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Stoller Medical Board Case Update: Stay Hearing Set for March 17th

Stoller Medical Board Case Update: Stay Hearing Set for March 17th

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We filed our appeal papers with the Sacramento Superior Court late last week (technically, a writ of administrative mandate). Yesterday, we received notice that the hearing on our application for a stay of the Board’s revocation order will take place on March 17th at 3:45 PM via zoom. It will be watchable by the public. I will post details about how to watch it next week. These writ cases are heard by judges who only hear writ cases which usually…

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What the Heck is the Harvard Pilgrim Study and did it really say that about the underreporting of vaccine adverse events?

What the Heck is the Harvard Pilgrim Study and did it really say that about the underreporting of vaccine adverse events?

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There has been much social media chatter about some Harvard Pilgrim study and how it found that vaccine adverse events and deaths are underreported by a factor of 100. As a litigator in the vaccine field, this is something I have come across and have used, so I thought it might be helpful to some readers to post the study, and maybe clear-up some misimpressions in circulation.  So, here is the study:  r18hs017045-lazarus-final-report-2011(6) For those who just want the highlights…

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Cali. Medical Board Orders Ken Stoller’s license revoked as of March 18th 2021; We will appeal!

Cali. Medical Board Orders Ken Stoller’s license revoked as of March 18th 2021; We will appeal!

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In an order dated February 16th, the Medical Board of California ordered the revocation of Ken Stoller’s medical license for writing 10 medical exemptions that did not comply with ACIP guidelines, and also for not requesting prior medical records for the patients, and using genetic testing information which was not considered scientifically proven. The order goes into effect on March 18, 2021. We will, of course, appeal (technically called a writ of administrative mandate), most likely by the end of…

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Why The Vaccine Concerned Community Should Stop the “vaccines are unavoidably unsafe” Mantra

Why The Vaccine Concerned Community Should Stop the “vaccines are unavoidably unsafe” Mantra

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Two years ago, I wrote what I thought was a straight-up and neutral post saying that the Supreme Court never held that vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe.” Here is that post and my in the weeds explanation of what the Supreme Court actually said and did in that case.  https://rickjaffeesq.com/2019/02/16/to-my-vaccine-concerned-friends-stop-saying-that-the-supreme-court-decided-that-vaccines-are-unavoidably-unsafe-it-didnt/  The bottom line is that there is no majority or plurality opinion or decision which held that “vaccines are unavoidably unsafe.” This is just my analysis of a Supreme Court case….

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The Short of it on California Medical Exemptions under SB 277, and a bit on the Possibly Soon to be Mandatory COVID Vaccine

The Short of it on California Medical Exemptions under SB 277, and a bit on the Possibly Soon to be Mandatory COVID Vaccine

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I have written many posts explaining California medical exemptions written under SB 277 which was in effect from January 1, 2016, until December 31, 2019.   See http://rickjaffeesq.com/2019/09/23/caesar-has-spoken-the-cali-department-of-public-health-provides-answers-to-some-of-your-questions-about-vaccine-medical-exemptions/ http://rickjaffeesq.com/2020/06/10/will-my-childs-california-permanent-medical-exemption-be-valid-next-year-if-she-changes-schools/ I keep on getting questions about it. Unfortunately, I don’t have the time or capabilities to respond to questions of individual families, so let me lay it out as plainly as I can once again with some caveats. If your child had a medical exemption written during the time was SB 277…

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The San Diego School District’s Attack on Medical Exempitons

The San Diego School District’s Attack on Medical Exempitons

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Since the passage of SB 276/714 there have been reports that random schools have been rejecting medical exemptions (“ME’s”). Before the pandemic, the San Diego School district hit the radar screen on the issue because of Medical Board subpoenas issued to obtain the student records of the vaccine medically exempt. That wasn’t completely successful based on a lawsuit filed (but I lost track of that case, so I do not know for sure). Then I started hearing crazy stuff like…

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Digging into the Moderna Vaccine Clinical Trials Protocols and Results

Digging into the Moderna Vaccine Clinical Trials Protocols and Results

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Moderna has just announced that its RNA based vaccine is starting a phase 3 clinical trial with 30,000 subjects, so I thought it might be useful to take a look at the publicly available information about the trial, and how they got there. Let’s go logically and chronologically and start with the phase 1 safety study. The Phase 1 study A phase 1 study is a safety study. They usually have relatively few subjects, and different doses are given because…

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The Kennedy-Dershowitz Debate: Must See TV!

The Kennedy-Dershowitz Debate: Must See TV!

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A few days ago, the Bobby Kennedy/Alan Dershowitz debate was released. As a lawyer involved in the vaccine issue, it was very heartening to see such a high quality debate on the subject. It was very enjoyable to watch these two extremely smart, deep thinkers talk about these issues with open mindedness, clarity and mutual respect for each other, and for the opinions of the other with which they did not agree. I can’t personally recall anything like this ever…

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Will my child’s California permanent medical exemption be valid next year if she changes schools?

Will my child’s California permanent medical exemption be valid next year if she changes schools?

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I answered that question a few times in other posts dealing with medical exemptions and their future viability in general. However, I figure it is time to do a post specifically on this question, so here goes: The Law (and the good news) There is nothing in current California law (and that would be SB 276/714) which states or implies that switching schools within a grade span causes an otherwise valid SB 277 grandfathered medical exemption to become invalid. The…

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Will Your Child’s Cali. Medical Exemption Be Good When Schools Reopen in the Fall?

Will Your Child’s Cali. Medical Exemption Be Good When Schools Reopen in the Fall?

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I have been getting that question a lot lately. It is understandable with all that is going on. The answer is that I don’t know and I don’t think anyone can know for three reasons. First, Senator Pan had to give-up some important ground at the end of the last session, via SB 714 which watered down some of SB 276’s more onerous provisions. The biggest problem (from the regulators’ point of view) with the current SB276/714 law is that…

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