SC GOP Bill Bans All Future “Emergency Use” Vaccines

The Charleston City Paper reports:

A state Senate committee will soon consider legislation that would dramatically curtail the authority of state health officials during future public health emergencies, such as pandemics or biological terror attacks.

Dubbed the Medical Freedom Act by supporters, the bill would prohibit the state’s health department from securing and distributing vaccines or other drugs during a public health crisis if the medications received an emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, rather than full FDA approval, which often takes years.

In addition, the legislation proposed by conservative Upstate Sen. Shane Martin would limit health officials’ power to order and enforce quarantines, restrict the right of pharmacists to refuse to fill prescriptions and outlaw vaccination mandates by private employers for vaccines without full FDA approval.

Read the full article. A separate resolution calls for the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization.

A state Senate committee will soon consider legislation that would dramatically curtail the authority of state health officials during future public health emergencies, such as pandemics or biological terror attacks. Dubbed the Medical Freedom Act by… https://t.co/I86xVGslsi

— Charleston City Paper (@ChasCityPaper) March 5, 2024