Public Trust

Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center, delivered this Grand Rounds presentation to Florida Department of Health employees on March 16, 2026, at the invitation of Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo. Drawing on 44 years as a vaccine safety advocate, Fisher traces the history of the informed consent movement from the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act through the COVID pandemic response, examining the growing public trust crisis in health policy. She addresses waning vaccine immunity, chronic disease trends, and the surge in state legislation protecting informed consent rights — making the case that restoring trust in public health requires honest risk disclosure and respect for individual medical decision-making.

Repeal Mandatory Vaccination Laws By Barbara Loe Fisher

Discover federal protections to inspect vaccine education materials in your child's school, minor consent and school vaccination clinics, and more.

Recently, public discussion on social media led to speculation and rumor about the ending of NVIC’s association with Dr. Joseph Mercola. To address that speculation, it is with profound disappointment and sadness that I am personally clarifying the truth about what happened and explaining why NVIC’s Truth and Freedom Monument no longer stands on Mercola Market property in Cape Coral, Florida.