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Federal Advisory Committee Update
By Theresa Wrangham, NVIC Executive Director It came as no surprise to me that during the meeting of the Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) on December 4, 2015 that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Division of Injury Compensation Programs (DICP) reported that the number of vaccine injury claims for this fiscal year will exceed previous years. I have monitored this committee for the past six years and have seen the number of claims rise every year. Sadly they are likely to represent only a fraction of the vaccine injured, due to the lack of public awareness of the existence of the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) created under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, which has a record of dismissing two-thirds of claims received.
The estimated 1,000 claims that the VICP
anticipates being filed in 2016 are projected to cost $224 million.
Although the VICP was originally created by Congress to shield drug
companies producing government licensed, recommended and mandated
vaccines for children, today it is not children but adults injured by
influenza vaccine who are receiving most of the compensation.
The majority of compensated flu shot injury claims are for nerve inflammation diagnosed as Guillain-Barré syndrome
(GBS), an autoimmune disorder that attacks the nervous system and can
result in life-long paralysis. Also on the rise are government conceded
claims for shoulder injuries (SIRVA) caused by vaccine providers failing
to properly administer vaccinations. GBS and SIRVA are
in the process of being added to the federal Vaccine Injury Table to
expedite the administrative vaccine injury claims process for those two
injuries.
Read
the rest of this article, learn about what adult vaccines are not
covered by the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation program, and post a
comment, here.
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NVIC Legislative Update
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NVIC Advocacy Portal staff report below on states with active vaccine related legislation. You can read more about these states on NVIC's Advocacy Portal. Act today!
Your voice is needed! Register today on NVIC's Advocacy Portal and state up-to-date with vaccine legislative efforts in your state.
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NVIC in the News
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Vaccinations: What Is Happening and What Do You Need To Know?
From the restricting of those who qualify
for a medical exemption to the taking away of the religious and
conscience exemptions from vaccine laws combined with restricting the
terms under which you can receive compensation if you are injured...
what are we to call this? Jim Schneider interviews NVIC President
Barbara Loe Fisher. Crosstalk America, VCY Radio Jan. 25, 2016.
Yes, Virginia, Your Vaccine Exemptions Are Safe... for now.
Age of Autism writer Cathy Jameson tells readers about the introduction
and withdrawal of one of the worst vaccine bills and how quickly NVIC's
Advocacy Portal got the word out to parents. Barbara Loe Fisher said
we're looking at forced vaccination of all federally mandated vaccines
with no exemptions with a 100% vaccine rate with no liability and no
compensation (for injuries). Jameson reminds readers that Californians
weren't so lucky and the need for Americans to remain vigilant and
engage to protect vaccine freedom. Age of Autism Jan. 31, 2016 (republished in The Vaccine Reaction Feb. 1).
Sacramento County schools may allow special-needs students to avoid vaccines. Special
education students have federally mandated education plans requiring
instruction in mainstream classrooms regardless of vaccination status.
California's Senator Pan, sponsor
of SB 277, which removed non-medical vaccine exemptions, believes that
otherwise. NVIC's President and co-founder Barbara Loe Fisher responded,
"When you have a child that has suffered a vaccine reaction and has
become disabled and has special educational needs, you are putting
(parents) in the position of having to choose between giving them an
education and protecting the child from further vaccine injury," she
said. The Sacramento Bee Feb. 4, 2016.
Touchy Subject Of Child Vaccinations Debated At State Capitol. Colorado's Rep. Dan Pabon has once again introduced vaccine legislation. His latest bill, HB 1164 threatens to strip families exercising their legal exemption rights of federal privacy protections and allow the state health department to obtain personally identifying information on exemptors. Theresa Wrangham, NVIC's Executive Director, "I think this is about another way to harass parents who choose to delay or decline (vaccinations)," she said. CBS4-TV (Denver). Feb 13, 2016.
Vaccine Controversies. CQ Researcher,
a 90-year old weekly subscription publication reporting on current
social and political issues and used as an information source by public
and school libraries, legislators and journalists, has published a
22-page referenced analysis of the vaccine safety and choice debate in
the U.S. NVIC Co-founder and President Barbara Loe Fisher was
interviewed and participated in a pro-con OpEd debate with the Executive
Director of Every Child by Two on the question "Should Children Have To Be Vaccinated to Attend School?" CQ Researcher (Sage Publications) Feb. 19, 2016.
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Report and Share Your Vaccine Experiences |
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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Join our Daily Conversation on Facebook and Weekly in The Vaccine Reaction Journal
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News and opinion about what is happening when it comes to vaccine science, regulation, policy and law that will affect you and your family is being reported and talked about every day by more than 165,000 fans on NVIC's Facebook page . Also, make sure you, your family and friends are receiving NVIC's free weekly journal, The Vaccine Reaction and the free NVIC Newsletter published monthly. And don't forget to become a registered user of the NVIC Advocacy Portal and take action in your state to protect your legal right to make voluntary vaccine choices. |
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