Adults Targeted as Federal Government Prepares to Track the Unvaccinated by Theresa Wrangham, NVIC Executive Director

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Adults Targeted as Federal Government Prepares to Track the Unvaccinated

by Theresa Wrangham, NVIC Executive Director

During the National Vaccine Advisory Committee's (NVAC) February meeting, American adults were put on notice by Big Brother that non-compliance with federal vaccine recommendations will not be tolerated. Public health officials have unveiled a new plan to launch a massive nationwide vaccination promotion campaign involving private business and non-profit organizations to pressure all adults to comply with the adult vaccination schedule approved by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Submit Your Public Comments NVAC has authored the National Adult Immunization Plan (NAIP) and, once finalized, the plan will be turned over to the Interagency Adult Immunization Task Force (AIFT) to create an implementation plan. Notably, this task force is composed of "vested interest" stakeholders and no consumer representation for those groups concerned with vaccine safety and informed consent. NVIC has submitted our public comments and recommendations (link to Public Comment) for the NVAC's draft National Adult Immunization Plan. Your opportunity to submit your comments and concerns about this plan has been extended to March 23rd. We encourage all of our readers to participate in the public comment process and submit comments to the NVAC on the NAIP. Please forward this article to family and friends and encourage them to submit public comments, too. What you need to know - the nutshell. The basis of the NAIP rests on Healthy People 2020 Goals, many of which are arbitrary. The key fact the plan seems to lose sight of in using these goals as its foundation is ...THEY ARE GOALS. These goals have no legal authority over your healthcare decisions and are being used by government officials to shape public health policy, which in turn is spurring legal mandates to force you to comply with them. Read this referenced commentary here.

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In the News

U.S. Vaccines Market to Be Driven by High Demand for Pediatric Vaccines, to Reach US $17.4 Billion by 2018: Transparency Market Research. "The U.S. vaccine market will grow at a CAGR of 5.3% between 2012 and 2018. The market, which valued US$12.8 billion in 2012, will reach US$17.4 billion by 2018. Pediatric vaccines were the leading sub-segment of the human vaccine segment in 2012. The segment of pediatric vaccines currently has an impressive share of the market and holds good future prospects owing to government compulsion for immunizing children in the U.S." Transparency Market Research, Mar. 19. The Theory of 'Herd Immunity." Author Marco Caceres asks, "A s we see with the continual [measles] outbreaks, even at 95%, we still do not have full immunity. In China, the vaccination rates are even higher - 99%. But there are also still measles outbreaks there. So is the answer 100%? And what if at 100% you still get outbreaks? We've gone from herd immunity supposedly achieved at 55% to herd immunity that is clearly not achieved even at 95%. At what point will public health officials have to confront the possibility that herd immunity may not be the best theory on which to base vaccination policy? Truthout.org, Mar. 18.     Oregon one of many states seeking tougher vaccine laws. This article contains suggestions for a special tax to be levied on families who are not vaccinated and creating "safe haven" schools where only vaccinated children may be enrolled. Criticizing parents supporting vaccine exemptions and their participation in public hearings, a spokesperson for the Immunization Action Coalition (IAC), which is funded by the CDC, said, "Who's going to be the more interesting person to testify? The mother who cries as she tells her story, or the boring scientist with all this data and all these studies? It's a hard one." An academic Astroturfer observed, "I think people get used to the idea that they have a right and we have a society that likes rights. Taking away rights is harder than giving them." Statesman Journal, Mar. 13. Bills banning most vaccine exemptions fail in Northwest. "Legislative efforts to increase pressure on parents to get their kids vaccinated failed in Oregon and Washington amid stiff opposition as a handful of other statehouses consider similar bills prompted by a measles outbreak at Disneyland. In February, three California lawmakers introduced legislation that would require parents to vaccinate their children before they enter school unless they can't for medical reasons. That bill has yet to come up before a committee, though Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown has suggested he'll support it. In Vermont, which is in the top three states for people taking an exemption, a group of lawmakers announced plans last month to introduce legislation eliminating the philosophical exemptions for parents who don't want their kids immunized, though a similar effort failed three years ago. In Maine, two bills, one removing philosophical exemptions and one that aims to make it harder for parents to get that exemption, are awaiting a public hearing." Associated Press, Mar. 11.

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