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TexasTowelie

(116,811 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 02:51 AM Apr 2020

"Medical Tyranny:" Republicans Vote Against Vaccine Mandates, Despite Virus

As scientists across the globe are racing to develop a vaccine against COVID-19, Republicans in key Colorado counties voted overwhelmingly in recent weeks against any state vaccination requirements for children or anyone else.

In a platform position passed by a 58 to 19 vote last week, the Adams County, Colorado, Republican Party, condemned “any form of mandated vaccinations.“

Asked about the plank, JoAnn Windholz, Chair of the Adams County Republican Party, told the Colorado Times Recorder that the resolution was about the “parents’ right to choose what’s best for their children,” and it would apply to “any type of shot.”

If a coronavirus vaccine were developed, parents should decide whether their child should be vaccinated, said Windholz, a former Colorado Republican lawmaker from Adams County, which is north of Denver, adding that the resolution was not passed in response to the pandemic.

Read more: https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/138009/medical-tyranny-republicans-vote-against-vaccine-mandates-despite-virus

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"Medical Tyranny:" Republicans Vote Against Vaccine Mandates, Despite Virus (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP
When the vaccine is developed greymattermom Apr 2020 #1
They're deciding for OTHER children, all children, not their children Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #2
I bet if they got the virus yuiyoshida Apr 2020 #3
But by then, it would do no good. 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #7
Todays Republican Party Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #4
Do the vaccination even if there is a risk. gordianot Apr 2020 #5
Then none of them can have it Blues Heron Apr 2020 #6
When the vaccine is developed, many will refuse it. 3Hotdogs Apr 2020 #8

greymattermom

(5,794 posts)
1. When the vaccine is developed
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 03:14 AM
Apr 2020

those who are vaccinated or have a medical reason that they cannot be should be given picture ID cards. Those can be required for admission to all venues.

Bernardo de La Paz

(50,922 posts)
2. They're deciding for OTHER children, all children, not their children
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 05:30 AM
Apr 2020

Parents are not competent to decide what should be done for herd immunity.

When a parent blocks vaccinating their child they put all non-vaccinated children and all non-vaccinated adults at risk and impose extra costs on the whole medical system.

It is not solely a personal decision.

You are not allowed to refine gold and dump arsenic into the water supply. So it is with vaccination.

gordianot

(15,515 posts)
5. Do the vaccination even if there is a risk.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 05:53 AM
Apr 2020

Nothing in life has a guarantee the alternative of life without association should clear by now.

Blues Heron

(6,133 posts)
6. Then none of them can have it
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 06:52 AM
Apr 2020

let them have it last if there's any left over, also all other vaccines. Then build a wall around them and name it pinhead corner.

3Hotdogs

(13,403 posts)
8. When the vaccine is developed, many will refuse it.
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 07:02 AM
Apr 2020

Sunday's D.U. contained a video of a dillwad in Ohio. She was interviewed as to why she attended a church service.

"I am washed in Jesus' blood." She said as an explanation of how a hemorrhaging Jesus would protect her from C-19.


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