Posted on 04/26/2021 8:07:51 PM PDT by DoodleBob
A contentious bill that would end Connecticut’s long-standing religious exemption from immunization requirements for schools, beginning with the 2022-23 school year, now awaits action in the state Senate.
The legislation passed on a 90-53 vote in the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives just before 3 a.m. on Tuesday, following more than 16 hours of sometimes combative debate. No date has been set yet for when the Senate, which is also controlled by Democrats, will vote on the same bill.
The House vote marked the furthest the legislation has progressed in Connecticut, where lawmakers have debated the concept over the past several years. Some Republican opponents argued the bill was unnecessary, an overreach by state government, and an attempt to impede the religious liberties of potentially thousands of children. Yet mostly Democratic supporters said it was a necessary step to prevent future outbreaks of disease.
“We’ve seen a slow and steady increase in exemptions from required childhood vaccinations. We do not know when community immunity might be compromised,” said Democratic House Majority Leader Jason Rojas of East Hartford, who compared the situation to the early days of the coronavirus pandemic when “far too many elected officials denied or didn’t acknowledge that there was a pandemic underway,”
He said any exceptions to the state’s mandatory vaccination rules “must be limited and based on science and public health guidance. And that is why we are here today.”
About a half-hour before finally passing the bill, House members passed a Republican amendment that makes it clear that students who are now exempt from immunizations because of religious reasons to continue to be exempt if they transfer from one public or private school in Connecticut to another, or to a different school district in the state.
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I know, on the surface, this isn't about the pandemic. But you know the old saying about letting a crisis going to waste.
For the record, and with regard to the pandemic, the people in this strike zone are the LEAST at risk, per the CDC (Date generated: Sun Apr 25 2021 21:02:54 EDT)...
| Age Group | Count of cases | Count of deaths | Deaths/Cases |
| 0-4 Years | 510,527 | 127 | 0.025% |
| 5-17 Years | 2,496,438 | 319 | 0.013% |
| 18-29 Years | 5,606,979 | 2,260 | 0.040% |
| 30-39 Years | 4,093,067 | 5,193 | 0.127% |
| 40-49 Years | 3,716,114 | 12,715 | 0.342% |
| 50-64 Years | 5,105,497 | 65,660 | 1.286% |
| 65-74 Years | 1,893,720 | 95,022 | 5.018% |
| 75-84 Years | 984,562 | 122,347 | 12.427% |
| 85+ Years | 573,463 | 140,129 | 24.436% |
| Total | 24,980,367 | 443,772 | 1.776% |
Two weeks to flatten the curve.
Mandatory masks.
No alternative therapies.
Social distancing.
Shut-downs (except for elder care facilities - put the sick back in there asap).
Don't trust Operation Warp-Speed - Orange man bad.
Mandatory vaccines at Yale.
At least 139,978,480 people or 42% of the population have received at least one dose.
Overall, 86,759,346 people or 26% of the population have been fully vaccinated.
...but all of that STILL doesn't satiate their desire for control.
This is a good saga for anyone who thinks yielding a little bit of liberty to gain a little bit of safety will work.
What about the “I don’t care to have the vaccine.” reason? Invalid?
Will this bill apply equally to all religions, or is it just for Christians? I’ll bet muslims get an exemption.
I don't know of a state where the "thanks but no thanks" provision applies, though I'm sure there are several.
What happened to, “my body, my choice”?
What about the “I don’t care to have the vaccine.” reason? Invalid?
How about my body my choice!!!
On the positive side of that that should drive more parents to find alternative schooling to public schools. The teacher's unions have already done a pretty good job of that.
Hey, I’m not having an abortion so that doesn’t apply.
Demoncats are stalinists. Especially about evil vaccines
We said “ screw You “. TRY and keep my kid out if school !
( tgey caved ). In ca
I thought everyone in CT was in private schools.
Yup—herd immunity is somewhere in the 60% to 80% range—there is just _no_ science claiming mandatory vaccinations are anywhere necessary.
And—with a disease with death rates lower than heart attack and cancer.
This is _crazy_ stuff!
The rich are in private schools.
It is the blue collar workers that get f&^%ed.
I did a little research for Texas. The traditional general vaccines are indeed mandatory for children entering public school. But there is an exemption allowed for objecting parents for any reason. In other words, you don’t opt in, you opt out.
It’s obscene they’re going after children.
Current weekly numbers for those younger than 25 YO
Cases 316 per 100,000
Deaths 0.005 per 100,000
They’re coming for the kids, with these experimental Biologics.
Gee....where are all of the resident “vax” pushers (some post while saving lives) to insist these will never be forced on CHILDREN??
Pray the CT Senate does the right thing, by these kids.
>> some post while saving lives
LOL
Good question.
This might sound crazy but I think lice is much more of a problem than kids catching something just because some may not be vaccinated.
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