Bob Runnells

NEWS ALERT: A new Informed Consent Exemption for Washington State

Washington State House Bill 2626 provides for an Informed Consent Exemption to any state vaccination requirement if certain outlined basic safety studies have not been performed on the vaccine products available on the market. Please see Section 1 of the full bill below. Section 2 is existing law that will be amended if passed. House

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Were WA lawmakers deceived about measles last session? Part 1

During the 2019 Legislative Session while HB 1638 to remove the personal/philosophical exemption to Merck’s MMR vaccine was being hotly debated, were lawmakers and the public told that . . . “Households and churches were the predominant settings for transmission, associated with 36 (51%) and 18 (25%) of the 71 patients, respectively (Figure). Public exposures

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UPDATE: January 8, 2020: WA BOH DENIED PETITION TO ADD Gardasil

January 8, 2020: WA BOH Denied the Petition To Consider Adding Gardasil Injections To School Requirement Update to original post (below): In a unanimous decision, the WA State Board of Health voted to deny the petition to consider adding the HPV vaccine to the school required list. It is estimated that nearly a hundred concerned citizens

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