Why Vaccination News Is So Costly To Operate

Why Vaccination News Is So Costly To Operate

It has come to my attention that not everyone understands what goes into making Vaccination News what it is. So I thought a brief explanation might be in order.

In order to get the news to you in an orderly and meaningful fashion, to varying degrees the people working on the website go through paid & free subscription news services (including Google alerts on a number of vaccine-related topics) every day looking for appropriate news/information.  In addition,  countless journal tables of contents are scrutinized for relevant articles, as are numerous internet groups' emails.  Each link is examined and if it is decided a quote is warranted, the article must be read by someone.  Then the articles are put in a specific, uniform format using proper attribution.  It is also decided whether or not an article is thought to be important enough to put on the main page, as there are too many articles each day to put them all there.  (Those articles thought important enough to put on the home page can be found in "picks of the day archives".)  Occasionally comments from me or another person are added.

Picks of the Day are chosen and put on the home page and archived by month,.  Until just recently we had a page with the most recent articles, called breaking news, but just discontinued it to cut costs.  (We don't always get the news in a timely fashion, so not all the news was added to this page.)  All the news, regardless of its timeliness, however, is added to the "All the News" page.  It is also archived by month.

There have been specific projects as well, including trying to make sure all of Dan Olmsted's "Age of Autism" articles can be found on one page, even if they have disappeared from the UPI site. 

Other extra expenses may include trips to vaccination-related conferences and/or sponsoring speaking engagements.  For instance, in 2006 David Kirby was brought to Alaska, where he addressed the Downtown Rotary Club, as well as  a nice crowd at the Wilda Marston Theater at the Loussac Library, and spoke at the UAA bookstore.  (Click here for the Anchorage Daily News story on his visit.)

This (or similar) work used to take me, when I did it myself, 10-15 hours each day.  One year I don't think I got even one day off.   (In fact, it would be too costly to do everything I used to do.)  It is the main reason why my health suffered, especially my back.  (I am now on the mend, thank you!)

This pain-staking, laborious work is now done by three moms with vaccine-injured children and I pay them what we all consider to be a fair and reasonable hourly wage.  (One of them has two children with vaccine injuries.)  Two of these moms work enough hours that they are able to stay home with their children, rather than have to find a job away from home.

I hope this helps explain why your help is so needed.  (Click here to find out how to make a donation.)

All the best,

Sandy Gottstein (aka Mintz)

President, Vaccination News, A Non-Profit Corporation

**Letters from David Kirby, Dr. Darrel Crain, Dr. Meryl Nass, Professor Philip Rudnick, Barbara Lewis of Red Flags, Dr. F. Edward Yazbak, Dr. Harold Buttram, Dr. Sherri J. Tenpenny, Dr. Philip Incao, Hilary Butler, Professor Boyd Haley, Catherine O'Driscoll, Paul Shattock on the value of Vaccination News** - all the letters

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