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Finally, Some Intelligent Action by the Cali Anti SB 277 Community!

Finally, Some Intelligent Action by the Cali Anti SB 277 Community!

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I’ve been a vocal opponent of all of the anti-SB 277 constitutional lawsuits. The most recent one was a federal lawsuit filed in mid-November, 2016, in Los Angeles, and dismissed by the federal district court in January 2017. I think all of these lawsuit were (and will be if more are filed) a terrific waste of time and money. As I have repeatedly said, as long as the medical consensus is that 1. Vaccines are safe and 2. Herd immunity…

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Hey Robert Kennedy Jr: Congrats and here’s a suggested first topic for the vaccine commission: Are aluminum adjuvants in childhood vaccines harming kids?

Hey Robert Kennedy Jr: Congrats and here’s a suggested first topic for the vaccine commission: Are aluminum adjuvants in childhood vaccines harming kids?

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Robert: congrats on your appointment as head of Trump’s vaccine study commission. I think the commission is a terrific idea, and there couldn’t be a better choice than you. I’m sure you’re getting a good laugh about how concerned and “alarmed” the pro-vaxxers are at your appointment. They’re trying to calm the true believers by pointing out all that Trump can’t do in terms of changing vaccine policy. But Robert, there’s one thing you can do, and it will scare…

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There is no Cali. mandatory childhood vaccination YET, but it may be coming

There is no Cali. mandatory childhood vaccination YET, but it may be coming

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Vaccine concerned (VC) folks decry the recent loss of the personal belief exemption via SB 277, and feel like they’ve been abducted to some kind of communist state. (But hey, ever been to Berkeley!) The present legal reality is that we don’t have mandatory or forced vaccinations here. Rather, vaccines are required for people to engage in certain institutional activities; e.g., kids who want to go to school, or adults who want to work with kids or in health care….

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Cali. Medical Board makes it official: Docs who write non- standard-of-care medical exemptions will be prosecuted, (but maybe not)

Cali. Medical Board makes it official: Docs who write non- standard-of-care medical exemptions will be prosecuted, (but maybe not)

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vaccineimage The elimination of the PBE (personal belief exemption) via SB 277 has put a lot of pressure on vaccine concerned California pediatricians to write medical exemptions for the children of vaccine concerned parents. The recently dismissed San Diego federal anti-SB 277 lawsuit showed that at least one school board is collecting information about the docs who write these medical exemptions and will forward the information to the medical board for prosecution. Based on some non-binding legislative history, and some…

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Unwanted advice for the anti-vaxxer Cali. SB 277 lawsuit reboot

Unwanted advice for the anti-vaxxer Cali. SB 277 lawsuit reboot

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Here’s what I’m getting from the Bolen Report’s prediction/foreshadowing of the new SB277 challenge, and so here is some more probably unwanted advice: 500 Plaintiffs: Really? HELLO: you’re fighting an asymmetrical battle. The government has a lot more financial and personnel power than you guys. Moreover, if what you say is true, namely that big pharma is behind the worldwide vaccine conspiracy, pharma has unlimited resources. You’re going to try to manage 500, or even dozens of plaintiffs? That doesn’t…

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Press Release re Dr. Bob Sears case with Ca. Medical Board

Press Release re Dr. Bob Sears case with Ca. Medical Board

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“I represent Dr. Bob Sears in the California Medical Board’s case against him for writing a medical exemption from vaccination. We take the board’s accusation seriously. But this case is very clear: this child had two unusual and severe vaccine reactions and his situation warranted a medical exemption. To continue vaccination could have put the child at risk of further harm. All physicians have an ethical duty to do no harm to a patient. This is no less true when…

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And So it Begins: First Accusation filed against a Vaccine Exemption Writing Doc

And So it Begins: First Accusation filed against a Vaccine Exemption Writing Doc

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  As I’ve told the mostly unwilling-to-listen Vaccine Concerned Community, the real battle, and the one which will have the most direct positive or negative impact on this community is the future actions by the California Medical and Osteopathic Boards against the docs who write unlimited medical exemptions for the kids of the vaccine concerned. Well the future is now. A few days ago, the Medical Board filed an accusation accusing a well known and highly regarded CAM doctor of…

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Self-Dismissal of SB 277 Lawsuit: Smartest thing they’ve done so far: Is it a one-of or are they on a roll?

Self-Dismissal of SB 277 Lawsuit: Smartest thing they’ve done so far: Is it a one-of or are they on a roll?

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  I’ve been very skeptical of the federal SB 277 lawsuit and preliminary injunction motion, for technical legal and substantive reasons. (See my prior posts: http://rickjaffeesq.com/2016/06/10/cali-anti-vaxer-friends-heres-probably-unwanted-possibly-useful-advice/ http://rickjaffeesq.com/2016/06/14/190/ http://rickjaffeesq.com/2016/08/21/time-get-real-sb-277-real-battle-will/ http://rickjaffeesq.com/2016/08/26/shocker-sb-277-preliminary-injunction-motion-denied/) Well the powers-that-be finally did something smart; they voluntarily dismissed the case before the state had a chance to file a dismissal motion and before the judge terminated the case for good, or in legal parlance, “with prejudice.” So what’s next? Based on Tim Bolen’s recent post, http://bolenreport.com/sb-277-lawsuit-case-dismissed/#more-4880, it looks like…

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Shocker! SB 277 Preliminary Injunction Motion Denied

Shocker! SB 277 Preliminary Injunction Motion Denied

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In an 18 page decision, Judge Sabraw denied the vaccine concerned plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction. Big surprise! He also set out the grounds why he will dismiss the case, after the defendants file their motion to dismiss, which I would guess would be in the next week or two. Unfortunately, the law has been clear for a hundred years, up to an including last year’s New York case. States are not required to have a personal belief exemption…

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Is it time to get real about SB 277 and where the real battle will be?

Is it time to get real about SB 277 and where the real battle will be?

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Based on the transcript of the oral argument/hearing on the preliminary injunction motion in the federal challenge to California SB 277 (the removal of the personal belief exemption), it seems pretty clear that the judge is going to follow the law, and that’s bad news for the vaccine concerned. The judge was polite to the plaintiffs’ counsel and acknowledged the deep and heartfelt beliefs of all those who support the legal challenge, but he is going to deny the motion,…

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