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I was vaccinated when I was a child but no longer get vaccines as an adult. I do not believe vaccines are safe in the dosages and frequencies that are currently mandated.
I feel that if a woman has control and choice for an abortion, then I should have the same freedoms in regard to vaccines. If the government supports “choice” for one thing, it should support “choice” for all.
I fully support Florida’s surgeon general in his efforts to end vaccine mandates. Also, we should be following the science as we should be in all cases of various health issues. I think the science for vaccines has shown that we are overvaccinating ourselves, and until science generated from a nonpolitical research facility determines just what vaccines we should consider, I believe that everyone should be allowed to choose if they want a vaccine or not.
I would like my home state of New Jersey to follow Florida in ending mandates, though I would prefer that it become federal. It is so confusing when one state does something one way and another state does it differently. Or, God forbid, when a city in a state does it one way but a small county seat in the same state does it differently.
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We need federal law on vaccine mandates
There are many things that need to be standardized at the local level, cost for trash pickup, for example. There are many things that need to be standardized at the state level, such as speed limits. Then there are things that need to be standardized at the federal level. I believe that this issue should be standardized at the federal level to prevent confusion and chaos.
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Here are a few examples why: A high school student moves from one state to another. In his birth state, vaccines were voluntary; however, in his new state all students are required to have a certain vaccine before entering fifth grade. The student is in high school and tests have shown that this hypothetical vaccine causes a type of reaction or illness in older students. What does this student do?
I can also see some states saying that in order to play against our schools in sports, all players have to have a certain vaccine. But what if a team from right across the state boundary has voluntary vaccination? Without federal law being implemented to cover vaccine mandates, things like this will disrupt society needlessly.
We have so many things that disrupt society in today’s world. We don’t need another.
— Dwayne Bonker, Hammonton, New Jersey
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