 | |       | Dr. Halsey's presentation at the National Vaccine Advisory Committee Workshop on Thimerosal and Vaccines held in Bethesda, Maryland on August 11-12, 1999. |  Slide 2 of 26 | Slide Notes: The Institute for Vaccine Safety was asked to provide a perspective on the transition from the current mercury-containing vaccines to vaccines containing little or no thimerosal. The IVS perspective is no different than our position on all vaccines: All children should be protected against vaccine preventable diseases using the safest possible vaccines. | |