Concerned About Vaccines, Safety, and Autism? You May Want to Attend This April 11 Vaccine Safety Meeting by Phone

National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) Vaccine Safety Working Group is a part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Tomorrow, April 11, the Working Group will be meeting all day in Washington, DC. At the request of many parent groups, the meeting will be open to the public - and the public can also attend the meeting by conference call.

Ginger Taylor, the author of the blog Adventures in Autism, recommends that the public take notice and attend. Says Ginger: "Call the NVAC and tell them it is time to deal with the problems and it is time to give us a seat at the table so that the real debate can continue where it counts."

Meanwhile, the organization Safeminds has taken a leadership role in pushing various federal agencies toward action relative to vaccines. Along with Generation Rescue, celebrities Jenny McCarthy, Deirdre Imus, and others, they are even pressing for the removal of CDC Director Julie Gerberding on the basis that she has refused to acknowledge or act on possible connections between vaccines and autism.

David Kirby, a journalist who writes extensively about autism and vaccines on the Huffington Post explains why this particular meeting on the 11th may be significant: evidently there is a possibility that more information about a link between mitochondrial disorder, vaccines, and autism may emerge.

If you feel that vaccines have contributed to the rise in autism cases, this meeting is an opportunity to take a more active role in understanding and contributing to the process of change. Will you attend? What do you anticipate will come of this and similar meetings?