vaccine da

7/23/2019 Vaccine Da

1/21

VACCINE DA

1NC

1. Measles risk is high risk due to anti-vaccination proponents, pro-vaccination pulic opinion is reversing the trend.

!al"erg 1# Steven Salzberg, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering,Computer Science, and Biostatistics at Johns Hopins !niversit", former researcher at #he $nstitute for

%enomic &esearch 'ith a focus in se(uencing the genomes of man" bacteria, including those used in the

)**+ anthra attacs, member of the Human %enome Pro-ect and the co.founder of the in/uenza virus

se(uencing pro-ect, )*+0 123nti.4accine 5ovement Causes 6orst 5easles Epidemic $n )* 7ears8, 9orbes,

9ebruar" +, 3vailable :nline at http;* "ears= 3nd no' its happening 'ith measles= )inall',though, the pulic see&s to e pushing ack. *arents are startingto $ake up to the danger that the anti-va+ &ove&entrepresents to their children and the&selves. 6hats sad about this tragic,reall" is that $e eli&inated &easles %ro& the .!. in the 'ear ,

thanks to the &easles vaccine. 3s this CDC graph sho's, 'eve had fe'er than +**cases ever" "ear since= /ut $e had 0 cases in 2 states in 1, the&ost in 'ears. And 1# is alread' on track to e $orse.Measles &a' eco&e ende&ic in the .!, circulatingcontinuall', thanks to the increasing nu&ers o% unvaccinatedpeople. ntil no$, each outreak $as caused ' so&eonetraveling %ro& aroad and ringing &easles to us. (he anti-vaccine &ove&ent has turned this pulic health victor' intode%eat. 3nti.vaers have been relentless in the eForts to spread misinformation= Despiteover'helming scientic evidence that vaccines are benecial, the" endlessl" repeat a variet" false claims,

such as; 4accines cause autism= #he" dont= #he preservative thimerosal in vaccines causes autism= $t

doesnt= Gatural immunit" is all "ou need= $t isnt= Measles in%ects 34 o% peoplee+posed to it unless the' are vaccinated. 3 health" lifest"le 'ill protect "oufrom measles= $t 'ont= Go', nall", so&e parents are pushing ack. Parents andschools in California, 'here the epidemic began, are concerned that their children 'ill be eposed to

measles from unvaccinated children in schools= 3nd the schools are starting todosomething the" should have done long ago; send the unvaccinated kids ho&e. #heproblem arises from Californias vaccine eemption polic"; although public schools re(uire ids to be

vaccinated, parents can eempt their ids simpl" b" sa"ing the" have a personal ob-ection to vaccination=

$ts not -ust California; onl" t'o states, 5ississippi and 6est 4irginia, dont allo' parents to claim a


2/21

philosophical or religious eemption to vaccines 3nd Colorado has the 'orst rate of vaccination, at -ust

A), primaril" due to parents claiming a 2philosophical8 eemption= #hese parents are the anti.vaers=

#hans to them, $e no$ have large pockets o% unvaccinated childrenthrough $ho& epide&ics can spread %urther and %aster than$e5ve seen in decades.#he CDC reports that in 1, 234 o% &easlescases in the .!. involving unvaccinated people $ere the resulto% personal elie% e+e&ptions. 3nti.vaers dont recognize the threat their behaviorposes to others, especiall" to children 'hose immune s"stems arent functioning properl"= CGG reported this

'ee on the case of &hett ?ra'itt, a I."ear.old California bo" 'ho has gone through "ears of chemotherap" for childhood leuemia= His

leuemia is in remission and hes bac in school, but the treatment 'iped out his immunit", and hes still not read" to get vaccinated= $f &hett

gets measles, he might not survive= His father Carl 'rote to school district ocials to as them to ban unvaccinated children from

school= ?ra'itt epects the schools to den" his re(uest= 5ean'hile, the parents 'ho refuse to vaccinate their ids arent budging= #he Ge'

7or #imes reported on one mother, Cr"stal 5cDonald, 'ho refused to vaccinate an" of her four children, after 2researching the issue8 b"

reading anti.vaccine 'ebsites= 6hen their high school sent her daughter home for t'o 'ees, the daughter ased if she could get the measles

shot so she could return= 3s (uoted in the #imes, 5cDonald told her daughter 2$ said KGo, absolutel" not= $ said $d rather "ou miss an entire

semester than "ou get the shot=8 6here does this breathtaing science denialism come fromL $ts been building for "ears, as $ and man"

others have 'ritten= #he 'ave began 'ith a +A paper published in #he Mancet b" 3ndre' 6aeeld, claiming that the 55& vaccine 'as

lined to autism= 6aeelds 'or 'as later sho'n to be fraudulent, and his claims about the vaccine 2dishonest and irresponsible=8 3fter

length" investigations, the paper 'as retracted and 6aeeld lost his medical license= Despite this ver" public repudiation, 6aeeld hasstuc to his claims, though, and has spent much of the past +0 "ears speaing 1or perhaps 2preaching8 'ould be a better term@ to anti.vaccine

groups, to 'hom he is a ind of fol hero= $ts not -ust 6aeeld, though= 3nti.vaccine messages have been broadcast aggressivel" b" the

group %eneration &escue, led b" former Pla"bo" pla"mate and 5#4 host Jenn" 5cCarth", and b" 3ge of 3utism, a group dedicated to the

proposition that vaccines cause autism= 13ge of 3utism is doing it again right no'=@ 3nd -ust last summer, &obert 9= ?enned" Jr= published a ne'

boo further promoting the long.discredited claim that thimerosal causes autism= 5ost of the anti.va cro'd have no scientic training or

epertise, 'hich might eplain 1but doesnt ecuse@ their complete ignorance of the science= :ver the past +0 "ears, dozens of studies

involving hundreds of thousands of people have sho'n convincingl" that neither vaccines nor an" of the ingredients in them are lined to

autism= 4accines are not onl" safe, but the" are perhaps the greatest public health success in the histor" of civilization = 5easles, though,

is dangerous= #he CDCs 3nne Schuchat had a message for parents this 'ee; 2$ 'ant to mae sure that

parents 'ho thin that measles is gone and havent made sure that the" or their children are vaccinated

are a'are that &easles is still around and it can e serious.3nd that 55&vaccine is safe and eFective and highl" recommended=8 5ae no mistae, &easles is a ver'

dangerous in%ection. In the current outreak, #4 o% victi&shave ended up in the hospital. And it is e+tre&el' in%ectious; theCDCs Schuchat eplained that; 26ou can catchit N&easles7 8ust ' eing inthe sa&e roo& as a person $ith &easles even i% that personle%t the roo& ecause the virus can hang around %or a coupleo% hours.8Perhaps the Disne"land epidemic, 'hich has no' spread to + states, 'ill nall" convinceparents, schools, and state legislatures that the" need to insist that children get vaccinated before going to

school= Perhaps it 'ill also convince parents to stop listening to nonsense, and choose 'isel" b" getting

their children vaccinated against measles= 6e 'on this battle before, and 'e can 'in it again=

. Anti-vaccination parents vie$ the deate as a &atter

o% the right to choose plan gives their vie$slegiti&ac'.A* 1# #he 3ssociated Press, )*+0 123nti.vaccination parents eplain their perspectives; O6e are notanti.scienceO8, 3P, 9ebruar" ), 3vailable :nline at

http;


3/21

inter%erence. But man" are 3mericans 'ith college degrees living in liberal communities such asSanta 5onica or 5arin Count" in California and Portland, said %ar" 9reed, a professor of pediatrics at the

!niversit" of 5ichigan= 5ost hesitant parents do not avoid all vaccinations= #he" t"picall" under.vaccinate, either dela"ing the shots

until their child is older or refusing certain vaccines 'hile continuing 'ith others, 9reed said= #he parents 'ho spoe to 3P recounted spending

hundreds of hours revie'ing medical studies, boos and ne's stories and net'oring on social media= #he" cited cases of children 'ho 'ere

supposedl" hurt b" vaccines and the eistence of a government.run vaccine in-ur".compensation program= 3nd the" 'orried about the

oversight of pharmaceutical companies that reap prots from vaccines and are shielded from liabilit" 'hen a vaccine causes harm= 5oore said

she read a +A stud" published in #he Mancet -ournal b" Dr= 3ndre' 6aeeld, 'ho raised the possibilit" of a lin bet'een the measles.

mumps.rubella vaccine, bo'el disease and autism= She said she no's the stud" 'as later discredited and retracted= She believes the

research 'as inconclusive= 5oore concedes that the vast ma-orit" of studies sho' vaccines are safe, but she sa"s some research points to

inconsistencies, unno'ns or negative eFects that deserve further investigation= 3nd 'hile autism is still a concern, 5oore and others also

'orr" about ho' eposure to chemicals, bad nutrition and stress can aFect genes and health= #he" sa" large doses of s"nthetic additives

found in vaccines, including aluminum and mercur", can harm the immune and digestive s"stems and brain= #he"Ore believers in living

naturall" and eating organic food 'ho also (uestion the safet" of geneticall" modied organisms, pesticides and other common substances

such as /ame retardants and plastics=9#here are so man" environmental toins, butan'thing in &'children:s $orld that I can in;uence I do,9 5oore said=#he CDC has phased outa mercur".containing preservative in vaccines as a precautionar" measure, and the agenc" sa"s vaccines

containing aluminum pose etremel" lo' ris to infants= 9ederal ocials also sa" %5:s in foods are safe,

as are pesticides if used according to labels= (hese parents sa' the' should eale to decide $hether their child undergoes a &edicalprocedure -- a decision, the' sa', that goes to the core o% $hatit &eans to have %reedo& o% choice. 9I have the right to decide$hat to put into &' child:s od',9 saidHeather Dillard, a &o&inSpringeld, 5issouri, 'ho is also a registered nurse= 9Nood' has the right to put

to+ic che&icals into &' son:s loodstrea&. (hat:s taking &'

rights a$a', and it:s ver' scar' to &e.9Dillard said she decided againstvaccinating because her rst child 'as born a preemie and has autism= Dillard does not believe vaccines caused the

autism, but the disease led her to do a lot of research about health= She sa"s she no' chooses to build her sonOs immunit" naturall", through

diet, 'hile avoiding shots or other medication= Dillard and others sa" the" are not 'orried about measles because their children have strong

immune s"stems= #he" cite statistics; :ut of the +,***.plus measles cases in the past decade, there 'as not a single death= R6hat $Om more

nervous about is the h"steria that 'ould result,R if her children 'ere to get ill, 5oore said= 5oore said she does 'orr" about aFecting children

'ho are immune.compromised and cannot be vaccinated= Before visiting friends 'ith babies or "oung children, she said, she al'a"s informs

them her t'ins are not vaccinated Rso the" have the po'er to mae a choice=R She also eeps the girls home at an" sign of sicness=

&esearchers sa" berating parents 'ho oppose vaccines 'ill not persuade an"one and onl" puts people on the defensive= Educational

messages from health ocials ma" also mae little diFerence and could, in fact, be counterproductive, said Brendan G"han, assistant

professor of government at Dartmouth College= 3 stud" conducted b" G"han and his colleagues last "ear sho'ed that 'hen parents 'ere

presented 'ith evidence that vaccines do not cause autism or that measles cause great harm, some ended up feeling even more ambivalent=

R6e tend to be septical to'ard information that contradicts our eisting vie's,R G"han said= $f :regon 'ere to tae a'a" the right to a

vaccine eemption, 5oore said, she 'ould liel" home.school her t'ins=SheOs eeping an open mind about vaccinating as

her children get older, but hopes more studies on the long.term eFects of vaccines can help dispel her

doubts= 9I $orr' aout living in a societ' that:s progressivel' &oreintolerant to$ard an' dissent,9 5oore said=R3ll scientic advances have come from(uestioning the status (uo=R

erlin 1 3leandra SiFerlin, 3leandra SiFerlin is a 'riter for #$5E= She covers public healthissues including infectious and chronic disease, big ideas in medicine, and breaing ne's, .+>.)*+

1RHere are some diseases 'eOre seeing thans to anti.vaers,R #$5E, .+>.)*+, 3vailable :nline at

http;


4/21

#hese should be avoidable

Ge' 7or Cit" isnt an anomal", though= Diseases that are and have eenavoidale in the .!. thanks to vaccines, are resur%acing allacross the countr'= Measles, for instance,$as considered $ipedoutin )***, ut there have een several outreaksin the past fe' "ears=#his map sho's outbreas of vaccine.preventable diseases since )**A 1clic on 25ap8 and select 'hich

diseases and regions "ou 'ant to see@=(he e&ergence o% these diseases ?especiall' &easles ? is alar&ing, and &ostl' due to parents inthe .!. not vaccinating their kids. @I% 'ou are unvaccinatedand 'ou co&e in contact $ith &easles, there5s a 34 chance'ou $ill get it,8 sa"s Jason 5cDonald, a spoesperson for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1CDC@= #houghmeasles outbreas are primaril" lined to unvaccinated people, 5cDonald notes that some vaccines arent foolproof= 9or eample, the

'hooping.cough vaccine ma" lose its ecac" over time= 3nd, overall, most people do get their vaccinations= 3 CDC report looing at children

entering indergarten for the )*+)+ school "ear in all !=S= statesfound that more than * of these ids had their

vaccines=Still, there are people ? including pulic gures andcelerities ? $ho don5t vaccinate their kids and pro&ote theirchoices= 5ost infamousl", Jenn" 5cCarth" has espoused her antivaccinationposition because she

believes vaccines are full of toins and cause autism= 6hen she recentl" posed a (uestion on #'itter aboutnding a mate, the vaccination baclash 'as loud and clear= Just ho' harmful are these notions, thoughL

Belo' are somepreventale diseases &aking a vicious return thanksto people not getting their vaccinations= Measles3ccording to the CDC, for ever"+,*** children 'ho get the measles, one or t'o 'ill die= Currentl", public.health 'orers are 'orried about the situation in Ge' 7or, but -ust

in the past three months, there have been reported cases of the disease in 5assachusetts, $llinois and California= #he CDC reports that from

Jan= + to 9eb= )A, )*+, 0 people in the !=S= have reported being infected 'ith measles= :n average, there are about I* cases reported in the

!=S= ever" "ear= Most people in the .!. are vaccinated against the&easles, but since measles is still around in other countries, those 'ho travel outside of the !=S= cancontract it if the" are not vaccinated= Ge' 7or Cit" has not been able to conrm the source of the

disease= Mu&ps3s recentl" as 5onda", health ocials conrmed ) cases of mumps at :hio State !niversit"= $n )*++,

there 'as a mumps outbrea on the !niversit" of California at Berele" campus, 'ith ) reported casesconrmed b" the CDC=(he source o% the outreak $as thought to e anunvaccinated student T(he last &a8or occurrence $as in 0,$hen there $as a &ultistate outreak o% 0,#B reported cases.ess than cases a 'ear $as considered usual at the ti&e.hooping Cough 6hooping.cough outbreas are thought to be spurred b" 'aning immunit"from the vaccine= Ho'ever,a 1< stud' pulished in the 8ournal*ediatrics reports that Cali%ornia5s $orst $hooping-coughoutreak, $hich in%ected &ore than 3, people, $as alsoencouraged ' a large nu&er o% kids $ho $ereunvaccinated= Chicken *o+, in 1, a count' in Indiana

e+perienced a &a8or chicken-po+ outreak o% &ore than Bcases, $hich $as thought to start %ro& an unvaccinatedchild.#he vaccine is * eFective, so its possible for people 'ho have been vaccinated to contractthe disease=

NIENE!!*FG-VACCINA(IGN (FEND! NG


5/21

1. *ro-vaccination &ove&ent gaining stea& no$ planreverses the trend.Alcindor 1 7amiche 3lcindor, !S3 #:D37 national breaing ne'sreporter, holds a 5asterOs degree in Broadcast Ge's and Documentar"9ilmmaing from Ge' 7or !niversit" and B3 in English and $nternational

&elations from %eorgeto'n !niversit", )*+ 123nti.vaccine movement isgiving diseases a )nd life8, !S3 #oda", 3pril A, 3vailable :nline athttp;


6/21

eercise and sunshine= He sa"s if his ids get sic he 'ould rather rel" on emergenc" care than vaccines=

R$tOs much more soothing to trust emergenc" medicine than a vaccine, 'hich for me is lie pla"ing &ussian

roulette,R he sa"s=

. *reventale diseases are &aking a co&eack nu&erous areas are potential hotspots the a&ount o%

in;uence o% the anti-va+ &ove&ent is the critical %actor.Alcindor 1 7amiche 3lcindor, !S3 #:D37 national breaing ne'sreporter, holds a 5asterOs degree in Broadcast Ge's and Documentar"9ilmmaing from Ge' 7or !niversit" and B3 in English and $nternational&elations from %eorgeto'n !niversit", )*+ 123nti.vaccine movement isgiving diseases a )nd life8, !S3 #oda", 3pril A, 3vailable :nline athttp;


7/21

gro$ing, sa"s Paul :t, chief of infectious diseases at ChildrenOs Hospital of Philadelphia= He pointsto states like Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Gregon and Ver&ont 'here morethan =0 of indergartners last "ear 'ere unvaccinated for non.medical reasons aseamplesofpotential hot spots= Such statesO rates are four times the national average and illustrate atrend among select groups= RPeople assume this 'ill never happen to them until it happens to

them,R :t sa"s= R$tOs a shame thatOs the 'a" 'e have to learn the lesson= #hereOs a human price for that

lesson=R(he &ost vulnerale are in%ants $ho &a' e too 'oung to evaccinated, children $ith co&pro&ised i&&une s'ste&s and others$ho &a' e unale to e vaccinated %or &edical reasons, scientists sa"= Inco&&unities across the nation, A&ericans o% all stripes are &akingdangerous decisions to reschedule or %orgo i&&uni"ation , sa"s3lan Hinman, a scientist 'ho sits on the scientic advisor" board of 4oices for 4accines, 'hich supports

and advocates for on.time vaccinations= #he anti.vaccination movement has piced up steam in the past

decade 'ith support from celebrities such as actress Jenn" 5cCarth", actor 3idan Wuinn and realit" #4 star

?ristin Cavallari, 'ho last month said not vaccinating 'as Rthe best decisionR for her children= 5an"

continue to believe the debuned idea that vaccines cause autism, 'hile others donOt trust the federal

government or the pharmaceutical companies responsible for these vaccines= D$SE3SE C3G S#&$?E

3G76HE&E &iFenburg hopes her famil"Os eperience 'ill serve as a 'ae.up call= 3t rst, Brad" seemed to

have a simple cold= 3s his s"mptoms 'orsened, &iFenburg and her ancX, Jonathan 3lcaide, too him to

the hospital, 'here doctors suspected he had 'hooping cough= #'o 'ees later, Brad" stopped breathing=

His brain 'as 'ithout o"gen for some time, and he 'as put on life support, 'here &iFenburg said the

horric eFects of the disease made her child become unrecognizable= 3 da" later, she made the

ecruciating decision to tae him oF machines= #he child died 'hile cradled in her arms= R$ hope Brad" has

saved babies and protected them because 'e have spread his stor",R &$Fenburg sa"s= Since

then,&iFenburg has made sure that her ancX and her t'o daughters, no' > and +*, get all of their

booster shots= She 'as also inoculated 'hile pregnant 'ith her no' +."ear.old son, Jaon= 3nd she insisted

ever"one including doctors, famil" members and even the hospital photographer got booster shots

before the" came near Jaon= $t is not clear 'here Brad" contracted 'hooping cough= Schuchat sa"s that is

precisel" 'h" co&&unities &ust &aintain high vaccination rates. Man'&ight not kno$ the' are carr'ing a disease ut can still econtagious and pass it on e%ore s'&pto&s arrive. R$t doesnOt have to be on an

airplane or at an airport= $t could be at a grocer" store or the concert "ou 'ent to,R Schuchat sa"s= During a)**A measles outbrea in San Diego, CDC ocials 'ere shoced to nd school districts 'here one in ve

children 'ere not vaccinated against the disease, she sa"s= Mast "ear, California had the largest number of

unprotected indergartners not vaccinated for their parentsO philosophical reasons; +,)+= #his "ear,

cases of measles had been reported b" 5arch= #he state had four cases b" that time last "ear=

ni=ueness 6es in;uence

Changing the &inds o% anti-vaccination parents ispossile no$ is ke'.*al&er 1# ?atie Palmer, senior associate editor at 6ired coveringscience and health, member of the Science, Health and Environmental

&eporting Program 1SHE&P@ at G7!Os 3rthur M= Carter Journalism $nstitute,recipient of the JeFre" :'en Jones 9ello'ship in Journalism, )*+0 12Ho' to%et Silicon 4alle"s 3nti.4aers to Change #heir 5inds8, 6ired, 9ebruar" +),3vailable :nline at http;


8/21

greater communit"s protection against disease= But 'elling at anti-va++ers $on5tchange their &inds'hich is 'hat 'e need most to prevent more outbreas= (hat egsthe =uestionH hat can turn the& around 3fter 'riting about ho' vaccinatedpeople got measles in California, $ read the comments posted about it on 9aceboo= A&ong theanti-va+ co&&enters,there 'ere a fe' science.hating, vitriol.slinging, homeopath".ha'ingoos= But the vast &a8orit' $ereYreasonale= #ae this person, for eample; Someonestrong enough to get the vaccine 1and thus be conferred limited immunit" for ).+* "ears@ is liel" strong

enough to handle the disease and conse(uentl" have real life.long immunit", 'hich is 'hat is reall"

needed for 2herd immunit"8 to actuall" 'or= #his person is 'rong, of course, but theres some scienceor

at least some attempts at using sciencein there= $ts 'orth repeating, clearl"; Fe%using vaccinesis a ad choice, ut anti-va++ers aren5t evil for maing that choice= Ever'parent $ho turns do$n a vaccine is si&pl' tr'ing to &ake the rightdecision %or their kid. As long as that &otivation e+ists, there5s achance that a parent can e convinced that vaccination is the sa%estchoice?%or their child, and those around the&. #o gure out ho' to turn that2no8 into a 2"es,8 its important to no' ho' that decision occurred in the rst place= 3s 3m" 6allace

eplained in a 6$&ED cover stor", vaccine re%usal co&es do$n to one e&otionH%ear.:r, in the current environment, the lac of it= #hans to the success of vaccination programs, man"

3mericans have never seen a single case of measlesthe" didnt get it themselves, and probabl" dontno' an"one 'hos had it= #hat interferes 'ith ho' the" process fear in t'o 'a"s= Gumber one, 'e get

responses lie this one 1from that same stor", on 9aceboo@; 5easles is not a dangerous disease, it is -ust a

normal childhood disease, its safer to get antibodies from the actual virus than from vaccines=

!nvaccinated children have higher and stronger immune s"stems, so the" ght it fastY 5easles has, for

man", become a h"pothetical disease= 3nd a h"pothetical disease isnt scar"= 2People become desensitized

to the seriousness of the disease 'hen the"re not eposed,8 sa"s ?ristin Hendri, a pediatric researcher at

$ndiana !niversit" School of 5edicine= 5easles 'as eradicated in the !S in )***, so even if "ouve seen a

case, "ou probabl" havent met someone 'ho pulled the short stra'; #he one person in +* 'ho gets an

ear infection, potentiall" resulting in deafness, or the one in )* 'ho gets pneumonia, or the one in +,***

'ho develops encephalitisor dies= 6hich leads us to number t'o= #he ris of vaccinesthe one in ,***

chance of seizure for the 55&, or the one in more than a million chance of a serious allergic reaction

starts to seem much bigger in comparison to those fading memories of measles past= 2Parents can be

scared ver" easil" b" hearing about potentiall" negative conse(uences,8 sa"s %ar" 9reed, a pediatricresearcher at the !niversit" of 5ichigan= 3nd the act of stabbing "our id in the arm 'ith a needle is far

more immediatel" threatening than the potential eposure to measles, especiall" if "oure counting on her

not being eposed to the disease in the rst place= 5" husband nearl" died from the tetanus vaccine 'hen

he 'as a id= 9ear is a po'erful, often irrational emotion= Go matter ho' man" times "ou drive home the

statistical near.impossibilit" of a negative vaccine reaction, its often overlooed in the face of a personal

anecdote= $f someone has a relative 'ho had a bad reaction to a vaccineor even a great.aunt on

9aceboo 'hose friends daughter became 'ithdra'n after onethe immediac" of that stor" 'ill carr"

more cognitive 'eight than numbers= Humans are big on narrative= Science 1usuall"@ is not= So no',

medical professionals and researchers must gure out ho' to use informationcold, impersonal factsin a

'a" that can counteract the po'er of that primal 1and inaccurate@ ris calculation= #hat -ob is far harder

than it used to be= Doctors once 'ere the primar" source of medical information, but no' its ever"'here

onlinesome of it true, some of it not, and the vast ma-orit" some'here in bet'een= #hats a problem,

because humans suFer from a ma-or case of conrmation bias= 26e see out and gravitate to'ardinformation that conrms 'hat 'e no' to be true,8 sa"s Hendri= Sometimes conrmation bias is so

etreme that it even turns positive messages into negative ones; :ne paper last "ear found that 'hile pro.

vaccine information corrected some misperceptions about vaccineslie the fallac" that it causes autism

reading it actuall" made some resolutel" anti.va parents even less liel" to vaccinate=

!nfortunatel", recent research has sho$n thatpresenting provaccine &essages and evidence to anti-va+ersonl'&akes the& eco&e &ore ingrained in their &isguidedelie%s. &esearchers dont have an" great ideas about ho' to change the 2sticiness8 of bad


9/21

information once it gets that distorted= /ut there5s hope. #here al'a"s have been a certainnumber of staunchl" anti.vaccine parentsresearchers estimate about ) percent of parents fall into that

camp, and that number isnt changing much= $ts asecond group o% parents and patients?the so-called vaccine-hesitantthat arethe ones fueling the re of vaccine refusal=

But the"re also the ones that still &a' e open to change . Doug Gpel isa

pediatrician at Seattle Childrens Hospital $orking to target those %ence-sitters $ith

individuall' tailored in%or&ation.2Parents themselves can have a hard time no'ing'here the" are, or the" dont full" disclose 'hat the" thin about vaccines in an appointment,8 sa"s :pel=

2#hat turns a pediatric appointment into a chess match=8 :pels shot at a solution is a +0.(uestion surve"

that gives parents a score on a scale of * to +**over 0*, and "oure much less liel" to vaccinate= Hes

most interested in targeting parents in that 0*.to.A* range, b" addressing their specic concerns in one.

on.one conversations instead of rel"ing solel" on an impersonal 4accine $nformation Statement from the

CDC= $ts not an eas" -ob; 3n" conversation he has 'ith a parent is going head.to.head 'ith personal

horror stories from 9aceboo friends and anti.vaccine celebrities= 26e no' that personal narratives and

anecdotes that are emotionall" laden are ver" persuasive,8 sa"s Hendri, 2and that people pla" into fear.

based information more than positive information=8 3nti.vaccine stories are so po'erful because the"

capitalize on both of those persuasive techni(ues= But t'o can pla" at that game= ith this &a8oroutreak?$hich has racked up 1< cases at last count?to pla' into

the %ear o% parents, and a potent narrative to oot16o', 'ere not even safein the Happiest Place on Earth@, this &ight 8ust e a pro-vaccine stor' that canchange so&e &inds. 2Nor&all', pro-vaccine &essages don5t have thesplash and the u"" o% a crisis,8 sa"s 9reed= 2No$ $e do.J It &a' 8ust ethat the anti-vaccine &ove&ent has created the outreak that couldkill it.

*ro-vaccination is changing &inds recent Cali%ornia&easles outreak is persuading @vaccine-hesitantJparents to get vaccinated.)rankel 1# #odd 9ranel, reporter for the 6ashington Post, teaches

-ournalism at !niversit" of 6ashington.St= Mouis, 'on several -ournalisma'ards, including a Gational Headliners 3'ard, Mivingston 3'ard nalist, anda member of the )** Pulitzer Prize nalist team for breaing ne', )*+0129orget Kanti.vaers= #he Disne" measles outbrea could change the mindsof an even more crucial group=8, #he 6ashington Post, Januar" )I, 3vailable:nline athttp;


10/21

eagerness $as di>erent,J !$anson said later. @I think it is changingpeople.J 5uch of the scrutin" in the Disne" measles outbrea has fallen on an entrenched anti.vaccination movement in places such as :range Count", Calif=, home to the t'o Disne" theme pars 'here

the outbrea gained its foothold= #hese 2anti.vaers8 are vie'ed as dead.set against vaccinations=

But doctors elieve the current outreak could change the &inds o% aless-kno$n ut even larger groupH parents $ho re&ain on the %ence

aout the shots. (hese @vaccine-hesitantJ parents have so&e doutaout vaccinations, leading the& to =uestion or skip so&e shots,stagger their deliver" or dela" them be"ond the recommended schedule= 3n estimated 0 to ++ percent of

!=S= parents have sipped at least one vaccination or dela"ed a shot, according to studies= #hat compares

to onl" + to percent of parents 'ho ob-ect to all vaccinations=/oosting co&pliance a&ongthe @vaccine hesitantJ population could have &a8or pulic healthi&plications, doctors sa", especiall" because last "ear the !nited States had its highest number ofmeasles cases since +>>= #he topic of 2vaccine hesitant8 patients has become the focus of a gro'ing

bod" of medical research in recent "ears= Doctors are tr"ing to understand 'hat triggers vaccine 'orries

and 'hich strategies 'or best for overcoming those fears= Doctors spend man" oce hours tr"ing to

convince these parents that the scientic evidence proves the shots are, in fact, safe and eFective= But

these hesitant parents have been bombarded b" con/icting information= 3nd the" dont vie' all of the

shots the same 'a"= #he vaccine to protect against measles, mumps and rubella faces particularl" strong

resistance as a result of thoroughl" discredited studies lining the vaccine to autism= So some parents,

even those generall" open to other vaccines, push to dela" or sip this one= #he shot is supposed to be

given at +) months and again at age = 2:ne of the problems that vaccines face no' is the" 'or too

'ell,8 said 5ichael Smith, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the !niversit" of Mouisville School of

5edicine in ?entuc", 'ho has studied vaccine.hesitant parents= Parents dont have eperience 'ith

measles, ho' children can become ver" ill and in rare cases suFer brain s'elling or even die, Smith said=

3t the same time, these parents are confronted 'ith stories about the uneplained rise in the !=S= autism

rate= 2$ can understand as a parent 'h" "oud sip the vaccine if "oud been convinced that its a choice

bet'een giving m" ids a shot or giving m" id autism,8 Smith said= But the Disne' outreakchanges the discussion. No$, doctors have an event to point to. (hethreat is no longer astract or distant. 2#his is denitel" going to be a taling pointthat pediatricians should eep in their bac pocets,8 Smith said= Studies have sho'n that 2anti.vaer8

parents are liel" to remain steadfast in their opposition= Barbara Moe 9isher, president of the Gational4accine $nformation Center, a group that raises doubts about the shots, said she 'as not convinced that

the Disne" outbrea 'as even a stor" about the dangers of being unvaccinated= 2$ dont thin 'e no'

completel" 'hats going on,8 9isher said= But ph"sicians such as ?athr"n Ed'ards of the 4anderbilt 4accine

&esearch Program said the measles vaccine is at least percent eFective after the second dose= 3nd

measles is one of the most communicable diseases, much more so than the /u= #he dangers posed b" the

disease have been forgotten= 5an" !=S= doctors have never even seen it= Ed'ards still recalls the onl"

patient she ever sa' 'ith measles, "ears ago 'hen she 'as a medical resident= He died= 2So $ have a lot of

respect for measles,8 Ed'ards said= 3t Boston Childrens Hospital, pediatrician Claire 5cCarth" said she is

al'a"s happ" 'hen parents decide to vaccinate their children against measles in particular= She 'orries

about the current situation in California= 3nd she plans to use the Disne" outbrea to tr" to convince

hesitant parents that vaccinations are the right choice= 2$ am planning on taling this one up a lot 'ith

families,8 5cCarth" said= 2$ thin this probabl" 'ill mae a diFerence=8

ni=ueness ooster anti-vaccination rink

Anti-vaccination &ove&ent is gaining &o&entu& no$ that5s leading to outreaks o% preventale disease case studies prove the long-ter& e>ects $ill ecatastrophic.


11/21

GLt 1 Paul :t, 3merican pediatrician specializing in infectiousdiseases and an epert on vaccines, immunolog", and virolog"Z co.inventor ofa rotavirus vaccine that has been credited 'ith saving hundreds of livesever" da"Z 5aurice &= Hilleman Professor of 4accinolog" and Professor ofPediatrics at the Perelman School of 5edicine at the !niversit" ofPenns"lvaniaZ Chief of the Division of $nfectious DiseasesZ member of theCenters for Disease Control 1CDC@ 3dvisor" Committee on $mmunizationPracticesZ 9ounding Board 5ember of the 3utism Science 9oundation, )*+12#he 3nti.4accination Epidemic8, 6all Street Journal, September ),3vailable :nline at http;


12/21

cater to their irrational beliefs= #hese parents are almost uniforml" highl" educated, but the" are maing

an uneducated choice= $tOs also a dangerous choice; Children not vaccinated against$hooping cough are ti&es &ore likel' to catch the disease.)urther&ore, aout #, people in the .!. can:t e vaccinated ,either because the" are receiving chemotherap" for cancer or immune.suppressive therapies for chronic

diseases, or because the" are too "oung= (he' depend on those around the& to e

vaccinated. Gther$ise, the' are o%ten the rst to su>er. And ecauseno vaccine is 14 e>ective, ever'one, even those $ho arevaccinated, is at so&e risk. Parents mightconsider $hat has happened inother countries $hen large nu&ers o% parents chose not tovaccinate their children. apan, for eample, 'hich had virtuall" eliminated 'hoopingcough b" +>, su>ered an anti-vaccine activist &ove&ent that causedvaccine rates to %all to 14 in 1320 %ro& B4 in 132. $n +>, more than+,*** cases of 'hooping cough and + deaths occurred as a result= Another prole&H esi&pl' don:t %ear these diseases an'&ore.5" parentsO generationchildren of the+)*s and +*sneeded no convincing to vaccinate their children= #he" sa' that 'hooping cough could

ill as man" as A,*** babies a "ear= 7ou didnOt have to convince m" generationchildren of the +0*s and

+I*sto vaccinate our children= 6e had man" of these diseases, lie measles, mumps, rubella and

chicenpo= But 'oung parents toda' don:t see the e>ects o% vaccine-preventale diseases and the' didn:t gro$ up $ith the&. )or the&,vaccination has eco&e an act o% %aith. Perhaps most upsetting 'as a recent stud"out of Seattle ChildrenOs Hospital and the !niversit" of 6ashington= Fesearchers $anted tosee $hether the $hooping cough epide&ic o% 1 had inspired&ore people to vaccinate their children. !o the' studied rates o%$hooping cough i&&uni"ation e%ore, during and a%ter theepide&ic. No di>erence. :ne can onl" conclude that the outbrea hadnOt been large enoughor frightening enough to change behaviorthat not enough children had died=/ecause $e:reun$illing to learn %ro& histor', $e are starting to relive it. Andchildren are the victi&s o% our ignorance. 3n ignorance that, ironicall", is cloaed ineducation, 'ealth and privilege=

Vaccination critics are gaining in;uence can even s$a'anti-va+ legislation.u&el 1# 3ndre' %umbel, foreign correspondent for #he %uardian inEurope, the 5iddle East, and the !nited States, )*+0 12!S states face erceprotests from anti.vaccine activists8, #he %uardian, 3pril +*, 3vailable :nlineat http;


13/21

that a disease declared eradicated +0 "ears ago is once again a public health threat= 3 health committee

meeting in Sacramento, the state capital, on 6ednesda" turned into a tense sho$do$net$een la$&akers seeking to argue that the science isune=uivocall' on the side o% universal vaccination, andactivistsaccusing the& o%being in the pocet of unscrupulous big pharmaceuticalcompanies= :ne activist, #err" &oar, told the state senate committee her child had died from a vaccine

and feared others could be net if parents lost the right to decide $hat $as intheir est interests. 2$nnocent people 'ill die,8 she said tearfull"= 2$nnocent children 'ill beilled=8 #he meeting degenerated at points into "elling and screaming, and t'o activists 'ere removed=

Ma'maers promoting the ne' la' 'ere tenacious in their o'n 'a", challenging the claim that the bill

'ould force vaccinations even on children 'ith legitimate medical reasons not to have them= 3 doctor

s"mpathetic to the anti.vaccination movement 'as ultimatel" forced to concede the bill contained no such

language= 2#he danger $ feel as a polic"maer is that 'hen assertions are made in public comment that

arent fact.based, thats irresponsible,8 state senatorHoll" Mitchellsaid= She and the co-sponsors o% the ill, a doctor from northern California and the son of a polio survivor fromsouthern California, have eco&e hate gures to the &ove&ent and the'and their sta> have een chased and shouted at. #he southern California co.sponsor, Ben 3llen, told the %uardian that 'hile man" of his detractors 'ere respectful hed also been

be'ildered b" 29aceboo memes of me as a Gazi doctor8= He added; 2Some of them have denitel"crossed a line=8 #he activists 'ere boosted b" the participation of a ?enned"; the environmentalist and civil

rights activist &obert 9 ?enned" Jr, son of the murdered attorne" general and nephe' of the murdered

president, 'ho has 'ritten a boo denouncing the use of mercur" traces in a vaccine ingredient, 'hich

repeated peer.revie'ed studies have found to be safe and 'hich has no' largel" been phased out=

?enned" sho'ed a documentar" based on his boo, spoe at a rall" and liened vaccinations to the

Holocaust= 5edical eperts and legislators supporting the bill sa" vaccinating as man" people as possible

is vital to provide so.called herd immunit" a degree of protection strong enough to cover infants too

"oung for vaccinations or those too sic to receive them= #he more alarmist, contrar" stor" of an out.of.

control medical establishment covering up the 2truth8 that vaccinations are responsible for an alarming

spie in children diagnosed 'ith autism is the vie' of a tin" minorit", perhaps 0 of the population= But

the minorit" is a striingl" vocal one= $n Gorth Carolina, state senator #err" 4an Du"nsa described theacklash to a illshe sponsored as 2ver" s'ift and ver" furious8= 2$t created an

environ&ent that &ade it diLcult to 8ust even talk aout it ,8 she told theGP& radio aliate in Charlotte=

INO

*FIVAC6 A! AN(I-VAPPEF!

1. (he plan uilds on the virtuous c'cle %or privac' tocreate &ore re%or&s.G"er 1 Gicole :zer, the #echnolog" and Civil Miberties Polic" Director at the 3CM! of GorthernCalifornia 13CM!.GC@, 'here she developed the organizationOs Demand 7our dot&ights online privac"

campaign, )*+) 12Putting :nline Privac" 3bove #he 9old; Building 3 Social 5ovement 3nd CreatingCorporate Change8 New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Meis@

3s noted in Part $, n))I one of the primar" challenges of establishing a privac" social movement is

sustainabilit"=hile the privac' co&&unit' has had success in the past inaddressing specic incidents, these successes did not initiall' leadto a coherent and sustainale privac' social &ove&ent= n))> Morerecentl', ho$ever, advocates have success%ull' leveraged theenviron&ental changesdiscussed in Part $$to $in specic attles to protectindividual privac'.(he privac' co&&unit' has also used those


14/21

victories to rein%orce the cli&ate %or change and support the

discussion necessar' to sustain the nascent social &ove&ent. (his

has helped to create a &uch-needed 9virtuous c'cle R nB in $hich

each success%ul advocac' e>ort rein%orces a$areness o% the ongoing

issues concerning online privac' and &akes it easier oth to

challenge specic practices in the %uture and to la' the ground$ork%or roader-reaching change .

. *lan shores up support %or privac' $hich spills over.G"er 1 Gicole :zer, the #echnolog" and Civil Miberties Polic" Director at the 3CM! of GorthernCalifornia 13CM!.GC@, 'here she developed the organizationOs Demand 7our dot&ights online privac"

campaign, )*+) 12Putting :nline Privac" 3bove #he 9old; Building 3 Social 5ovement 3nd Creating

Corporate Change8 New York University Review of Law & Social Change, Meis@

!nlie modern soft'are, privac' practices and la$s do not auto-update= (here&ust e sustained pulic pressure to support real change= Since)**,the privac' co&&unit' has een ale to leverage %actors to startto uild a viale social &ove&ent to push %or legal and polic'

change= (he ne+t several 'ears $ill e signicant in deter&ining$hether a privac' social &ove&ent is ale to gro$ and &ature lie theenvironmental movement' utili"ing recent successes and current attentionto put do$n roots, &oili"e road pulic support, and achieve &a8orre%or&s. It is m" hope that, b" re/ecting on recent successes related to online privac", identif"ingfactors that have contributed to these advances, and N[)A+\ suggesting a focus for privac" 'or that can

reinforce these factors and brea do'n remaining obstacles, this article contributes to the discussion of

'h" and ho' the privac" communit" should build and sustain a viable social movement= $f the privac"

communit" can continue building the necessar" infrastructure and taing the strategic polic" steps

necessar" to increase transparenc" about ho' an individualOs o'n information /o's through the data

ecos"stem, it 'ill be possible to sustain a large.scale social movement to ensure that, as technolog"

advances, privac" protections are safeguarded in the modern digital 'orld=

FIK(! AN(I-VAPPEF!

ENEFIC

1. )ra&ing the deate in ter&s o% rights is dangerous the language o% @choiceJ and @%reedo&J convenientl'

8usties anti-vaccination that endangers societ' as a$hole.(hornton 1# Paul #hornton, Mos 3ngeles #imes letters editor, )*+012:pinion 4accine septics and Chris Christie sa" itOs about choice= #he"Ore'rong8, M3 #imes, 9ebruar" ), 3vailable :nline at

http;


15/21

surprise that vaccine skeptics have no$ changed the su8ect %ro&theirrightl" ridiculed nonscientic clai&s on autis& to the %reedo& toparent as the' $ish -- in other $ords, to &ake their o$n choices.And it appears the':ve convinced Ge' Jerse" %ov=Chris Christie 1or ma"benot@,$ho sa's that even though vaccinating children is crucial and that hiso'n ids got their shots,choice is great too, and parents deserve to have

so&e $hen it co&es to stopping the spread o% co&&unicaleillness . 7es, 'e can note the iron" of this being the same governor 'ho recentl" loced a nurse in atent to protect Ge' Jerse" from an Ebola virus this 'oman 'asnOt carr"ing, but thatOs beside the point=

6hatOs important is that Christie:s state&ent1"ou might even call it gaFe@ representsthe latest strateg' %or the vaccine skepticsH (he':re tr'ing to $inapologists %or their cause, not an argu&ent on the eLcac' o%vaccines . 6hether "ou agree 'ith them doesnOt matter .. "ou could even ridicule their eForts to passoF fraud as science in lining vaccination to autism= /ut %reedo& is a core A&ericanvalue, and ever'one deserves to &ake his or her o$n choices,especiall' $hen it co&es to parenting. (his is Christie:s logic.Christie isn:t the onl' one &aking this argu&ent .3s $Ove noted before, thisappeal to choice has replaced autis& asour letter 'ritersO pre%erred anti-

vaccine argu&ent .$n response an editorial last 'ee calling for an end to CaliforniaOs personal.belief eemption for parents 'ho 'ould rather not vaccinate their children, a s&all hand%ul o%readers h'perolicall' accused (he (i&es: editorial oard o% %avoringtotalitarianis& Qone said, 9!orr', ut $e don5t live in Na"ier&an'9R. *reviousl', a readerfrom Gevada 'hose letter 'as published .. much to thedisma" of at least a dozen others 'ho sent us their o'n responses to their letter .. $rotethat 9%reedo& &eans choice. *lain and si&ple. ithout choice, $eare not a de&ocrac' .RHe continued; RIt is &' choice $hether or not I $antto e vaccinated. It is 'our choice $hether or not to $ash 'ourhands or take asic pulic health precautions. It is an individual:schoice $hether he or she $ants to ga&le $ith their child:s li%e. It isnot 'our place to sa' $hat the' have to do.9 Kere5s the prole&H

(his isn5t aout choice, and vaccine skeptics: use o% %reedo& insteado% autis&as their ne' cri de coeur e+poses the 8o'%ul sel%-centeredness o%their ostinac' . 3n" pediatrician 1'ell, perhaps not all pediatricians@ 'ill tell "ou a parentOsdecision to vaccinate is as much about other children as their o'n= Parents 'ho vaccinate their children

not onl" protect their o'n ids as 'ell as pic up some of the slac for the mothers and fathers 'ho

refusedvaccination, the" also help to protect those 'ho cannot get immunized= $tOs sad for an"one to come

do'n 'ith a preventable disease, but lost in our focus latel" on the children of vaccine.septical parents

'ho have come do'n 'ith measles are those 'ho rel" on the rest of us 'ho can choose to immunize to

mae the right choice= #hese people .. organ transplant recipients, cancersurvivors and in%ants, among others .. &ight not have the choice thatChristie and others cha&pion.

. (he vaccination deate $ill co&e do$n to rights !/22 proves.Kerert 1# Steven Herbert, Gight Editor of Cit" Ge's Service, )*+012:pponents of ne' California vaccination la' gathering signatures tooverturn it8, M3 Dail" Ge's, Jul" +0, 3vailable :nline athttp;


16/21

Gpponents o% !/ 22, a recentl' signed la$ re=uiringalmostall schoolchildren in Cali%ornia to e vaccinated against diseases such as measlesand 'hooping cough, received permission 6ednesda" to egin gathering signatures that$ould =uali%' a re%erendu& to overturn it. @(his re%erendu& is notaout vaccinations. It is aout de%ending the %unda&ental %reedo&o% a parent to &ake an in%or&ed decisions %or their children $ithout

eing undul' penali"ed ' a govern&ent that elieves it kno$sest,J said %or&er Asse&l'&an (i& Donnell', the re%erendu&5sproponent . 4alid signatures from I0,AA* registered voters 0 percent of the total votes cast forgovernor in the )*+ general election must be submitted b" Sept= )A to (ualif" the measure for the

Govember )*+I ballot, according to Secretar" of State 3le Padilla= W]3; 6hat "ou need to no' about

Californias ne' SB )>> $f the attempt to overturn SB )>> (ualies for the ballot, its provisions 'ould be

suspended= #he bill, signed into la' b" %ov= Jerr" Bro'n on June *, eliminates vaccination eemptions

based on religious or personal beliefs= $t 'ill re(uire all children entering indergarten to be vaccinated

unless a doctor certies that a child has a medical condition, such as allergies, preventing it= #he

legislation 'as prompted in part b" an outbrea of measles traced to Disne"land that began in late

December and ultimatel" spread to more than +* people across the state= Cases 'ere also reported in

3rizona, California, Colorado, Gebrasa, :regon, !tah and 6ashington state=


17/21

4accination 4accination is a medical procedure that has been elevated to a sacrosanct status b" those in

control of the medical.model based health care s"stem for the past t'o centuries= 4accination is no' being

proclaimed as the most important scientic discover" and public health intervention in the histor" of

medicine= + +0 +I !sing religious s"mbols and crusading language, medical scientists describe

vaccination as the Hol" %rail= +> +A + )* 4accines, the" sa", are going to eradicate all causes of sicness

and death from the earth and an"one 'ho doubts that is an ignorant fool= )+ )) ) ) )0 $n the +>*s,

pediatrician and health freedom pioneer &obert 5endelsohn, 'ho described himself as a medical heretic,'arned that medical science has become a religion and doctors have turned the act of vaccination into

2the ne' sacrament=8 )I In the 1st centur', i% 'ou refuse to believe that vaccination is amoral and civic dut" anddare to =uestion vaccine sa%et' or advocate %or thelegal right to decline one or &ore govern&ent reco&&endedvaccines, "ou are in danger of being branded an anti.science heretic, a traitor and a threat to thepublic health= )> )A6ou are vie$ed as a person o% interest $ho deserves toe hu&iliated, silenced and punished %or 'our dissent.) * + )Eercising 9reedom of #hought, Speech and 3utonom" 2#o learn 'ho rules over "ou, simpl" nd out 'ho

"ou are not allo'ed to criticize,8 said 4oltaire, the great +Ath centur" 'riter during the 3ge of

Enlightenment, 'ho 'as imprisoned several times in the Bastille for defending freedom of thought and

speech before the 9rench &evolution= 3s contentious as the public conversation about vaccination, health

and autonom" has become, 'e cannot be afraid to have it= (here has never een a etter

ti&e to challenge those ruling our health care $ith an iron st . 6e havethe po'er and all 'e need to do is eercise it= $nformation is Po'er e have the toolsin the )+stcentur" to bring about a modern 3ge of Enlightenment 0 that $ill lierate the people so$e can take ack our %reedo& and our health=#he electronic communications revolutionhas provided a global platform for us to access the Mibrar" of 5edicine I and evaluate the (ualit" and

(uantit" of vaccine science used to mae public health polic" and create vaccine la's= #he 6orld 6ide

6eb allo's us to circumvent the paid mainstream media dominated b" industr" and governments and

publicl" communicate in detail on our computers, tablets and smart phones eactl" 'hat happened to our

health or our childs health after vaccination= > A * 6e are connected 'ith each other in a 'a" that

'e have never been before and it is time to tal about vaccines and microbes and the true causes of poor

health= $t is time to face the fear that 'e and our children 'ill get sic and die if 'e dont believe and do

'hat those 'e have allo'ed to rule our health care s"stem 'ith an iron st tell us to believe and do= 6ho

6ill Control the 5ulti.#rillion Dollar !=S= Health Care S"stemL hat is at stake in thisdeate et$een citi"ens challenging the status =uo and thoseresisting constructive change isH ho $ill control the &ulti-trilliondollar .!. health care s'ste&+ $f people have the right to no' and freedom to chooseho' to heal and sta" health", a free people ma" thin independentl" and choose to spend their mone" on

something diFerent from 'hat the" have been carefull" taught to spend their mone" on right no'= ) A%ree people &a' re8ect sole reliance on the e+pensive and , somesa", ine>ective phar&aceutical-ased &edical &odelthat has dominated !Shealth care for t'o centuries= 0 3 free people ma" refuse to bu" and eat %5: foods= I A %reepeople &a' $alk a$a' %ro& doctors, $ho threaten and punishpatients %or re%using to oe' orders to get an annual ;u shot ordecline to give their children ever' single govern&ent reco&&ended

vaccine on schedule no e+ceptions and no =uestions asked.> #hemost rational and compelling arguments for defending health freedom, including vaccine freedom ofchoice, are grounded in ethics, la', science and economics= (he hu&an right to voluntar',in%or&ed consent to vaccination is the est e+a&ple o% $h'A&ericans &ust not $ait an' longer to stand up and de%end $ithoutco&pro&ise the inalienale right to autono&'and protection of bodil" integrit"=

*FIVAC6


18/21

1. (he right to privac' eco&es a tool %or anti-vaccination parents to re%use vaccination i&&uni"ation is seen as an @intrusionJ.)riedersdor% 1# Conor 9riedersdorf, staF 'riter at #he 3tlantic, 'here he focuses on politicsand national aFairs, holds a 5asters degree in Journalism from Ge' 7or !niversit" and B3 in Politics,

Philosoph", and Economics from Pomona College, )*+0 12Should 3nti.4aers Be Shamed or PersuadedL8,#he 3tlantic, 9ebruar" , 3vailable :nline at http;


19/21

given disease, and the vaccine against it, but also on the (uestion of 'hether such a la' 'ould reall" improve public

health outcomes=

CGN!(I((IGN

1. Anti-vaccination proponents ase their argu&ents inthe Constitution too according to this anti-va+er, it5s a@ght %or inalienale rights to %reedo&J)isher 1 Barbara Moe 9isher, Co.founder ] President of the Gational4accine $nformation Center, )*+ 124accination; Defending 7our &ight to?no' and 9reedom to Choose8, Gational 4accine $nformation Center,Govember +, 3vailable :nline at http;


20/21

and taing action 'ith calls, letters, emails and personal testimon", in )*+ Colorado citizens 'ere

inspired to do the same 'hen the personal belief vaccine eemption 'as attaced in that state= Because in

)*+) enough people in California did not sit bac and assume the -ob of defending health freedom 'ould

get done b" someone else, in )*+ enough people in Colorado did not assume it 'ould get done b"

someone else= 0> 3nd this time, 'e 'ere able to hold the line and protect the personal belief vaccine

eemption in that state from being eliminated or restricted= 0A #his time, there 'ere enough la'maers in

Colorado, 'ho listened and carefull" considered the evidence= 0 #he" did not cave in to pressure%ro& drug industr', govern&ent and &edical trade lo'ists laelinga &inorit' o% citi"ens as @ignorant,J @selsh,J @cra"'J and in need o%having their parental and civil rights taken a$a' %or de%ending thehu&an right to sel% deter&ination and in%or&ed consent to vaccinerisk-taking . #he &ight to 5ae a &is Decision Belongs to 7ou $ do not tell an"one 'hat riss to taeand never 'ill= (he right and responsiilit' %or &aking a risk decisionelongs to the person taking the risk.6hen "ou become informed and thin rationall"about a ris "ou or "our child 'ill tae . and then follo' "our conscience . "ou o'n that decision= 3nd 'hen

"ou o'n a decision, "ou can defend it= 3nd once "ou can defend it, "ou 'ill be read" to do 'hatever it

taes to ght %or 'our %reedo& to &ake it, no &atter $ho tries toprevent 'ou %ro& doing that . Einstein; 2Gever do an"thing against conscience8 3lbert

Einstein, 'ho rised arrest in %erman" in the +*s 'hen he spoe out against censorship andpersecution of minorities, said, 2Gever do an"thing against conscience even if the State demands it=8 I $t

taes strength to act independentl"= 6hen the herd is all running to'ard the cliF, the one running in the

opposite direction seems craz"= People 'ho thin rationall" and act independentl" even 'hen the ma-orit"

does not, ma" be the onl" ones to surviveT %andhi; 2Spea 7our 5ind8 %andhi 'as often persecuted b" the

ruling ma-orit" for challenging their authorit" and using non.violent civil disobedience to publicl" dissent=

He said, 2Gever apologize for being correct, for being ahead of "our time= $f "oure right and "ou no' it,

spea "our mind= Even if "ou are a minorit" of one, the truth is still the truth=8 I0 Sharing 'hat "ou no'

to be true empo'ers others to mae conscious choices= JeFerson; 2#he 5inorit" Possess #heir E(ual

&ights8 (he authors o% the .!. Constitution &ade sure to includestrong language securing individual lierties, including %reedo& o%thought, speech and conscience .#he" did that because man" of the familiesimmigrating to 3merica had personall" faced discrimination and persecution in other countries for holding

beliefs diFerent from the ruling ma-orit"= $n his rst Presidential inaugural address, #homas JeFerson'arned; 23ll, too, 'ill bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the 'ill of the ma-orit" is in all cases

to prevail, that 'ill to be rightful must be reasonableZ that the minorit" posses their e(ual rights, 'hich

e(ual la' must protect, and to violate 'ould be oppression=8 II %etting 4accinated $s Got 3 Patriotic

3ct (here is no liert' &ore %unda&entall' a natural, inalienale rightthan the %reedo& to think independentl' and follo' "our conscience 'hen choosing'hat "ou 'ill ris "our life or "our childs life for= And that is $h' voluntar', in%or&edconsent to &edical risk taking is a hu&an right.

6E! !*IGVEF

1. 6es spillover anti-vaccination advocates use Court

cases, pro-choice rhetoric, and even MGs to 8usti%'their elie%s.Mcough 1# 5ichael 5c%ough, Mos 3ngeles #imes senior editorial 'riter that 'rites aboutla', national securit", politics, foreign polic" and religion, holds a 5asters degree in la' from 7ale Ma'

School, )*+0 12:pinion; 3 Supreme Court (uote anti.vaers 'ill love8, M3 #imes, 9ebruar" 0, 3vailable

:nline at http;


21/21

#he Supreme Court has recognized the right of parents to mae choices for their children #he anti.

vaccination movement has an interesting connection to the -udiciall" created right to abortion 4accination

is the latest test of parental authorit" (he re%usal o% &an' parents to vaccinatetheir children against &easles has eco&e a political stor' .Some 1but notall@ &epublican presidential hopefuls are giving aid and comfort to anti.vaers= 5ean'hile, some have

argued 1unpersuasivel"@ that President :bama is guilt" of the same sort of pandering= :utside the realm of

electoral politics, a debate rages over 'hether credulit" about the 2dangers8 of vaccination is primaril" afeature of right.leaning libertarians or liberals 'ho also harbor ridiculous fears about geneticall" modied

food= Go one to m" no'ledge has mentioned that the anti-vaccination &ove&ent alsohas an interesting connection to the !upre&e Court and the

8udiciall' created right to aortion. In 13#, in *ierce vs. !ociet' o%!isters, the court struck do$n on constitutional grounds an Gregonla$ that re=uired children to attend onl' pulic schools .&uling in favor ofan order of Catholic nuns and a militar" academ", the court held that the la$@unreasonal' inter%eres $ith the liert' o% parents and guardiansto direct the upringing and education o% children.J #he decision includes thisfamous sentence; 2#he child is not the mere creature of the stateZ those 'ho nurture him and direct his

destin" have the right, coupled 'ith the high dut", to recognize and prepare him for additional

obligations=8 (his ringing aLr&ation o% parental authorit' continues toresonate in conservative and liertarian circles . #he 'ebsite of the Home SchoolMegal Defense 3ssn= sa"s it 'as established 2to defend and advance the constitutional right of parents to

direct the education of their children and to protect famil" freedoms=R In A&erican la$ as $ellas in A&erican culture, parents rule . . But does the Constitution reall" give parents thepo'er to decide ho' their ids 'ill be educatedL Got eplicitl", but the court located such a right in the

+th 3mendment, 'hich sa"s that no state ma" 2deprive an" person of life, libert", or propert", 'ithout

due process of la'=8 $n a previous decision, the court had said that libert" 2denotes not merel" freedom from bodil" restraint8 but

also a constellation of other fundamental rights= No$ %or the aortion connection.#he landmar &oe vs= 6ade decision cites Pierce vs=

Societ" of Sisters= Mie the right to shape "our childOs education, a 'omans right to abortion 1rooted in a larger right of privac"@ is derived

from a broad reading of 2libert"=8 5an" 3mericans are oFended b" the idea that abortion rights are fundamentalZ but some of those same

people 'ould enthusiasticall" agree 'ith the court that parents have a constitutional right to shape the upbringing of their children .. 'hether

the issue is education or medical care= $m not sa"ing that the Supreme Court necessaril" 'ould strie do'n a la' re(uiring vaccination 'ith

no eemptions= Butthe court5s state&ent that @the child is not the &erecreature o% the stateJ isn5t that %ar re&oved %ro& Ge' Jerse" %ov= ChrisChristies insistence in his vaccination commentsthat @parents need to have so&e&easure o% choice in things as $ell.J3 reader complained that $ Rsaid, basicall", thatthe !=S= Supreme Court supports parentsO rights over health concerns on vaccinations, citing a parochial

school case from +)0= #he analog" is incorrectZ the Supreme Court clearl" stated in +*0 that health

concerns -ustif" mandator" vaccinations=R 3ctuall" $ didnOt sa" that the Supreme Court 'ould strie do'n a

re(uirement that children be vaccinated= $n fact, $ 'rote; R$Om not sa"ing that the Supreme Court

necessaril" 'ould strie do'n a la' re(uiring vaccination 'ith no eemptions=R 5" point 'asthe!upre&e Court hadused ver' e+pansive language aout parentalrights si&ilar to that e&plo'ed ' opponents o% vaccination1andsupporters of home.schooling@= But $ should have mentioned the +*0 ruling, 'hich involved the

prosecution of an adult 'ho declined to be vaccinated for smallpo= 1HereOs the courtOs ruling in Jacobson

vs= 5assachusetts=@

vaccine da

Documents