AAP looking for Pro Vaccine Parents to give Interviews

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Below is a part of the blog that I found when searching " vacccination " . It

seems that the AAP(American Association of Pediatricians0 is looking for

parents who support vaccination and are willing to give interviews to counter

the " Antivaccination Misinformation " . Notice that they say that the

antivaccination people have parents with emotional stories and they want to

find

emotional stories in support of vaccines.

It really is a war isn't it??

Please check it out.

Please pass this on to anyone who really cares that the truth about vaccines

be told over and over and over again because that is what it is going to

take in order to not be outspoken by those with the power and money to get

their

message in favor of vaccines to the media.

Mavis

On February 13, the AAP launched a drive to counter the anti-vaccination

hysteria. As part of that effort, AAP's Division of Media Relations are

seeking responses from two sets of parents:

* Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders who support

immunization and who do not believe there is any link between their child's

vaccines and his or her autism.

* Parents of children who suffered a vaccine-preventable illness. This

could be a parent who declined immunization, whose child became ill before a

vaccine was available, or whose child was ineligible for immunization.

I hope some of the parents of children sickened in the _San Diego measles

outbreak_

(http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2008/02/measles-outbrea.html)

will speak to the AAP.

The Director of AAP's Division of Media Relations is ; you can

email her directly at _ssmartin@..._

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Below the fold, the full e-mail from the Division of Media Relations, and a

list of bloggers combating antivaccinationist misinformation and supporting

the AAP's efforts.

The email from the AAP:

From:

Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:29 PM

SPOKESPERSONS@...

Subject: parent spokespersons

Hello,

As part of our ongoing response to media stories regarding autism and

vaccines, the AAP communications department is compiling a list of parents who

support the AAP and are available for interviews. We are looking for two types

of

parents who could serve as spokespersons:

Parents of children with autism spectrum disorders who support immunization

and who do not believe there is any link between their child's vaccines and

his or her autism.

Parents of children who suffered a vaccine-preventable illness. This could

be a parent who declined immunization, whose child became ill before a vaccine

was available, or whose child was ineligible for immunization.

We are asking for your help identifying parents who would be good

spokespersons. They do not need to be expert public speakers. They just need to

be open

with their story and interested in speaking out on the issue. We will

contact candidates in advance to conduct pre-interviews, to offer guidance on

talking to reporters and to obtain a signed waiver giving us permission to

release

their name.

If a parent were placed on our list, we would offer their name and contact

information to select media. We hope to build a list of parents from a wide

range of geographical areas.

As the McCarthy and " Eli Stone " stories illustrate, this issue is

likely to recur in the national and local media. The AAP is committed to doing

all we can to counter such erroneous reports with factual information supported

by scientific evidence and AAP recommendations.

The anti-vaccine groups often have emotional family stories on their side.

The ability to offer a reporter an interview with a similarly compelling

parent who is sympathetic to the AAP's goals is a powerful tool for our media

relations program.

Please contact me if you have any questions or to suggest a parent to

interview.

Thank you,

s

Director,

Division of Media Relations

American Academy of Pediatrics

847.434.7131

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