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VaccinationIt is almost beyond the comprehension of sane people that there should be organised opposition to vaccines. A special place should be reserved in Hell for the people who want to kill or maim children by preventing them from receiving vaccinations. This is a special case of health fraud, because most of the other sorts at least pretend to cure something. The sites listed here provide factual information about the benefits and risks of vaccines. (A list of anti-vaccination liars can be found at The Millenium Project.) Articles about vaccination from The Millenium Project:
Some articles by other people.
books about vaccination.
There are sites listed in this category. Comments censored from the anti-vaccination Age of Autism site The Allied Vaccine Group is comprised of websites dedicated to presenting valid scientific information about the sometimes confusing subject of vaccines. Think of this page as your portal to the real world of vaccines, a world based on scientific research, followed by honest disclosure of the research results -- pro and con. American Academy of Pediatrics Andrew Wakefield: misguided maverick (Michael Fitzpatrick) Answering Immunization Critics The purpose of this web page is to provide medical professionals with background information and practical resources that will help them discuss immunization with concerned parents or patients. The Anti-Immunization Activists: A Pattern of Deception (Edward R. Friedlander) Antivaccination Article annotated by Dr Horwitz (Jim Horowitz) A pack of lies titled "Dispelling Vaccination Myths" by Alan Phillips is reproduced in several places on the Internet. A real doctor has taken the time to address the sophistry, statistical misrepresentations and outright lies in Phillips' article. The Australian Council Against Health Fraud "The Australian Council Against Health Fraud Inc is a non-profit association which focuses on health misinformation, fraud, and quackery as public health problems. Our positions are based upon the principles of science that underlie consumer protection law". Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition 2008 The Handbook provides practitioners with clear guidance on vaccination, including vaccination procedures, the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule, catch-up vaccination, vaccination for special risk groups and reporting requirements for adverse events and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. The Handbook also provides an accessible summary of vaccine preventable diseases in Australia. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is dedicated to improving people's lives by sharing advances in health and learning with the global community. CDC - National Immunization Program CDC National Vaccine Program Office This site provides pertinent information about childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations. You will find publications and reports on vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization registries. Childhood Immunization Support Program A project of the American Academy of Pediatrics Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD, Inc.) Children's Healthcare Is a Legal Duty (CHILD, Inc.) is a non-profit national membership organization established in 1983 to protect children from abusive religious and cultural practices, especially religion-based medical neglect. CHILD opposes religious exemptions from duties of care for children. Promoting equal access to new and lifesaving vaccines worldwide. Concerns about immunisation (Helen Bedford and David Elliman (BMJ)) "Immunisation against infectious disease has probably saved more lives than any other public health intervention, apart from the provision of clean water." Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Full text of The Pink Book, 8th Edition. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust Immunisation - the safest way to protect your child Immunisation Myths and Realities: Responding to arguments against immunisation This book from the Australian federal Health Department is designed to inform immunisation providers of the benefits of immunisation and responses to anti immunisation arguments, addressing myths about immunisation. (483Kb pdf file) Immunisation is a simple, safe and effective way of protecting children against certain diseases. The risks of these diseases are far greater than the very small risks of immunisation. This site provides information on standard childhood immunisation. It is based on accurate information available at this time and will help to make informed decisions about immunisation. Immunization Educational and Training Materials Infectious Diseases in Children Issues in Immunization (Lon Morgan) This site is intended as a source of supplemental factual information on the topic of immunization/vaccination. Since this topic is rife with misinformation, misrepresentation, and blatant fear-mongering, we will carefully document all information with current, verifiable, scientifically credible sources. This website is designed to give you all the facts about MMR so you can decide for yourself what is best for your child. You will find a massive amount of information about the MMR vaccine covering news stories as they break through to detailed scientific research into safety. MMR: injection of fear (Michael Fitzpatrick) MMR: the making of junk science (Michael Fitzpatrick) Myths of immunity (Michael Fitzpatrick) National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome Some real information about shaken baby syndrome to counter the lies told by the people who deny its existence and blame it on vaccines. National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Network for Immunization Information The National Network for Immunization Information (NNii) provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare professionals, the media, policy makers, and the public — everyone who needs to know the facts about immunization. Opposition To Immunization : A Pattern Of Deception (Edward R. Friedlander) Abstract: Several Internet Web sites opposing childhood immunizations are examined. Those sites that contain citations to scientific papers misrepresent their contents. PATH (Program for Appropriate Technology in Health) PATH's mission is to improve health, especially the health of women and children. An emphasis is placed on improving the quality of reproductive health services and on preventing and reducing the impact of widespread communicable diseases. PATH identifies, develops, and applies appropriate and innovative solutions to public health problems. This is accomplished by exchanging knowledge, skills, and technologies with governmental and nongovernmental partners in developing countries and with groups in need elsewhere. Persiflagers Annotated Compendium of Infections Disease Facts, Opinion and Dogma (Mark Crislip) "The PACID is an electronic guide to Infectious Diseases for use by all medical people. It is a series of hyperlinked pages covering antibiotics, pathogens and diseases" A nice comic strip that tells the story of polio vaccination. Even a child could understand it, although it might be above the intellectual level of most anti-vaccinators. "A podcast review of Quacks, Frauds and Charlatans. Oops. That's not right. That should be Complementary and Alternative Medicine i.e. CAM" Six Common Misconceptions about vaccination and how to respond to them A great deal of information about vaccinations is available to parents. This is good, because parents should have access to any information that will help them make informed decisions about vaccination. However, information is sometimes published that is inaccurate or can be misleading when taken out of context. Jenny McCarthy is a poltroon who has managed to grab the public's attention with her anti-vaccination nonsense. Someone thinks that she should be stopped. Study Fails to Show a Connection Between Thimerosal and Autism A refutation of some poor "science". ( Geier MR, Geier DA. Thimerosal in childhood vaccines, neurodevelopment disorders and heart disease in the United States. J Am Physicians Surg. 2003;8:6-11) Tips for Investigating Child Fatalities (American Prosecutors Research Institute) When the anti-vaccinators tell you that people are charged with shaking babies to death after only a cursory investigation, read this and see what really goes on. To Catch a Killer: The Search for the Vaccine to Prevent Poliomyelitis (Lauren Pomerantz) "Two generations of Americans lived in terror of the plague that came from nowhere, felled thousands, had no cure and no treatment, and had a cruelly particular love for children. Then, as suddenly as the disease appeared, it was stopped short. Inspired by the fear this dread disease engendered, empowered by a president who was himself a victim, and funded by the average American seeking to protect the nation's children, scientists searched for a cure. What they found was a preventive, a vaccine" www.vaccination.org.au is a collaborative venture between the Northern Rivers Public Health Unit and the Northern Rivers Division of General Practice. Both organisations are working to increase the immunisation rate in the Northern Rivers Vaccination: stop scaring the parents (Brendan O'Neill) Vaccine Information for the public and health professionals Links for comprehensive information about specific diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each page includes a Q & A section, photos and/or video footage, true stories of individuals who have suffered or died from the disease, descriptions of public policies, and references to other resources. The Vaccine Page provides access to up-to-the-minute news about vaccines and an annotated database of vaccine resources on the Internet. "The VRC is dedicated to improving global human health through the rigorous pursuit of effective vaccines for human diseases." "Offering reliable, science-based information on human and veterinary alternative medicine modalities, including acupuncture, homeopathy, chiropractic, herbal medicine, traditional Chinese medicine and energy therapy" WHO Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System Country by country statistics about vaccine-preventable diseases WHO: Immunization against diseases of public health importance Immunizations are undoubtedly one of the most effective and safest of health interventions. Nevertheless, implementation of immunization programmes faces many challenges. "Immunization safety" - ensuring and monitoring the safety of all aspects of immunization, including vaccine quality, vaccine storage and handling, vaccine administration and the disposal of sharps - is one such challenge. Member of the Anti-Quackery Ring
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