New York State Assembly Introduces Bill Mandating COVID-19 Vaccine
by Meiling Lee
New Yorkers will no longer get to decide if they will receive a COVID-19 vaccine if a bill calling for a mandatory vaccine gets approved.
New York State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat who represents New York's 67th Assembly District, quietly introduced a bill on Dec. 4 that would require "COVID-19 vaccine to be administered in accordance with the department of health's COVID-19 vaccination administration program and mandates vaccination in certain situations."
Every New Yorker, except those medically exempt, are required to receive the vaccine if the state's vaccination efforts do not achieve "sufficient immunity from COVID-19."
Barbara Loe Fisher, cofounder and president of the National Vaccine Information Center, described the legislation as inappropriate.
"It is inappropriate for public health officials and state legislators to be introducing legislation that mandates use of an experimental vaccine being considered for release under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)," Fisher told The Epoch Times in an email.
"Until a COVID-19 vaccine is formally licensed by the FDA and recommended for use by certain populations by the CDC, it remains an experimental vaccine," she said. "This kind of bill sends the wrong message to the public."
The National Vaccine Information Center is a nonprofit organization that publishes "information on diseases and vaccine science, policy, law and the ethical principle of informed consent."
Read the full article at The Epoch Times
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