THE VACCINE REACTION

“When it happens to you or your child, the risks are 100%”

Published by the National Vaccine Information Center
Barbara Loe Fisher, Editor

Autism and Vaccines: 
A New Look at an Old Story

Published by The National Vaccine Information Center
Summer 2000

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