Materials related to LD 798 and Broader Issues
for discussion with legislator
Last updated: 30 April 2019
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  1. Main issues regarding mandates (outline for discussion)

    1. "Philosophical" is really "Knowledgeable thinking person" concerned about:
      1. Safety and medical inappropriateness of one-size-fits-all
      2. Efficacy and effects on wider population
      3. Corruption of government, press, medical literature and profession
      4. Individual's rights vs. government
        1. Jacobson vs. Massachusetts 1905
        2. Informed Consent
    2. Arguments for mandates
      1. Protection of immuno-compromised
      2. Herd immunity

  2. Relevant documents (with their relationship to the above "Main issues" outline)

    1. This page
    2. Vaccine efficacy re: (in)ability to create herd immunity or protect immuno-compromised (2a,b)
      1. Perspective on Measles Deaths, Fear Mongering, and Demand for Mandates (Atlee; to my Maine Senator)
      2. Vaccine-by-vaccine efficacy examination (Atlee)
      3. Graph of the relevance (or not) of the vaccines (Nass)
      4. Pertussis vaccine danger to immunocompromised -- Baboon study (diagram)
    3. Safety issues — Full list of the dynamics negating a guarantee of safety (1a, 1c)
      and a brief but comprehensive list of the dynamics preventing safety (1a, 1c)
      1. Full list (Atlee)
      2. Abbreviated list (Atlee)
    4. LD798 testimony on opportunity costs (Atlee)
      unintended immunological consequences on society (1b)
    5. LD1616 (Vaccine Consumer Protection) testimony (Atlee)
    6. Vaccine content issues page (Atlee)
      antigen / adjuvant / excipients / contaminants (1a)
    7. Vaccines-by-excipient table (Atlee)
      reference for finding out which vaccines have which materials (1a)
    8. article: Misunderstanding of herd immunity originally defined in terms of natural immunity (2b)
    9. study: Jacobsen v. Massachusetts
      the reversal of the societal relationship between public health and individual rights between 1905 and now, as viewed by the courts (2a)
    10. CDC VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System) data: Totals and Serious Adverse Events, 2017-2018

  3. Film-related materials

    1. DVD: "Vaxxed" -- Trailer/Stream $3.99, Amazon, Distributor's website, Film's website
    2.    Description of "Vaxxed" (Atlee)
    3. DVD: "Injecting aluminum" -- Trailer/(Stream $3.99), Amazon, Distributor's website, Film's Facebook page
    4. Summary of the two films for use with library donations (Atlee)