The CDC announced this week that the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended adding Covid-19 vaccinations to the schedule of required immunizations to attend public schools.
The panel voted 15-0 in favor of the new requirements. Already, right-wing media coverage condemns the move by the CDC while the Left battles semantics.
For example, a recent Forbes article criticizes a statement made by Tucker Carlson, who claimed that the CDC would make Covid vaccinations a requirement in public schools. The article states, "Yet the CDC clearly states on its website that "State laws establish vaccination requirements for school children." And the CDC, by the way, ain't one of the 50 states in the U.S."
The problem is that historically, states have always made immunization schedules based on CDC recommendations and guidelines. So, this move by the CDC supposes that once they officially add the Covid vaccines to the program, that states will do as they are told, and parents might not notice.
Essentially, the CDC will claim it's not forcing public schools to mandate that students get the vaccine while public schools will claim they have no choice but to listen to the CDC.
Thankfully, American citizens in their respective states can stop this blanket effort from the CDC by voting at the local and state level.
For example, the Florida state Surgeon General tweeted, "Regardless of what @CDCgov votes tomorrow on whether COVID-19 vax is added to routine child immunizations - nothing changes in F.L.," Ladapo tweeted. "Thanks to @GovRonDeSantis, COVID mandates are NOT allowed in F.L., NOT pushed into schools, & I continue to recommend against them for healthy kids."
While this sort of political drama has been the norm for the past two and a half years, now more than ever, state rights protect individual liberties and freedoms. Too much more federal power and the CDC, EPA, and other agencies would make all the decisions for us.
This is what the Convention of States movement was created to prevent. No federal overreach. No blanket decision-making in D.C. that affects all Americans, with zero say from the people and no bipartisan oversight.
Washington is broken. Here at Convention of States, we have a solution as big as the problem. An Article V Convention of States is called and controlled by the states and has the power to PROPOSE constitutional amendments. These are our three simple talking points.
1. Limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government (including the president)
2. Limit the terms of office for federal officials
3. Limit the ability of Congress and the president to spend and waste our hard-earned money. What can you do? Sign the petition:
Let your legislators know you want them to take action.
