Oklahoma governor acts to keep citizens in the dark over vaccine risks
It looks like common sense (and common decency) have been tossed right out the window.
For months I’ve been warning you about crazy vaccine laws that are popping up all across America.
States like California are even throwing kids out of school and day care if they don’t get every shot the government recommends.
But now Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has done the unthinkable.
She just vetoed a bill that would have required doctors to inform us about the risks and side effects of certain vaccines – you know, before the needle goes in.
It’s the latest attempt by politicians to keep us in the dark as far as vaccine dangers are concerned – and to make sure we keep rolling up our sleeves, no questions asked.
When Tulsa mom Casey Ohlsson brought her 9-month-old son for his shots, she had no idea what they were both in for.
The vaccines left him screaming in pain and unable to move — and within an hour he was suffering seizures.
That’s the kind of risk that any parent or grandparent would want to know about.
But with a stroke of her pen, Gov. Fallin practically gave the mainstream permission to hide vaccine risks from all of us.
You see, HB 3016, also known as the Parental Rights Immunization Act, had breezed through the Oklahoma Legislature.
And why shouldn’t it have?
All HB 3016 required was that doctors give patients a copy of the CDC’s Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) before administering a shot. That way parents and their kids would be aware of any possible risks or side effects before agreeing to get a vaccine.
That’s called informed consent – and we shouldn’t be pumping anything into anyone’s body without it.
But apparently Fallin found a little education to be a very dangerous thing. As soon as HB 3016 landed on her desk, she wasted no time in vetoing the bill.
And she’s doing everything she can to try to justify it.
Fallin said HB 3016 was an “unfunded mandate” and that lots of the information patients would get would be “irrelevant.”
Unfunded? Irrelevant? You’ve got to be kidding me!
This is information produced by the federal government – and they give it away for free.
As long as your doctor has a printer or a copy machine, he wouldn’t have had any trouble complying with the law.
Let’s face it – Fallin vetoed this bill because she doesn’t want you to see what’s in these VIS reports. She doesn’t want you to learn about the joint pain, seizures, brain damage, and even comas that have been linked to some of these shots – and that are included in their VIS.
Because, Heaven forbid you make an informed decision that a vaccine may not be worth the risks for your child or grandchild.
Politicians like Fallin may be trying to keep us in the dark – but it’s not something we have to take lying down. Here are two things you can do right away.
1) Before agreeing to any vaccine for yourself or someone you love, download and read its VIS. Fallin may not want you to see these documents, but you can find them right here.
2) Even if you don’t live in Oklahoma, it’s never been more important to track vaccine legislation in your state. A good place to stay up to date is the National Vaccine Information Center Advocacy Portal. Just click here to check it out.
Sources:
“Oklahoma governor vetoes bill requiring vaccine information” Associated Press, April 30, 2016, ABC News 7, kswo.com
