August 25, 2020 | AutismActionNetwork |
“Last Friday the head of the Virginia Department of Public Health said in a television interview that covid 19 shots would be required for all Virginia residents. Yesterday we sent out a national action alert asking people to call and email Virginia Governor Ralph Northam. Later in the day Northam’s media staff contacted the TV station and disavowed that covid 19 would be mandated. That’s good.
But Northam has yet to issue a public statement. He needs to do that. Every Governor in the US will be watching to see how this plays out. If we can stop Virginia, we can stop other states. So please call email, tweet and Facebook Governor Northam and ask him to clarify what his position is on mandatory covid 19 shots.”
Action Alert – Contact Virginia Governor
Governor Ralph Northam, (804) 786-2211
https://www.facebook.com/ralph.northam/
Tweet: @GovernorVA @Ralph Northam
Email at: ralph.northam@governor.virginia.gov
Please share this message with friends and family, and please share on social media while we still can.
“This is the first incident we are aware of that where a state official with the authority to do so has declared the intention to make covid 19 shots mandatory for all residents. Therefore, this action has national significance and we are asking people from all over the US to respond. No doubt this will be the first of many similar measures if we do not take action.
Let’s let Gov. Northam know that this idea is not politically expedient.”
“Yesterday, an ACTION ALERT was sent by the Autism Action Network to fight the suggestion of a MANDATE for COVID vaccine in Virginia. We might assume that the Governor’s phones were ringing off the hook thanks to this alert and alarms sounded up and down the Commonwealth of Virginia, and thus, the updated announcement from the Governor’s office denying a mandate. Don’t let your guard down for a second, this vaccine (in all its unholy, warped iterations) will be on the agenda of every legislature this Fall as overzealous public health officials salivate at the prospect of mass, unbridled vaccination.
This story in the ACTION ALERT was updated that Gov Northam has stated he will not mandate the COVID vaccine.”
Northam not planning on COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite support from top official
“The health commissioner of Virginia stated in a television interview on Saturday that he intends to make covid 19 vaccines mandatory for all residents of the state once it becomes available. Under Virginia law, Norman Oliver, MD, as health commissioner, can order mandatory vaccines in a health emergency. Only medical exemptions would be allowed. Commissioner Oliver, however, has not taken action yet.
So far Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has remained silent on the issue, but Oliver reports to him, and Northam appears to be letting an underling float a potentially unpopular idea so he can disavow it if politically expedient. This is the first incident we are aware of that where a state official with the authority to do so has declared the intention to make covid 19 shots mandatory for all residents. Therefore, this action has national significance and we are asking people from all over the US to respond. No doubt this will be the first of many similar measures if we do not take action.
Let’s let Gov. Northam know that this idea is not politically expedient. Before you take action on this issue if you value the information, news and advocacy opportunities brought to you be the Autism Action Network please make it possible for us to keep going here, by supporting our one fundraiser of the year that we do in conjunction with the Autism Community Walk TENTATIVELY scheduled for October 18, 2020 at Belmont Lake State Park in Babylon, NY.
Give Governor Northam a call and let him know politely why this is a bad idea:
Governor Ralph Northam, (804) 786-2211
ralph.northam@governor.virginia.gov
Here are just a few reasons why a mandate is a bad idea:
At this point we do not know if there will be a covid 19 vaccine.
If there is a vaccine how will we know if it is “safe” and “effective”?
These vaccines are being developed at “warp speed” and numerous short cuts are being taken in the analysis of both safety and efficacy. There is no way anyone can plausibly declare that a vaccine produced in a matter of months is anything other that experimental. And the Nuremberg Code makes clear that no one can be forced to participate in a medical experiment.
It is clear that healthy adults under the age of 70 have little to fear from covid 19, and children have almost no chance of getting covid 19. How will we know if these people face a greater health threat from the vaccine rather than the disease? And if they do shouldn’t the decision to get the vaccine be left to individuals or parents?
No vaccine manufacturer or physician who administers vaccines will do so unless they have complete liability for any injuries that may be caused by the product or its administration, yet we are supposed to trust that the vaccine is both safe and effective.
Given the experimental nature of the vaccine the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program used to administer vaccine injuries will not be used for covid 19, but the far more restrictive Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program, which is yet another expression of a lack of confidence in the covid 19 vaccine by the federal government.
The state can only make this declaration if there is an ongoing “emergency,” what will constitute an “emergency” that justifies this unprecedented denial of fundamental human rights?
A bill has been introduced in the Virginia legislature, House Bill 5016, to create a religious exemption to vaccine mandates but the Republican-backed bill is unlikely to pass in the majority democratic legislature or receive Northam’s signature to become law.
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