Posted on 04/01/2002 7:48:49 AM PST by RCW2001
Edited on 04/13/2004 1:39:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The USA is amassing an abundant supply of smallpox vaccine, but health officials say they are not recommending that it be widely used
(Excerpt) Read more at usatoday.com ...
Now is the time to get the shot not after the fact. How many would die from the shot, a few hundred? maybe. how many would die trying to get the shop after the start of an epidemic, thousands or maybe tens of thousands.....
It's my understanding that if you have received a shot before 1978 you are not protected now......
The vaccine should be made available and given to those who want to assume the risk. I, for one, will be in line as soon as it becomes available.
One other unrelated point about the smallpox vaccine: to my knowledge it is NOT made from unborn baby cells, unlike the rubella (German measles) and chickenpox vaccines.
While it is true that the risk of dying in an automobile accident is higher than vaccination for smallpox, the benefits of using cars is also higher. The kind of vaccine that is used has to be determined by both the seriousness of the disease and the risk and benefits of that vaccine. For instance there are two types of polio vaccine, live and killed. If there were an epidemic of polio, the live vaccine is superior, because it is faster acting and the secondary exposure to those who are uninioculated. The danger is that the live vaccine can mutate back to the pathogenic form and cause polio. If there is no epidemic, the killed vaccine is preferred, because it can't cause polio. In fact the live vaccine is no longer manufactured in the US.
What is needed for smallpox is a vaccine that is much safer. That way it would be acceptable to innoculate most of the population even without an outbreak of the disease. If most of the population of the US were immune to smallpox, there would be no incentive to use smallpox as a biological weapon. Also, there needs to be new thinking about vaccines against "extinct" diseases. If we stop vaccinating against polio once it has become extinct in nature, we would be repeating the same mistakes made after smallpox was erradicated.
Emergency Health Powers Act - California Bill: AB 1763
Introduced Jan. 8, 2002(I find it odd that the website posting these bills put the following DISCLAIMER about MANDATORY VACCINATIONS at the bottom of the page.)
ALL INFORMATION, DATA, AND MATERIAL CONTAINED, PRESENTED, OR PROVIDED HERE IS FOR GENERAL INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED AS REFLECTING THE KNOWLEDGE OR OPINIONS OF THE PUBLISHER, AND IS NOT TO BE CONSTRUED OR INTENDED AS PROVIDING MEDICAL OR LEGAL ADVICE. THE DECISION WHETHER OR NOT TO VACCINATE IS AN IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUE AND SHOULD BE MADE BY YOU, AND YOU ALONE, IN CONSULTATION WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
BILL NUMBER: AB 1763 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXTINTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Richman
JANUARY 8, 2002
An act to add Division 111 (commencing with Section 130350) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health, and making an appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1763, as introduced, Richman. Emergency Health Powers Act.
Existing law makes various provisions for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health, and imposes various requirements on the State Department of Health Services in this regard.
This bill would enact the Emergency Health Powers Act. The bill would require the Governor to appoint a Public Health Emergency Planning Commission with a specified membership that would be required to submit to the Governor a designated public health emergency plan.
The bill would designate the State Department of Health Services, a local governmental agency that has principal responsibility to protect the public's health, and any person designated by the department or local governmental agency, as public health authorities for purposes of the act, and would require a public health authority to ascertain the existence of cases of any illness or health condition that may be the cause of a public health emergency, as defined by the bill.
This bill would require health care providers, coroners, medical examiners, pharmacists, and veterinarians and other persons who care for animals to report certain information to the state and local public health authorities. The bill would require a public health authority and any public safety authority, as defined by, to share certain necessary information.
By imposing new duties on local public health authorities, coroners, medical examiners, and local law enforcement agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency upon conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property due to air pollution, fire, flood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, sudden and severe energy shortage, plant or animal infestation or disease, or earthquake or volcanic prediction warning, with certain exceptions, which conditions by their magnitude are beyond or likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city, or city and county.
Existing law grants to the Governor certain emergency powers during a state of emergency, including the authority to commandeer or utilize private property or personnel, for which the state is required to pay the reasonable value. Under existing law, a state of emergency may be terminated by proclamation of the Governor or by concurrent resolution of the Legislature.
This bill would authorize the Governor to declare a state of public health emergency if the Governor finds an occurrence or imminent threat of an illness or health condition that may be the cause of a public health emergency.
The bill would grant to the Governor certain powers during a state of public health emergency. The bill would prescribe the conditions for the termination of a state of public health emergency. The bill would provide that the declaration of a state of public health emergency shall activate the disaster response and recovery aspects of state, local, and interjurisdictional disaster emergency plans in affected areas.
The bill would make the department responsible for coordinating all matters pertaining to the public health emergency response of the state during a state of public health emergency. The bill would require the department to disseminate specific information to the public regarding a declared state of public health emergency.
The bill would authorize any public health authority, during a state of public health emergency, to close, compel the evacuation of, and decontaminate facilities, decontaminate or destroy materials, use and control facilities, materials, roads, and public areas, regulate the disposal of infectious waste and human remains, and purchase and regulate the distribution of certain pharmaceutical agents or medical supplies.
The bill would require, as a condition of licensure or the authority to operate or continue to do business in the state, health care facilities, businesses and facilities dealing with infectious waste and human remains, and in-state health care providers, to provide or perform services or the use of facilities to respond to a public health emergency.
The bill would authorize any public health authority, during a state of public health emergency, to perform medical examinations and testing, and to vaccinate and treat individuals for infectious disease. The bill would also authorize, during a state of public health emergency, a public health authority to isolate or quarantine an individual or group of individuals and would prescribe requirements applicable to isolation and quarantine proceedings, including the appointment of counsel at the state's expense to represent certain individuals subject to isolation or quarantine proceedings. The bill would make it a misdemeanor for a person to fail to comply with the bill's provisions and the rules, regulations, and orders of an authority concerning isolation and quarantine. Because the bill would create new crimes, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
W and family?
Henderson's got his head in the sand.
Are you referring to the disclaimer by the website?
As far as the Agenda 21 Bill, the one up for vote in Arizona has "refusal to be vaccinated" as a misdemeanor, with of course, LEO powers given to the National Guard etc, by the Governor when the "Emergencies" are declared. I'm going to the Doc this week and want to have him sign something that states I have a bad reaction to vaccinations or, that he will administer my shot.
Guess I need to research this to see if theres a document floating around the web that can be used to refuse their steenking needles!
Tell me they are not full of sh!t. They don't trust us, they do not want to grant jurisdiction and they want to be trusted and to be given jurisdiction.
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