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The National Vaccine ThirdInternational Information Center PublicConferenceon Vaccination2002 November 7-9, 2002 CrystalGateway MarriottHotel Arlington,Virginia “Truth in Science: The Right to Know and The Freedom to Decide” Program Welcome DearFriends, As mothers of children, who suffered serious reactions to DPT vaccine and as co-founders of the National Vaccine Information Center, we welcome you to the Third International Public Conference on Vaccination. This year, the National Vaccine Information Center marks its 20th year of work to prevent vaccine injuries and deaths through public education. We are grateful to the many parents, grandparents and concerned citizens who support our work and have made it possible for so many distinguished speakers to share information with you. Our goal, as always, is to promote open and responsible discussion about what is and is not known about vaccination in order to encourage well designed research into the biological mechanisms of vaccine injury and death; the long term, chronic effects of multiple vaccination on individual and public health; the identification of genetic and other biological high risk factors; and the development of therapies to reduce or eliminate vaccine-induced neurological and immune system dysfunction. We also support the exploration of health care alternatives for preventing illness and maintaining health that are changing the face of medicine and providing new therapies for the vaccine injured. Finally, we are committed to defending the human right of all people to make informed, voluntary decisions about medical interventions which can cause injury or death, including vaccination. Our work and this conference is dedicated to the children, who had no voice and had no choice, and who lost their lives or their health and had their futures forever changed by public health policies promoted and enforced in the absence of adequate scientific knowledge about adverse responses to vaccination. We believe that a wise and compassionate society is one that values the life of each individual enough to commit the will and resources to honestly seek, discover and embrace the truth, no matter what that truth turns out to be, so that action can be taken to ensure that lives are not carelessly sacrificed in the name of the public good. For us, it has always been about saving one life at a time. We have no doubt that if you take what you learn at the Third International Public Conference on Vaccination and share it with your family, friends and colleagues, you will spare at least one child and family the tragedy of suffering a life-altering vaccine reaction. With kindest regards. Barbara Loe Fisher, President & Co-founder Kathi Williams, Vice President & Co-founder TruthinScience TheRighttoKnowandthe FreedomtoDecide AnecdotalEvidence ShowstheWay TheStarfish From the time British physician There was a young man walking down a Edward Jenner created the small- deserted beach just before dawn. In the distance pox vaccine in 1796 through the he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man, he saw him 20th century when human popula- picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea. tions were exposed to multiple vi- The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and ral and bacterial vaccines in early again threw the small starfish from the sand to the water. He asked, childhood, there have been persis- “Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to tent anecdotal reports of serious be a waste of time? health problems following vaccina- The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die if tion. Most of these health prob- left in the morning sun. lems have occurred in previously “But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of star- healthy individuals, although for fish!” exclaimed the young man. “How can you make any differ- some there was a worsening of a ence?” pre-existing condition. In others, The old man looked at the small starfish in his hand and, as he were warning signs of potential threw it to the safety of the sea, he said, “It makes a difference to high risk factors that could have this one!” predicted a vaccine reaction was - Author Unknown likely to occur. There has always been a com- pelling pattern to these anecdotal Conference on Vaccination will century, there has been a corre- reports of vaccine-induced acknowledge the importance of sponding dramatic increase in neuroimmune dysfunction and, yet, these anecdotal reports, which chronic disease and disability medical science has written off point the way to the need for mean- among children and young adults. most as “coincidences” and of no ingful research into the causes and The numbers of children with real value in determining cause and treatments for vaccine-induced learning disabilities, attention defi- effect. So the individual reports brain and immune system dysfunc- cit disorder and asthma have continue to mount as the pattern tion. doubled; diabetes has tripled; and becomes more obvious, waiting for autism has increased 200 to 600 acknowledgement, in-depth inves- TruthinScience percent in most states in America. tigation and credible analysis by The question yet to be answered by industry, government and medical As infectious diseases in child- medical science is: why? organizations promoting mass vac- hood have dropped to dramatic new After more than a century of cination with multiple vaccines. lows in the U.S., Canada and Eu- persistent reports in the medical lit- The Third International Public rope during the past quarter erature that vaccinations can induce TruthinScience TheRighttoKnowandthe FreedomtoDecide chronic immune and neurological to health care alternatives which dysfunction, the Third Interna- enhance the functioning of the im- tional Public Conference on Vac- mune system. Today, there are a cination has brought together dis- growing number of enlightened tinguished speakers representing a physicians and health care provid- wide range of expertise, including ers who reject the one-size-fits-all pediatrics, immunology, epidemi- approach of mass vaccination poli- ology, pharmacology, gastroenter- cies and are using more individu- ology, organic chemistry, physics, alized, complementary and integra- genetics, internal medicine, chiro- tive approaches to the prevention practic, osteopathy, family practice, and treatment of illness. At this emergency medicine, family and conference, pioneering clinicians child development, psychology and and researchers will talk about how other specialties to discuss the bio- and why the innovative therapies logical mechanisms and possible they have developed are so success- high risk factors for adverse re- ful in helping to heal children sponses to vaccination. Pioneering whose mental regression and im- researchers will present the results mune dysfunction suddenly devel- of their investigation into how and oped after vaccination. why vaccines can cause a wide level has focused on tracking ev- range of neuroimmune dysfunction Technology,TheLawand ery citizen’s health status; develop- including learning disabilities, at- InformedConsentto ing mechanisms for the quarantine tention deficit disorder, autism, ar- and forced vaccination of citizens; thritis, convulsions, inflammatory Vaccination and protecting vaccine manufactur- bowel disease, chronic fatigue, ers and providers from liability for asthma and other chronic, serious While rapid advances in new vaccine injuries and deaths. At the health problems. technology have the potential to same time, there are serious ques- generate valuable information tions being raised about the threat TheParadigmShift about vaccination outcomes, this to our medical privacy, our civil lib- same new technology is enabling erties and the freedom to make life After exploring the biological government and industry to iden- and death health care choices for basis for adverse responses to vac- tify and track all citizen’s medical ourselves and our children. At this cination, doctors will address the records and vaccination status. In conference, technology and legal paradigm shift that is occurring in the wake of terrorist attacks on experts, bioethicists and informed health care as modern medicine’s America and the call by some for consent advocates will talk about exclusive reliance on vaccines and mass vaccination with smallpox protecting our legal and human other pharmaceutical products to and other bioterrorism vaccines, right to make informed, voluntary prevent and treat illness gives way legislation at the state and federal vaccination decisions. ConferenceSchedule THURSDAY 4:30 - 4:45 p.m. 9:45 - 10:15 a.m. Jeana Smith Paul Fawcett, Ph.D. November7 “My Son’s Regression into Autism “Lyme Vaccine and Neuroimmune after Vaccination” Dysfunction” ANECDOTALEVIDENCE 4:45 - 5:30 p.m. 10:15 - 10:30 a.m. SHOWSTHEWAY Paul Shattock, MRPharmS BREAK “Measles, Chickenpox and 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Neuroimmune Dysfunction” 10:30 - 11:00 a.m. REGISTRATION Eric Hurwitz, Ph.D., D.C. 5:30 - 6:00 p.m. “Vaccination and Allergic Disease” 1:00 p.m. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS WELCOME AND ORIENTATION WITH AUDIENCE 11:00 - 11:45 a.m. Walter Schumm, Ph.D. 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. “Anthrax Vaccine and Chronic Major Sonnie Bates (Ret.) DINNER ON YOUR OWN Illness” “Anthrax Vaccination in the Military: One Pilot’s Story” 8:00 - 10:00 p.m. 11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. TESTIMONIALS AND QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1:45 - 2:15 p.m. NETWORKING WITH AUDIENCE Karen Vanderhoof-Forschner “Lyme Disease and Lyme Vaccine: FRIDAY 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. A Mother’s Perspective” LUNCH November8 2:15 - 2:45 p.m. 1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Stanley Kops, J.D. TRUTHINSCIENCE John Lednicky, Ph.D. “Polio Vaccine, Neurovirulence “SV-40 and Human Cancers” and SV-40” 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. REGISTRATION 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. 2:45 - 3:15 p.m. Boyd Haley, Ph.D. Kihura Nkuba 8:20 - 8:30 a.m. “Mercury and Brain Dysfunction” “Polio Vaccine Campaigns in WELCOME AND Africa” ORIENTATION 2:30 - 3:00 p.m.
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