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County clarifies that Pfizer-funded reminder postcards use limited registry data, supervisors ask for clearer opt-out
Summary
Administrator said an external vendor paid by Pfizer mails immunization reminder postcards using minimal data from the Wisconsin Immunization Registry; supervisors pressed for clearer opt-out language and assurance no protected health information is shared.
Administrator Witt briefed the committee on a long-running program in which the county sends childhood immunization reminder postcards. Witt said the county now contracts with an external vendor in Toronto that mails the postcards; the vendor receives payment from Pfizer for the mailing service, which reduces county costs.
Witt said the vendor “gets paid then by Pfizer” and that the arrangement has been in place for about two years. HHS Director…
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