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FROM NVIC:

   On May 27, 2003 a public debate was held at the CATO Institute in Washington, D.C. between George Annas, J.D., MPH, Boston University, School of Public Health; Jonathan Turley, J.D., George Washington University Law School; and Lawrence Gostin, J.D., Georgetown University Law Center and Johns Hopkins University.  This lively debate focused on the question of whether the threat of bioterrorism post-9/11 justifies creating new state police powers which give sweeping authority to public health officials and limit or eliminate individual liberties.

    Mr. Gostin is the architect of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA), model state legislation allows public health officials to use "all or any part of the organized militia" to isolate, quarantine and force vaccination and medical treatment on American citizens in states where a governor has called a "state of emergency" for 30 days or more.  This model state legislation was commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) several years ago and was brought out after September 11, 2001 and introduced in more than half the states in the U.S.. NVIC and other organizations concerned with health freedom and vaccine safety have opposed the legislation in many states because it does not contain informed consent provisions.

   Mr. Annas, an internationally recognized authority on human rights and informed consent was a featured speaker at NVIC's Third International Public Conference on Vaccination held in November 2002.  He opposes forced vaccination and medical treatment.  Mr. Turley, who is often seen in debates on national television, is an authority on constitutional law. Both Annas and Turley have vigorously opposed Gostin's plan to further militarize the public health infrastructure in the U.S. in the name of protecting the public health.

   This excellent debate can be heard and viewed on the CATO Institute website at www.cato.org.  For further information on the MSEHPA and the erosion of civil liberties in that legislation, go to NVIC's website at www.909shot.com and access NVIC's special report on "Smallpox and Forced

Vaccination: What Every American Needs to Know."

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