All posts by Reiss, Dorit R.

Religious Exemptions: Abuse and Reform

Constitutional law and vaccines, Exemptions, Freedom of religion, School immunization requirements

This post and article document that people lie to get religious exemptions, and address the jurisprudence surrounding exemptions and possibilities for reform.

 

Blog post:

http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/religious-exemptions-vaccination-abuse-reform/

 

Full article:

http://www.hastingslawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/Reiss-65.6.pdf

Response to Alan Phillips: Exemptions not Required

Anti-Vaccine, Constitutional law and vaccines, Exemptions, Freedom of religion, School immunization requirements

This is a response to comments by Attorney Alan Phillips and an explanation why religious – or philosophical – exemptions are not required under our constitutional framework:

http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2013/11/religious-exemptions-to-vaccine-mandates-and-the-law-where-are-we-where-can-we-go.html

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child 5:

Children's rights, Constitutional law and vaccines, Exemptions, Freedom of religion, Parental Rights, School immunization requirements

The fifth post in a series published with Shot of Prevention examining the tension between a child’s right to health and parental rights, and what can be done to protect children. This post looks at school immunization requirements and how they can protect children from non-vaccination.

 

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/20/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-role-of-school-immunization-requirements/

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child, 4:

Children's rights, Parental Rights,

The fourth post in a series published with Shot of Prevention examining the tension between a child’s right to health and parental rights, and what can be done to protect children. This post examines under what circumstances can parental rights be completely overcome: when can children be vaccinated in spite of parental resistance.

 

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child: Vaccinating Over the Parents’ Will

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child, 2:

Children's rights, Parental Rights, Tools to increase immunization rates, Tort Liability

The second post in a series published with Shot of Prevention examining the tension between a child’s right to health and parental rights, and what can be done to protect children. This post looks at whether children harmed by a preventable disease because the parent did not vaccinate them can sue the parent.

 

The Rights of the Unvaccinated Child: Tort Liability

Funding costs of outbreaks:

Tools to increase immunization rates

Explaining why those who choose not to vaccinate should pay for outbreaks caused by non-vaccination, and proposing a menu of options to impose such costs. Joint paper: Charlotte Moser, Rob Schwartz and myself.

 

Blog posts:

Full article: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2445610

General list of things about vaccines, rough categories

Directory

List of articles:

 

Legal Tools to Increase Immunization Rates:

 

Tort liability for failure to vaccinate: http://shotofprevention.com/2013/09/12/legal-responsibilities-in-choosing-not-to-vaccinate/; see also: http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2013/06/24/guest-post-no-liability-for-failure-to-vaccinate-the-case-has-not-been-made-a-response-to-mary-holland/

Full article: http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/JLPP/upload/Reiss-final.pdf

 

Dealing with misinformation by an anti-vaccine doctor or organization: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/04/18/the-cost-of-vaccine-misinformation/

 

Explaining why the unvaccinated should cover the costs of outbreaks:

 

Tort liability for bad medical advice, with Amanda Naprawa: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2495971

 

A classification of legal tools for improving immunization rates: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/improving-immunization-rates-law-do/

 

Suing for anti-vaccine misrepresentation: Amanda Naprawa’s article, part I: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/anti-vaccine-claims-misrepresentation-free-speech/

 

FTC action against false anti-vaccine claims: Amanda Naprawa’s article, Part II: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/regulating-misrepresentation-can-ftc-restrict-anti-vaccine-facts/

 

 

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child:

A series addressing the tension between parental rights and the rights of a child to health, and asking how can the law protect children from the harms of non-vaccination.

 

The Rights of the Unvaccinated Child: The Legal Framework

The Rights of the Unvaccinated Child: Tort Liability

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child: Criminal Law

Rights of the Unvaccinated Child: Vaccinating Over the Parents’ Will

http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/20/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-role-of-school-immunization-requirements/

 

School immunization requirements and exemptions:

 

California new law and Governor Brown’s signing statement: http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2013/10/reiss-viewpoint-lawsigning.php

 

Response to Alan Phillips’ discussion of religious exemptions: http://lizditz.typepad.com/i_speak_of_dreams/2013/11/religious-exemptions-to-vaccine-mandates-and-the-law-where-are-we-where-can-we-go.html

 

Blog post, abuse of religious exemptions: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/religious-exemptions-vaccination-abuse-reform/

 

Full article on abuse of religious exemptions: http://www.hastingslawjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/Reiss-65.6.pdf

 

From the point of view of protecting the child of the no-vaccinating parent: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/03/20/rights-of-the-unvaccinated-child-the-role-of-school-immunization-requirements/

 

Letter to Rhode Island ACLU about their opposition to flu mandates for children, with Arthur Caplan: http://www.bioethics.net/2014/02/liberty-and-where-noses-begin-an-open-letter-to-the-aclu-of-rhode-island-concerning-mandating-flu-vaccinations-for-very-young-children-entering-daycare-and-kindergarden/

 

Legal Current Events, Cases in the News:

 

 

 

Explaining Legal Concepts and Ideas:

 

 

NVICP:

 

Why NVICP is better for plaintiffs than the regular courts:

http://shotofprevention.com/2013/11/08/congressional-briefing-attempts-to-discredit-vaccine-injury-compensation/

See also: http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2013/11/reiss-vaccine-injury.php

 

Analyzing news articles reporting on the Associated Press report: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/11/25/the-vaccine-injury-compensation-program-what-does-the-ap-report-really-show/

 

Analyzing the Government Accountability Office Report about NVICP: http://shotofprevention.com/2014/12/09/government-accountability-office-report-on-vaccine-injury-compensation/

 

New case about NVICP – Price v. HHS, tolling and statutes of limitations: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/price-v-hhs-statutes-limitations-tolling-vaccines-autism/

 

 

Healthcare Workers and Influenza Mandates:

  1. The constitutional rights of healthcare workers in the context of influenza vaccine mandates – including the Valent case: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/faith-vaccines-religion-healthcare-workers/
  2. Federal labor laws (Civil Rights Act, 1964) and influenza vaccine mandates for healthcare workers: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/health-care-workers-flu-vaccines-work-place-discrimination/
  3. Responding to Alan Phillips claims about vaccine mandates for healthcare workers: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/natural-news-wrong-mandatory-vaccinations-part-2/

 

Responding to Anti-Vaccine Attacks on Critics:

  1. Responding to anti-vaccine threats to sue Israeli pro-vaccine advocates: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/handling-debate-by-threatening-legal-action-anti-vaccination-activists-in-israel/
  2. Anti-vaccine activists abuse Facebook’s reporting to silence disagreement: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/abusing-the-algorithm-using-facebook-reporting-to-censor-debate/
  3. Wrap up of abusive reporting to Facebook by anti-vaccine activists: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/facebooks-policy-banning-and-anti-vaccine-tactics/
  4. Anti-vaccine activists attack opponents: http://www.immunizeusa.org/media/52996/anti-vaccine-intimidation-daily-journal-may-14-2014-1-.pdf
  5. Andrew Wakefield’s suit against Brian Deer and BMJ rejected: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/litigating-debate-tactic-andrew-wakefields-appeal-denied/
  6. Andrew Wakefield tries to appeal Texas Court of appeals rejection: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/andrew-wakefield-keeps-trying-appeal/
  7. The rights of employee and blogging about the public health: http://www.uchastings.edu/news/articles/2013/09/reiss-viewpoint-blogging.php

 

Countering Anti-Vaccine claims:

  1. The claim that Walker-Smith’s acquittal means Andrew Wakefield is exonerated: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/refuting-tropes-andrew-wakefield-wronged/
  2. Maine Anti-vaccine activists propose a law: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/maine-coalition-vaccine-choice-legislation-bad-premises-bad-law/
  • Responding to Alan Phillips’ critique of a proposed NY law allowing teen agers to consent to HPV and Hepatitis B vaccines, with Arthur Caplan: http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/allowing-teenagers-choose-vaccination-constitutional-desirable/

 

Vaccines and the Law Manual: http://www.voicesforvaccines.org/wpvfv/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Vaccines-and-the-Law-Toolkit.pdf

 

Vaccine Related Commentary that is not about law:

  1. The harms of the fight against HPV: http://momswhovax.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-costs-of-fight-against-hpv-vaccine.html
  2. Responding to anti-vaccine activist Suzanne Humphries misleading claims about polio in Israel: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/suzanne-humphries-bad-advice-on-the-polio-vaccine/
  3. Responding to an anti-vaccine op-ed: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/anti-vaccine-claims-mainstream-media-and-children/
  4. The Before Vaccines Blogs: http://beforevaccines.blogspot.com

 

 

Tort Liability for Failure to Vaccinate

Tools to increase immunization rates,

Why parents who do not vaccinate – or an adult who does not vaccinate – should be liable if their decision infects another.

 

Blog posts, in chronological order:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/billofhealth/2013/06/24/guest-post-no-liability-for-failure-to-vaccinate-the-case-has-not-been-made-a-response-to-mary-holland/

http://shotofprevention.com/2013/09/12/legal-responsibilities-in-choosing-not-to-vaccinate 

 

Full Article:

http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/JLPP/upload/Reiss-final.pdf