Let’s play a quick game called What Did Lawmakers Leave Out?
Let’s use Senate Bill S.343, which the Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee will discuss on April 16. The bill proposes adding an informed consent protocol for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. It includes a mandatory protocol requiring anyone administering the shot to state out loud that it’s a new vaccine, that it contains bacterial plasmid DNA inside a lipid nanoparticle, and that its long-term safety is unknown. Then, the person receiving the shot must sign a paper repeating that same information.
Sounds like they’re protecting your right to choose, right?
Alright, let’s play.
Drumroll please... what’s missing from this bill?
A. A State House selfie with your legislator
B. An exemption if you bring banana pudding to the hearing
C. A round of applause after the warning is read
D. The right to refuse the vaccine without consequences
If you picked D, ding ding ding, you’re right!
The bill never says you can say no. There is no right to refuse clause. That definitely needs to be included. If it’s not, people may not realize they can say no. That might be hard to believe (because you would), but not everyone understands their right to refuse. And more importantly, will they legally have that right if this bill becomes law?
So, in practice, this bill doesn’t stop employers from requiring the shot. It doesn’t stop schools or government offices from making it a condition for access. It just makes sure someone reads a script, and you sign it.
Feels more like compliance with extra paperwork.
If legislators actually cared about protecting your medical freedom, they’d include a right to refusal. It would look something like this:
No person shall be compelled, coerced, or mandated to receive the vaccine. An individual’s refusal shall not be used to deny access to employment, education, public or private services, or any other benefit, right, or opportunity.
That one blurb would do more to protect your rights than the entire bill.
Lawmakers love to pass feel-good legislation that sounds like liberty. But if you read the fine print, most of it is just PR. You don’t need theater. You need fewer laws and clear, effective ones that actually defend your choices. Oh, one more, laws that protect the people from government overreach.
This bill doesn’t do that.
Keep reading. Keep asking questions. Keep calling it out.
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