User:Cdowney/my sandbox

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. The group was founded in 1982 by parents of children who died or became ill after undergoing routine vaccinations. 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. At three years of age, Julie died in status epilepticus March 1984. 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."