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by Louise Kuo Habakus Leader New Jersey Coalition for Vaccination Choice On his Reform Agenda tour of the state of New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie held a town hall meeting at the VFW in Middletown on January 26, 2011. As Governor Christie entered the room, I handed him a letter with a copy of … Read more
January 26, 2011 The Honorable Chris ChristieOffice of the GovernorP. O. Box 001Trenton, NJ 08625 HAND DELIVERED Dear Governor Christie: We are writing to thank you for your prescient decision to support vaccination choice during the gubernatorial campaign. After you wrote the attached letter in support of our community, many more parents mobilized to vote … Read more
This is from a meeting with the health dept that NJCVC members were able to secure, and 3 of our leaders attended… We met with Dr. Susan Walsh who is Deputy Health Commissioner but introduced herself as the acting Health Commissioner, Dr. Tina Tan who is the NJDHSS State Epidemiologist, Terry Clancy who is secretary … Read more
NJCVC is hoping to have a table at the Holistic Moms event coming up in October in Basking Ridge. NJCVC is also busy planning our own educational event in October – location and date to be posted soon Since our bill is now in the Assembly Education Committee we’ve been meeting with all the legislators … Read more
“The Truth Does Not Change According To Our Ability To Stomach It.” ~ Flannery O’ Conner, American Writer, 1925-1964 But The Health Departments And The Media Think It Does! Several weeks ago in March, large numbers of media outlets as well as County and State Health Departments issued notice of mumps outbreaks in the New … Read more
The NJ Assembly Health Committee met on March 9 in Trenton, as part of their regular meeting schedule. NJ Health Commissioner Heather Howard was invited to give testimony on the pending influx of stimulus money. Two NJCVC members attended the event to show support for vaccination choice and gave each committee member the following statement: … Read more
After nearly 3 weeks of preventing children from attending preschool without their newly mandated flu vaccines (or a legal exemption), the NJ Health Department finally relaxed its deadline for compliance. Children were permitted to return to preschool if they were in compliance with all vaccine mandates (except the flu vaccine) as of February 3rd. The … Read more
Our Oct. 16 Rally in front of the Trenton Statehouse had over 700 attendees and drew national media attention. The speakers were fabulous, including several of our bill’s sponsors, however, our bill was eclipsed by the presidential election and failing economy. An important deadline is approaching, however: as of January 15, it is unknown just … Read more