Guest guest Posted November 19, 2002 Report Share Posted November 19, 2002 <victoria_dragon wrote > This is the paragraph. There are no exceptions > listed for religious > beliefs, health problems, etc. The Secretary can > decide when a > threat exists and which group or groups are > threatened and will be > vaccinated. In the next paragraph, the Secretary > gets to decide how > long the threat lasts. > > In another part of this very long bill, there is > information about > quarantine. If a person refuses to take the > vaccination, he or she > can be placed in quarantine. It is not spelled out > what rights and > freedoms, if any, the person will have while in > quarantine. > > How many remember the Swine Flu vaccinations in the > 1970s and the > problems? > > This is a very bad piece of legislation which is > filled with goodies > for all types of moneyed special interests. It > tramples on the Bill > of Rights. It will not make us any safer. We not > only will have to > fear foreign terrorists but our own government. The > sad thing is > that there were enough security measures in place to > prevent 9-11. > Please do some research on the Internet about all > the countries that > warned the U.S. prior to 9-11. Also on the FBI > agents who tried to > warn higher-ups but were ignored or instructed to > forget it. The > local FBI office in Minnesota is a prime example. > It wanted to seize > the computer of one of the terrorists because of > various red flags. > Attorney General Ashcroft denied the office > permission to do this. > Also check out the info about high ranking members > of the CIA making > money off 9-11. We have a government that wants to > ignore red flags > pertaining to real terrorists while being given the > right to trample > on the rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens. > > I know this information is going to be very > difficult for some people > to face. But at least do a little digging and > consider it. If you > think that no one in our government could possibly > be this cynical, > conscienceless, or devious, please take a look at > something called I > believe Operation Northwoods in the 1960s. Members > of the U.S > government were proposing (among other things) that > Americans be > killed and the murders blamed on Cuba as an excuse > for declaring war > on Cuba and invading that country. Fortunately for > both Americans > and Cubans, this one was never carried out. But the > fact that it was > even considered tells us that not everyone in > government has a > conscience, basic humanity, or balance. A year ago, the Model Emergency Health Powers Act was proposed for each state to adopt which would give power to governors to determine and declare health emergencies. Some of it's provisions are summarized below: --- If this legislation passes, in brief: 1 - You will have a mandatory vaccination or you will be charged with a crime 2 - You will get a mandatory medical exam, or you will be charged with a crime 3 - Doctors will give the exam or you will be charged with a crime 4 - Your property can be seized if there is 'REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE " that it may pose a public health hazard... it can be burned or destroyed and you will NOT have recourse or compensation. Threatens Civil Liberties. Unelected officials can force vaccinations, quarantines, rationing & property seizures. The Emergency Health Powers Act (EHPA) is a draft prepared for the Center of Disease Control (CDC) by the " Center for Law and the Public's Health " at John Hopkins and Georgetown University. The CDC is urging all states to adopt an EDPA which gives the governors of the states broad, unilateral emergency powers. The original draft came out on October 3, 2001 and because of public outcry against it, a revised draft was issued December 21. It would also: broaden government access to private medical records; greatly weaken protections against the taking of private property without compensation; criminalize refusal to be conscripted for public service or to take medical treatment; potentially increase the risk of infection to many individuals on the pretext of protecting the common good; subjugate scientific analysis and deliberation to the raw assertion of power; greatly expand the power of government to interfere with commerce; and immunize state officials from sanctions against gross abuses of power. ---- A true medical emergency might well be possible, but we already have methods to deal with those situations. Legislation of the types mentioned here, could create a type of police state. You may be able to find the details of it at http://www.pulichealthlaw.net if it's still being considered for implementation. The newer federal legislation that kit and victoria have brought up may be what is considered in its place. These laws have been proposed as a counter to 9/11 and the anthrax/smallpox scares of last year, however, the state legislation proposal was developed the year before that. As some bumper stickers say, " I love my country, it's my government I fear " . sue Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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