No Vaccine Passports in Ohio

There is a bill currently in the Ohio House of Representatives (HB 248) which will have its final hearing this Tuesday, June 29, 2021.  The House Health Committee is accepting pro and con testimony with a submission deadline of Sunday, June 27.

The following is what I submitted as written testimony today.

House Bill 248 Ohio House Health Committee

Proponent Testimony June 25, 2021

Chairman Lipps, Vice Chair Holmes, Ranking Member Russo, and Members of the House Health Committee, thank you for the opportunity to provide proponent testimony on Substitute House Bill 248.

…I fit in the 65+ category of Ohio citizens and may have experienced the COVID-19 virus myself earlier this year with having several of the symptoms associated with the virus including loss of taste, extreme weakness, and a fever. I never got a COVID-19 test. My physician did order me Vitamin D3. I also began taking Vitamin C, Zinc and Magnesium.  I completely recovered after a week or so confining myself to bed. I now continue this regimen of supplements as a preventive measure.

Why has the government, state and federal, not encouraged other measures, preventatives, or treatments like hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin, and proven supplements beside exclusively and vehemently pushing as the final solution, an experimental, unproven “vaccine”?

I passionately believe that this so-called pandemic (or panicdemic) was a government overreaction and overreach.  The masking mandate, the lingering lockdowns, and the potentially virulent “vaccine” were unnecessary for most Ohioans.  You do not quarantine well persons; you quarantine the sick! Unfortunately, the cure was worse than the disease. There were many unintended, needless consequences such as, small business failure, job loss, increased mental illness, etc.

What is also especially egregious was Gov. DeWine’s arbitrary postponing the Primary Election of 2020 at the last minute with no input from our elected representatives. I was scheduled to work the election polls that day and prepared to spend the day there.  This was detrimental to several primary candidates, who worked hard up to the last minute with their campaigns only to have it aborted and moved several months later causing loss of momentum and additional expense. This had a detrimental effect on their election chances, favoring incumbents and disadvantaging their opponents.

Even more disconcerting is masking and intending to inoculate children under 18 and young adults. Why?  They are the least susceptible to COVID-19. But they are being encouraged to be inoculated. The long-term effect on human beings is unclear. But to subject our precious children to this experimental treatment makes no sense.

Americans are an independent people. Government is not the infallible God. The people must have a CHOICE in the medical treatment they receive. This COVID “vaccine” or injection is a medical treatment. There is no reason, including those mentioned above, that citizens of Ohio should be mandated to obtain any vaccine or any medical treatment as a requirement to work, to transact business, to buy or sell, or to travel.

… I wholeheartedly urge you to move this bill out of the Health Committee and on to the full House for a vote as soon as possible.

Ohio Advocates for Medical Freedom urges interested parties to present proponent testimony before the end of the day tomorrow (6/27/2021) because the Ohio House Bill 248 will have its final hearing on Tuesday, June 29^th. See the link below for recommendations and instructions:

URGENT: Final opportunity to submit proponent testimony to Support HB248… (ohioamf.org)