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Originally Posted by Blu Razzberri 
And what's more is that Massachusetts now has laws to support fines and jail time to those who refuse the Swine Flu Vaccine!!
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I've read through the actual bill (
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/sena...df/st02028.pdf) and want to correct a few things. I've said this on another thread, but the other thread is closed down due to MDC's request to keep H1N1 discussions together.
I'm completely freaked out by the PROPOSED amendments that Massachusetts is trying to pass, but I want to keep things accurate.
* The bill is NOT passed. Yet. They tried to push it through but fortunately it failed, but they will try again.
* The fine and jail time is for people who disregard official orders. What an order constitutes is not limited (except that it would of course have to pertain to public health). Arrests can be made with no warrants. And officals are totally protected; even if they issue an erroneous order, anyone resisting is still subject to the fine and/or jail time. This is all very, very, very bad and I'm ready to move to Russia on this alone.
* However, it specically states after this section that individuals who refuse vaccination do NOT need to submit, but they may be subject to quarantine. At the same time, since officials don't need to be RIGHT to give you an order, I can easily see an official ordering you to submit to a vaccination, and they are covered. While it says individuals can refuse the vaccine, it doesn't clearly state that this right overrides the previous section where they can order you to do anything and are not liable for anything they order you to do.
* Furthermore, even if they don't fine and jail you, individuals refusing vaccination may be required to be quarantined per an existing law. The quarantine would mean being moved to a hospital equipped for this process. I would be every bit as scared of being locked into a hospital as submitting to a nearly untested vaccine. I don't want my family seperated (I have a 4 year old!!) and locked into a hospital for refusing to submit to an untested vaccination for a flu that looks at this point no more severe than any other flu.
Another point I thought of is that it's comforting to think that these measures are all "just in case" things but they aren't REALLY planning to do anything outrageous. But Massachusetts has been passing these increasingly dictatorial - really, unconstitutional - laws, granting the state enormous amounts of power, and the people zero options for justice if that power is abused. I have to think that somebody in this state has some plans, or they wouldn't be going through all this effort.
DH and I are trying to figure out our options but we feel really lost. It would be a very serious choice if we left the house and the state - how long? The winter? Could we afford to keep making the mortgage payments? Heck, will our pipes freeze and burst when we're gone? Who will drain the boiler if we leave it on? (We have no friends in the area). What about my job? Yet at the same time, if I knew that we were really going to be forced to submit to vaccination, I'd leave while I still have the opportunity. It's just such a huge gamble either way.
Do 'they" KNOW that I'm seriously planning to emigrate to another country over this???