Speaking with a friend today, I was shocked to learn she hadn’t shared publicly that she supports vaccine choice legislation and has never vaccinated her children. She believes so firmly that it was the right decision for her family. It doesn’t help that her sister is a pharmaceutical rep either! Another friend of mine confided […]
The 85th Texas Legislature convenes tomorrow. Sigh. 140 days of what is expected to be a roller coaster of a ride to protect YOUR rights as an individual, as a parent, and as a citizen of this great state. The opposition would have you believe it is our duty to protect US from ourselves because,
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In preparation for the next legislative session, a core group of volunteers within the Texans For Vaccine Choice membership met in Austin to discuss the future structure of our organization. I went with absolute giddiness because I knew I was about to meet superheroes. I have been working in the background with Texans For Vaccine Choice
There is this large electronic billboard on I-35 that acts as a death toll clicker here in Austin. Just last week it read, “3,318 Deaths This Year on Texas Roads.” I watch the number rise each year starting in January. It doesn’t move up one by one – deaths are batched, and the total gets
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“A confused muddled mess”: A phrase which could be used to describe the unpredictable and unstable Mad Hatter from the long-loved story of Alice in Wonderland, has actually been applied to House District 134’s very own Sarah Davis. Elected in 2010 on her very conservative Tea Party platform, she seems to have become a bit
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There’s a lot of talk about mumps lately. With several reported outbreaks this year and recent cases turning up in Texas, the media is all a-buzz with breaking-news headlines and maps pinpointing where cases are suspected – tactics used to create grave concern. Clearly the media’s message is that some people having mumps is newsworthy
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“Cool free-thinkers in Texas are doing their part to “keep Austin weird” by promoting conditions that could lead to deadly outbreaks of funky retro diseases.” Ho-hum, here we go again. Slate contributor Ruth Graham took a turn with the same tired euphemisms to attack parents who have made a thoughtful decision to selectively, delay, or
The following blog post was written on Chelsea’s blog and had a very large response on Facebook. Since then, the powers that be in Facebook administration decided to take it down? Why? Censorship is alive and well for the people who search for truth. Share fast. It may be gone tomorrow, again. She called
What is it about social media that brings out the pitch fork and torch-wielding desire for some people? There’s a colloquial term for such folk – trolls. No, internet trolls are neither cute with brightly-colored funky hair, nor are they slimy, stinky, grunting creatures with bad teeth that live under a bridge, but they certainly
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Quite some time ago I received a call from Kaiser Health wanting to do an interview about vaccines and the role of Texans for Vaccine Choice. I was told the article would run within the next few days. A few days went by and nothing. I reached out to the journalist and was told it
Today was the first day to file bills for the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature, and those that oppose our efforts to preserve YOUR vaccine choice rights are already busy. SEVEN bills were filed today that would strip away your rights! It should be of no surprise that Rep. Donna Howard (D) and Rep.
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Manure… Dung… Cowplop… Meadow muffins… Fertilizer isn’t pleasant to be around and is made of things humans should just not consume. It is the malodorous waste and breakdown of what was once good. It rots and decomposes. Worms LOVE to play in it. But, when used properly, it has great potential to grow things that
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The Immunization Partnership (TIP) is at it again… The above linked article is written by Sara Farmer, a mom who lost her precious baby. We want to reach out and cry with her because so many of our own have died as well. So many live with lifelong vaccine injury. It hurts, and at times makes
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Anna C. Dragsbaek is an attorney, and is the President and CEO of The Immunization Partnership (TIP). TIP is a Texas-based organization that uses a wide range of educational and legislative strategies in order to eliminate vaccine choice and conceal the complete lack of gold standard safety studies. Anna has made it clear in a recent
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Remember Texas Senate Bill 538? It was one of 17 bills proposed last session to remove your freedom of medical choice. SB 538 was quite a doozy, though – a bona fide wolf in sheep’s clothing. The 37 pages of legal lingo seemed on the surface to protect us from communicable disease outbreaks. And of
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“The AAP views nonmedical exemptions to school-required immunizations as inappropriate for individual, public health, and ethical reasons and advocates for their elimination.” Well, let me be “inappropriate and unethical” because much is at stake if I am not. The American Academy of Pediatrics is calling war on personal liberties, but they don’t advertise the carnage
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Texans do not take kindly to being bullied on matters of personal health. But that is exactly what is happening as children across Texas came home from their first day of school with information explaining a new school-based flu vaccination program. Healthy Schools is a Florida-based company, so perhaps they just do not know any
OUR RESPONSE TO THE HEALTHY SCHOOLS “KICK THE FLU” PROGRAM IN TEXAS SCHOOLS Read More »
It’s hard to believe we are 18 months into Texans for Vaccine Choice. To say it’s been a whirlwind would be a HUGE understatement. I will never forget the moment I received the text: a representative from Dallas by the name of Jason Villalba tweeted and went on the news stating he would introduce legislation
