Action | Amend Regulations to Conform to Chapter 1223 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly |
Stage | NOIRA |
Comment Period | Ended on 6/24/2022 |
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June 24, 2022
To whom it may concern:
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Action to Amend Regulations to Conform to Chapter 1223 of the 2020 Acts of Assembly.
The Virginia Chapter of Children’s Health Defense (VCCHD) is a nonprofit focused on protecting the health of children and establishing safeguards to prevent future harm to children’s health.
VCCHD recognizes that this periodic review is required by law is to ensure compliance with legislation passed in 2020 that requires Virginia’s school children follow the CDC recommended schedule of childhood vaccines in order to attend school.
Had the Virginia Chapter of Children’s Health Defense been in existence at the time this legislation was passed, we would have strongly opposed it for the following reasons:
The U.S. Supreme Court recognized that vaccines are “unavoidably unsafe” and can cause injury and death in some recipients. The US Government has paid out more than $5 billion to the victims of vaccine injury. Hundreds of thousands have reported an adverse reaction to vaccination to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) (See http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/ensuringsafety/monitoring/vaers/.
We strongly encourage the Board of Health to recognize not only the beneficial impacts of vaccines but to amend its regulations so that they properly acknowledge that negative impacts are possible. This could be accomplished by promoting the adverse events reporting system; voicing support for maintaining exemptions when legislative attempts threaten their existence; ensuring doctors are not threatened with the loss of their licenses when they approve medical exemptions for their patients; and strongly advocating the principals of informed consent.
Thank you again for the opportunity to comment.
Sincerely,
Kathy Blum
President
Virginia Chapter Children’s Health Defense