Putting Measles and the MMR Vaccine into Perspective

Despite assurances of the safety of the measles vaccine (MMR), some children suffer permanent brain damage from the vaccine, and some die from it. Vaccine manufacturers were paying out large settlements for successful lawsuits filed after devastating vaccine injuries occurred.  This led them to heavily lobby the federal government to pass the National Childhood Vaccine…

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Measles, Minneapolis and Somali Kids

By Abdulkadir Khalif I am writing a response and a rebuttal to Maura Lerner’s story of 03/17/2011, (HERE) concerning Measles and unvaccinated Somali Kids in Minneapolis. This story, like so many others before it on this newspaper and others across the country, highlights the issue of autism and Somali kids. There is an increasing sense…

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Media Measles Reporting Biased and Incorrect

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, March 25, 2011 Contact: Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota Wayne Rohde 651-705-5030 Media Measles Reporting Biased and Incorrect ST. PAUL, MN – Media reporting on Minnesota’s recent handful of measles cases is biased and incorrect, says local consumer advocacy group Vaccine Safety Council of Minnesota. Parents of vaccine-injured children once again…

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