Looks like I'll be going to jail when they roll out the vaccine

Our wonderful state turned purple and then blue - thanks to all the Liberals who live in Northern Virginia and work in D.C. and the Illegal Aliens who vote now - and when they took over the VA Legislature last year, they've proceeded to ruin our state at lightning speed. Now this!

Virginia Health Commissioner Says He’ll Mandate COVID-19 Vaccine For All State Residents

Has "authority to mandate immediate immunizations during a public health crisis"

[www.dailywire.com]

Virginia’s Health Commissioner says he plans to mandate that all Virginians take a COVID-19 vaccine once one is available to the public.

“It is killing people now, we don’t have a treatment for it and if we develop a vaccine that can prevent it from spreading in the community we will save hundreds and hundreds of lives,” Dr. Norman Oliver told 8News on Friday.

Virginia state law gives the Commissioner of Health “the authority to mandate immediate immunizations during a public health crisis if a vaccine is available. Health officials say an immunization could be released as early as 2021,” 8News said. “Dr. Oliver says that, as long as he is still the Health Commissioner, he intends to mandate the coronavirus vaccine.”

Under state law in Virginia, people with a medical exemption are the only ones allowed to refuse the mandatory vaccine. The Virginia General Assembly is currently considering a bill during an ongoing special session that “eliminates the authority of the Commissioner of Health to require immunization of individuals who object to such administration on religious grounds.” The bill first needs to make it out of a committee in the House of Delegates, controlled by Democrats, before the full chamber will vote.

“Oliver says he strongly opposes the bill. He doesn’t know what the punishment would be for non-compliance but expects that most people will respond well to the mandate,” 8News reported.

Virginia Freedom Keepers Director of Communications Kathleen Medaries is supporting the bill, known as HB5016.

“Over 5,000 Virginians in just the last 24 hours have asked how they can support HB5016 following the Virginia State Health Commissioner’s statement to ABC 8News Friday that he plans to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for Virginians once one is made available to the public,” she wrote on her Facebook page. “Current Virginia Law gives him that power, but HB5016 proposes an amendment for each Virginian to choose for themself whether to take, delay or decline the shot without penalty.”

Join Marsha Lessard, Founder of Virginia Freedom Keepers, and Virginians across all political platforms and spheres of belief to learn the practical steps you can take to say “my body, my choice” on who calls these shots. As VFK Director and concerned Virginia mother of three, Kathleen Medaries, told ABC 8News “(The Commissioner) shouldn’t be the one person to make a decision for all Virginians. This is not a Republican or Democrat issue. It’s not a pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine issue. It’s an issue of being able to assess each vaccine for myself and my family one at a time.”

This sentiment rings true with many as, according to a new Marist poll, one in three Americans aren’t interested in getting a coronavirus vaccine and up to 50% have stated their hesitancy in making a decision until more information becomes available. If you’re ready to protect your right to choose, please check out our answers to your questions and use these practical steps.

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Daily Wire still has a Comment section. Here is one of the comments -

"Bill Gates is building something that we call the Human Implantable Quantum Dot Microneedle Vaccination Delivery System, and it is composed of multiple things. At its center we have the COVID-19 vaccination that he wants to give every human on earth, there will be quantum dot microneedles, a digital identification mark from ID2020, and a human implantable device for buying and selling cryptocurrency with a patent number of #060606. The digital ID will come in the form of something called an Immunity Passport...."

"Today we bring you ‘near infrared bioluminescence enzyme luciferase’ which is the chemical that will make the quantum dot vaccination readable through a special mobile device app. That’s right, the enzyme that will light up Bill Gates Human Implantable Quantum Dot Microneedle Vaccination Delivery System is called Luciferase, that’s what makes the vaccination readable long after the victim has been injected. Luciferase."



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Our wonderful state turned purple and then blue - thanks to all the Liberals who live in Northern Virginia and work in D.C. and the Illegal Aliens who vote now - and when they took over the VA Legislature last year"

i.e. Racist mumbo jumbo...

Daily Wire still has a Comment section. Here is one of the comments -

"Bill Gates is building something that we call the Human Implantable Quantum Dot Microneedle Vaccination Delivery System, and it is composed of multiple things. At its center we have the COVID-19 vaccination that he wants to give every human on earth, there will be quantum dot microneedles, a digital identification mark from ID2020, and a human implantable device for buying and selling cryptocurrency with a patent number of #060606. The digital ID will come in the form of something called an Immunity Passport...."

"How do you sleep at night with all the Luciferian schemes coming to get you. Whoever penned that comment should get a Literary Award. Thanks for the chuckle..."

I see from this article - that VA Gov. Blackface Northam said he's not 'planning on' mandating mandatory vaccinations - hmmmm. That means he could do it when he sees which way the wind is blowing

Northam not planning on COVID-19 vaccine mandate despite support from top official

[www.wric.com]

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)- A spokesperson for Gov. Ralph Northam said Monday he’s not planning on mandating a COVID-19 vaccine in Virginia, even though his Administration’s top health official supports the idea.

In an interview with 8News on Friday, State Health Commissioner Dr. Norman Oliver said he planned on mandating a coronavirus immunization once it’s safely released to the public. In Virginia, state law gives him the authority to order immediate vaccination ‘of all persons in case of an epidemic of any disease of public health importance for which a vaccine exists.’ The law only includes an exemption for medical reasons.

Dr. Oliver was not available for a follow-up interview on Monday but a spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Health sent 8News the following statement:

“When Dr. Oliver spoke of his support of a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine for adults, he was sharing his personal opinion as a physician. Currently, the Northam administration has taken no official policy position on whether or not a COVID-19 vaccine for adults should be mandatory. VDH regrets this error.”

When asked why the Administration isn’t embracing the stance of its top health official, Gov. Northam’s spokesperson Alena Yarmosky said in a statement, “We are focused on accessibility, affordability, and fair distribution of a vaccine—not on a mandate.”

“When a vaccine becomes available, we’re confident that Virginians will seek it out. That’s why we don’t have plans for a mandate,” Yarmosky continued in a separate email.

Yarmosky didn’t immediately respond to a follow-up question clarifying if the Administration is ruling out the possibility of a vaccine requirement entirely, even in the case that herd immunity cannot be achieved through voluntary compliance.

It also remains unclear if Dr. Oliver would need the approval of Gov. Northam to act under state law, though he is a political appointee of the Governor.

Yarmosky said discussions surrounding the roll out of a vaccine in Virginia are still in the early phases. She said the Administration is engaging a large group of health professionals at all levels of government to decide where initial doses should go.

“The whole world wants a vaccine to help put this virus behind us, as we’ve done for everything from measles to polio,” Yarmosky said.

University of Virginia Professor of Law and Biomedical Ethics Lois Shepherd said, if the state of Virginia were to mandate an FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, it would likely be upheld.

Shepherd cited a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1905. The court ruled Massachusetts had the authority to fine people who refused vaccinations for smallpox.

“The government has broad powers in a public health emergency so that is the key here… would a mandatory vaccine be a reasonable measure to protect the public’s health?” Shepherd said.

Shepherd said that a medical exemption would have to be included for a requirement to be constitutional. She said the courts would also evaluate if the government is using the ‘least restrictive means’ to enforce a mandate, meaning jail time would be a unlikely punishment.

“If there were a mandatory vaccine, that doesn’t mean people would be held down kicking and screaming,” Shepherd said. “It means that there would be some kind of penalty for not getting a vaccine.”

Shepherd said that penalty is more likely to be a monetary fine or restrictions on access to places like schools.

Republican Del. Dave LaRock is introducing one of at least two bills being considered in the ongoing special session that would allow people with a religious opposition to opt-out of an otherwise required mandate. If the bill becomes law, it would strike several sections of Virginia Code that remove religious exemptions in an ’emergency or epidemic of disease’ that has been declared by the Board of Health.

This language appears in sections referring to attendance at:

Public institutions of higher education
Public or private elementary schools
Middle or secondary schools
Child care centers
Nursery schools
Family day care homes
Developmental centers

Shepherd said a mandate that didn’t include a religious exemption would not be unconstitutional .

“There is religious freedom in the United States but the law would be applied equally to everyone regardless of their religion. So it [a mandate] wouldn’t be singling out a religion to discriminate against people’s exercise of that religion,” she said.

Del. LaRock’s bill and another being proposed by Republican Del. Mark Cole are being considered by the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on Tuesday morning. The public cannot participate in-person but people can sign up to speak virtually.