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Attorney for New York child with well documented and undisputed history of vaccine injury who was denied a medical exemption from mandated vaccines to attend school recommends families with medically fragile children leave New York for safer states.
This is my case. I truly believe children are not safe in New York. If you have a medically fragile child, I would strongly recommend moving. At the very least we need to fight. Federal law is supposed to protect Sarah. Where is the DOJ and HHS? @HarmeetKDhillon @EricSell @SecKennedy @FmrRepMTG @SenRonJohnson
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This is my case. I truly believe children are not safe in New York. If you have a medically fragile child, I would strongly recommend moving. At the very least we need to fight. Federal law is supposed to protect Sarah. Where is the DOJ and HHS? @HarmeetKDhillon @EricSell @SecKennedy @FmrRepMTG @SenRonJohnson
Federal Judge Gary Brown Denies NY Vaccine-Injured girl Sara Doe a Medical Exemption to attend school A federal court judge agreed Tuesday with the Oceanside Union School District on Long Island and denied “Sara Doe,” a medically fragile student, an exemption from mandated hepatitis b and meningococcal shots. Sara will no longer be able to attend school beginning today. Judge Gary Brown reversed a decision he made last fall to allow Sara to attend school, even though Sara has a well-documented and undisputed history of vaccine injury that the Judge acknowledged in his decision last year but completely disregarded yesterday. Sara's family submitted two letters from two physicians stating their professional opinions that the shots could injure Sara. But Brown rejected both, basing his decision on very narrow procedural criteria, claiming that inadequate documentation was provided in the time parameters set by Antwan Haskoor, Oceanside’s consulting physician, to prove the shots would harm Sara. Brown could have extended the time, but he chose to throw Sara out of school. This is barbaric. If a child like Sara who has an undeniable history of serious injury caused by vaccines cannot get a medical exemption, then we have a medical exemption procedure in name only. The only realistic option for medically fragile children at this point is either homeschooling or leaving New York for more humanitarian and less corrupt states. Up until 2019, Sara had a religious exemption for mandated shots. When the religious exemption was repealed, her family was faced with either homeschooling her or doing the “catch up” of 18 doses of vaccines in two months. They chose catching up. Sara had severe adverse reactions to the shots, which included the meningococcal and hepatitis b, resulting in seizures, sepsis, immune dysregulation, dermatographia and other injuries that led to multiple hospitalizations and periods where she was bedridden or required to use a wheelchair. Meningococcal and hepatitis b shots were among the vaccines that injured Sara. Prior to the shots, she had been perfectly healthy. Her doctors discontinued the catch-up schedule one hepatitis b shot short of completion. Last summer Patrica Harrington, the Superintendent of Oceanside schools, and Haskoor, disregarded medical exemption letters from six New York licensed physicians, many of them specialists, and refused to allow the exemption. Only one letter from a physician is required for a medical exemption under New York law. Sara’s family sued in federal court and Brown ordered the school to allow her to return to school. If Sara had an active case of hepatitis b, however, excluding her from school would be illegal in New York. New York law requires all seniors to get a meningococcal shot, and medical exemptions must be renewed every year. Sara’s family found that none of the physicians would renew the exemptions that they had written last year. Several of the physicians would not even return phone calls to the family. Some confirmed that they had been contacted by the New York State Department of Health and were afraid that they would be investigated and charged with misconduct if they signed new medical exemption letters. According to the CDC, New York has the lowest rate of medical exemptions of any state, fewer than one in a thousand students. An online database of New York State Department of Health records shows no medical exemptions at all in 617 of New York’s 685 school districts. Fifteen states, including California and Florida, do not require the meningococcal shot to attend school, and the federal government no longer recommends routine use in minors. This is all to keep Sara out of school for 4 months. Sara will turn 18 in January and the vaccine mandate laws will no longer apply, and she will be able to return to school. Sara’s attorney will be filing an emergency appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Second District.
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Federal Judge Gary Brown Denies NY Vaccine-Injured girl Sara Doe a Medical Exemption to attend school A federal court judge agreed Tuesday with the Oceanside Union School District on Long Island and denied “Sara Doe,” a medically fragile student, an exemption from mandated hepatitis b and meningococcal shots. Sara will no longer be able to attend school beginning today. Judge Gary Brown reversed a decision he made last fall to allow Sara to attend school, even though Sara has a well-documented and undisputed history of vaccine injury that the Judge acknowledged in his decision last year but completely disregarded yesterday. Sara's family submitted two letters from two physicians stating their professional opinions that the shots could injure Sara. But Brown rejected both, basing his decision on very narrow procedural criteria, claiming that inadequate documentation was provided in the time parameters set by Antwan Haskoor, Oceanside’s consulting physician, to prove the shots would harm Sara. Brown could have extended the time, but he chose to throw Sara out of school. This is barbaric. If a child like Sara who has an undeniable history of serious injury caused by vaccines cannot get a medical exemption, then we have a medical exemption procedure in name only. The only realistic option for medically fragile children at this point is either homeschooling or leaving New York for more humanitarian and less corrupt states. Up until 2019, Sara had a religious exemption for mandated shots. When the religious exemption was repealed, her family was faced with either homeschooling her or doing the “catch up” of 18 doses of vaccines in two months. They chose catching up. Sara had severe adverse reactions to the shots, which included the meningococcal and hepatitis b, resulting in seizures, sepsis, immune dysregulation, dermatographia and other injuries that led to multiple hospitalizations and periods where she was bedridden or required to use a wheelchair. Meningococcal and hepatitis b shots were among the vaccines that injured Sara. Prior to the shots, she had been perfectly healthy. Her doctors discontinued the catch-up schedule one hepatitis b shot short of completion. Last summer Patrica Harrington, the Superintendent of Oceanside schools, and Haskoor, disregarded medical exemption letters from six New York licensed physicians, many of them specialists, and refused to allow the exemption. Only one letter from a physician is required for a medical exemption under New York law. Sara’s family sued in federal court and Brown ordered the school to allow her to return to school. If Sara had an active case of hepatitis b, however, excluding her from school would be illegal in New York. New York law requires all seniors to get a meningococcal shot, and medical exemptions must be renewed every year. Sara’s family found that none of the physicians would renew the exemptions that they had written last year. Several of the physicians would not even return phone calls to the family. Some confirmed that they had been contacted by the New York State Department of Health and were afraid that they would be investigated and charged with misconduct if they signed new medical exemption letters. According to the CDC, New York has the lowest rate of medical exemptions of any state, fewer than one in a thousand students. An online database of New York State Department of Health records shows no medical exemptions at all in 617 of New York’s 685 school districts. Fifteen states, including California and Florida, do not require the meningococcal shot to attend school, and the federal government no longer recommends routine use in minors. This is all to keep Sara out of school for 4 months. Sara will turn 18 in January and the vaccine mandate laws will no longer apply, and she will be able to return to school. Sara’s attorney will be filing an emergency appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Second District.
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NY teen with long, extensively documented history of multiple life threateningand extensive vaccine indstry denied a medical exemption by Superintendent Patricia Harrington, district physician Antwan Haskoor and Federal Judge Gary Brown.
CHD DEFENDER Reports: New York Teen Forced Out of School After Judge Denies Medical Exemption (Everyone, please pray for Sarah Doe 🙏) Sarah Doe, a New York high school senior, can no longer attend class as of today, after a federal judge declined to extend a medical exemption from the school’s vaccine mandates. Last year, U.S. District Judge Gary Brown ordered a New York school district to allow Sarah to attend high school during the 2025-2026 school year. In a ruling issued late Wednesday, Brown said the circumstances were different this year. Sarah’s attorney said they will appeal. by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. September 24, 2026 A senior at a New York high school can no longer attend class as of today, after a federal judge declined to extend a medical exemption from the school’s vaccine mandates for the current school year. Last year, U.S. District Judge Gary Brown of the Eastern District of New York ordered a New York school district to allow Sarah Doe, who had obtained a medical exemption, to attend high school during the 2025-2026 school year. But in a ruling issued late Wednesday in Jane Doe v. Oceanside Union Free School District, Brown denied the renewed medical exemption request for the 2026-2027 school year. Last year, Brown granted an emergency preliminary injunction allowing Sarah to attend 11th grade without receiving the third dose of the hepatitis B (Hep B) vaccine — the only recommended shot she hadn’t taken at the time — because her severe reactions to previous doses had left her sick and disabled. When the lawsuit was filed, at least six treating physicians certified to the school district that Sarah could be harmed by taking the shot, according to court documents. The district nonetheless repeatedly denied her exemption requests. Since then, more doctors have affirmed that assessment. Brown said last year’s decision rested in part on a physician’s report that Sarah experienced an anaphylactic reaction to an earlier dose, and evidence she had received the first two doses and had some immunity. Brown also based his previous decision on an appeals court precedent stating that there had never been definitive proof that hepatitis B could be transmitted through “non-parenteral” routes like saliva — meaning passed in ways not transmitted through blood or broken skin. After attending school last year under the court order, Sarah applied for a medical exemption from the Hep B vaccine and also the second meningococcal vaccine required for this school year. The school district again denied her request. Sarah’s lawyers responded by filing an emergency motion seeking a new court order allowing her to return to school this year. Explaining his latest decision, Brown said this year’s circumstances were “substantially different.” This year, Sarah would be attending school without two of the mandated vaccines, instead of one. And, he said, there was insufficient medical evidence showing that she could not receive the meningococcal vaccine. “At the end of the day, Sarah is a child who just wants to go to school,” her attorney, Sujata Gibson, told The Defender. Gibson said: “Nine doctors and specialists have said she needs to defer vaccination. If that still isn’t enough for her to receive an accommodation, then we have to ask what protections medically fragile children actually have in New York. “Federal disability laws are supposed to protect children like Sarah. We believe that protection failed here, and we intend to seek immediate appellate review.” Read the rest of this report here: childrenshealthdefense.org/d…
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Tomorrow! Be there!
School Tries to Deny Sarah Doe’s Medical Exemption, Again! - Everyone must come to the NY courthouse on 9-22-26, 2pm! Remember Sara? We need everyone to show up to the courthouse and WEAR PINK! Over a year ago nearly 300 of us wore pink at the federal courthouse on Long Island, NY to show support for 16-year-old Sarah Doe who was being denied access to school. Her medical exemption to vaccination had been denied by the Oceanside Unified School District. On that historic day, Judge Gary Brown ruled from the bench that Sarah must be allowed back to school! Attorney Sujata Gibson argued brilliantly - backed by Children’s Health Defense - and Sarah went back to school to successfully complete her entire junior year of high school! …but now Oceanside has denied her medical exemption AGAIN and is kicking 17-year-old Sarah out of her senior year! We need everyone to show up to the courthouse and WEAR PINK! COURT DETAILS BELOW WHEN: September 22, 2026, 2pm WHERE: 100 Federal Plaza, central Islip, NY 117722 - courtroom 940 Show up early to get a seat in the court (seating is limited). Wear pink. Come respectfully and peacefully; as we always do. Pin drop silence when inside the courtroom. DO NOT BRING ANY SIGNS JUST WEAR PINK!
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Oceanside NY school district denies again a medical exemption from vaccine mandates to attend school to Sara Doe, even though she has received medical exemptions letters (all that is required under NY law) from 9 physicians.
School Tries to Deny Sarah Doe’s Medical Exemption, Again! - Everyone must come to the NY courthouse on 9-22-26, 2pm! Remember Sara? We need everyone to show up to the courthouse and WEAR PINK! Over a year ago nearly 300 of us wore pink at the federal courthouse on Long Island, NY to show support for 16-year-old Sarah Doe who was being denied access to school. Her medical exemption to vaccination had been denied by the Oceanside Unified School District. On that historic day, Judge Gary Brown ruled from the bench that Sarah must be allowed back to school! Attorney Sujata Gibson argued brilliantly - backed by Children’s Health Defense - and Sarah went back to school to successfully complete her entire junior year of high school! …but now Oceanside has denied her medical exemption AGAIN and is kicking 17-year-old Sarah out of her senior year! We need everyone to show up to the courthouse and WEAR PINK! COURT DETAILS BELOW WHEN: September 22, 2026, 2pm WHERE: 100 Federal Plaza, central Islip, NY 117722 - courtroom 940 Show up early to get a seat in the court (seating is limited). Wear pink. Come respectfully and peacefully; as we always do. Pin drop silence when inside the courtroom. DO NOT BRING ANY SIGNS JUST WEAR PINK!
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Friend and great ally Michael Kane spoke at the CHD conference.
It was amazing to have the honor and privilege of speaking on the same stage as @SecKennedy, @SenRonJohnson, @SenRandPaul and so many other legends of medical freedom as the Director of Advocacy for Children’s Health Defense. I ended my presentation with a call to action that I was very happy to hear echoed by Secretary Kennedy later that same day during his talk. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW (action linked below) During Secretary Kennedy’s speech at our conference, he asked for everyone’s input on the recent executive order President Trump signed supporting parental rights, religious freedom, informed consent and reducing the number of recommended vaccines on the childhood schedule. Please complete that action right now (linked below) before the comment period closes on Sunday, September 20. If you have already completed this action, please share it with 5 friends right now so we can get as many comments to HHS in this final weekend as possible! Take action here: childrenshealthdefense.org/c…
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It was amazing to have the honor and privilege of speaking on the same stage as @SecKennedy, @SenRonJohnson, @SenRandPaul and so many other legends of medical freedom as the Director of Advocacy for Children’s Health Defense. I ended my presentation with a call to action that I was very happy to hear echoed by Secretary Kennedy later that same day during his talk. PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW (action linked below) During Secretary Kennedy’s speech at our conference, he asked for everyone’s input on the recent executive order President Trump signed supporting parental rights, religious freedom, informed consent and reducing the number of recommended vaccines on the childhood schedule. Please complete that action right now (linked below) before the comment period closes on Sunday, September 20. If you have already completed this action, please share it with 5 friends right now so we can get as many comments to HHS in this final weekend as possible! Take action here: childrenshealthdefense.org/c…
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Zdogg the pro-censorship, pro-firing, pro-de-platforming, pharma fascist, social media pediatrician is singing a completely different tune now. Perhaps he sees his best interest are served by moving in another direction.
Hey @zdoggmd remember me? Back in 2018 I sent you a very nice email inviting you to participate in a debate where doctors and scientists with all opinions could have a conversation about vaccines. Upon receiving my email you chose to spend 20 minutes ranting and raving on your show about what a horrible person I am. You doxxed me letting all your viewers know where my office was. You acted ridiculous trying to belittle me and embarrass me. None of that worked. Instead your idiocy helped fuel my path helping parents of vaccine injured children and raising awareness about vaccine dangers. If I were you I’d go back and watch the full episode to remind yourself just how foolish you and your two muppets sounded. But, in case you don’t remember what you said, I’ve cut some of my favorite moments from the video to share with my audience. There was honestly so much content from your video that I could have used however it was just too obnoxious to spend my time listening to and editing. Please stick around for the end of this video for a special message from me. Enjoy. On the positive side, maybe you’re finally starting to see the light! For those who want to see the entire video and don’t mind your ears bleeding: zdoggmd.com/incident-report-…
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School Tries to Deny Sarah Doe’s Medical Exemption, Again! - Everyone must come to the NY courthouse on 9-22-26, 2pm! Remember Sara? We need everyone to show up to the courthouse and WEAR PINK! Over a year ago nearly 300 of us wore pink at the federal courthouse on Long Island, NY to show support for 16-year-old Sarah Doe who was being denied access to school. Her medical exemption to vaccination had been denied by the Oceanside Unified School District. On that historic day, Judge Gary Brown ruled from the bench that Sarah must be allowed back to school! Attorney Sujata Gibson argued brilliantly - backed by Children’s Health Defense - and Sarah went back to school to successfully complete her entire junior year of high school! …but now Oceanside has denied her medical exemption AGAIN and is kicking 17-year-old Sarah out of her senior year! We need everyone to show up to the courthouse and WEAR PINK! COURT DETAILS BELOW WHEN: September 22, 2026, 2pm WHERE: 100 Federal Plaza, central Islip, NY 117722 - courtroom 940 Show up early to get a seat in the court (seating is limited). Wear pink. Come respectfully and peacefully; as we always do. Pin drop silence when inside the courtroom. DO NOT BRING ANY SIGNS JUST WEAR PINK!
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Take action now to support the President's 8/10 executive order protecting parental vaccine rights, reducing the recommended schedule, and improving how vaccine policy is made. 9/20 deadline! Make comments at the AAN website that will be sent to HHS at the link in the first comment.
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Mamdani asks courts to reverse their decision to release backpay to an NYC firefighter who was illegal fired for refusing the CIOVD shot. SO much for fighting for the working class.
NY Medical Freedom Fighters Show up for Firefighter Tim Rivicci at Brooklyn Court on 911 Nearly 100 supporters show up for unvaccinated firefighter in court Mary Holland, Naomi Wolf and Scott LaBaido all showed up to speak in support of Tim Rivicci on September 11, 2026. Rivicci is a firefighter who lost his job for refusing the Covid shot. He won his job back with back pay, but the city appealed his win to strip away the back pay, pension credits, and pay scale adjustments he won four years ago. Tim has received none of that compensation to date due to NYC’s long legal appeal process. It is extremely ironic that Rivicci was granted his win four years ago by a Republican judge in Staten Island (Ralph Porzio) but now, in a Democrat-dominated courthouse, it is possible they will take away this working class victory. How ironic is this?!? The court did not issue a decision on 9-11. They may do so in a few months, but it often takes up to 2 years for the 2nd Department to issue a ruling. The historic Garvey v. City of New York case was overturned by the 2nd Department after a long 2 year wait for that decision. That was the first major legal win for unvaxxed sanitation workers (now overturned). I am a named plaintiff in the case DiCapua v. City of New York which is still waiting to be heard in this very same court. It is notable that Rivcci is also a named plaintiff in the case Tunnel v. City of New York. This is a federal proposed class action backed by Children’s Health Defense that has the potential to bring relief for thousands of fired unvaxxed NYC workers. Stay tuned to TEACHERS FOR CHOICE for updates on that case.
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So great to see many medical freedom supporters come out for @NassauExec Bruce Blakeman for Governor of New York! Blakeman has agreed as Governor he will fight for unvaccinated workers to be reinstated to our jobs with backpay #VoteforBlakeman!
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Bruce Blakeman is within 4% of ridding us of NY Gov. Kathy Hochul. As Nassau County Executive Blakeman refused to enforce Hochul's repressive and ineffective COVID mandates. He supports individual choice. He supports parental choice. He supports rehiring fired COVID workers. It is time for serious change.
3.9 points separate us from real change. What's the issue that decides your vote: taxes, safety, or affordability? Tell me in the comments; I'm listening (and let’s face it, Kathy Hochul’s not).
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3.9 points separate us from real change. What's the issue that decides your vote: taxes, safety, or affordability? Tell me in the comments; I'm listening (and let’s face it, Kathy Hochul’s not).
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Supports restoring the religious exemption. Supports doctors making the decision on medical exemptions, not school bureaucrats. Supports rehiring workers fired for refusing the COVID shot. Tonight in Queens.
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PA Gov. Shapiro and the regime media are just outright lying about the two measles cases there.
Now that the second Pennsylvania death has been revealed, it is clear that Gov. Shapiro's press conference (& the media coverage) was misleading. 1. Gov. Shapiro used the term "unvaccinated" to describe the two. But neither child was eligible for the MMR vaccine. The boy died right after birth, and the girl at 6 weeks. 2. Gov. Shapiro stated that the deaths were preventable. This does not appear to be the case. All the facts are not known, but the best current evidence suggests the boy likely died from trauma from delivery or resuscitation, not measles. The girl had Amish Lethal Microcephaly, a condition that virtually always results in death in the first months of life. Calling her death “preventable” was misleading in that it strongly implied she would otherwise have survived infancy (and, again, she wouldn't have been vaccinated at that age.) When Gov. Shapiro mentioned two "unvaccinated" individuals whose deaths were "completely preventable," how many listeners thought one would be a newborn with a traumatic rupture of the spleen & the other a six-week-old with a severe genetic condition that's lethal in the first few months of life? The natural impression was that Gov. Shapiro was referring to two vaccine-eligible people who died from measles because they declined vaccination. Gov. Shapiro (and the media) should apologize & publicly correct the record. The public has lost trust in health officials & the press because of misleading announcements and news coverage. This incident has only heightened that loss of trust. piped.video/watch?v=6hYU4TFx…
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