The amendment of Mr. Brechtel is good
(See bottom of http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2004/digest/hb0088.htm), but I have additional ideas that should be included. The child protective service workers need training in vaccine adverse events. Otherwise, the child will be thought of as abused or neglected when in fact in many cases, vaccination was the cause of the bruising, subdural haematomas, brain swelling, intracranial bleeding, ocular retinal haemorrhages, and broken skull and other bones. Also, failure to thrive can be linked to vaccination. These reactions are usually slow in arriving, and are not thought of as vaccine-caused, so special training needs to be given to social workers. See "Shaken Baby Syndrome - the vaccination link" by Viera Scheibner, PhD, 1998, at http://www.nexusmagazine.com/shakenbaby.html.

     Also, if the definitions are left out of the bill, then it is even MORE open to subjective interpretation than it was before. Good definitions and necessary training of social workers need to be included. [Then all we need to work on would be training the medical personnel in recognizing vaccine adverse events.]

     The Scheibner article referred to above explains the adverse events of vaccination that I mentioned above. One example is: "Indeed, vaccines like the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine are actually used to induce encephalo-myelitis (experimental allergic encephalomyelitis) in laboratory animals (Levine and Sowinski, 1973 5). This is characterised by brain swelling and haemorrhaging of an extent similar to that caused by mechanical injuries (Iwasa et al., 1985 6)."

     One of the state representatives just gave me an example of a family whose five-year-old was taken away, traumatizing the family, because of bruising on the body. It was later discovered that the child had leukemia, causing the bruising. Please consider this: Dr. Frederick Klenner, Polio Researcher, USA, said, "Many here voice a silent view that the Salk and Sabin Polio vaccine, being made of monkey kidney tissue has been directly responsible for the major increase in leukemia in this country."

     HB 88 will have third reading in the House on Monday, February 23, 2004. If passed, it is sent to the Senate.

February 27, 2004 update

HB 88 Child Protection Amendments

    Their committee meeting was at 7:00 this morning. As of 10:00 A.M., bill status 1-800-342-9570 doesn't know how that meeting turned out.

    For now, if you have the same concerns I tell about below, please contact the above senators and your state senator. State legislator contact information is included on this web page. If you want to briefly say something to a senator, you may use the summary info in the paragraph that starts with "In conclusion, I prefer that HB 88 is killed. ...", which I wrote at the end of the letter, about one-third of the way down this page. Or you can excerpt anything you want to from my info below.
~~Susan Pearce

Dear Senator ____:

    I prefer that HB 88 is killed, but if you see that such a thing is impossible, please ensure the rights to parental approval before vaccination and parental choice in medical practitioners and treatment.

    In addition, the child protective service workers need training in vaccine adverse events. Otherwise, the child will be thought of as abused or neglected when in fact in many cases, vaccination was the cause of the bruising, subdural haematomas, brain swelling, intracranial bleeding, ocular retinal haemorrhages, and broken skull and other bones. Also, failure to thrive can be linked to vaccination. These reactions are usually slow in arriving, and are not generally thought of as vaccine-caused, so special training needs to be given to social workers.

    An article called "Shaken Baby Syndrome - the vaccination link" by Viera Scheibner, PhD, 1998, explains the adverse events of vaccination that I mentioned above. One example is: "Indeed, vaccines like the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine are actually used to induce encephalo-myelitis (experimental allergic encephalomyelitis) in laboratory animals (Levine and Sowinski, 1973 5). This is characterised by brain swelling and haemorrhaging of an extent similar to that caused by mechanical injuries (Iwasa et al., 1985 6)." [ http://www.nexusmagazine.com/shakenbaby.html ]

    A note at the bottom gives more information about vaccination (and other causes that are not child abuse or neglect) being the cause of the above symptoms commonly thought of as child abuse.

    One of the state representatives just gave me an example of a family whose five-year-old was taken away, traumatizing the family, because of bruising on the body. It was later discovered that the child had leukemia, causing the bruising. Please consider this: Dr. Frederick Klenner, Polio Researcher, USA, said, "Many here voice a silent view that the Salk and Sabin Polio vaccine, being made of monkey kidney tissue has been directly responsible for the major increase in leukemia in this country."

    Also, please include a changed definition. HB 88 states that the definition of "neglect" is that found in State Statute 14-3-202 (a) (vii), which says "a failure or refusal by those responsible for the child's welfare to provide adequate care, maintenance, supervision, education or medical, surgical or any other care necessary for the child's well being. Treatment given in good faith by spiritual means alone, through prayer, by a duly accredited practitioner in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination is not child neglect for that reason alone;".

    This definition is unacceptable; it needs changed. In March of 2001, the Wyoming Supreme Court concluded that waivers are to be granted upon simple request for religious exemption from vaccination. No church affiliation is necessary; nor are prayer or church tenets or practices investigated before that exemption is granted.

    Although that Supreme Court decision did not address personal beliefs that are not religious, the children of people who are not religious should not receive treatment or vaccination, when that treatment or vaccination is against the parents' or guardians' personal beliefs. I see HB 88 as a danger to the rights to refuse treatment and vaccinations when the parent or guardian objects on religious or philosophical grounds.

    In conclusion, I prefer that HB 88 is killed. However, in the event that such a thing is impossible, I ask that you ensure the rights to parental approval before vaccination and parental choice in medical practitioners and treatment. Also, the child protective service workers need training in vaccine adverse events and other causes that are not abuse or neglect. Last, the definition of neglect needs to be changed as explained above. [Note: If you use this paragraph when you contact your senator, the last sentence can say, "Last, the definition of neglect needs to be changed to exempt anyone from vaccination or medical treatment that he feels is wrong for his child or dependent."]

Sincerely,
Susan Pearce

    The AAPS says, "The Centers for Disease Control admits that the reported number of adverse effects of vaccines is probably only 10% of actual adverse effects." http://www.aapsonline.org/testimony/mandvac.htm

    On Aug. 3, 1999, Jane Orient, MD, Executive Director of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) said: "Public policy regarding vaccines is fundamentally flawed. It is permeated by conflicts of interest. It is based on poor scientific methodology (including studies that are too small, too short, and too limited in populations represented), which is, moreover, insulated from independent criticism. The evidence is far too poor to warrant overriding the independent judgments of patients, parents, and attending physicians, even if this were ethically or legally acceptable. Indeed, evidence is accumulating that serious adverse reactions are being ignored. Although this statement has focused on hepatitis B vaccine, similar questions should be raised about others as well."

    The above paragraph is the conclusion to a statement of the ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS on VACCINES: PUBLIC SAFETY AND PERSONAL CHOICE before the COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
www.aapsonline.org
AAPS Phone: (800) 635-1196
AAPS Hotline: (800) 419-4777.

http://www.aapsonline.org/testimony/vacresol.htm
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc.
A Voice for Private Physicians Since 1943

AAPS RESOLUTION CONCERNING MANDATORY VACCINES

"Ethical Medicine"
AAPS Annual Meeting
October 25 - 28, 2000
St. Louis, MO
Submitted for Member approval:

WHEREAS: The statement of Patients' Freedoms adopted by the Assembly at the 47th annual meeting of AAPS in 1990 provides that "Patients have the freedom ... to refuse medical treatment even if it is recommended by their physician and to be informed about their medical condition, the risks and benefits of treatment, and appropriate alternatives"; and

WHEREAS: There are increasing numbers of mandatory childhood vaccines, to which children are often subjected without meaningful informed consent, including information about potential adverse side effects; and

WHEREAS: Parents who exercise their freedom to refuse one or more vaccines may be subjected to penalties ranging from deprivation of the right to enroll their child in school, to threats of removing the child from parental custody and forcible vaccination; and

WHEREAS: Safety testing of many vaccines is limited and the data are unavailable for independent scrutiny, so that mass vaccination is equivalent to human experimentation and subject to the Nuremberg Code, which requires voluntary informed consent; and

WHEREAS: The process of approving and "recommending" vaccines is tainted with conflicts of interest;

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED: That AAPS calls for a moratorium on vaccine mandates and for physicians to insist upon truly informed consent for the use of vaccines.

Susan Pearce
Wyoming Vaccine Information Network
P.O. Box 615
Buffalo, WY 82834
307-751-8505