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What exactly are the ACIP and Red Book Guidelines?

What exactly are the ACIP and Red Book Guidelines?

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I throw around the terms ACIP and Red Book Guidelines a lot, so I thought it would be useful to explain them and attach the relevant document. The CDC’s advisory committee on immunization practices (“ACIP”) puts out its “best practices” for immunization (read vaccine) administration. The members of the committee are the most (conventionally) recognized members of the infectious disease, epidemiology, and public health community. The most important parts and the quickest way to get a handle on the document…

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Stoller Writ of Mandate (to the Court of Appeals) Denied; Next Step, the Cali. Supreme Court

Stoller Writ of Mandate (to the Court of Appeals) Denied; Next Step, the Cali. Supreme Court

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stollerwritofmandaterajLast Friday, the Sacramento appellate court denied Ken Stoller’s writ of mandate seeking to overturn the Sacramento superior court’s denial of our writ of administrative mandate. As is often the case in what are called “extraordinary writs,” the appellate court didn’t have much to say on the merits, and that’s an understatement. Here is the entirety of the order: “The petition for writ of mandate is denied.” There is no automatic right to appeal a denial of an extraordinary writ…

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Major Update in Ken Stoller’s Medical Board Appeal, and it’s not half bad

Major Update in Ken Stoller’s Medical Board Appeal, and it’s not half bad

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The judge did not issue a tentative decision in the case today because he wants an oral argument to discuss some issues. Here is what is on the judge’s mind in his own words: “Oral argument will be conducted remotely through the Zoom Application. The court clerk will provide counsel with the Zoom ID via email. **** At the time of hearing, counsel may address any issue raised in the legal briefs. In addition, counsel shall be prepared to address…

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Update on the California Medical Board cases against physicians for writing SB 277 medical exemptions.

Update on the California Medical Board cases against physicians for writing SB 277 medical exemptions.

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A lot is going on in this space and I will have some answers and timelines for a few of these cases, so let’s get to it. Ron Kennedy (not my client or case) As you know, Ron Kennedy’s license was put on probation with severe conditions a few months ago. I think many, most or all of the medical exemptions he wrote have been revoked because of the sanction order. Initially, he started to appeal the Board’s decision, but…

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A Detailed Summary of Kelly Sutton’s First Hearing Day (6/14/2021)

A Detailed Summary of Kelly Sutton’s First Hearing Day (6/14/2021)

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For those of you who want a blow-by-blow of what happened at Kelly’s Sutton’s hearing, you’re in luck because Kelly took very detailed notes of the first two days of the hearing. (She testified on the third and final day and so didn’t take notes). I think we made some excellent and needed points, but judge for yourself. Tomorrow I will post her notes from the second day of the hearing which contains the testimony of our other two experts,…

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What’s still going to happen if Cali SB 276 becomes law

What’s still going to happen if Cali SB 276 becomes law

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I’m getting some requests for information/advice about what happens if SB 276 becomes law. I did a post about it based on the original version of the bill. The only things that have changed regarding current exemptions is 1. the date parents have to submit their child’s medical exemptions has been pushed back from mid 2020 until end of December 2020, and 2. Now, there is no requirement that the department of health look at past exemptions. This meaningless change…

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It’s Surprisingly Quiet on the California Vaccine Front

It’s Surprisingly Quiet on the California Vaccine Front

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It has now been two years since California rescinded the PBE (Personal Belief Exemption) for vaccinating school kids (SB 277). Let’s take a quick look back and see what can be learned from what has and hasn’t happened. 1. The Legal Challenges to the law were a complete bust From the get-go, I was extremely critical of the lawsuits challenging the law. (See my earliest posts in the SB 277 section of this web site). The bottom line was/is that…

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Dr. Bob Sears Medical Board Case Update: LA Times tries to squeeze, shame and goad the California Medical Board to go after Bob Sears and other vaccine exemption writing Docs harder and faster

Dr. Bob Sears Medical Board Case Update: LA Times tries to squeeze, shame and goad the California Medical Board to go after Bob Sears and other vaccine exemption writing Docs harder and faster

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We recently received hearing dates in late May, 2018 for Dr. Bob’s hearing before an administrative law judge. The case is primarily about his writing a note excusing the child from vaccination due to two prior severe vaccine reactions. But May, 2018 apparently is not soon or severe enough for the LA Times which today published a story complaining that Dr. Bob and many other doctors are still writing medical exemptions that don’t meet the standards of medical exemptions by…

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Maybe it’s time for the health concerned multitudes to come together, throw their weight around and change things up

Maybe it’s time for the health concerned multitudes to come together, throw their weight around and change things up

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Per my two last posts, the CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) community is under attack on at least two fronts. First, several CAM professional or issue related organizations have recently been subjected to corrective action regarding their CME accreditation for their annual conferences. Some of their last year’s conference CME’s have been retroactively rescinded, they have had their future conference CME accreditation withdrawn, and/or the groups have been warned to conform to “evidence based medicine,” code for conventional medical practice….

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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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