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A bill, that is in the senate, wouldn’t ban all vaccine requirements. It would block mandates for certain types of vaccines, particularly those developed during public health emergencies.
The bill specifically talks about “novel vaccines,” which have not fully been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, or has been on the market for less than ten years.
“Folks who have doubts or hesitant about them, they should be able to make those decisions,” said co-sponsor of the bill State Senator Matt Leber (R – Charleston).
The bill would also block directives on vaccines given under emergency use, such as the earliest covid vaccines. It doesn’t include routine shots, like the yearly flu vaccine.
Lawmakers said the bill aims to prevent coercion like what they believe happened during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The bill is about medical freedom, [it’s important] going forward that individuals do have the right to make their own medical decisions without that influence from government, employers or anyone really,” said Leber.
“Nobody wants a repeat of 2020 and 2021. When we were in the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, nobody wants to see that again. So, I believe that if there is another novel vaccine that’s required, I believe that we should not take that option off of the table,” said State Representative, Kambrell Garvin (D – Richland).
Leber said he not only supports this Senate bill, but he said he would absolutely like to replicate what Florida is doing in South Carolina.
“I’m all for that … The principle of medical freedom and the parents being the top stakeholder in the children’s health and future,” said Garvin. “The parents should be making those decisions solely.”
Leber added, “It should be concerning for all Americans and all South Carolinians. When we see governmental officials that are binding our public health officials and preventing them from being able to make decisions, that could truly be lifesaving.”
On Thursday, Governor Henry McMaster said “I don’t think that we need to be getting into too many fights over vaccines right now for those that we have traditionally been using for all these years in South Carolina. Now, if someone wants to impose a new kind of vaccine, something that is not already required by state law and has been for many years, then that would be a question that would be fully debated in the legislature.”
If this bill is passed as is, employers, schools, and state agencies wouldn’t be legally allowed to require vaccines.
The bill is currently in the senate and lawmakers will continue to discuss it in Columbia in January.
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