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Keeping Your Children Safe at Back to School Time

It’s that time of year again. As our beautiful Minnesota summer winds down and busy parents send their children back to school, the Vaccine Safety...
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Restricting Parent’s Rights to Opt Out of Vaccinations for Their Children

Vaccine Safety Council of MN (VSCM) opposes SF 380/HF 393, a bill which requires parents to visit a physician prior to obtaining an exemption from...
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Restricts exemptions to vaccination

SF 380/HF 393 Contact your legislators and ask them to oppose SF 380/HF 393 Still active bills, carried over from 2015 UPDATE: 3/5/2106 - While...
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Restricting Parent’s Rights to Opt Out of Vaccinations for Their Children

Vaccine Safety Council of MN (VSCMN) opposes SF 380/HF 393, a bill which requires parents to visit a physician prior to obtaining an exemption from...
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Examining the Possibility of a Relationship Between MMR Vaccine and Autism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—AUGUST 27, 2014 STATEMENT OF WILLIAM W. THOMPSON, Ph.D., REGARDING THE 2004 ARTICLE EXAMINING THE POSSIBILITY OF A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MMR VACCINE AND...
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Herd Immunity and Compulsory Childhood Vaccination: Does the Theory Justify the Law?

Oregon Law Review 2014 Volume 93 Number 1 ABSTRACT Compulsory childhood vaccination is a cornerstone of U.S. public health  policy.  All  fifty  states  compel  children ...
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Measles and the MMR Vaccine – Setting the Record Straight

With the current media frenzy and fear mongering over a few dozen cases of the measles, it is astonishing to note that very few mainstream...
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“Questioning the Vaccine Program? Come hear the critics!”

Vaccine Program Flaws Exposed by Experts on Jan. 24 MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Why are fewer children vaccinated according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s...
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Vaccines – Your Child, Your Choice

The state of Minnesota protects parental decision-making regarding vaccines. At back-to-school time, most parents are given information suggesting that their children must receive vaccinations before they...
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