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Advocates for 'no COVID mandate' bill urge protections; state health experts warn of public-health tradeoffs
Summary
Supporters of H2431, which would bar requiring COVID-19, mRNA or 'gene-altering' vaccines for entry or services, told the Joint Committee on Public Health the bill would protect religious freedom and bodily autonomy; public-health clinicians and researchers pushed back, saying existing law and emergency authority require careful calibration.
Representative Gaski and multiple parents and advocacy groups testified on H2431, "An act prohibiting the requirement of a COVID‑19 vaccine, mRNA vaccine or gene altering therapy," a measure aimed at preventing employers, schools and public accommodations from conditioning access on such vaccines.
Supporters described personal and economic harms from pandemic-era mandates and framed the legislation as a safeguard against future coercion. Julie Boris of Health Rights Massachusetts…
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