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>Dear Friends,

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>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.

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>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.

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>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 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. "

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>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 Offit personally profiting from promoting

>the mandatory use of multiple vaccines in early childhood.

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>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.

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>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.

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>With appreciation,

>Barbara Loe Fisher

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