POLL: Americans Oppose Public Vaccine Shaming

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POLL: Americans Oppose Public Vaccine Shaming

78% of Republicans Say Public Figures Openly Criticizing Americans Who Aren’t Vaccinated Is Inappropriate, 61% of Independents and 40.5% of Democrats—A Plurality—Agree

(Austin, TX—Aug 4, 2021) Convention of States Action, in partnership with The Trafalgar Group—one of America’s most accurate pollsters in 2016, 2018 and 2020—is releasing the results of a new national survey. Results were from surveys conducted July 29th through August 1st of over 1,000 likely 2022 election voters.

"Name-calling citizens who choose not to be vaccinated is immoral and dangerous, and now we know it also doesn’t work. Once again, Washington DC and its allies in big business and big media are hugely out-of-step with the overwhelming sentiments of the American people across all political parties and perspectives. And, unfortunately, relying on leaders with common sense in our nation’s capital to take a stand isn’t getting the job done,” said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action. “The American people must rise up at the local and state level, and continue to demand that their representatives in their own states and communities do right by them.”

For complete details on the poll, including graphics, please visit: https://www.thetrafalgargroup.org/news/nat-issues-vaccine-rates-0803/

KEY INSIGHT: Americans Say Public Vaccine Shaming is Inappropriate

59.8% of American voters believe that public figures being openly critical of Americans who are not vaccinated is an inappropriate
23.7% of American voters believe open criticism is appropriate
16.5% of American voters aren’t sure

KEY INSIGHT: Independents and Republicans Say Public Shaming Inappropriate, Plurality of Democrats Agree

61.4% of Independent voters believe that public figures being openly critical of Americans who are not vaccinated is an inappropriate way to increase vaccination rates, 24.3% believe it is appropriate, and 14.3% aren’t sure.
77.7% of Republican voters believe that public figures being openly critical of Americans who are not vaccinated is an inappropriate way to increase vaccination rates, 11.2% believe it is appropriate, and 11.1% aren’t sure.
40.5% of Democrat voters believe that public figures being openly critical of Americans who are not vaccinated is an inappropriate way to increase vaccination rates 36%, believe it is appropriate and effective, and 23.5% aren’t sure.

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About Convention of States Action—Boasting a grassroots network of over 5 million supporters and volunteers, Convention of States’ mission is to restore a culture of self-governance in America and to curtail federal overreach. Its primary focus in accomplishing this mission is using a limited Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments that impose limitations on the size and scope of the federal government, including a balanced budget requirement and term limits for federal officials.

Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare.

As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D.

Family Physician Newport Beach, CA

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