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Jilly_in_VA

(10,795 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:38 AM Jun 2022

Tenn. representative asks Gov. Bill Lee to halt COVID vaccine distribution for children

Tennessee Representative Jason Zachary has joined a coalition of GOP housemembers in asking Gov. Bill Lee to halt COVID-19 vaccine distribution, promotion or recommendation for children under five years of age.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first COVID shots for infants and preschoolers Friday. The FDA’s choice followed its advisory panel’s unanimous recommendation for the shots from Moderna and Pfizer. The only step left is a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on how to use the vaccine in young children, which should come Saturday.

Rep. Zachary claimed in his letter that the FDA’s trial and recommendation raises questions that he thinks need to be answered before the shots are put into use. Namely, Zachary is concerned about how the FDA conducted trials, claiming that several vaccinated children did not see a lower risk for severe illness than those in the placebo group.

Zachary also stated that several other studies, including some by the vaccine manufactures themselves, did not prove a decrease in risk for vaccinated children.

https://www.wvlt.tv/2022/06/22/tenn-representative-asks-gov-bill-lee-halt-covid-vaccine-distribution-children/

The science deniers weigh in. I wonder if any of their kids/grandkids are vaccinated for ANYTHING

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Tenn. representative asks Gov. Bill Lee to halt COVID vaccine distribution for children (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 OP
TN is a persistent international disgrace! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #1
It's still not as bad Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 #2
The red shithole states are all racing to the bottom. SheltieLover Jun 2022 #3
The qpuke board of elections just FORCED Shelby County to buy voting machines. SheltieLover Jun 2022 #4
This same GD prick sponsored this: Anti-LGBTQ 'License to Discriminate' Bill CurtEastPoint Jun 2022 #5

SheltieLover

(59,302 posts)
4. The qpuke board of elections just FORCED Shelby County to buy voting machines.
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:48 AM
Jun 2022

Shelby County is Memphis region. Blue.

They preferred paper ballots.

Can't have that, can we?

CurtEastPoint

(19,119 posts)
5. This same GD prick sponsored this: Anti-LGBTQ 'License to Discriminate' Bill
Thu Jun 23, 2022, 09:50 AM
Jun 2022

Zachary is an opponent of LGBTQ rights,[16] specifically sponsoring HB 563 which would protect businesses that discriminate against LGBTQ people.[17]

Zachary has supported defunding public education in favor of private schools.[18] Zachary's wife Holly is employed by the Concord Christian School in Knoxville.[19]

In September 2020, Zachary and Knoxville Mayor Glenn Jacobs and 'The Bed Store' owner Roger Cunningham created a video for the group Freedom Forward TN describing the Knoxville Board of Health - its membership made up of mostly public health and medical professionals - as part of the "sinister forces within" the United States attacking America. The Freedom Forward TN video was posted online with photo images of the members of the Knoxville Board of Health who later reportedly stated that they felt threatened by the content of the video.[20][21]

Behold the fundy lunatic:

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