Tennessee
Related: About this forumTenn. 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 FDAs choice followed its advisory panels 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 FDAs 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
SheltieLover
(59,302 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(10,795 posts)as FloriDUH and Texass.
SheltieLover
(59,302 posts)SheltieLover
(59,302 posts)Shelby County is Memphis region. Blue.
They preferred paper ballots.
Can't have that, can we?
CurtEastPoint
(19,119 posts)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: