Category Archives: Directory

General list of things about vaccines, rough categories

List of articles:

 

Legal Tools to Increase Immunization Rates:

 

Tort liability for failure to vaccinate: http://shotofprevention.com/2013/09/12/legal-responsibilities-in-choosing-not-to-vaccinate/; see also: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2013/06/24/guest-post-no-liability-for-failure-to-vaccinate-the-case-has-not-been-made-a-response-to-mary-holland/

Full article: http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/JLPP/upload/Reiss-final.pdf

 

Dealing with misinformation by an anti-vaccine doctor or organization: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/04/18/the-cost-of-vaccine-misinformation/

 

Explaining why the unvaccinated should cover the costs of outbreaks:

 

Tort liability for bad medical advice, with Amanda Naprawa: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2495971

 

A classification of legal tools for improving immunization rates: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/improving-immunization-rates-law-do/

 

Suing for anti-vaccine misrepresentation: Amanda Naprawa’s article, part I: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/anti-vaccine-claims-misrepresentation-free-speech/

 

FTC action against false anti-vaccine claims: Amanda Naprawa’s article, Part II: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/regulating-misrepresentation-can-ftc-restrict-anti-vaccine-facts/

 

 

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child:

A series addressing the tension between parental rights and the rights of a child to health, and asking how can the law protect children from the harms of non-vaccination.

 

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/02/11/the-rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-legal-framework/

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/02/18/the-rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-tort-liability/

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/02/25/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-criminal-law/

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/04/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-vaccinating-over-the-parents-will/

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/20/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-role-of-school-immunization-requirements/

 

School immunization requirements and exemptions:

 

California new law and Governor Brown’s signing statement: http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2013/10/reiss-viewpoint-lawsigning.php

 

Response to Alan Phillips’ discussion of religious exemptions: http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2013/11/religious-exemptions-to-vaccine-mandates-and-the-law-where-are-we-where-can-we-go.html

 

Blog post, abuse of religious exemptions: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/religious-exemptions-vaccination-abuse-reform/

 

Full article on abuse of religious exemptions: http://www.hastingslawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/Reiss-65.6.pdf

 

From the point of view of protecting the child of the no-vaccinating parent: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/20/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-role-of-school-immunization-requirements/

 

Letter to Rhode Island ACLU about their opposition to flu mandates for children, with Arthur Caplan: http://www.bioethics.net/2014/02/liberty-and-where-noses-begin-an-open-letter-to-the-aclu-of-rhode-island-concerning-mandating-flu-vaccinations-for-very-young-children-entering-daycare-and-kindergarden/

 

Legal Current Events, Cases in the News:

 

 

 

Explaining Legal Concepts and Ideas:

 

 

NVICP:

 

Why NVICP is better for plaintiffs than the regular courts:

http://shotofprevention.com/2013/11/08/congressional-briefing-attempts-to-discredit-vaccine-injury-compensation/

See also: http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2013/11/reiss-vaccine-injury.php

 

Analyzing news articles reporting on the Associated Press report: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/11/25/the-vaccine-injury-compensation-program-what-does-the-ap-report-really-show/

 

Analyzing the Government Accountability Office Report about NVICP: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/12/09/government-accountability-office-report-on-vaccine-injury-compensation/

 

New case about NVICP – Price v. HHS, tolling and statutes of limitations: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/price-v-hhs-statutes-limitations-tolling-vaccines-autism/

 

 

Healthcare Workers and Influenza Mandates:

  1. The constitutional rights of healthcare workers in the context of influenza vaccine mandates – including the Valent case: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/faith-vaccines-religion-healthcare-workers/
  2. Federal labor laws (Civil Rights Act, 1964) and influenza vaccine mandates for healthcare workers: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/health-care-workers-flu-vaccines-work-place-discrimination/
  3. Responding to Alan Phillips claims about vaccine mandates for healthcare workers: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/natural-news-wrong-mandatory-vaccinations-part-2/

 

Responding to Anti-Vaccine Attacks on Critics:

  1. Responding to anti-vaccine threats to sue Israeli pro-vaccine advocates: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/handling-debate-by-threatening-legal-action-anti-vaccination-activists-in-israel/
  2. Anti-vaccine activists abuse Facebook’s reporting to silence disagreement: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/abusing-the-algorithm-using-facebook-reporting-to-censor-debate/
  3. Wrap up of abusive reporting to Facebook by anti-vaccine activists: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/facebooks-policy-banning-and-anti-vaccine-tactics/
  4. Anti-vaccine activists attack opponents: http://www.immunizeusa.org/media/52996/anti-vaccine-intimidation-daily-journal-may-14-2014-1-.pdf
  5. Andrew Wakefield’s suit against Brian Deer and BMJ rejected: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/litigating-debate-tactic-andrew-wakefields-appeal-denied/
  6. Andrew Wakefield tries to appeal Texas Court of appeals rejection: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/andrew-wakefield-keeps-trying-appeal/
  7. The rights of employee and blogging about the public health: http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2013/09/reiss-viewpoint-blogging.php

 

Countering Anti-Vaccine claims:

  1. The claim that Walker-Smith’s acquittal means Andrew Wakefield is exonerated: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/refuting-tropes-andrew-wakefield-wronged/
  2. Maine Anti-vaccine activists propose a law: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/maine-coalition-vaccine-choice-legislation-bad-premises-bad-law/
  • Responding to Alan Phillips’ critique of a proposed NY law allowing teen agers to consent to HPV and Hepatitis B vaccines, with Arthur Caplan: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/allowing-teenagers-choose-vaccination-constitutional-desirable/

 

Vaccines and the Law Manual: http://www.voicesforvaccines.org/wpvfv/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Vaccines-and-the-Law-Toolkit.pdf

 

Vaccine Related Commentary that is not about law:

  1. The harms of the fight against HPV: http://momswhovax.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-costs-of-fight-against-hpv-vaccine.html
  2. Responding to anti-vaccine activist Suzanne Humphries misleading claims about polio in Israel: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/suzanne-humphries-bad-advice-on-the-polio-vaccine/
  3. Responding to an anti-vaccine op-ed: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/anti-vaccine-claims-mainstream-media-and-children/
  4. The Before Vaccines Blogs: http://beforevaccines.blogspot.com