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post
is
brought
to
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by
the
Heartland
Institute
for
the
Preservation
of
Measles
and
Mumps,
AKA
the
Kansas
Senate
Committee
on
Public
Health
and
Welfare,
which
just
approved
a
bill
to
making
it
easier
for
parents
to
opt
out
of
all
vaccinations
and
still
enroll
their
kids
in
school
and
daycare.
A
prior
version
of
the
bill
granted
exemption
from
vaccine
requirements
if
the
parent
was
an
“adherent
of
a
religious
denomination
whose
teachings
are
opposed
to
immunizations.”
The
new
version
specifies
that
“‘religious
beliefs’
includes,
but
is
not
limited
to,
theistic
and
non-theistic
moral
and
ethical
beliefs
as
to
what
is
right
and
wrong
that
are
sincerely
held
with
the
strength
of
traditional
religious
views,”
and
specifically
bars
educators
and
day
care
providers
from
asking
if
the
Church
of
the
Poison
Mind
really
does
preach
against
tetanus
shots.
“It
gives
parents
discretion
as
to
whether
or
not
they
want
their
kid
to
take
a
vaccine
that
is
actually
dangerous,
and
has
been
proven
to
be
so,”
Sen.
Mike
Thompson,
R-Shawnee,
insisted,
mischaracterizing
both
the
danger
from
the
vaccine
and
from
the
virus
itself.
“These
kids
are
not
at
risk.”
The
legislation
is
being
championed
by
state
Sen.
Mark
Steffen,
an
anesthesiologist
who
is
under
investigation
by
the
Kansas
Board
of
Healing
Arts
for
his
public
advocacy
of
the
drug
ivermectin
as
a
treatment
for
coronavirus,
despite
a
total
lack
of
evidence
that
the
anti-parasitic
works
to
treat
COVID-19.
By
sheer
coincidence
(or
not)
Steffen
is
also
the
driving
force
behind
a
bill
that
would
force
pharmacists
to
fill
off-label
prescriptions
for
ivermectin
and
hydroxychloroquine
to
treat
coronavirus
—
or
even
to
ward
it
off
prophylactically.
“A
prescriber
may
prescribe
and
a
pharmacist
shall
dispense
a
prescription
drug
pursuant
to
this
subsection
even
if
the
patient
has
not
been
exposed
to
or
tested
positive
for
COVID-19,”
the
proposed
language
reads.
Pharmacists
can
refuse
to
fill
a
prescription
for
the
“morning
after”
pill,
but
they
better
hand
over
the
horse
dewormer or
else.
The
law,
which
passed
out
of
committee,
would
also
block
state
agencies,
like,
say,
the
Kansas
Board
of
Healing
Arts,
from
punishing
doctors
and
pharmacists
who
prescribe
drugs
with
serious
side
effects
that
do
not
include
the
prevention
or
cure
of
coronavirus.
“We
are
moving
a
bill
forward
that
decreases
suffering
and
death,”
Steffen
told
the
Kansas
Reflector.
“We’re
moving
a
bill
forward
that
allows
the
true
standard
of
care
in
the
early
treatment
of
COVID
to
reign
supreme.
This
notion
that
doing
nothing
is
the
standard
of
care
is
false,
inappropriate
and
has
led
to
crimes
against
humanity.
The
bottom
line
is
we
took
a
step
forward
in
helping
our
Kansas
citizens
today
and
protecting
our
children.”
So
no
immunity
for
school
kids,
but
doctors
can
pump
patients
full
of
horse
dewormer
at
will.
Gimme
a
P.
Gimme
an
O.
Gimme
an
L.
Gimme
an
I.
Gimme
an
O.
Kansas
senator
wins
support
for
off-label
drug
use,
vaccine
exemptions
for
children
[Kansas
Reflector]
Anti-vax,
pro-ivermectin
measures
advance
in
Kansas
Senate
[AP]
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where
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writes
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and
politics.