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ALERT: California Assembly Fast Tracking Forced Vaccination Bill
The
California Assembly is fast tracking SB 277, a bill to eliminate all
non-medical vaccine exemptions for religious and conscientious beliefs
from the mandatory vaccination law governing school attendance. Although
there were public hearings in the Health, Education and Judiciary
committees in the state Senate, the bill has only been referred to the
Health Committee and a hearing could be scheduled as early as the
beginning of next week (June 8-12, 2015.)
With
no scheduled public hearings in the Education or Appropriations
committees, SB 277 will not be reviewed in the Assembly for civil rights
violations and financial impact. It looks like the skids are being
greased by pharmaceutical, medical trade and government lobbyists
pressuring legislators to bring the bill to a fast floor vote and send
it to Governor Brown for his signature.
California Parents - This May Be Your Last Chance to Act
If
you live in California and are the parent of a child who attends
daycare, public or private school, you may only have one more week left
to contact your Assembly member and tell the person you elected to
represent you what you think about SB 277.
Download a handout here that lists five good reasons why SB 277 should not become law. Give it to your Assembly member so he or she understands why:
- SB 277 is not based on scientific evidence or compelling state interest;
- SB 277 is a violation of parental and human rights;
- SB
277 requires children to risk vaccine injury, while vaccine
manufacturers and doctors administering vaccines are shielded from
vaccine injury liability;
- SB 277 discriminates against children to deny them a school-based education guaranteed by the California Constitution; and
- SB 277 will be excessively expensive to administer and enforce.
You
can track SB277 and immediately contact your Assembly member on your
cell phone, tablet or computer by becoming a user of the free NVIC Advocacy Portal.
If
the bill is voted out of the Assembly Health Committee and then quickly
approved by the full Assembly and signed by the Governor, your only
options will be to (1) find a doctor to write an almost impossible-to-get medical vaccine exemption for your child or (2) homeschool or enroll your child in an independent study program.
There is No Public Health Emergency in California
Unvaccinated
school aged children with religious and conscientious belief exemptions
are not causing measles and whooping cough outbreaks in California. Out
of 136 measles cases reported in the state in 2015, only 18 percent were in school-aged children while 55% were in adults and 30 percent of all cases with vaccine records had been vaccinated. In 2014, out of 8,200 pediatric pertussis cases with vaccination records reported in California, 90 percent had been vaccinated.
The
2015 California measles outbreak associated with Disneyland only
affected 0.00035% of the state's population and was successfully
contained without eliminating non-medical vaccine exemptions.
Special Needs Children Being Discriminated Against
Many
parents testified in California Senate public hearings that they have
vaccine-injured children or have children with brain and immune system
problems that could make them especially susceptible to vaccine harm but
are unable to find a doctor willing to write a medical vaccine
exemption. Those parents depend upon the personal belief vaccine
exemption for their special needs children to be educated in public and
private schools under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) and Free Appropriate Public Education Act (FAPE).
If
SB 277 becomes law, parents will be sanctioned for making informed
medical decisions for their children. In addition, if the state refuses
to provide costly home-based education to those with special needs when
their parents are unable to educate them at home, then those children
will be discriminated against and deprived of their civil right to an
education.
Potential Criminal Prosecution and Prison Time for Non-Complying Parents
The
bill's primary sponsors, pediatrician Richard Pan (D-Sacramento) and
Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) have not publicly explained what will happen
if parents refuse to give their school aged child every federally
recommended vaccine required by state health officials now or in the
future under SB 277. However, if non-complying parents cannot provide
their child with a home-based education for financial or other reasons
and the children are barred from attending school, truancy laws in
California and other states can and do subject parents to costly
criminal prosecution and imprisonment.
Californians
- participate in our democracy and ACT NOW to protect your vaccine
informed consent rights. There is no substitute for one-on-one personal
contact with your own Assembly member.
Read this article on NVIC's website and post a comment here.
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| NVIC Launches Two New Pinterest Boards |
As
NVIC's Pinterest followers grow, so do the number of Americans who have
concerns about access to accurate information about vaccination and
infectious diseases and want the freedom to make voluntary choices about
whether or not to vaccinate. In response to these concerns, NVIC
continues to update our existing Pinterest boards that contain timely
information to pin and share with your family and friends.
We
are launching two new Pinterest boards: (1) a Vaccine Freedom Resources
board linking to a selection of NVIC's downloadable materials so that
they are easy to find and share with others who may be new to the
vaccine informed consent movement; and (2) a Vaccine Injury, Death and
Compensation board that provides links to stories on vaccine injury and
compensation awards. Coming soon is our board on HPV vaccine.
We
would love to hear your feedback on these boards and hope that you will
repin our pins and spread the vaccine information that they provide far
and wide!
Click here to visit NVIC's Pinterest site and start pinning today!
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Aug. 7-8, 2015. The WAVE sponsored by Life West. Celebrating its 5th
year of "bringing inspiration and a fresh approach on the philosophy,
art, science and future of chiropractic", the conference will feature 25 speakers,
including NVIC's Barbara Loe Fisher presenting on vaccination and "the
right to know and freedom to choose." Hyatt-Regency Hotel, San
Francisco, CA Airport. Register here.
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Report and Publicly Share Your Vaccine Experiences on NVIC's Website
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On our website you can make a report to NVIC's 33-year old Vaccine Reaction Registry and/or publicly post a vaccine reaction report with a photo on the Memorial for Vaccine Victims.
On the Vaccine Failure Wall, you can describe your experience if a vaccine failed to protect you or your child from disease.
If
you were bullied, threatened or punished by a doctor, government
official or employer for making an independent vaccine choice for
yourself or your child, you can post a report on the Cry for Vaccine Freedom Wall.
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Federal Advisory Committee Meetings
Washington, DC
June 9-10, 2015
September 15-16, 2015
June 4-5, 2015
Sept. 2-3, 2015
Dec. 3-4, 2015
Atlanta, GA
June 22-23, 2015
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