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<br /> <br /> <br /> JNtV Ui N,~1 <br /> CP ' i <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII • STATE OF HAWAII <br /> <br /> •TfTE Gf •M~,•~'`` <br /> <br /> RESOLU'T'ION NO. 237 +09 <br /> (Draft <br /> A RESOLUTION URGING HAWAII STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATORS TO AMEND <br /> VACCINE LAWS TO INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF MEDICAL, RELIGIOUS, AND <br /> PHILOSOPHICAL EXEMPTION FROM MANDATED VACCINATION PROGRAMS. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, on June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Level 6 <br /> "pandemic" and according to the International Health Regulations of 2005, the WHO and the U.N. <br /> become the controlling agencies of the U.S. in the event of a declared Level 6 Pandemic, and are entitled <br /> to control of this country under martial law; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the text of the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA) gives Public <br /> Health officials the power to vaccinate all Americans over the age of six months and according to" Section <br /> 807"of MSEHPA, previous laws granting medical, religious, and philosophical exemptions to federally <br /> mandated vaccination programs would be repealed; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Hawaii Revised Statute § 302A-1157, titled Exemptions from immunization; not <br /> recognized; epidemic conditions, states: "If at any time there is, in the opinion of the department of <br /> health, danger of an epidemic from any of the communicable diseases for which immunization is required <br /> under sections 302A-1154 to 302A-1163, no exemption from immunization against the disease shall be <br /> recognized. Quarantine shall be a legal alternative to immunization;" and <br /> <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, vaccines are made with toxic chemicals and foreign proteins (viruses and bacteria), <br /> and some vaccines are made with genetically engineered viral and bacterial materials; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the $7 billion United States Government `fast-track program' means that the <br /> government can legally rush vaccines onto the market in time for the autumn 2009 flu season without <br /> "normal" or adequate safety testing; and <br /> <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, Homeland Security Bill HR 5710, Sections 1714-1717, shields the pharmaceutical <br /> industry from lawsuits for injuries caused by FDA-approved vaccines; and <br /> <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is insufficient scientific evidence proving that vaccines are safe or effective, <br /> therefore it is not in the best interest of public health to impose mandatory vaccinations without <br /> exemptions; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, swine flu and the flu vaccines both contain Thimerosal, a preservative for vaccines <br /> composed of mercury, one microgram of mercury is considered toxic and flu shots contain 25 <br /> micrograms. By age two, most United States children have received around 237 micrograms of mercury <br /> through vaccines; and <br />