I'm proposing a change to the lead section that will replace "at some point" with specific details. What follows is, IMHO, a more accurate and documented lead that builds from the existing lead. I respectfully request that interested editors provide comments. Thank you.
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is a private non-profit 501(c)(3) advocacy group which questions the safety and efficacy of commonly used vaccines.[1] The group was founded in 1982 by parents of children who died or became ill after undergoing routine vaccinations.[2][3] Jeffrey Schwartz, a lawyer and founder of NVIC, testified before the Maryland legislature in 1983 about the grand mal seizures his daughter, Julie Middlehurst-Schwartz, began having on July 1, 1981 within hours of receiving her third DPT vaccine.[2][3] At three years of age, Julie died in status epilepticus March 1984.[2][3] Michael Specter has described NVIC as "the most powerful anti-vaccine organization in America, and its relationship with the U.S. government consists almost entirely of opposing federal efforts aimed at vaccinating children."[4]
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{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ a b c Allen, Arthur (2008). Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver. W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 252–253, 280–281. ISBN 0393331563.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Specter, Michael (2009). Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives. The Penguin Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-59420-230-8.