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<br />COUNTY OF HAWAI'I <br /> <br /> <br />STATE OF HAWAI'I <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br /> <br />237 09 <br />{Dratt 4) <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION URGING HAWAI'I STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS TO <br />AMEND VACCINE LAWS TO INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF MEDICAL, RELIGIOUS, <br />AND PHILOSOPHICAL EXEMPTION FROM ANY V ACCINA TION PROGRAM. <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on June 11,2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Level <br />6 "pandemic" and according to the International Health Regulations 0[2005, the WHO and the <br />U.N. become the controlling agencies of the U.S. in the event of a declared Level 6 Pandemic; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Hawai'i Revised Statute g 302A-1157, titled Exemptions from <br />immunization; not recognized; epidemic conditions, states: "If at any time there is, in the <br />opinion of the department of health, danger of an epidemic from any of the communicable <br />diseases for which immunization is required under sections 302A-1154 to 302A-1163, no <br />exemption from immunization against the disease shall be recognized. Quarantine shall be a <br />legal alternative to immunization;" and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on April 25, 2005, Governor Linda Lingle signed into law S.B. 781 and <br />H.B. 672 relating to the Enforcement of Quarantine, which clarifies that police officers and <br />sheriffs have the authority and duty to enforce quarantine orders when required by the <br />Department of Health; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, vaccines are made with toxic chemicals and foreign proteins (viruses and <br />bacteria), and some vaccines are made with genetically engineered viral and bacterial materials; <br />and ' <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the $7 billion United States Government 'fast-track program' means that <br />the government can legally rush vaccines onto the market in time for the autumn 2009 flu season <br />without "normal" or adequate safety testing; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, Homeland Security Bill HR 5710, Sections 1714-1717, shields the <br />pharmaceutical industry from lawsuits for injuries caused by FDA-approved vaccines; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there is insufficient scientific evidence proving that vaccines are safe or <br />effective, therefore it is not in the best interest of public health to recommend vaccinations <br />without exemptions; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, in the wake of potential harm to the individual and the public from <br />vaccinations, and the vacillating interpretation of "vaccine science," it is in the public's best <br />interest to amend the vaccine laws, to include the right of medical, religious, and philosophical <br />exemptions from any vaccination program; now, therefore, <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAW AI'I, that it <br />urges our state and federal elected officials who represent the people of the State of Hawai'i to <br />