House Bill 98, Medical Freedom Act, passed the House 73-41, with three Democrats and all present Republicans voting in favor, and was sent to the Senate.
Beginning in January 2024, the state’s public schools, community colleges and universities would also be prohibited from requiring students to get the COVID-19 vaccination or a booster shot. Private schools and businesses could still require their students or employees to receive the vaccine.
Rep. Brian Biggs, a Randolph County Republican and one of the bill’s primary sponsors, expressed his concerns on the House floor that such requirements pressure and rush people to make a serious medical decision before taking the time to consider if it’s the right choice for them.
“It’s not intended for everyone,” he said of the COVID-19 vaccine. “It’s not a one size fits all. We just want to give people the option.”
North Carolina law requires students at public, private and religious colleges and universities to receive other immunizations in most circumstances, including for mumps, measles and polio. The coronavirus vaccine is not currently required.
Rep. Maria Cervania, a Wake County Democrat and epidemiologist, explained the early development of coronavirus vaccines and touted their importance in preventing more deaths.
“To say it’s discrimination to choose not to show proof of the vaccine when we’re trying to control outbreak and death … is derelict to my profession and to other medical professionals,” she said during floor debate.
The bill includes certain exceptions for jobs and educational programs at facilities certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that require their employees to get the shot.
The NCMS will continue to monitor this bill and bring you more as it moves through the Senate.
As a pediatrician, I have seen the benefits of vaccinations as a major reason for decreasing childhood mortality in the past century. It is important to promote Covid vaccinations in our public schools, community colleges and universities to avoid another public health emergency.
Covid 19 is an experimental mrna drug. Not a vaccine. A vaccine by definition is a dead or weakened virus that causes an immuno response in people. So your though on it is a little narrow in judging this I believe. Experimental drugs that are still in early clinical trials shouldnt be mandated. Sadly 75% of our uninformed populace out of fear and blind trust in this voodoo medicine could have serious side effects in the future or possibly die from it.
Amen!
I completely agree with you. The covid vaccine has been proven to have little to no effect against the virus. It is NOT a vaccine but an ill attempt at a scientific experiment to control and quiet the masses.
NC is heading in the right direction toward liberty over lockdown! https://www.carolinajournal.com/opinion/liberty-vs-lockdown-follow-the-science/
And Fauci just testified before Congress that they (NIH NIAID and the CDC/WHO) didn’t do any research to prove masking and social distancing prevented transmission. No data was ever collected. Fauci also testified early on in the pandemic, after Israel posted their finding, that the shots produced little to no immune response, and any immunities acquired waned within 3 months. I agree with the person who posted these are not vaccines, just voodoo in Fauci gain of function biological warfare experiment. End all mandates now. It isn’t worth the abnormal IgG4 response, myocarditis, blood clots, neurological or kidney damage, or Guillain Barre syndrome.