CHD to sue U. California over mandatory flu policy (and more)

[Mark Crispin Miller]

Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your web browser CHD Will Sue the University of California Over Mandatory Flu Vaccine Policy By Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Chair, Children’s Health Defense Despite all nine UC campuses conducting classes online, all students and workers will be required to get a flu shot this fall. Dr. Janet Napolitano says mandatory flu shots will “lessen the chance of being infected with COVID.” However, prevailing research suggests that flu vaccines actually raise the risk from coronavirus and other viral respiratory infections. Please join our fight!  Read More Vaccine Fundamentalism—War Metaphors in the Covid-19 Response, Vaccine Policy, and Public Health, Part 1 By Nate Doromal, Guest Contributor The metaphor of war has long been a part of public health. In responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s public health agencies mobilized and shut down entire parts of society under the utilitarian goal of stopping the spread of Covid-19 and disseminated the war mentality with the repeated message: We are at war with an invisible enemy that must be eradicated. War mentality emphasizes the need for self-sacrifice in order to stop Covid-19 spread. And the weapons of war are glorified; public health authorities glorify its chief weapon of vaccination. Like any war, there is collateral damage. The collateral damages here are the bedrocks of medical ethics, informed consent, human rights, civil liberties, and even science itself, but the ultimate collateral damage, of course, is among those damaged or injured by decisions resting on faulty science. Read More The Natural Immune System Versus Covid-19 By Dr. Alan Palmer, Guest Contributor Is a vaccine really necessary for us to move on from COVID-19 or is our natural immunity up for that task? In part four of Dr. Palmer's series on the immune system - something the current information stream seems to ignore completely - he shows how our immune system confronts pathogens, how to enhance it, and why it can fail. He outlines why only looking at antibody testing is so incomplete in the COVID-19 picture, stating instead, that we must consider herd immunity and the contribution to it by the enormous percentage of people that have had COVID-19 with no symptoms because of "innate immune protection" that does not require an antibody response. Read More Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Ron Paul’s Liberty Report Don't miss Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Ron Paul’s Liberty Report podcast, tomorrow at 12:00 noon ET! Tune In Trump Onboards Famous Stanford Medical Expert, Scott Atlas, to Coronavirus Taskforce By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor, DailyMail.com President Donald Trump signaled a new shift in his public health posture to the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the White House when he announced the appointment of Dr. Scott Atlas as a medical advisor. Atlas has warned of the costs of school closings. Read More Does Your Employer Know Your Rights to Refuse Vaccinations? By Jen Rubin, Member, Mintz Employment Law Legal experts point out the contours of restrictions on mandatory vaccination programs including employee rights related to religious objection, medical objection, or objection based on ethical or ideological grounds. If these liberty protections hold for employment, they should hold for schools as well, making accommodations for philosophical and political views a requirement.