Opponents call it a ‘crime against humanity,’ but vaccine bill moves forward
5 years, 8 months ago

Opponents call it a ‘crime against humanity,’ but vaccine bill moves forward

LA Times  

Adriane Hoeft of Roseville, Calif., left, joins hundreds of people in opposing SB 276, a bill that would give the state greater oversight over immunizations. More than 100 doctors and medical students spoke in favor of Senate Bill 276, which would empower the state health department to vet medical exemptions sought by physicians. One opponent called Pan a “tyrant,” another labeled his bill a “crime against humanity,” while a third urged the senator to abandon the proposal to “save your soul.” California already has one of the strictest laws in the country requiring childhood immunizations in order to attend public or private schools, with exemptions allowed if a doctor says there is a medical reason to not have all or some shots. Pan said a few unethical physicians who advertise medical exemptions for cash prompted him to propose the bill to create state oversight. “California cannot allow a handful of unscrupulous physicians to put our children in danger, particularly babies too young to be vaccinated and children who genuinely need a medical exemption,” said Pan, a pediatrician.

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'The country asked for measles?' GOP House whip struggles to defend Trump nominee
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'The country asked for measles?' GOP House whip struggles to defend Trump nominee

Raw Story  

House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer faced tough questions Friday on CNN about sick kids in his state that left him struggling to defend President-elect Donald Trump. CNN anchor Jake Tapper asked Emmer about Trump's selection of vaccine-denier Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services — and put it in the context of …

Column: Opposing vaccine mandates, Trump exposes kids to disease
5 months, 1 week ago

Column: Opposing vaccine mandates, Trump exposes kids to disease

LA Times  

Presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and vice presidential candidate J.D. Cloud, Minn.: “I will not give one penny to any school that has a vaccine mandate or a mask mandate.” If you want to experiment on somebody’s kids, Kamala Harris, AOC, and so forth, have your own kids, lay off of mine.This is about doing what you want to do …

Opinion: How measles reemerged as a threat in California and elsewhere
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: How measles reemerged as a threat in California and elsewhere

LA Times  

The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people were exposed to a child with the virus in a Northern California healthcare facility; our state is one of 17 jurisdictions with reported measles cases in 2024, higher than seen in recent …

West Virginia lawmakers OK bill rolling back one of nation’s strongest child vaccine laws
10 months ago

West Virginia lawmakers OK bill rolling back one of nation’s strongest child vaccine laws

LA Times  

Lawmakers in West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as some of the strongest in the country. West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt …

Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more US parents opt out
1 year ago

Health officials push to get schoolchildren vaccinated as more US parents opt out

Associated Press  

When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. “We tend to forget that diseases like measles and polio used to kill people,” said Jansen, medical director of the Southwest District Health Department, which handled the outbreak in September. In Idaho, “a parent only has to provide a signed statement,” …

Mississippi, under judge’s order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations
1 year, 5 months ago

Mississippi, under judge’s order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations

Associated Press  

— Mississippi is starting the court-ordered process of letting people cite religious beliefs to seek exemptions from state-mandated vaccinations that children must receive before attending day care or school. In April, U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden ordered Mississippi to join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from childhood vaccinations. Bentley wrote that Edney also does not agree with state …

Editorial: A dangerous dip in confidence in vaccines puts kids at risk from preventable disease
2 years ago

Editorial: A dangerous dip in confidence in vaccines puts kids at risk from preventable disease

LA Times  

We live in an age of advanced scientific knowledge that produces vaccines that can ward off diseases such as measles, rubella, mumps and polio. All states have laws requiring children to be vaccinated against certain diseases such as measles to attend public schools; however, medical exemptions are allowed in certain circumstances. So many kids are opting out of the measles …

Bill to allow minors to be vaccinated without parental consent is withdrawn
2 years, 4 months ago

Bill to allow minors to be vaccinated without parental consent is withdrawn

LA Times  

A bill to allow minors to consent to vaccines without parental permission will not move forward this year, with the author of the measure saying Wednesday that it remained short of votes heading into the final day of the legislative session. On Wednesday, Wiener said the bill was “several votes short of 41” needed to pass, with no “viable path …

Editorial: Vaccines are safe. So why shouldn’t teens be able to get them on their own?
2 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Vaccines are safe. So why shouldn’t teens be able to get them on their own?

LA Times  

California teenagers should have the right to protect their health by receiving approved vaccines without parental consent or knowledge. State law allows minors ages 12 and older to consent to various reproductive and preventive health treatments, including abortions, vaccines for HPV and other sexually transmitted diseases and mental healthcare. Senate Bill 866 would change that by allowing minors 15 and …

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates
2 years, 7 months ago

Politics and pandemic fatigue derail California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates

LA Times  

In January, progressive California Democrats vowed to adopt the toughest COVID-19 vaccine requirements in the country. Now, even as case rates start to balloon again, the window of opportunity to adopt COVID-19 vaccine mandates may have closed, said Hemi Tewarson, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy. And legislation is just not being enacted.” California One of …

State measure that would allow preteens to get vaccines without parental consent advances
2 years, 8 months ago

State measure that would allow preteens to get vaccines without parental consent advances

LA Times  

Heather Haworth, left, holds the hand of her 12-year-old son, Jeremy, as he receives a COVID-19 vaccination from medical assistant Gloria Urgell in Santa Ana last year. A California measure that would allow children ages 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, including against the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday. It builds on long-standing existing …

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren
2 years, 8 months ago

California pauses plans to require COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren

LA Times  

California will not require schoolchildren to be immunized for COVID-19 after Gov. Newsom’s office said that after the FDA approves the vaccine for children 12 and older, state public health officials will consider recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other groups “prior to implementing a school vaccine requirement.” Currently, …

Column: The anti-vaxxers’ campaign against public health advocates gets scarier and more rabid
2 years, 9 months ago

Column: The anti-vaxxers’ campaign against public health advocates gets scarier and more rabid

LA Times  

California physician Simone Gold, seen speaking in Oklahoma last year, founded an anti-vaccine group that released a video attacking California Medical Board President Kristina Lawson for endorsing COVID-19 vaccines. “I can’t even begin to quantify the tweets, DMs, emails, etc along the lines of ‘see you at Nuremberg 2.0’—typically due to my advocacy for vaccines/NPIs or SARS-CoV-2 origins work,” virologist …

One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward
2 years, 9 months ago

One of the most far-reaching vaccine mandate bills in California will not move forward

LA Times  

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks said Tuesday that she would hold Assembly Bill 1993, which would have required employees and independent contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they obtained an exemption. Citing improved pandemic conditions and opposition from public safety unions, Assemblymember Buffy Wicks said she would hold Assembly Bill 1993, which would have required employees and independent contractors, in both …

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?

LA Times  

President Biden promotes COVID-19 vaccinations during an appearance in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7, 2021 A group of states is renewing a challenge to a federal mandate that millions of healthcare workers across the U.S. be vaccinated. More than half the states are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from the Biden administration for millions of healthcare …

California bills target doctors, websites pushing vaccine misinformation
2 years, 10 months ago

California bills target doctors, websites pushing vaccine misinformation

LA Times  

The California Assembly casts votes on Sept. 12, 2019, at the Capitol in Sacramento. California lawmakers are targeting doctors and websites that promote COVID-19 misinformation in the latest batch of bills introduced by a group of Democrats pushing for stronger vaccination laws in the state. Assembly Bill 2098 by Assembly Member Evan Low would make it easier for the Medical …

Anti-vax, pro-ivermectin measures advance in Kansas Senate
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-vax, pro-ivermectin measures advance in Kansas Senate

Associated Press  

TOPEKA, Kan. — Fellow Republican conservatives rallied Tuesday behind a Kansas physician-legislator who’s under investigation by the state medical board, advancing his measures to protect doctors pursuing potentially dangerous treatments for COVID-19 and to weaken childhood vaccination requirements. As a Senate health committee member, state Sen. Mark Steffen successfully pushed a proposal that would require pharmacists to fill prescriptions of …

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know
2 years, 11 months ago

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know

LA Times  

A student is vaccinated by a school nurse at Arleta High School. Senate Bill 871, by state Sen. Richard Pan, would add COVID-19 vaccinations to California’s list of required inoculations for attending K-12 schools, which can be skipped only if a student receives a rare medical exemption. Under the bill, the California Department of Public Health could mandate vaccinations in …

All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill
2 years, 11 months ago

All California schoolchildren must be vaccinated against COVID-19 under new bill

LA Times  

California students would be required to be immunized for COVID-19 under a bill introduced Monday, offering backup to districts such as L.A. Unified that have struggled with their own mandates while igniting familiar backlash from anti-vaccine activists and parents who say the state should not make medical decisions for their children. Senate Bill 871, by state Sen. Richard Pan, would …

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-vaccination forces gear up for fight over California vaccine legislation

LA Times  

Vaccine protester Jessica Holloway of Lake County urges California lawmakers and Gov. “It’s important that we continue to push for vaccine mandates the most aggressively we possibly can,” said Wicks, who faced death threats over her vaccine legislation last year. “We can’t let ourselves be held hostage by these right-wing conspiracy theorists who are perpetrating hate and violence.” ‘The firestorm …

Preteens can get vaxxed without parent under California bill
2 years, 11 months ago

Preteens can get vaxxed without parent under California bill

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent under a proposal introduced Friday by a state senator who said youngsters “deserve the right to protect themselves” against infectious disease. “Those kids deserve the right to protect themselves.” Responding to criticism that the bill would limit parents’ oversight of their children’s …

California kids 12 and older could receive COVID-19 vaccine without parent’s OK
2 years, 11 months ago

California kids 12 and older could receive COVID-19 vaccine without parent’s OK

LA Times  

Ana Chaglasian is an ambassador with Teens for Vaccines, a group that helps teens whose parents are anti-vaccine or vaccine hesitant by providing them with a guide of how to convince their parents. Senate Bill 866 by Sen. Scott Wiener would permit children 12 and older to be vaccinated, including against COVID-19, without a parent’s consent or knowledge. “There are …

Op-Ed: Los Angeles led the nation on measles vaccination mandates. Can it do that for COVID?
3 years ago

Op-Ed: Los Angeles led the nation on measles vaccination mandates. Can it do that for COVID?

LA Times  

On March 31, 1977, as a measles epidemic swept through Los Angeles, the L.A. County Public Health Department issued an ultimatum to the parents of the county’s 1.6 million schoolchildren: Get your kids vaccinated within a month or keep them home. The threat — voiced by Dr. Shirley Fannin, whom the Los Angeles Times described as “the energetic, no-nonsense physician” …

Biden Vaccine Rule For Health Workers Blocked In 10 States
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden Vaccine Rule For Health Workers Blocked In 10 States

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The court order said that the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority from Congress …

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states
3 years, 1 month ago

Biden vaccine rule for health workers blocked in 10 states

Associated Press  

— A federal judge on Monday blocked President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a coronavirus vaccine mandate on thousands of health care workers in 10 states that had brought the first legal challenge against the requirement. The federal rule requires COVID-19 vaccinations for more than 17 million workers nationwide in about 76,000 health care facilities and home health care providers …

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules
3 years, 2 months ago

L.A. won’t immediately ticket businesses that violate strict vaccine mandate rules

LA Times  

Felix Johnstone, 7, of Altadena holds the hand of his mother, Caitlin Johnstone, as he receives a children’s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Shirley Alfonso at Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Los Angeles city officials are set to implement some of the nation’s strictest COVID-19 vaccine verification rules next week, but they …

Texas bill to block COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employers failed in Legislature after business groups rallied against it
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas bill to block COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employers failed in Legislature after business groups rallied against it

Raw Story  

Bills intended to block any Texas entity, including hospitals and private businesses, from mandating COVID-19 vaccines for employees failed to pass the Texas Legislature before lawmakers adjourned the third special legislative session early Tuesday morning. The organizations opposing the bill, including several chambers of commerce, the Texas Association of Business, the Texas Hospital Association, the Texas Association of Manufacturers, the …

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers
3 years, 2 months ago

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers

NPR  

Police officers and unions put up a fight against vaccine mandates for public workers Enlarge this image toggle caption Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Charles Rex Arbogast/AP For hundreds of public employees in the state of Washington, where a new vaccine mandate for state employees went into effect this week, Monday was their last day on the job. Sponsor Message As vaccine …

Psaki slams Abbott’s anti-vax executive order: ‘Against all public health information and data out there’
3 years, 2 months ago

Psaki slams Abbott’s anti-vax executive order: ‘Against all public health information and data out there’

The Independent  

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People harassing others at vaccination sites? In California, it is now illegal, but...
3 years, 3 months ago

People harassing others at vaccination sites? In California, it is now illegal, but...

LA Times  

It’s now illegal in California to harass people on their way into a vaccination clinic, under a law signed Friday by Gov. “It sweeps up broad activities that are protected by the 1st Amendment and defines them as harassing,” said David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, which advocates for free speech and government transparency. “That problem hasn’t …

Who can opt out of school COVID vaccine mandate? California lawmakers eye crackdown
3 years, 3 months ago

Who can opt out of school COVID vaccine mandate? California lawmakers eye crackdown

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom said last week that California would require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a critical caveat was tucked within the nation-leading announcement: Parents can opt their children out of inoculation based on personal beliefs. “And it’s why they should be removed for COVID-19.” Newsom announced Friday that the state would require students at all public and private schools …

California becomes first US state with Covid vaccine mandate for schools
3 years, 3 months ago

California becomes first US state with Covid vaccine mandate for schools

India TV News  

California became the first state in the US to announce plans to require student vaccination for Covid-19 by adding the vaccine to the list of vaccinations required for school, such as the vaccines for measles, mumps, and rubella. According to an order approved by Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday, students in the Golden State would be required to be vaccinated …

California student COVID vaccine mandate: New safety rules
3 years, 3 months ago

California student COVID vaccine mandate: New safety rules

LA Times  

California is again on the leading edge of vaccine mandates, requiring all eligible public and private schoolchildren to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The mandate could take effect for students between grades 7 through 12 as early as January if there is full federal approval before then for a COVID-19 vaccine for children age 12 to 15. In a 7-2 decision, …

Arkansas bill creates antibody exemption for vaccine mandate
3 years, 3 months ago

Arkansas bill creates antibody exemption for vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

— Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday advanced legislation that would allow workers to opt out of their employer’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement if they’re tested weekly or can prove they have natural antibodies. The House and Senate Public Health committees endorsed identical versions of the bill, which also would require the state to pay unemployment benefits to workers who are fired for …

California lawmakers shelve vaccine bills -- for now
3 years, 4 months ago

California lawmakers shelve vaccine bills -- for now

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s progressive state Legislature has shelved bills aimed at requiring workers to either be vaccinated or get weekly coronavirus testing to keep their jobs, punting on a debate about vaccine mandates just days before the state’s Democratic governor faces a recall election. “While I’m disappointed we will not be passing a bill that would have created greater …

‘Religious’ exemptions add legal thorns to looming vaccination mandates
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Religious’ exemptions add legal thorns to looming vaccination mandates

LA Times  

Teachers and others rally against COVID-19 vaccination mandates in August in New York. But it’s going to be quite hard in the current climate — in a mass health crisis, with a vaccine in place that works — to just let any such religious claims go.” Indeed, while pop-up anti-vaccine churches have long offered reluctant parents ways to exempt their …

Op-Ed: The next threat on the horizon: Religious exemptions from vaccine mandates
3 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: The next threat on the horizon: Religious exemptions from vaccine mandates

LA Times  

Hundreds of protesters rally against vaccination mandates outside of the Michigan State Capitol on Aug. 6, in Lansing, Mich. I have recently thought of her, as colleagues at hospitals, universities and other employers around the country report they are becoming deluged with requests for religious exemptions to new vaccine mandates. Even Christian Scientists tell members to “respect” public health officials …

Democratic lawmakers drop idea for a California statewide vaccine mandate
3 years, 4 months ago

Democratic lawmakers drop idea for a California statewide vaccine mandate

LA Times  

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks, shown in 2020, said she will not pursue a proposal this year for a vaccine mandate. Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks said she will not pursue the proposal this year after drafts of her bill language were leaked last week, saying she needed more time to craft “the strongest bill possible.” However, dropping the proposal before the Legislature adjourns …

California lawmakers grapple with whether to impose a statewide COVID-19 vaccination mandate
3 years, 4 months ago

California lawmakers grapple with whether to impose a statewide COVID-19 vaccination mandate

LA Times  

Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks wears a face mask as she calls on lawmakers to approve a measure to place a proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot to allow state legislators to vote remotely during emergencies. “I think that the Legislature doing this takes a little bit of heat off of the governor, but at the end of the day, the buck …

FDA vaccine approval is a shot in arm for President Biden’s COVID campaign
3 years, 4 months ago

FDA vaccine approval is a shot in arm for President Biden’s COVID campaign

LA Times  

FDA’s approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine comes at a key time for Biden, with Americans growing disenchanted with his handling of the pandemic. The battle against COVID-19 passed a regulatory milestone Monday when the Food and Drug Administration granted full approval to Pfizer’s vaccine, a decision that could boost President Biden’s effort to control the pandemic. Although Americans may …

California bill would limit protests at vaccination sites. Is that constitutional?
3 years, 5 months ago

California bill would limit protests at vaccination sites. Is that constitutional?

LA Times  

A proposal sailing through the California Legislature that aims to stop people from getting harassed outside vaccination sites is raising alarms among some 1st Amendment experts. “I think it’s pretty shocking that a state legislature would try to enact this kind of restriction on fully protected speech this way,” Volokh said. And when protesters show up claiming they’re there to …

Some States Are Working To Prevent COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
3 years, 5 months ago

Some States Are Working To Prevent COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

NPR  

Some States Are Working To Prevent COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Enlarge this image toggle caption Liz Sanders/Bloomberg via Getty Images Liz Sanders/Bloomberg via Getty Images As COVID-19 cases surge, the federal government and some private employers are requiring their workers to show proof of vaccination. Notably: As of late last week, 9 states have enacted 11 laws with prohibitions on vaccine …

Federal law doesn’t prohibit Covid-19 vaccine requirements, Justice Department says
3 years, 5 months ago

Federal law doesn’t prohibit Covid-19 vaccine requirements, Justice Department says

CNN  

CNN — Justice Department lawyers have determined that federal law doesn’t prohibit public agencies and private businesses from requiring Covid-19 vaccines – even if the vaccines have only emergency use authorization, according to an opinion posted online Monday. In recent weeks, Justice Department officials have been weighing requests from private businesses and federal agencies seeking legal backing for policies aimed …

Momentum grows for closing gaps in US vaccine requirements
3 years, 8 months ago

Momentum grows for closing gaps in US vaccine requirements

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — A law adopted this week in Connecticut adds momentum to the push to strengthen vaccination requirements for schoolchildren, but efforts to give families more leeway are brewing in statehouses around the country in debates that go back more than a century. Religious exemptions like the one eliminated by Connecticut’s new law are facing particular scrutiny amid fears …

Montana lawmakers approve governor’s changes to vaccine bill
3 years, 8 months ago

Montana lawmakers approve governor’s changes to vaccine bill

Associated Press  

— Montana lawmakers have approved amendments proposed by Gov. The Montana Hospital Association and other health care organizations argued that the bill could leave them unable to screen potential employees and would prohibit them from requiring vaccines of employees who have direct contact with patients and the public. Gianforte’s amendment also said that nursing homes, long-term care facilities and assisted …

Measles outbreaks driven by difficulty in getting vaccinations, not anti-vaxxers, warn health experts
5 years, 3 months ago

Measles outbreaks driven by difficulty in getting vaccinations, not anti-vaxxers, warn health experts

The Telegraph  

The rise in measles is being fueled by a shortage of nurses, health workers and difficulties in getting GP appointments, rather than anti-vaccination lobbyists, public health experts have warned. But although Matt Hancock, the health secretary, has blamed anti-vaxxers for stoking public fears about the measles, mumps and rubella jab, experts said many parents simply could not get their children …

Californians strongly back vaccine law in new statewide poll
5 years, 3 months ago

Californians strongly back vaccine law in new statewide poll

LA Times  

Daisi Minor gives an MMR vaccine to Kristian Richard, 1, being held by his mother, Natasha. Californians strongly support a state law creating new oversight of vaccine medical exemptions for schoolchildren in a statewide poll released Monday, with backing across a spectrum of political affiliations, income and education levels, and geography. Still, 67% of conservative voters who participated overwhelmingly supported …

The hidden battle over California’s new vaccine law
5 years, 3 months ago

The hidden battle over California’s new vaccine law

LA Times  

Opponents of legislation to tighten the rules on medical exemptions for childhood vaccinations demonstrate outside the office of California Gov. Minutes after SB 276 cleared the Assembly on a 48-19 vote, Carrie Cornwell, chief of staff to Rendon, approached an upbeat Pan and said the governor’s amendments would probably go into a new bill. “The Governor believes it’s important to …

Vaccine bill critics want California voters to block new limits on exemptions
5 years, 3 months ago

Vaccine bill critics want California voters to block new limits on exemptions

LA Times  

Three women who stood on chairs to interrupt a state Capitol hearing on vaccine legislation are trying another route to stop newly enacted school immunization laws: California’s statewide election next November. The three women who filed the referenda were activists opposing Senate Bill 276 and Senate Bill 714, and faced possible arrest during one hearing when they refused to stop …

California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol
5 years, 4 months ago

California vaccine bills signed by Newsom as protesters are arrested at Capitol

LA Times  

California will enact sweeping new restrictions on medical exemptions for vaccines under bills signed by Gov. Newsom said the legislation “provides new tools to better protect public health, and does so in a way that ensures parents, doctors, public health officials and school administrators all know the rules of the road moving forward.” Together the two bills would create state …

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