Land of the Free?

S.199 is in conference committee and has deteriorated beyond what we can accept. Language now grants sole power to the Health Commissioner (an appointed and not elected individual) to remove the philosophical exemption if Vermont’s vaccination rates drop below 90% for MMR, DTap or TDaP. It also requires parents who use the philosophical or religious exemption to sign that they are putting their children and others at risk for vaccine preventable diseases.   ACT NOW before it is too late!

• Call Your Representatives and Your Senators and ask them to Stop S199 and keep the philosophical exemption as it is today  (Representative phone numbers here and Senator phone numbers here).
• Also email the Governor and the Speaker and ask them to STOP S199!

Informed consent to medical risk taking is a human right.^[1] You have the right to be fully informed about the benefits and risks of pharmaceutical products – like vaccines – and be allowed to make a voluntary choice about whether or to take the risk without being punished for it.

More than $2 billion dollars has been awarded to children and adults in America, who have been seriously injured by vaccines. ^[2]

We are not all the same. People are injured or die from vaccination because vaccine risks are greater for some than others ^{[3][4][5][6][7]} and sometimes vaccines fail to work at all. That is a big reason why there are vaccine exemptions in state public health laws for medical, religious and conscientious or philosophical beliefs. ^[8]

But in Vermont – right now – the legal right to take a vaccine exemption for philosophical beliefs is being threatened.

Two Vermont legislators, State Senator Kevin Mullin and State Representative George Till, have joined with the Vermont Health Commissioner, Dr. Harry Chen, to lead a crusade to take away philosophical exemption to vaccination with two bills before the state House and Senate – S. 199 and H. 527.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Nicole is a Vermont mother, whose seven year old daughter, Kaylynne, died within 92 hours of a routine flu shot in December 2011. ^[13]

“Kaylynne was very outgoing. She was shy but she made herself known. She loved hugs. She loved every kind of animal. She was always trying to get her Dad to bring animals to take care of and nurture. She loved her brother and sisters. She was Miss Mom to her little sisters. She was Nate’s best friend. They did a lot together outdoors. She was a wild girl. She wasn’t really scared of anything. She was very, very intelligent. She means the world to our family,” said Nicole.

Nicole described what happened the day Kaylynne died.

“She was a healthy seven year old child before her flu shot. She went from being very healthy, nothing wrong with her, to passing away 92 hours later. First, was a headache. Then there was a fever. After the fever, she started getting sick to her stomach, throwing up. And the, she was cold and she had purple blotches on her arms and legs. We rushed her to the doctor’s office. I was in the back seat with her. My mother was driving and she stopped breathing probably less than a mile away from the hospital. If I would have known then what I know now about vaccination, it would have been a whole different story. My daughter would still be here with us.”

Nicole believes that parents should be fully informed and able to make voluntary decisions about vaccination for their children.

“If I would have known the reactions and symptoms of adverse reactions to vaccination, I would have had her seen immediately. If I would have known about the risks and symptoms, I would have been most likely able to save my daughter,” said Nicole. “I feel that Vermonters need to be educated and be able to make their own decisions on whether or not they want to vaccinate their children and pediatricians and physicians, as well, need to be more educated.”

The Vermont State Health Commissioner agrees. He told one reporter: “Of course, it’s important for parents to understand the risks and benefits, and I have absolute respect for their right to make their own decisions.” ^[14]

Then, why is he joining with medical trade organizations funded by vaccine manufacturers, like the American Academy of Pediatrics, ^{[15][16][17][18][19]} and trying to take away the right for Vermont parents to make their own vaccine decisions? ^[20]  Especially when the state of Vermont is rated the Number One healthiest state? ^[21]

If the philosophical exemption to vaccination is removed from Vermont state law, Nicole and parents like Nicole will have no choice.

Kaylynne’s Dad, Justin, said “I feel strongly about protecting my children because, as parents, we should have the right to do the best for our kids.” Nicole added, “If I can’t get a medical signature from a medical physician to do an exemption for philosophical rights, my other children are at risk and that takes my rights as a mother away to protect my children.”

Today, the federal government recommends that children get 69 doses of 16 vaccines from day of birth to age 18. Most of these vaccines are required for children to attend school in the state of Vermont.

The vaccine business is a multi-billion dollar big business. ^[22][23][24] There are hundreds of new vaccines being created by drug companies ^[25][26][27] and most of these new vaccines will be federally recommended for children, like Syphilis Vaccine, ^[28] Gonorrhea Vaccine, ^[29] Genital Herpes Vaccine,^[30] Hepatitis C  Vaccine, ^[31]E-Coli Vaccine, ^[32] Salmonella Vaccine, ^[33] Chlamydia Vaccine, ^[34] Cytomegalovirus Vaccine; ^[35] HIV/AIDS Vaccine, ^[36] Tooth Decay Vaccine; ^[37] Anti-Smoking Vaccine, ^[38] Anti-Cocaine Addiction Vaccine; ^[39][40] Bad Breath Vaccine; ^[41] Diabetes Vaccine; ^[42] Asthma Vaccine, ^[43] Norovirus Vaccine ^[44] and many, many more.

In the future, the state of Vermont could add 10, 20, 30 or more vaccinations to state public health laws.

Should every vaccine that Big Pharma creates and doctors want legislators to mandate be legally required for all children without parents being informed and allowed to make a voluntary choice?

Vermont families want options, especially when the risks of vaccination for their child turn out to be 100 percent.

Nicole and Justin are appealing to parents and Vermont legislators.

“Do your research on what is in vaccinations,” said Nicole. “Find out symptoms and reactions and then make your own decision. As of this moment, Vermonters have to fight to protect their right to be able to make their own decisions to protect their children. We are asking for the legislators to please oppose S. 199 and H. 527 to take away our philosophical exemption.”

“We, as Americans, should have our choice,” said Justin.

Help fight for the right to make voluntary decisions about vaccination in Vermont and every state. Go to www.NVICAdvocacy.org and take action today.

It’s your health.  Your family.  Your choice.

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