Vaccine Ingredients Calculator
Be Informed!
"Knowledge
will forever govern ignorance: And a people who
mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves
with the power which knowledge gives." James Madison, Father of
the
Constitution, Father of the Bill of Rights, 4th American President,
1822, letter
in support of public
education.
Use the
VIC Now
An Open Source
Project.
The Vaccine Ingredients Calculator (VIC) is free for
all to use. The underlying
code is open-source: anybody can dig into how it works, programmers
in other countries can make use of the code for their own vaccines, and
all may participate in our
forum for open public discussion about vaccine
ingredients and how to improve the VIC.
Built From Publicly
Available Data.
The VIC is built from information contained in the vaccine manufacturer
package inserts located on the Food and Drug Administration's website
and derived from mercury safe
exposure standards as defined by the
Environmental Protection Agency.
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What is the VIC?
Informed
Vaccination Decisionmaking.
The purpose of this tool is to enable the public to
make informed vaccination decisions for themselves and their
children. Soon,
the
VIC will be able to be used to
determine the specific amounts of various vaccine
ingredients contained in recommended vaccines.
Mercury Content in
Vaccines.
Currently, the
VIC computes the amount of mercury
contained in selected vaccines compared to what the Environmental
Protection Agency indicates is safe for an adult eating
mercury-contaminated fish. Specifically, the VIC
computes amount of mercury contained in Thimerosal
(49.5% ethyl mercury) which is used in some H1N1 and seasonal
influenza vaccines.
Updates to the VIC
A Work in Progress,
Continually Improved.
The VIC is updated
weekly as we add data about additional vaccines and ingredients to
it. Additionally, we will respond to feedback and suggestions for
improvement from people all
over
the world who care about
improving the safety of vaccines and vaccine
administration protocols.
Sneak
peek at the new Vaccine Ingredients Calculator!
Latest update:
February 8, 2010
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Mercury In
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