Action Needed to Support HB 193 to Prohibit Penalties for Employees Saying NO to Flu Shots

Dear Ohio NVIC Advocacy Team Members,

Your action is needed in support of a good bill scheduled for hearing on Tuesday, June 6th.

HB 193 is sponsored by Representative Christina Hagan. This bill would protect employees from being fired, not hired or discriminated against for choosing not to be vaccinated for flu.

ACTION NEEDED:

1) Plan on attending the hearing on Tuesday, June 6th in the House Economic Development, Commerce, and Labor Committee at 1:30 in Room 113. Rep. Ron Young, the Chairman of the committee has asked anyone planning on testifying to submit their testimony to his office by 5:00pm on Monday, June 5, 2017. Testimony can be submitted to Bob.Reed@ohiohouse.gov.

2) If you have suffered an adverse reaction to vaccination or experienced harassment or job termination in the work place for your decision to not be vaccinated for flu or other vaccines, please share that ASAP with the Members of the House Economic Development, Commerce, and Labor Committee (see contact information below).

3) Contact your Ohio State Representative and ask him/her to support HB 193. If you do not know who your Ohio State Representative is you can log into the NVIC Advocacy Portal at (here) and go to the Ohio State Team Page to see your personal legislators’ contact information automatically displayed. You can also find your representative information here

4) Share this information with family, friends and coworkers. Please make sure you are registered for the NVIC Advocacy Portal so you can receive updates and follow the progress of how to help support this bill. Visit Here.

TALKING POINTS: [PERSONALIZE WITH YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE]

Support HB 193 because this bill would protect employees from being fired, not hired or discriminated against for choosing not to be vaccinated for flu. People shouldn’t have to choose between a flu vaccine and their employment.

According to the CDC in 2014-2015, the overall flu vaccine effectiveness against all influenza viruses was 19%. (source)

There is evidence that repeated flu shots may blunt the vaccine’s effectiveness in subsequent seasons. (source)

As of October 3, 2016, there had been 2,954 claims filed in the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) for injuries and deaths following Influenza vaccination, including 109 deaths and 2,845 serious injuries.

Using the MedAlerts search engine, as of June 30, 2016, there have been more than 128,194 reports of reactions, hospitalizations, injuries and deaths following influenza vaccinations made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), including 1,270 related deaths, 10,780 hospitalizations, and 2,377 related disabilities. In 2013 the Federal Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) voted to add GBS to the Vaccine Injury Table within the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

Flu deaths are exaggerated by public health officials as they are combined with pneumonia deaths in CDC reports. Data from 2010, reported by the CDC in 2013, lists 50,097 deaths from both diseases, but further investigation reveals this number is 500 from influenza and 49,597 cases of pneumonia. (source) (see table 10, page 39)

Most multi-dose vials of flu vaccine still contain Thimerosal, a mercury derivative known to cause neurological damage. (source), (source), (source)

The flu vaccine has historically been ineffective and the studies on its merit are lacking. The Cochrane Review—widely considered the gold standard for mainstream medical review—has concluded in every review of the flu shot for over a decade that the available safety/efficacy studies are of extremely poor quality. (source)

CONTACT INFORMATION

Ohio House Economic Development, Commerce, and Labor Committee – 2017
website

Representative Ron Young, Chair

(614) 644-6074

FAX: (614) 719-3963

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/ron-young/contact

Representative Anthony DeVitis, Vice Chair

(614) 466-1790

FAX: (614) 719-6943

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/anthony-devitis/contact

Representative Michele Lepore-Hagan, Ranking Member

(614) 466-9435

FAX: (614) 719-3960

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/michele-lepore-hagan/contact

Representative Steven Arndt

(614)-644-6011

FAX: (614) 719-6980

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/steven-m-arndt/contact

Representative Thomas Brinkman, Jr.

(614) 644-6886

FAX: (614) 719-3588

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/thomas-e-brinkman-jr/contact

Representative Bill Dean

(614) 466-1470

FAX: (614) 719-0010

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/bill-dean/contact

Representative Dave Greenspan

(614) 466-0961

FAX: (614) 719-3998

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/dave-greenspan/contact

Representative Ron Hood

(614) 466-1464

FAX: (614) 719-3961

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/ron-hood/contact

Representative Brigid Kelly

(614) 466-5786

FAX: (614) 719-3585

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/brigid-kelly/contact

Representative Al Landis

(614) 466-8035

FAX: (614) 719-6996

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/al-landis/contact

Representative P. Scott Lipps

(614) 644-6023

FAX: (614) 719-3589

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/p-scott-lipps/contact

Representative Alicia Reece

(614) 466-1308

FAX: (614) 719-3587

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/alicia-reece/contact

Representative Michael Sheehy

(614) 466-1418

FAX: (614) 719-6949

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/michael-sheehy/contact

Representative Dick Stein

(614) 466-9628

FAX: (614) 719-3958

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/dick-stein/contact

Representative Thomas West

(614) 466-8030

FAX: (614) 719-6952

http://www.ohiohouse.gov/thomas-west/contact

BILL TEXT

Text of HB 193 as introduced:

Section 1. That section 4113.73 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: Sec. 4113.73. (A) As used in this section, “employer” has the same meaning as in section 4113.51 of the Revised Code. (B) No employer shall discharge without just cause, refuse to hire, or otherwise discriminate against any person with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or any matter directly or indirectly related to employment, on the basis that the person has not been or will not be vaccinated against influenza for any reason, including medical, religious, or philosophical.

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA132-HB-193