Hésitations Vaccinales: Observatoire HESIVAXs

“My body, my choice.” A familiar chant to anyone who has witnessed an abortion rights debate, the phrase undertook a new meaning when anti-vaccine protesters gathered Tuesday morning before the Massachusetts State House. The demonstration, organized by a group of mothers who call themselves the Massachusetts Freedom Coalition, opposes state legislation — a joint petition and a separate House bill — that together would schedule mandatory vaccinations for all children going to school, save for medical exemptions. One of the acts, sponsored by Rep. Andres Vargas of the Third Essex District, would eliminate religious exemption as an option in Massachusetts. Vargas said in a phone interview he was inspired to take on the issue after his constituents expressed concern about the resurgence of measles in the U.S. in recent years. After then speaking with scientists and medical experts, Vargas said he found data showing a 500 percent increase in the use of religious exemptions to vaccinations since the 1980s. “I don’t know about you, but I don’t think there’s been a 500 percent increase in religious affiliation since the 1980s,” Vargas said. “So, that goes to show that the spirit of the law is really being violated.” One protester at the event said this is indeed a loophole anti-vaccine households look to take advantage of. 54-year-old Erich Kress from Livingston, New York said after the requisites for medical exemptions in his state became “so extreme that it was nearly impossible,” he began to claim religious exemption. “A lot of people who didn’t even have strong religious beliefs,” Kress said, “had to resort to the religious exemption in order not to vaccinate their child.” Kress said he decided to attend the protest in Boston — which totaled several dozen people — because New York had recently removed its religious exemption option and he does not want to see the same occur in Massachusetts. “My children have never been vaccinated,” Kress said, sitting between two preteen daughters. “And we’re not afraid to have the measles. In fact, my kids had the measles.” Measles, Kress said, make individuals “more strong and healthy.” He said he thinks children are brainwashed in school to believe in the efficacy of vaccines, which is why he chooses now to homeschool his. Massachusetts Freedom Coalition member Samantha Medeiros, 31, of Lakeville stood atop the stairs to the State House holding one end of a banner that read, “Medical freedom is the new Civil Rights Movement.” She said at the protest she believes vaccines are unsafe. “My own son had several reactions to several vaccines and his body just seems to be hypersensitive to them,” Medeiros said. “And I, through the community, have heard many stories.” Vandana Madhavan, clinical director for Pediatric Infectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, said in a phone interview some vaccines contain a “very small” amount of virus to generate an appropriate immune response. “The minor fever or rash someone would get from the MMR vaccine or the varicella vaccine is not the same as getting the actual disease itself,” Madhavan said. “Vaccines do not cause the illnesses that they protect against.” Protestor Amelia Coburn, 35, of Southbridge is also a member of the Massachusetts Freedom Coalition. Restraining a one-year-old son scrambling around at her feet, Coburn said she has been “lucky” not to have experienced any negative consequences from her own family’s vaccines, but has heard contradictory accounts from others she knows. “I have had friends who have had babies who have died immediately after vaccines,” Coburn said. “I have friends whose babies are now in and out of the hospital with really severe problems, and I do think it’s linked to vaccines.” Madhavan said a common misconception is that falling sick after getting vaccinated means the vaccine did not work when, in fact, the victim coincidentally contracted a different illness. “The anecdotal evidence of someone falling sick after a vaccine,” Madhavan said, “has never proven that the vaccines themselves cause issues.” 62-year-old Johanna Keefe of Back Bay, who attended the protest in support, said she is concerned that vaccines, which she called “potions,” inject harmful toxins into the body. “One of the most dangerous [toxins] is aluminum,” Keefe said. “That’s just one adjuvant that is meant to agitate the immune system to make these things work.” Adjuvants, according to Madhavan, are vaccine components that trigger the immune system to respond more robustly. Chemicals viewed as foreign when used as adjuvants, Madhavan said, are oftentimes already present in children from different sources within their environment. “Yes, aluminum is in some vaccines,” Madhavan said. “But a breastfeeding infant receives more aluminum through breast milk from the mom than they do from doses of vaccines.” Keefe said she also believes children must undergo certain diseases — those nearly eradicated by vaccines today — to “prime themselves” for a strong immune system in later life. “Certain diseases should run their course naturally,” Keefe said. “You know, things like the measles and the chickenpox.” Aside from Tuesday’s protest, Vargas said he has received an overall positive public reaction to his bill. Some, he said, are surprised Massachusetts hasn’t already ruled out religious exemptions. “We’ve also heard from anti-vaxxers who have contacted me saying things like they wish ill on my future kids, messaging my wife on social media,” Vargas said. “But I got into public service to make a difference. And sometimes when you want to make a difference, you got to take the hits.”

Counsel Patricia Finn, The Good Health Lawyer [1] has saved a medically fragile child from what his pediatrician says is “certain damage” following vaccination, by arguing successfully that New York State does not have the power to substitute a bureaucrat’s decision for a patient’s physician. Arguing that a physician, as a “learned intermediary,” has the right to issue a medical exemption for a patient and the State has the obligation to honor that exemption, Counsel Finn has scored a major health freedom victory for the moment. Several well-known and well-funded law firms have not been able to achieve what Counsel Finn succeeded in establishing in this case. Suzanne Humphries MD, ... Best Price: $19.24 Buy New $17.17 (as of 12:30 EST - Details) This victory is the first to validate the important principle of the physician as “Learned Intermediary” and to achieve a Temporary Restraining Order overturning the State’s attempt to force vaccination on this child. In both California and New York, the largest forced-vaccine states, vaccine freedom of choice has been attacked in two ways.  First, the state legislatures have abolished long-standing religious and/or conscientious exemptions and second, the bureaucracies in both states have made obtaining a formal Medical Excuse virtually impossible.  We believe they have intentionally tried to make it so difficult that they have undercut the protected relationship between doctor and patient. This violates the universal right of Informed Consent by preventing physicians, as Learned Intermediaries, from uttering their true opinions regarding the safety of vaccines for their patients. The child in this case was certified vaccine-fragile since his doctor said he could expect serious adverse reactions to further vaccination.  It is important to note that the child’s doctor believes in vaccination for the general populace, and vaccinates his own children, yet, exercising his best medical judgment, affirmed that this child should not be vaccinated.  Under New York’s new rule the physician’s learned opinion was disregarded and the school system, despite the damage that was likely to result for the child, rejected the exemption.  In other words, the state wanted a school bureaucrat to overturn the physician’s protection of his patient. This flies in the face of settled United States law. For over a century US courts have held they have the power to intervene against forced vaccination “…if it be apparent or can be shown with reasonable certainty that he is not at the time a fit subject of vaccination or that vaccination, by reason of his then condition, would seriously impair his health or probably cause his death.” Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) Counsel Finn’s successful attempt to protect this child with a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) assures this child access to the free public education guaranteed to him by the laws of New York, without surrendering his right to protection from what US and international courts have repeatedly called  “unavoidably unsafe” vaccines. The efforts of States like New York and California to illegally force parents to choose between their objections to vaccination — their universal right of Informed Consent — or the public education guaranteed to their children is an imposition of what the Federal Courts call an “unconstitutional condition.” No state has power to condition a public benefit on the surrender of a right. In this case New York is learning that important lesson thanks to Counsel Finn and the determined parents willing to protect their child. All of us have the right of Informed Consent, if and only if we assert it properly. If you do not assert that right, it will be “deemed waived.” To learn more about how to assert that right for yourself and your loved ones, click here. Use this link to share this article widely. You just might save some lives. If any recipient of this message prefers to not receive future emailings from this address, please reply to this email with “unsubscribe” and your name in the subject line. — [1] https://www.patriciafinnattorney.com/ This originally appeared on Open Source Truth.

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Vaccination hesitancy – what can nurses do? Posted on January 28, 2020 The European Council Recommendation on strengthened cooperation against vaccine-preventable diseases was adopted in December 2018. Since then, the EFN and other stakeholders have been very active in the fight against vaccination hesitancy across Europe. For example, the EFN, in the representation of the general care nurse profession, is co-chairing a Coalition for Vaccination, coordinated by the European Commission. This Coalition is tackling vaccination hesitancy among healthcare professionals, to ensure that they vaccinate themselves and that they recommend vaccination to their patients.  In this context, the EFN joins the Active Citizenship Network (ACN) in the event that they organise at the European Parliament Premises to celebrate the official launch of the MEPs Interest Group on “European Patients’ Rights & Cross-Border Healthcare” for the 2019-2024 term. This event was attended by other health-interested stakeholders as well, willing to discuss the rise of vaccination hesitancy across Europe and how to tackle it. Speakers touch upon the topic of vaccination hesitancy on all its complexity. For example, a recurring idea is that we need to know the profile of citizens who are vaccine-hesitant – to know why they think the way they do and who they are. It is not the same hesitating for not believing in the effectiveness of vaccination than hesitating because the timings and/or location at which these are being administered are not convenient. Moreover, young people, who are the future of Europe, should be more involved in the political debate regarding vaccination. They are “the parents of tomorrow” and should be aware of the benefits of vaccinating their children. Finally, speakers elaborate on the idea of fostering vaccination uptake via better education – education for citizens at all the stages of their life, as well as better education for healthcare professionals. The EFN Membership is active in the topic of vaccination, as it is reflected in the published report containing best practices for nurses’ competencies in prevention. This document is a comparative overview of 35 European Countries.

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