Harry Weaver (neuroscience) died at his home in San Clemente, California, age 68. The polio vaccine was discovered and developed by Jonas Salk between 1952 and 1955. Weaver, acting as the Director of Research at the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, now known as the March of Dimes,from 1946 to 1953, supported Salk's work with a sense of urgency for the development of the Polio vaccine. Weaver's urgency for developing a vaccine as quickly as possible was somewhat counter to the development of the Oral polio vaccine by Albert Sabin between 1954 and 1961. However, his support of Salk's vaccine was considered to
Texans for Vaccine Choice TFVC is not "anti-vaccine" but "pro vaccine-choice". Texans for Vaccine Choice Texans for Vaccine Choice (TFVC) is a political action committee in Texas which advocates for exemptions to vaccination requirements. TFVC has been criticized as anti-vaccine by David Gorski and some news outlets. Texans for Vaccine Choice was founded in 2015 by a group of mothers, lead by Jackie Schlegel, who opposed legislation proposed by state representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) which would have eliminated conscientious exemptions to vaccination requirements in the state of Texas. Referring to this bill, TFVC executive director Jackie Schlegel said “This is Texas. We believe in