NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER
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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE PURPOSE OF NVIC IS TO PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF AMERICAN CHILDREN AND ADULTS THROUGH ITS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION-ORIENTED PROGRAMS TO PREVENT VACCINE INJURIES AND DEATHS AND TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS (BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS) WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINE INJURED. NVIC IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST CONSUMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA PROVIDING VACCINE AND DISEASE RISK INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC; ADVOCATING SAFETY REFORMS IN THE MASS VACCINATION SYSTEM AND ENDORSING INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO VACCINE-ASSOCIATED DEATHS, INJURIES AND CHRONIC ILLNESS. NVIC PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM IS MULTI-FACETED, INCLUDING: PUBLIC CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIUMS, WORKSHOPS; TELEVISION, RADIO AND PRINT MEDIA, AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS; THE PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS, AUDIO AND VIDEO TAPES, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER VISUAL AND PRINTED MATERIALS AND IT MAINTAINS AN INTERNET WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW.NVIC.ORG).

PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS THE NON-PROFIT CHARITY, NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER (NVIC), IS THE OLDEST AND LARGEST CONSUMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT VACCINATION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITH A FOCUS ON PREVENTING VACCINE INJURIES AND DEATHS. SINCE 1982, NVIC'S MISSION HAS BEEN TO PREVENT VACCINE INJURIES AND DEATHS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION. NVIC DOES NOT MAKE VACCINE USE RECOMMENDATIONS. NVIC DEFENDS THE ETHICAL PRINCIPLE OF INFORMED CONSENT TO MEDICAL RISK TAKING AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THAT PROTECT FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, SPEECH AND CONSCIENCE TO SUPPORT EDUCATED, VOLUNTARY HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKING. NVIC ADVOCATES FOR SAFETY AND INFORMED CONSENT PROTECTIONS IN THE VACCINATION SYSTEM AND FOR THE INCLUSION OF FLEXIBLE MEDICAL, CONSCIENTIOUS AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF VACCINE EXEMPTIONS IN U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH POLICIES AND LAWS. NVIC OPERATES THREE WEBSITES. THE EXTENSIVE LIBRARY OF WELL-RESEARCHED, REFERENCED INFORMATION ON VACCINE SCIENCE, POLICY, LAW AND ETHICS POSTED ON NVIC'S FLAGSHIP WEBSITE, NVIC.ORG, IS A UNIQUE PUBLIC INFORMATION RESOURCE. WEBSITE NVIC'S MAIN WEBSITE, NVIC.ORG, WAS CREATED IN 1995, AND IS MANAGED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH STAFF SUPPORT FROM THE PART-TIME WEBSITE CONTENT/DESIGN COORDINATOR. THE NVIC.ORG WEBSITE HOSTED 797,027 VISITORS AND OVER 2.8 MILLION VIEWS. THERE WERE 753, 216 VISITORS TO THE MEDALERTS VACCINE ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEM (VAERS) DATABASE ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE WEBSITE. FIVE MAJOR VIDEO COMMENTARIES, WHICH WERE ALSO PUBLISHED IN WRITTEN REFERENCED FORM, WERE RESEARCHED, WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE CEO/PRESIDENT WITH NVIC'S VIDEOGRAPHER FOR POSTING ON THE WEBSITE AND WERE REPUBLISHED ON OTHER WEBSITES. THE MOST POPULAR COMMENTARY, THE NATIONAL PLAN TO VACCINATE EVERY AMERICAN, GARNERED OVER 28,000 VIEWS AND FOCUSED ON CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, SPEECH, CONSCIENCE AND THE RIGHT TO INFORMED CONSENT TO MEDICAL RISK TAKING. IN ADDITION, EIGHT SHORT VIDEOS (1-5 MINUTES) PROMOTING NVIC'S PROGRAMS AND SERVICES AND PERSPECTIVE ON VACCINE-RELATED TOPICS WERE WRITTEN BY THE CEO/PRESIDENT AND FILMED BY THE VIDEOGRAPHER AND PRODUCED BY A FREELANCE VIDEO MARKETING CONSULTANT. NVIC'S PODCAST STATION ON SOUND CLOUD FEATURED A SELECTION OF 37 PODCASTS PLAYED MORE THAN 12,450 TIMES AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. NVIC PODCASTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON THIRD PARTY APPS SUCH AS I-TUNES, SPOTIFY AND IHEART RADIO. ALTHOUGH NVIC FOCUSES ON PRODUCING INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES LICENSED AND SOLD IN THE U.S. AND MOST VISITORS TO NVIC.ORG ARE ENGLISH-SPEAKING, THE WEBSITE HAS A GOOGLE TRANSLATION FEATURE THAT SERVES VISITORS SPEAKING OTHER LANGUAGES. PUBLICATIONS DURING THE TENTH ANNUAL VACCINE AWARENESS WEEK (VAW) HELD SEPT. 22-28, 2019, NVIC'S 2019 ANNUAL REPORT ON U.S. STATE VACCINE LEGISLATION: VACCINE EXEMPTIONS UNDER ATTACK WAS PUBLISHED ON NVIC.ORG AND A SPECIAL REFERENCED REPORT THE DISAPPEARING MEDICAL EXEMPTION TO VACCINATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD. VACCINE INFORMATION BROCHURES WERE REVISED BY STAFF AND POSTED FOR DOWNLOADING FROM NVIC.ORG, AS WELL AS PUBLISHED IN PRINT FORM FOR MAILING AND DISTRIBUTION AT CONFERENCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS. DOWNLOADS OF NVIC BROCHURES, POSTERS AND SPECIAL REPORTS POSTED ON THE NVIC WEBSITE'S ASK 8 INFORMATION KIOSK INCREASED THIS REPORTING PERIOD. ONLINE NEWSLETTER AND WEEKLY JOURNAL THE DIGITAL NVIC NEWSLETTER, ESTABLISHED IN 2006, AND THE DIGITAL THE VACCINE REACTION JOURNAL NEWSPAPER, ESTABLISHED IN WRITTEN PUBLISHED FORM IN 1995 AND IN DIGITAL FORM IN 2015, ARE EDITED BY NVIC PRESIDENT/CEO. DURING FYE 2020, BOTH PUBLICATIONS WERE EMAILED TO MORE THAN 80,000 SUBSCRIBERS. THE NVIC NEWSLETTER AND THE VACCINE REACTION JOURNAL NEWSPAPER CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ABOVE AVERAGE INDUSTRY (NONPROFIT) "OPEN- AND "CLICK- THROUGH" RATES AND A BELOW AVERAGE RATE FOR EMAIL BOUNCES AND UNSUBSCRIBES. THE NVIC NEWSLETTER PUBLISHED SEVEN EDITIONS FEATURING VIDEO COMMENTARIES AND REFERENCED ARTICLES ON VACCINE SCIENCE, POLICY, LAW AND ETHICS, AS WELL AS NVIC SPONSORED EVENTS AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS BY STAFF AND A CALENDAR OF UPCOMING FEDERAL VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THE VACCINE REACTION (TVR) JOURNAL NEWSPAPER HAS OPERATED ITS OWN WEBSITE AT THEVACCINEREACTION.ORG SINCE 2015. TVR PROMOTES "AN ENLIGHTENED CONVERSATION ABOUT VACCINATION, HEALTH AND AUTONOMY- AND FOCUSES ON TOPICS RELATED TO VACCINATION, HEALTH, ETHICS, MEDICINE, LAW, MEDIA AND BUSINESS. NVIC CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT IS FOUNDING EXECUTIVE EDITOR OF TVR AND THE PUBLICATION IS MANAGED BY A PART-TIME EDITORIAL STAFF INCLUDES A PART-TIME MANAGING EDITOR AND TWO PART-TIME WRITERS. THIS FISCAL YEAR, TVR PUBLISHED 49 EDITIONS CONTAINING 198 ARTICLES AND OPEDS WRITTEN BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 31 REPUBLISHED ARTICLES BY GUEST WRITERS AND 50 FEATURED VIDEOS. THE TVR WEBSITE HOSTED NEARLY 800,000 VISITS AND 1.1 MILLION PAGE VIEWS. VIDEO MESSAGING NVIC'S PART-TIME VIDEOGRAPHER FILMED, ILLUSTRATED, EDITED AND POSTED NEW VIDEOS ON VACCINE SCIENCE, POLICY, LAW AND ETHICS THAT WERE RESEARCHED AND WRITTEN BY NVIC'S CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT ON THE NVICSTANDUP YOU TUBE CHANNEL. A FREELANCE ADVERTISING VIDEO PRODUCER ASSISTED WITH CREATION OF SHORT VIDEO FORMAT MESSAGING. NVIC'S YOU TUBE CHANNEL FEATURES MORE THAN 200 VIDEOS AND, BY THE END OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD, HAD 6,614 SUBSCRIBERS. SOCIAL MEDIA NVIC'S FACEBOOK PAGE IS MANAGED AND ACTIVELY MONITORED BY THE CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER WITH BACK UP PROVIDED BY THE PART-TIME SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT. BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE NVIC FACEBOOK FAN BASED NUMBERED ABOUT 218,000 FANS. THERE WERE ABOUT 2,500 ORIGINAL POSTINGS ON NVIC'S FACEBOOK PAGE AND 1,400 REPEAT POSTINGS. ON A WEEKLY BASIS, THESE POSTS REACHED AN ESTIMATED 16,500 FACEBOOK USERS WITH A WEEKLY RIPPLE EFFECT OF ABOUT 165,000 PEOPLE. THE NVIC TWITTER SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT HAD 18,000 FOLLOWERS BY THE END OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD AND THE INSTAGRAM FAN BASE WAS ABOUT 46,000 FOLLOWERS. PRINT AND BROADCAST MEDIA NVIC IS AN INFORMATION RESOURCE FOR JOURNALISTS SEEKING AN INFORMED CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE ON VACCINE HISTORY, SCIENCE, POLICY, LAW & ETHICS. BELOW IS A SAMPLE OF MEDIA REPORTS IN WHICH NVIC REPRESENTATIVES WERE QUOTED OR NVIC'S INFORMATION WAS INCLUDED: -NEW HAMPSHIRE TO CREATE VACCINE DATABASE. CONCORD MONITOR DEC. 18, 2020. -THE BATTLE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND SKEPTICISM. CNN HEALTH JAN. 18, 2020. -COMPETING VACCINATION BILLS HEADING FOR FACE-OFF IN LEGISLATURE. COLORADO POLITICS JUNE 7, 2020. -MANDATORY VACCINATIONS COMING? VCY AMERICA JUNE 11, 2020. -UNIVERSAL FLU VACCINE AWAITING THIRD TRIAL PHASE. EPOCH TIMES JUNE 20, 2020. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS NVIC'S STAFF GAVE SPEECHES AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD. NVIC CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT GAVE THE FIRST PRESENTATION "WITNESSING THE VACCINE INJURY EPIDEMIC" AT THE VACCINE INJURY EPIDEMIC RALLY ON THE NATIONAL MALL ON NOV. 14, 2019, PROVIDING HISTORICAL CONTEXT FOR THE 1986 NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT. NVIC'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COORDINATED THE VACCINE AND HEALTH CARE CHOICE SUMMIT MEETINGS IN DENVER SPEAKERS AND GAVE A PRESENTATION ON COLORADO VACCINE LAWS FOR STAKEHOLDERS, LEGISLATORS AND THE PUBLIC AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2019. OTHER PRESENTATIONS WERE GIVEN BY NVIC STAFF AT THE SILENT VOICES RALLY IN FLORIDA AND AT THE RALLY FOR HEALTH FREEDOM IN HAWAII IN JANUARY; AND THE LIVE AWARE EXPO IN CALIFORNIA IN FEBRUARY. PLANNING AND COORDINATION OF FIFTH INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CONFERENCE ON VACCINATION AFTER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S DECLARATION OF A CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IN EARLY 2020 AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS, NVIC'S FIFTH INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CONFERENCE ON VACCINATION: PROTECTING HEALTH AND AUTONOMY IN THE 21ST CENTURY LONG SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE AT A HOTEL IN RESTON, VA IN OCTOBER 2020 WAS CANCELLED AND RESCHEDULED AS A VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO BE BROADCAST ONLINE OCT. 16-18, 2020 (FY2021) A PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE EVENT MANAGER AND PROFESSIONAL AV COMPANY WERE HIRED TO TECHNICALLY PRODUCE AND BROADCAST THE ONLINE EVENT. THE CEO/PRESIDENT CREATED THE CONFERENCE AGENDA AND INVITED 51 SPEAKERS FROM THE U.S. AND OTHER COUNTRIES. THE MAJORITY OF THE COORDINATION AND PROMOTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TOOK PLACE DURING FY2020.

ADVOCACY ADVOCACY PORTAL ACTIVITIES THE WEB-BASED NVIC ADVOCACY PORTAL AND WEBSITE, CREATED IN 2010, IS MANAGED BY NVIC'S DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY WITH STAFF SUPPORT FROM THE PART-TIME STATE ADVOCACY ASSISTANT, SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT AND ADVOCACY PORTAL CONTENT ASSISTANT. THIS FREE ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MAINTAINS UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON PROPOSED STATE AND FEDERAL VACCINE-RELATED LEGISLATION, PROVIDES ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND CONNECTS REGISTERED USERS ELECTRONICALLY WITH THEIR OWN LEGISLATORS. THE ADVOCACY PORTAL STAFF MONITORS AND ISSUES ACTION ALERTS ON VACCINE-RELATED BILLS MOVING IN STATE LEGISLATURES. DURING FYE 2020, NVIC TRACKED, ANALYZED, AND ISSUED POSITIONS ON 232 VACCINE RELATED BILLS IN 39 STATES THAT PROPOSED TO RESTRICT OR REMOVE VACCINE EXEMPTIONS, EXPAND ELECTRONIC VACCINE TRACKING, ADD NEW VACCINE MANDATES FOR CHILDREN AND ADD ADULT VACCINE MANDATES IN THE WORKPLACE, AS WELL AS LEGISLATION PROPOSING TO SECURE OR PROTECT VACCINE INFORMED CONSENT RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS. NVIC PROVIDED INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF 99 BILLS INTRODUCED IN MULTIPLE STATES THAT ALIGNED WITH NVIC'S MISSION AND INFORMED CONSENT ADVOCACY, AND PROVIDED INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION TO 123 BILLS THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTED NVIC'S MISSION. DURING THIS REPORTING PERIOD, LEGISLATORS IN 13 STATES INTRODUCED BILLS TO ELIMINATE OR RESTRICT VACCINE EXEMPTIONS BUT NONE PASSED. ONLY ONE OUT OF 10 BILLS THAT PROPOSED TO RESTRICT VACCINE EXEMPTIONS PASSED. IN FYE 2020, THERE WERE 797, 027 VISITS TO THE NVICADVOCACY.ORG WEBSITE. A TOTAL OF 12,429 NEW USERS OF THE ADVOCACY PORTAL WERE REGISTERED TO BRING THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE PORTAL USERS TO MORE THAN 80,000 PEOPLE. STATES THAT HAD THE HIGHEST NVIC ADVOCACY PORTAL USER RATES WERE CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, FLORIDA, ILLINOIS, TEXAS, NEW JERSEY, VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, COLORADO AND MASSACHUSETTS. CONSUMER ADVOCACY AND REPRESENTATION FEDERAL VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEES SINCE 1988, NVIC HAS PROVIDED CONSUMER REPRESENTATIVES TO SERVE ON FEDERAL VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND FEDERAL AND STATE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS. NVIC STAFF MONITORS AND PROVIDES PUBLIC COMMENT AND REPORTS ON VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, REGULATION, POLICYMAKING AND PROMOTION ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, INCLUDING THE FDA VACCINES & RELATED BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (VRBPAC); CDC ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP); NATIONAL VACCINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NVAC); AND ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CHILDHOOD VACCINES (ACCV). DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR: -ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CHILDHOOD VACCINES (ACCV) THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MONITORED ACCV MEETINGS BY PHONE TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT BY NVIC ON OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM (VICP) CREATED BY CONGRESS UNDER THE NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT OF 1986. SHE MADE ORAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF NVIC DURING THE ACCV'S SEPTEMBER 2019, APRIL AND MAY 2020 ACCV MEETINGS. -ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES (ACIP) THE VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND PATIENT SAFETY AND DIRECTOR OF DISEASE & VACCINE WEBSITE CONTENT MONITORED ACIP MEETINGS BY PHONE. -THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND VOLUNTEER DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND PATIENT SAFETY MONITORED NVAC MEETINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE PROVIDED ON BEHALF OF NVIC DURING THE SEPTEMBER 2019 AND FEBRUARY 2020 NVAC MEETINGS. -NVIC'S CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUBMITTED A WRITTEN REFERENCED PUBLIC COMMENT IN MAY 2020 TO THE AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY (AHRQ) ON SUPPLEMENTAL EVIDENCE AND DATA REQUEST ON SAFETY OF VACCINES USED FOR ROUTINE IMMUNIZATION IN THE U.S. -NVIC'S CO-FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT SUBMITTED A WRITTEN REFERENCED PUBLIC COMMENT TO THE OFFICE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND HIV/AIDS POLICY (ODIP), OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF HEALTH ON DEVELOPING THE 2020-2025 NATIONAL VACCINE PLAN AND DETAILED PAST FAILURES BY DHHS TO APPROPRIATELY IMPLEMENT THE 1986 NATIONAL CHILDHOOD VACCINE INJURY ACT.

COUNSELING AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICE SINCE 1982, NVIC'S STAFF HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINATION AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CONTACTING NVIC, AS WELL AS OPERATED A VACCINE REACTION REGISTRY AND PROVIDED FREE ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING AND INFORMATIONAL SUPPORT TO THOSE REPORTING VACCINE REACTIONS, INJURIES AND DEATHS. MANY OF THE INQUIRIES TO NVIC THIS YEAR WERE MADE BY PHONE, EMAIL OR LETTER AND WERE ASKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO: -IDENTIFY A VACCINE REACTION; -REPORT A VACCINE REACTION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; -FILE FOR FEDERAL VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION; -FIND INFORMATION ABOUT STATE VACCINE LAWS; AND -ASK DOCTORS QUESTIONS WHEN MAKING A VACCINE DECISION. COUNSELING SERVICE. THE PART TIME DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING RESPONDED BY PHONE, EMAIL OR LETTER TO 7,551 PUBLIC INQUIRIES AND REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING IN FYE2020. THE VACCINE RESPONSE REPORTING MANAGER RESPONDED TO 76 VACCINE REACTION REPORTS. TELEPHONE AND EMAIL COUNSELING WAS PROVIDED TO THOSE REPORTING VACCINE INJURIES OR DEATHS. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ABOUT VACCINE REACTIONS WERE HANDLED BY OTHER STAFF MEMBERS. THERE WERE 42 REPORTS FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD BEEN THREATENED OR SANCTIONED BY DOCTORS OR OTHER PERSONNEL IN POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY FOR MAKING INDEPENDENT VACCINE CHOICES FOR THEMSELVES OR THEIR CHILDREN AND, WHEN REQUESTED, COUNSELING WAS PROVIDED.

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