Barbara Fisher - Cofounder and President of the “National Vaccine Information Center,” one of the most prominent antivaccine groups in the U.S. Formerly called “Dissatisfied Parents Together” (DPT), NVIC gives out predominately negative information to parents on vaccines and advocates for philosophical exemption and against adding new vaccines to the immunization schedule. Fisher presently serves on the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biologicals Product Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) as a consumer representative. www.909shot.com
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Leonard Horowitz - Dentist and author who has postulated the existence of an elaborate and harmful scheme involving Ebola, AIDS, “Gulf War Syndrome,” the Hepatitis B and polio vaccines and some government agencies. His book, ”Emerging Viruses: AIDS and Ebola, Nature, Accident or Intentional?” is offered for sale on the NVIC web site. Also authored “Healing Codes for the Biblical Apocalypse” in which he claims there are secret sounds to access God’s healing. www.tetrahedron.org
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Marcel Kinsbourne - Physician who testifies frequently in court cases involving alleged vaccine injuries. A search of Medline yields no publications by Dr. Kinsbourne on the subject of vaccines except for a record of the minutes of a meeting. Speaker at NVIC’s 1997 and 2000 conferences on immunization.
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Guylaine Lanctot - Antivaccine Canadian doctor who, according to NVIC’s web site had her medical license suspended in Canada. Author of “How to Have Great Legs at Any Age.” Her book, “The Medical Mafia,” which is offered for sale on the NVIC web site, is very popular among antivaccine groups and alternative medicine advocates.
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Mary Megson - Physician in the Washington, D.C. Area who claims to successfully treat autistic children with Vitamin A. A Medline search on July 1, 2000 yielded only one publication by Dr. Megson since 1984. “Is autism a Galpha protein defect reversible with natural vitamin A?” Med Hypotheses 2000 Jun; 54 (6):979983. Was a peaker at the 20000 NVIC Conference on Vaccination.
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Neil Miller - Antivaccine author and “natural health” advocate, whose book, “Vaccines: Are They really Safe and Effective?” is offered for sale on the NVIC web site.
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Meryl Nass - Emergency room physician who writes and speaks extensively as a critic of the anthrax vaccine. A Medline search yields one article and a letter to the editor by Dr. Nass on the subject of anthrax vaccines. She lists other articles not indexed by Medline on a website at: www.access1.net/via/VACCINE/drmeryl.htm
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Dr. Nass gives treatment suggestions for those suffering adverse reactions to the
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anthrax vaccine at www.anthraxvaccine.org/. She was a speaker at the
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September, 2000 NVIC Conference on Vaccination.
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