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NJ already mandates the following to get into day care or school:

Infant:
Hep B-3 doses; HIB-3 doses; DTaP-3 vaccines in one, 3 doses; Polio-3 doses

Toddler:
HIB-1 dose; DTaP-1 dose; MMR-3 vaccines in one-1 dose; Chickenpox-1 dose

Child:
MMR-3 vaccines in one, 1 dose; Polio-1 dose

These mandates will add:

• Prevnar - 3 more infant doses, 1 toddler dose
  (note:  Prevnar contains SEVEN different strains of bacterial meningitis.)

• And add Flu- 2 more infant doses
  

If NJ adds Prevnar and Flu shot the grand total will be:

2 months of age = 13 viruses/bacteria at one time
4 months of age = 13 viruses/bacteria at one time
6  months of age = 14 viruses/bacteria at one time (add flu)

Flu Shot:
First time flu shot is two doses.  The flu shot contains 25 micrograms of mercury.  The EPA “safety limit” is .1 (point 1) microgram per 2.2 pounds of body weight.  That means that 25 micrograms is safe ONLY if you weigh 550 pounds.  How can they approve this shot for anyone and they want to give infants the shot twice?!

TDaP:
If NJ adds TDaP: it contains Formaldehyde, a carcinogen.  The amount of aluminum acceptable for an adult male is 25 micrograms per day. So an infant safety level would be much lower than that. ADACEL (Sanofi) has 150 mcg of aluminum and Boostrix (GSK) has 39 mcg of aluminum.

Meningococcal:
If NJ adds Meningococcal vaccine (meningitis): Sanofi Pasteur Menomune multidose contains 25mcg of Thimerosal.   Again, not safe as detailed above under Flu shot.

NJ is the first and only state to mandate the flu shot for all preschoolers 6 months and older as well as the only state to mandate the meningitis vaccine for 6 th graders. We also now require a pneumonia shot for preschool and another DTaP booster for 6 th grade. Our children are getting too many shots too soon. We have the highest rates of autism in the country and parents must have the right to informed consent when it comes to vaccination.

The following organizations are opposed to more mandatory vaccines and are in favor of a conscientious belief exemption.

Advocates for Children's' Health Affected by Mercury Poisoning (A-CHAMP)

www.a-champ.org

John Gilmore

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)

Far Hills, NJ www.aapsonline.org

Andrew Schlafly, General Counsel

Autism One

www.autismone.org

Ed Arranga

Autism Research Institute

4182 Adams Ave San Diego , CA 92116

Dr Stephen Edelson www.autism.com

Children Having Everybody Really Upset About Shots (C.H.E.R.U.B.S.)

10 Irving Place , Summit , New Jersey 07901 www.callingtheshots.info

Barbara Flynn, Founder

Generation Rescue

www.generationrescue.org

JB Handley, Portland OR

Holistic Moms Network

PO Box 408 Caldwell , NJ 07006

(877) HOL-MOMS www.holisticmoms.org
Amy Galarowicz

National Autism Association (NAA)

1330 W. Schatz Lane , Nixa , MO 65714

Wendy Fournier www.nationalautismassociation.org

New Jersey Alliance for Informed Choice in Vaccination (NJAICV)

PO Box 243 Gillette , NJ 07933 www.NJAICV.org

Sue Collins, Co-Founder

Network Organization for Vaccine Awareness and Choice (NOVAC)

49 Wehrli Rd. Long Valley , NJ 07853

Maureen Drummond

Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)

Newport Beach , CA www.taca.org

Lisa Ackerman

Taper Safely

Livingston , NJ

Lynn Michaels, Founder

www.tapersafely.org

Unlocking Autism

Tyrone , GA

Nancy Cale www.unlockingautism.org

US Autism and Aspergers Association (USAAA)

Dr. Larry Kaplan

The following three groups have specific statements that follow:

National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) Barbara Loe Fisher

CoMeD , Inc., Silver Spring, MD, Dr. Paul G. King, Science Advisor

www.Mercury-freeDrugs.org  Paul_G@Mercury-freeDrugs.org

SafeMinds 254 Trickum Creek Road Tyrone , GA Theresa Wrangham, President

The National Vaccine Information Center , which represents citizens in New Jersey and every state, joins with other parent groups in opposing the addition of nine more doses of vaccines to New Jersey State mandates for daycare or school entry. NVIC also strongly supports the addition of a conscientious belief exemption to New Jersey state vaccine laws.

CoMeD, Inc., also known as the Coalition for Mercury-free Drugs, is opposed to adding the 4 vaccines to the mandated NJ vaccinations list, and supports the pending NJ "conscientious" exemption bill. In addition, CoMeD supports replacing all state mandates for vaccination with "opt in" laws that provide vouchers for those vaccines that are truly cost-effective and safe.

SAFE MINDS

We write this letter in response to a request for SafeMinds to endorse actions against mandating the use of thimerosal (mercury) containing vaccines in New Jersey .  We are aware that on Monday December 10th the New Jersey Public Health Council is meeting to consider mandating four new vaccines for New Jersey daycare and school aged children.  

The Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus booster and Prevnar vaccines contain high amounts of aluminum, also a known neurotoxin with little safety testing and is cause for concern.  The two remaining vaccines the PHC is to consider mandating continue to be offered in versions containing high levels of thimerosal (mercury); the influenza and meningococcal vaccines.  

 In 1999 the American Academy of Pediatrics in a joint statement with the US Public Health Service recommended mercury be removed from vaccines “as soon as possible”.  While most vaccines comply with this recommendation, eight years later many influenza and meningococcal vaccines still contain thimerosal (mercury) several times over established federal safety limits.  Since that time the body of independent clinical and biological research continues to grow and demonstrate the harmful effects of mercury in vaccines.  As such, the Coalition for SafeMinds is opposed to the continued use of mercury containing vaccines and supports efforts discontinue its use in vaccines.

www.safeminds.org     tkw.safeminds@gmail.com

The Coalition for SafeMinds is a private charitable nonprofit organization founded to investigate and raise awareness of the risks to infants and children of exposure to mercury from the environment and medical products, including thimerosal in vaccines. The Coalition of SafeMinds supports research on the potential harmful effects of mercury and thimerosal.