60 Minutes Response

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Thu, 21 Oct 2004 16:50:53 -0800

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" Protecting the health and informed consent rights of children since

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Dear Friends,

 

Kathi and I want to thank all of you who called and sent notes of

support to

us last night after the 60 Minutes segment aired. We know many of you

are

disappointed about the way 60 Minutes chose to portray the legitimate

questions that informed parents have about vaccination and

one-size-fits-all

vaccine policies which place many vulnerable children at risk. It is

especially painful for those whose children have been injured by

vaccines

and want so much to prevent others from being harmed.

 

Over the past 22 years, I have always responded with sincerity and good

faith to every print and broadcast journalist who has contacted me

during

the course of investigating vaccine benefits and risks. My experience

has

been that most journalists, who take the time to do the research, come

away

with a more balanced perspective about the vaccine safety debate and

choose

to accurately and fairly cover both sides of the issue. I can count on

one

hand the times which that has not happened. Regrettably, last night was

one

of those times.

 

My heart goes out to the Moms from New York, who I personally asked to

participate at the request of 60 Minutes producers, and who honestly

expressed the concerns of many mothers in a report which characterized

their

concerns as unfounded. There are no words to describe the shock I felt

at

the gratuitous attack on the distinguished and courageous Andrew

Wakefield,

M.D., who was never given an opportunity to speak. I will not comment

here

on what I was led to believe when I agreed to participate except to say

that

I was told several times not to talk about " the scientific studies "

because

it would " bore " the viewers. Having been persuaded that the focus

would be

to examine the reasons why there is a paradigm shift toward alternative

and

complimentary preventive health care, I should have known that my trust

was

misplaced when Dan Rather confessed to me after my interview that he

had a

" bias " toward the " doctors " and " the scientific studies. "

 

NVIC and the grassroots vaccine safety and informed consent movement

begun

by parents of vaccine injured children more than two decades ago will

survive this broadcast. Not because we as individuals are strong enough

to

withstand the words and actions of those who hide and distort the

truth. But

because the truth will shine bright and clear in the end no matter who

tries

to hide and distort it. This includes paid drug company consultants and

vaccine patent holders like Paul Offit personally profiting from

promoting

the mandatory use of multiple vaccines in early childhood.

 

The one consolation is that parents were made aware of the existence of

NVIC

's website. Today, we are being flooded with phone calls from pregnant

women

and Moms who have found us through the website and want the information

we

have in order to make an informed vaccination decision. We know that

the

work we do saves lives. And if the net effect of what 60 Minutes did

last

night was to spare just one child from a lifetime of brain and immune

system

dysfunction because a mother or father became informed, then it was

worth

it.

 

Kathi and I decided a long time ago that it is all about saving one

life at

a time. We will keep faith and stay the course.

 

With appreciation,

Barbara Loe Fisher

 

 

 

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