The Facts on Colorado HB 14-1288

• Deaths and Case Fatality Ratios for Select Vaccine Targeted Diseases, 2003-2012 - Source: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE)
• Reported Cases of Vaccine Targeted Disease in Colorado - Source: CDPHE
• Colorado Ranks as 8th Healthiest State - Source: America's Health Rankings
• Reported Cases of Vaccine Targeted Diseases by Age <1-19 yrs for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 - Source: CDPHE
• Less than 1% of Colorado's children were reported to have pertussis - Sources CDPHE (see above links) & US Census

• CDC Statements on Pertussis Outbreaks - Sources WebMD and U.S. HHS National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) Feb. 2013 Certified Minutes
• Vaccines can fail to protect; majority of reported pertussis cases in 7mo-9yr olds for 2005-2011 - Source: CDPHE Surveillance Data: Communicable Diseases Monitoring Reports

• CDC Definition of "herd" or "community" immunity - Source Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
• CDPHE correspondence with NVIC regarding surveillance data - Source: Wrangham/NVIC emails

• Known vaccine risks - Source: U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP)  Vaccine Injury Table and Vaccine Safety Reports by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) (scroll down for IOM links)
• Federal vaccine injury awards - Source: U.S. VICP Data & Statistics
• Federal vaccine information requirements - Source: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1986; Vaccine Information (42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-26)
• Vaccine Information Statements - Sources: CDC, National Vaccine Information Center, Immunization Action Coalition, Institute for Vaccine Safety, American Academy of Pediatrics, Colorado Children's Immunization Coalition, Western State Colorado University, Pike's Peak Area Council of Government, Clinic of Pueblo Colorado, University of Colorado, WebMD, Wikipedia - there are simply too many websites and locations to list and these are just a sample from a Google search.
• Unknown Vaccine Risks Statements -

HHS National Vaccine Advisory Committee White Paper on the U.S. Vaccine Safety System - In 60% of 30 vaccine injury causality assessments since 2001, the IOM "inadequate evidence to make a determination" on causality. U.S. HHS-NVPO IOM Causality Assessments, Sept. 2011, pgs 17 & 43

Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality – The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reviewed the epidemiological, clinical, and biological evidence regarding 158 of the most commonly reported adverse health events associated with 8 childhood vaccines and for 85%, or 135, of these events the IOM was prevented from determining causality due to either an absence of science, or the lack of quality science. Committee to Review Adverse Effects of Vaccines, Institute of Medicine " Summary." Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2012 .

• Colorado House Bill 14-1288 - Source: Colorado State Legislature Website
• Oregon Vaccine Education Module - Source: Oregon Health Authority
• Distribution of Vaccine Information Statements - Source: National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act of 1986; Vaccine Information (42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-26)
• Definitions of coerce and discriminate - Source: Dictionary.com
• Study on vaccine law restrictiveness having no impact on disease or vaccine rates - Source: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effect of Nonmedical Exemption Law and Vaccine Uptake on Vaccine-Targeted Disease Rates. American Journal of Public Health February 2014;104(2): 371-377.
• Agressive vaccine messages backfire - Source: NBC Health Report and Effective Messages in Vaccine Promotion: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2014 Mar 3.
• Highly educated parents statements -

• A mixed methods study of parental vaccine decision making and parent-provider trust.  Acad Pediatr. 2013 Sep-Oct;13(5):481-8. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2013.05.030.
• The Association Between Intentional Delay of Vaccine Administration and Timely Childhood Vaccination Coverage  –  Public Health Rep. 2010 Jul-Aug; 125(4): 534–541.
• Parental Delay or Refusal of Vaccine Doses, Childhood Vaccination Coverage at 24 Months of Age, and the Health Belief Model - Showed that parental hesitancy is concordant with other research that demonstrated that children whose parents refused all vaccines were significantly more likely to have a mother who was a college graduate and to live in a suburban household with a higher annual family income. Public Health Rep. 2011; 126 (Suppl 2): 135–146.