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      <title>Investigate Statins</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/investigate-statins.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Statin therapies are prescribed to people around the globe. Evidence has  emerged that statins can be hazardous to health. The prime rationale for their use is the notion that raised cholesterol is harmful. Much evidence suggests that a low serum cholesterol is associated with  depression, suicide, muscle damage, memory loss, serious progressive neurological disorders and general ill-health.</p>

<p>The first report created from the accounts of petition signatories has now been completed. It was sent to various global authorities with a brief for drug safety and pharmacovigilance and to each person who signed the petition.</p>

<p>The report was written for a mixed audience of medical and non-medical people. It is 23 pages long and in PDF format. The World Health Organisation has received a copy of the report which was also published by the Journal of Independent Medical Research at the following URL:</p>

<p>http://www.joimr.org/JOIMR_Vol7_No1_Dec2009.pdf</p>

<p>The URL following this section is for clinicians and it details a letter to Therapeutics Initiative. The conclusions are clear:</p>

<p>Conclusions<br />
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are challenging<br />
and require much more than locating RCTs and<br />
plugging in the numbers.<br />
• The claimed mortality benefit of statins for primary<br />
prevention is more likely a measure of bias than a real<br />
effect.<br />
• The reduction in major CHD serious adverse events<br />
with statins as compared to placebo is not reflected in a<br />
reduction in total serious adverse events.<br />
• Statins do not have a proven net health benefit in<br />
primary prevention populations and thus when used in<br />
that setting do not represent good use of scarce health<br />
care resources.</p>

<p>http://ti.ubc.ca/letter77</p>

<p>You may add a 500 word comment in support of your signature. You are encouraged to use that space to tell the WHO and various drug safety agencies around the world, exactly what has happened to you.</p>

<p>Please be assured that any information which you supply will never be misused. All data extracted from this petition will be presented in an anonymous form.</p>

<p>The petition must be presented with signatures that are unique  and in that case your name will be known but you do not have to supply any  other details if you wish them to remain private.  If you choose to write a comment, please consider listing the statin name, dosage and the duration of treatment. It would be helpful to know if you are male or female and your age and if you are still taking a statin.</p>

<p>Please list the symptoms that have caused you to suffer and  try to make  an assessment of your quality of life (QOL) on a scale of 1 to 100. All of the information will help to produce a greater impact when the information is analysed.</p>

<p>Finally, please tell other people whom you know, who are being treated for high cholesterol. Thank you for your signature and your time. Where you are having difficulty in convincing your personal medical practitioner that statins are causing you problems, please feel free to make a copy of the report and give it to your medical practitioner.</p>

<p>Thank you.  Jeff Cable</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2007 06:17 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Petition Requesting U.S. Presidential Candidates To Pledge Against Mandatory Vaccination, Etc.</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petition-requesting-us-presidential-candidates-to-pledge-against-mandatory-vaccination-etc.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>As Election Day 2016 fast approaches, WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are immensely concerned that the named candidates for the Office of the President of the United States have failed to officially state on their official election campaign websites their respective campaign pledges on whether they specifically support or oppose PUBLIC MANDATORY VACCINATION.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are deeply troubled by the fact that after more than a year’s worth of campaigning, an issue of the gravest of concern to the present and future health of the American people has been and continues to be thoroughly neglected by the presidential candidates as a stated campaign issue – namely his/her “official” position as to whether he/she believes vaccines are safe, whether vaccine injury claims are being properly handled, and whether or not he/she supports the institution of mandatory vaccination policies.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are unanimous in our opposition to any legislative or regulatory effort by the federal government and its agencies that proposes, supports, or encourages the mandatory vaccination for our citizens, especially the children, and we deem any such endeavor as un-American, a violation of our human and constitutional rights and freedoms, and a direct threat to the health and prosperity of the American people.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are united in our belief that vaccines: (a) Are not being properly tested nor fully researched and evaluated before they are sold to the public; (b) Are causing devastating side-effects for which the medical industry has no curative solutions, resulting in crippling, often lifelong injuries and even death; and (c) Are resulting in an incredibly large number of injury claims which are not being processed fairly and expeditiously, and often result in the unjust delay of compensation award payments to the victims.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, believe that, while the presidential candidates are heavily seeking our support in the form of campaign donations, volunteering work, social media advocacy of their candidacies, and, of course, our vote on Election Day ……. these same candidates are deliberately overlooking our aforementioned concerns regarding vaccines by failing or refusing to include on their respective campaign websites their “position statements” describing what their vaccine policies would be, if elected.  Even with the national and international uproar covered by the media over the censorship efforts regarding the now immensely popular film, “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe” -- a documentary pertaining to the destruction by CDC officials of credible, scientific research demonstrating a connection between the MMR vaccine and the onset of autism in children – the candidates have remained strangely quiet on the subject.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are appalled that, despite owning and readily promoting campaign websites with a section that states their positions on various other issues, none of the named candidates has appealed to us -- a vaccine-concerned constituency numbering in the millions -- by stating, in clear and concise language, what his/her policy is on the subject of vaccines, and especially whether they advocate for mandatory policies.  Equally disheartening to us is the fact that the aforementioned vaccine concerns were also never addressed in the written “platform statements” drafted by the political parties of the candidates for presentation at the respective party Conventions ….. platform statements over which the presidential candidates had tremendous power to shape.  Accordingly, the only conclusion we can draw from these circumstances is that both the candidate AND the their respective parties, while eager for our support, have no interest in our vaccine-related concerns.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, are painfully aware of what took place in the State of California with the outrageous and unconstitutional passage, despite overwhelming public opposition, of the nation’s most stringent vaccine mandate law …. the infamous SB-277. Said statute, which was heavily lobbied by the vaccine industry, abolished a parent’s right to seek exemption of their school-aged children from vaccination, subjecting those children to the administration of more than 40 doses of 10 federally recommended vaccines -- with State Officials having the sole discretion to add more vaccines to the list, if they want. Non-compliant children are prohibited from attending public or private schools, as well as licensed daycare facilities, in-home daycare or public/private preschool.  To make matters worse, the passage of SB-277 has encouraged other state legislatures, and even the U.S. Congress, to introduce mandatory vaccination measures of their own.  The purpose of our demand that presidential candidates officially publish their position statement regarding vaccines on their campaign websites stems from our desire for clarity in understanding each candidate’s OFFICIAL STAND on this extremely urgent matter.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2016 11:37 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">80477</quid>
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      <title>Petition Requesting Debate Moderator Chris Wallace To Ask The Presidential Candidates Whether Or Not They Support National Mandatory Vaccine Policy?</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petition-requesting-debate-moderator-chris-wallace-to-ask-the-presidential-candidates-whether-or-not-they-support-national-mandatory-vaccine-policy.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED …. on behalf of MILLIONS of Americans (especially parents) who are extremely concerned with vaccine safety and their documented potential for causing side-effects and injury, are disturbed by the fact that the issue has been kept completely out of the recent presidential and vice-presidential debating process.  This, despite state and federal government vaccination practices and policies coming under the heaviest scrutiny in recent memory by an exceedingly skeptical public.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED …. believe that the highly controversial topic of vaccination is the most frequently discussed medical procedure among the citizenry during the 2016 American election cycle.  This is partly due to the unprecedented firestorm of international media attention given to the unwarranted ejection of the film, “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe,” from the Los Angeles Tribecca Film Festival; a decision which was subsequently reversed after tremendous public objection.  Regarded as the most famous documentary of its kind to date, the film pertains to a CDC whistleblower who claims that the agency covered up scientific research demonstrating a connection between the MMR vaccine and the onset of childhood autism.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED …. believe that, at the present time, the single greatest issue of contention between those favoring and those opposing vaccines is the current trend of mandatory vaccination of entire populations, especially children, instituted through legislation that seeks to remove the right to claim exemptions on the grounds of religious, philosophical, medical, personal or conscientious beliefs.  Yet, presidential debate moderators have failed to pose a single question on the matter.  Instead of prompting discussion on this critically urgent issue which threatens the preservation of American liberties and freedoms, debate moderators have, instead, asked about such excessively covered topics as taxes, trade agreements, and immigration.  While undoubtedly important to the candidate selection process, we believe said concerns have been discussed ad nauseam in more than a year’s worth of campaigning.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED …. are alarmed with the disgraceful passage of California’s “SB-277,” which abolished a parent’s right to exempt their school-aged children from vaccination.  Said statute, which was locally and nationally opposed on a huge scale, was signed into law, despite revelations of scandalously large amounts of financial lobbying conducted by the vaccine industry.  Since its passage, which instituted “open-ended” mandates for injecting children with numerous vaccines that have never undergone the same safety research as with pharmaceuticals, SB-277 is shamefully serving as a “model” for other legislatures.</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED …. who are gravely concerned with the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election and how that may affect vaccine policy within the federal government, believe it is imperative that the candidates, Hillary R. Clinton and Donald J. Trump, be asked to discuss, in open and public debate, whether he/she is in favor of establishing national mandatory vaccination requirements, what those mandates would look like, how they will be enforced, and what plans he/she has as president to support his/her position on this issue?</p>

<p>WE, THE UNDERSIGNED …. understand that Mr. Chris Wallace, the host of Fox News Channel’s television program entitled “Fox News Sunday”, has been selected by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) to moderate the third and final presidential debate (scheduled for October 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada) between the candidates.  The CPD states on its website that Mr. Wallace has sole discretion in determining what questions he will pose to the candidates.  Accordingly, the purpose of this Petition is to encourage Mr. Wallace to have the candidates debate questions on where they stand regarding national mandatory vaccination policy and what are their intentions for implementing that policy.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2016 08:56 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Start shelter-in-place now!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/start-shelter-in-place-now.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>COVID-19 is a novel virus that initially infected a human sometime in December of 2019 in Wuhan, China and has since swiftly and rapidly spread across the globe (except Antarctica) in fewer than 100 days. According to John Hopkins University and Medicine Coronavirus Resource Center, as of March 23, 2020 there are a total of 372,563 confirmed cases with 16,381 deaths worldwide. According to a cohort study in the New England Journal of Medicine (2020, January 29) and a modeling study in the Lancet (2020, January 29) from data gathered in Wuhan, China, COVID-19 has a mean incubation time of 5.2 days, with each case estimated to transmit to a mean of 2.2 people and a doubling time of 6.4 days.</p>

<p>The shocking speed at which the virus spreads is the driving force behind the shelter-in-place or stay-at-home mandates in the following states: Michigan, Massachusetts, Indiana, Delaware, Louisiana, Ohio, California, New York, Illinois, Connecticut, Oregon, and New Jersey.  WHY NOT Washington State?</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:01 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">104062</quid>
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      <title>Pelo Direito ao Tratamento da Homossexualidade Egodistónica</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/pelo-direito-ao-tratamento-da-homossexualidade-egodist%C3%B3nica.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Pretendo obter apoio e juntar opiniões semelhantes à minha no que toca à supressão de tendências ou sentimentos homossexuais indesejados, na sequência da página de alerta criada por mim sobre este tema.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2006 07:29 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">9068</quid>
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      <title>Demand that the Hawaii Department of Health have key decision makers attend all hearings</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/demand-that-the-hawaii-department-of-health-have-key-decision-makers-attend-all-hearings.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>The Hawaii Department of Health is proposing changes to HAR  11- 157 rules that govern vaccine requirements for schools. The primary goal of these policy changes are to adopt the most current vaccination schedule and procedures from the CDC- Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).   This blanket adoption of ACIP is an overarching policy, but is actually legal in the State of Hawai'i due to a legislative bill (SB1138 /  HB907) that passed in 2013. This bill removed legislative oversight, and gives the DOH authority to make any changes to vaccination requirements.  The Department of Health is required to hold hearing for public testimony administered by a hearings officer, however the "decision-makers" on the proposed rule change are not required to be present.  It is disrespectful for these "decision-makers" not to be present to hear the heartfelt and emotional testimony of the public when considering such sweeping mandated health requirements.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2018 09:50 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">96734</quid>
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      <title>Legalise Voluntary Euthanasia in Australia</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/legalise-voluntary-euthanasia-in-australia.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Voluntary euthanasia is the act of ending one's life painlessly as requested by the patient. This is done through an injection or lethal dose of prescribed drugs. It allows those who are in pain to end their suffering peacefully before injury or disease takes over them. This must be requested by that patient and agreed to by a doctor before it can go ahead. Voluntary euthanasia is currently illegal in Australia, forcing those suffering to endure pain for the rest of their short-lived lives. Many people who are against voluntary euthanasia argue that if voluntary euthanasia was legalised that it would become a 'slippery slope'. According to a peer-reviewed paper published in 2016 in the respected journal JAMA:<br />
Between 0.3% to 4.6% of all deaths are reported as euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide in jurisdictions where they are legal. This paper has shown that even when euthanasia is legal only a small percentage of people actually choose that option. Voluntary euthanasia is something that would benefit only the people that choose to take the opportunity and not those who don't want it. This means that legalising voluntary euthanasia will benefit the small percentage who want it and won't effect those who oppose it.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2017 08:28 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Introduce a FREE State Funded Immunisation vaccine  for meningococcal (A, C, W, Y)  at 2 years old.</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/introduce-a-free-state-funded-immunisation-vaccine-for-meningococcal-a-c-w-y-at-2-years-old.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Up until the late 1990s the Meningococcal  C strain was the most common to cause infections in Australia.<br />
In 2003 a vaccine against C strain was added to the National Immunisation Program and it has since become very rare.<br />
Meningococcal W has significantly increased in Australia in recent years.<br />
It tends to cause more severe reactions and if contracted, there is a higher chance of the person dying from it than from other strains.</p>

<p>The Menactra® (meningococcal conjugate vaccine) is used to prevent infection caused by meningococcal bacteria. ... Meningococcal conjugate vaccine contains four of the most common types of meningococcal bacteria (serogroups A, C, W, and Y). This vaccination at 2 years old and above only require 1 dose.</p>

<p>Meningococcal is spread through saliva droplets, so it can be transmitted through kissing, sneezing and coughing, but it is not as infectious as influenzas strains, with prolonged exposure needed to transmit the disease.</p>

<p>While not sharing drinks or kissing can reduce your risk of infection, the only real protection is through vaccination.</p>

<p>http://www.abc.net.au/health/library/stories/2014/10/13/4096669.htm</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Nov 2017 06:42 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">89851</quid>
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      <title>Rheumatology Specialist Physiotherapist urgently needed on The Isle of Man</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/rheumatology-specialist-physiotherapist-urgently-needed-on-the-isle-of-man.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>The Rheumatology team have requested a Band 7 Rheumatology Specialist Physiotherapist but have been turned down by government.</p>

<p>We would like to ask government to look at their request again.</p>

<p>We all deserve the best treatment possible for our conditions and we would like The Isle of Man government to listen to our concerns and understand how important this is to us.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2016 01:56 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">82302</quid>
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      <title>Tell the Planning and Zoning Board Our Seniors Need Affordable Housing!</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/tell-the-planning-and-zoning-board-our-seniors-need-affordable-housing.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><strong>Home prices and apartment rents are at all-time highs in Fort Collins, and the lack of affordable housing is becoming a huge problem for seniors on fixed incomes.</p>

<p>McDermott Properties has submitted an application to the City of Fort Collins Planning and Zoning Board to develop Oakridge Crossing, a new apartment community for independent adults ages 62 and older. Oakridge Crossing will contain 110 apartments with rents set significantly below market rates.</p>

<p>Seniors provide many benefits to our city through their wealth of knowledge and experience. Without developments like Oakridge Crossing, many seniors will be priced out of the housing market and have to leave Fort Collins to find affordable places to live.</p>

<p>The project is being opposed by some owners of adjacent properties, and we need your help to convince the Planning and Zoning Board that the development of Oakridge Crossing is strongly supported by the majority in our community. Please sign the petition below now, to urge the Board to approve Oakridge Crossing.</strong></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:26 UTC</pubDate>
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