://tinyurl.com/bsyyde

Mother Jones Needs Parent Education
http://tinyurl.com/ca2c3t

Doctors wary of dangerous pox parties
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/health&id=6636466

Chronically ill girl eyes vaccine
http://tinyurl.com/b3gx8u

Flu Season Is Off to Slow Start, But for Va.
http://tinyurl.com/bbek66

CDC can be slow to release documents
http://tinyurl.com/b7fa7z

2,000 Minn. kids to be part of CDC flu test
http://tinyurl.com/dbacnv

Vaccine Schedule: The Pros and Cons of Taking a Flexible Approach
http://tinyurl.com/acae7f

CDC warning of flu outbreak this month
http://tinyurl.com/aba3p9

Bacteria vs. genetic predisposition: the spread of chronic disease in families
http://bacteriality.com/2007/10/31/family/

Kentucky trying to mandate HPV vaccine
http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/679850.html

New Mother Denied Health Insurance Due to Refusal to Vaccinate
http://tinyurl.com/b98bzb

MEASLES/MMR VACCINE AND AUTISM SURVEY
https://www.nvic.org/survey/

Autism Telephone Call Action Alert - Call Key Legislators and Your Representatives
http://capwiz.com/a-champ/callalert/index.tt?alertid=12541341

Autism Not Genetic - Says Expert Professor Simon Baron Cohen
http://tinyurl.com/aml66n

Pfizer faces NY lawsuits over human medical tests
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28934799/

New Jersey mandates flu shots for preschoolers
http://www.douglassreport.com/dailydose/dd200901/dd20090128a.html

Epidemic fear as 20,000 children wait for mumps jab
http://tinyurl.com/cljhr4

Gardasil Victim sings solo in Church, December 21, 2008
http://tinyurl.com/agqmag

How Important is Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth?
http://tinyurl.com/dalcmm

Ian's Voice
http://iansvoice.org/default.aspx

Ball State group lobbies against vaccine
http://www.thestarpress.com/article/20090202/NEWS01/902020327

Federal decision on vaccine, autism could set precedent
http://tinyurl.com/b8ju5r

CDC Vaccine/Autism Misinformation Corrected by Autism Treatment Research Center in TX
www.sarnet.org/lib/AJW.doc
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Widespread flu cases jump N.J. to No. 2 on national list

Instead of investigating clear cut examples that vaccines don’t work as hoped, our government’s knee jerk reaction is to plug for more and more shots. NJ leads the vaccine lunacy. We become the first state in the country to mandate the flu shot to all kids 6 to 59 mos of age this flu season, largely because our youngest children are “vectors for disease.” In return for this insanity, our state paper reports this morning that we rank #2 in nationwide flu cases? Widespread flu cases jump N.J. to No. 2 on national list (see article below).

All 16 children who contracted pertussis during the recent Hunterdon County, NJ outbreak were vaccinated. The US recommends 6 DPT shots by age 11. What was the NJDHSS response to this abject example of vaccine failure? To blame it on the fact that there’s no licensed childhood vaccine between 7 to 9 years of age. Are there more pertussis vaccines in our children’s future?

The Kool Aid must taste good.

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Widespread flu cases jump N.J. to No. 2 on national list

Flu season is slow out of the gate nationally this year, but New Jersey has jumped to the head of the field, becoming the second state to report widespread cases.
Virginia is the only other state to report a high volume of fevers, aches, pains and general malaise in every region, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although major spikes in school absenteeism have not been reported here, clinics, doctors' offices and emergency rooms are reporting an increase in patients complaining they simply feel lousy.

State surveillance shows Essex County had the most cases in the past two weeks, while rural counties reported the fewest. Long term care facilities and emergency wards report the number of cases is rising and higher than it was at the same time last year.

On the good news side, according to the CDC, the match between this year's flu vaccine and the strains reported -- primarily those known as A and AH1 -- appears to be a good match, unlike last year, when scientists wrongly predicted which of several strains of flu would descend on the New Jersey public.

On the bad news side, doctors fear the number of cases may be under-reported, because too many out-of-work victims don't have the insurance coverage or the money to seek medical attention.

"It's a tough call, but we urge people who really feel sick to get some medical attention," said Donald Perlman, an immunologist at Beth Israel Hospital and assistant clinical professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. "We need to remind people that 36,000 Americans died last year and 100,000 were hospitalized from complications from the flu."

New Jersey gained national attention last fall when it became the first state to require flu vaccines for all children under the age of 5 attending public day care centers or preschools. State officials said it is too early to determine if the requirement made a difference in contagion among the young, although some parents pulled their children out of school in protest.

Experts noted it is still not too late to get a flu shot, although it takes a few weeks for the vaccine to take effect. Flu season typically peaks between December and March.

Annually, according to federal statistics, at least 20,000 children are hospitalized with complications from the flu. The complications, including dehydration and pneumonia, are most likely to affect young children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems.

None of the reports to date indicate that 2009 will be an unusually virulent flu season, but experts urged people to take precautions: get a flu shot; practice good preventative hygiene, such as washing your hands repeatedly throughout the day and avoiding close contact with people who are coughing or sneezing, and consider antiviral medication within 48 hours after flu-like symptoms appear.

The anti-viral medications caused some controversy this year when it was discovered some flu strains have already become antiviral-resistant. Experts suggested contacting your physician to discuss whether antiviral medication is appropriate in each case.
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