NVIC Vaccine Conference November 7-9, 2002

VACCINE CONFERENCE TO SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION
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> On November 7-9, 2002, the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) > will mark its 20th year of preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through > public education by hosting the Third International Public Conference on > Vaccination at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia > (just minutes from Reagan National Airport). In what promises to be its most > historic conference yet, NVIC will explore the association between > vaccination and chronic disease and disability by bringing together > distinguished speakers from the United States and around the world to once > again shine a bright spotlight on vaccine injury and death and questionable > one-size-fits-all mass vaccination policies.
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> The conference will feature more than 27 speakers with a broad spectrum > of expertise, including immunology, epidemiology, genetics, biochemistry, > microbiology, chiropractic, family practice, psychology, constitutional and > public health law and bioethics. Topics will range from mercury-in vaccines > and autism; anthrax vaccine and Gulf War illness; SV-40 in vaccines and > cancer to conflicts of interest in clinical trials.
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> A special fund raising dinner will be held Friday night for British
> gastroenterologist Andrew Wakefield, M.D., whose ground breaking research > into MMR vaccine and regressive autism has made him the best known MMR > vaccine critic. Dr. Wakefield will speak out about "Truth and Consequences > in Science" as he relates what happened to him personally and professionally > when he tried to tell the truth about what he discovered during the course > of his research. Saturday night's dinner speaker will be best selling > medical novel author, Michael Palmer, M.D., whose vaccine thriller, FATAL (Bantam), made it to the New York Times best seller list this past May after > only four days on the market.
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> In what promises to be an important public statement on the threat to > freedom in America posed by the CDC-funded Model State Emergency Health > Powers Act being enacted in almost every state, internationally renowned > public health law and bioethics expert, George Annas, J.D., MPH, will speak > on "Bioterrorism, Public Health and Civil Liberties." The threat to the > religious exemption to vaccination will be analyzed by constitutional lawyer > Mathew Staver, J.D., of Liberty Counsel. Lynn Friedman, D.C., whose son was > thrown out of school after his religious exemption to vaccination was > revoked and whose federal court case is on appeal in New York, will talk > about the harassment she has suffered at the hands of state officials > zealously enforcing mandatory vaccination laws.
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> NVIC's First and Second International Conferences on Vaccination, held in > 1997 and 2000 were attended by more than 1,000 parents, health care > providers, legislative staff members, lawyers, media representatives, public > health officials and members of health and vaccine safety advocacy > organizations from the U.S., Canada and Europe. The vaccine conference, > which is the only one of its kind coordinated by non-governmental, non-industry sponsors, is distinguished by the unique energy and excitement > generated when the brightest and bravest of health care professionals and > vaccine safety advocates come together to speak out about one of the most > controversial health care topics today.
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> For the conference agenda, speakers and events go to www.909shot.com.
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