Published: 2/9/2021 7:50:06 AM
Two bills that aim to address privacy and freedom of choice concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine drew strong opposition from state health officials Monday.
HB 220, sponsored by Rep. Tim Lang, would prevent the state from requiring immunizations for communicable diseases, namely the COVID-19 shot.
Proponents of the bill argued that residents should not be excluded from state-sponsored programs or public schools for opting out of the vaccine.
“We can yell about this bill to death, and ‘what if’ this bill to death, but the bottom line is, you believe that an individual has the right to choose what they get poked with, what they’re cut open with, and that the state can never mandate or force medical procedures on an individual, or you don’t,” he said. “I believe that I have the right, and every individual in New Hampshire, has the right to make that choice.”
Vaccine legislation faces pushback from state health officials
Published: 2/8/2021 3:21:34 PM
Two bills that aim to address privacy and freedom of choice concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine drew strong opposition from state health officials Monday.
HB 220, sponsored by Rep. Tim Lang, would prevent the state from requiring immunizations for communicable diseases, namely the COVID-19 shot.
Proponents of the bill argued that residents should not be excluded from state-sponsored programs or public schools for opting out of the vaccine.
“We can yell about this bill to death, and ‘what if’ this bill to death, but the bottom line is, you believe that an individual has the right to choose what they get poked with, what they’re cut open with, and that the state can never mandate or force medical procedures on an individual, or you don’t,” he said. “I believe that I have the right, and every individual in New Hampshire, has the right to make that choice.”