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County supervisors review draft vaccination policy after public health presentation
Summary
Board of Supervisors discussed a draft county vaccination policy at a Sept. 30 work session, heard testimony from a physician who urged caution about emergency-use vaccines and genetic therapies, and directed staff to circulate the draft for review; no policy was adopted.
Supervisors of the Board of Supervisors met Sept. 30 in a work session to review a draft county vaccination policy and to hear a guest physician's concerns about emergency-use-authorized vaccines and contact tracing. The board did not adopt a policy; staff said the draft is under review and will be circulated for comment.
The discussion opened with a board member framing the issue as whether the county should define which vaccines it would provide or decline to provide, how to treat contact tracing, and how to protect informed consent for residents. A physician who identified himself as Dr. Sam Sigaloff, a physician who said he trained at an osteopathic medical school and now works at Carnet Clinic in Sierra Vista, urged the county not to offer products under Emergency Use Authorization and raised safety questions about COVID-19 vaccines and other immunizations.
Dr. Sam Sigaloff said, “The idea behind emergency use authorization…
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