The subject of this piece is an examination of the war metaphor in public health and the fundamental role of vaccination in this effort. It is time for public health to move beyond this out-dated metaphor, revisit its assumptions, and expand the purview upon which it gauges health, thereby better equipping it for the 21st…
Tag: Vaccine Mandates
Vaccine Impact reports “Dr. Suzanne Humphries: How a $10 Billion Investment by Bill Gates Changed Vaccination Policy Worldwide”
Dr. Suzanne Humphries gave a lecture in Denmark in 2015 titled: Manufactured Consent. She explains how “informed consent” today regarding vaccines is really “manufactured consent” as a unified voice presenting only what they want the public to know regarding vaccines was crafted in 2010 when the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested 10 billion dollars in…
Law.com reports: “Lawyers, Professors Push Back Against State Bar Group Call for ‘Mandatory’ COVID-19 Vaccinations”
Ranging from criticism of the bar association group’s interpretation of constitutional-based case law to distinguishing between how case law may be applied to children versus adults, some lawyers and law professors strongly resist the group’s recommendations and arguments for mandatory vaccinations. https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/06/04/lawyers-professors-push-back-against-state-bar-group-call-for-mandatory-covid-19-vaccinations/
Stand for Health Freedom petition – “Say NO to a forced coronavirus vaccine and other compulsory medical interventions”
The Petition: As pharmaceutical companies around the world rush to bring a coronavirus vaccine to market, I strongly object to being forced to receive the vaccine when it becomes available. I oppose any government measures that call for coerced or mandated medical interventions, including mandatory coronavirus vaccinations, and I will vote for my representatives accordingly.
Law.com reports “State Bar Group Calls for ‘Mandatory’ COVID-19 Vaccinations, Regardless of Objections”
“Some Americans may push back on the COVID-19 vaccination for religious, philosophical or personal reasons,” says the report released on Thursday by the NYSBA, but, it says, “for the sake of public health, mandatory vaccinations for COVID-19 should be required in the United States as soon as it is available.” https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2020/05/28/state-bar-calls-for-mandatory-covid-19-vaccinations-regardless-of-objections/
StatNews reports: “The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power”
Ideally, vaccines would prevent infection entirely, inducing what’s known as “sterilizing immunity.” But early work on some of the vaccine candidates suggests they may not stop infection in the upper respiratory tract — and they may not stop an infected person from spreading virus by coughing or speaking. A recently released study in which macaques were vaccinated…
LifePetitions PETITION: No to mandatory vaccination for the coronavirus
Thank you for SIGNING and SHARING this petition, urging policymakers at all levels of government to reject mandatory coronavirus vaccination. https://lifepetitions.com/petition/no-mandatory-vaccine-for-covid-19
Newsweek reports “Only Half of Americans Say They’d Get Vaccinated Against Coronavirus, New Poll Shows”
https://www.newsweek.com/only-half-americans-say-theyd-get-vaccinated-against-coronavirus-new-poll-shows-1506063 Only half of Americans say they intend to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, according to a new poll.
Alan Dershowitz on whether receiving a coronavirus vaccine be mandated
Harvard Law emeritus professor appeared on Fox News and stated his support for a coronavirus vaccine mandate. States vaccines are “safe and effective.” https://video.foxnews.com/v/6158135199001#sp=show-clips
Alan Dershowitz: States Can ‘Absolutely’ Mandate Vaccinations
Attorney and Harvard Law school emeritus professor Alan Dershowitz says the Constitution gives state governments the power to vaccinate people in order to prevent the spread of a contagious disease. “Let me put it very clearly, you have no constitutional right to endanger the public and spread the disease, even if you disagree. You have no right…