Health Freedom Ohio is proud to partner with the organization Liberty Action Council Ohio. We are looking forward to the dynamic synergy our combined efforts will bring for the state of Ohio. We are so excited for you to get to know the brilliance behind the the Liberty Action Council leadership!

Liberty Action Council Ohio has been established by a group of local, concerned citizens who want to preserve our God-given rights to health freedom and informed consent protected by the Constitution – particularly during the present Coronavirus crisis. More about Liberty Action Council Ohio here:

https://libertyactioncouncil.org/liberty-action-council-plan/

Kedarji is the founder of Liberty Action Council Ohio.

Kedarji grew up in two traditions; that of a spiritual lineage of ascetics and spiritual leaders in the field of Yoga Science/Meditation, and that of holistic health and healing. He has merged his spiritual leadership with his more than thirty years experience as a holistic health/healing practitioner and coach. This offering is now shared in what he has framed as his 4 Pillars of Total Well-Being; The Spiritual Power, Improved Mental State, Emotional Resilience and Vibrant Health. His approach and methods are backed by a great deal of peer-reviewed, evidence-based research and the case studies conducted with students who have attended his programs and courses of study and application, tracked over periods of 3-5 years or more. He is the Founder of and volunteer for a not-for-profit public charity devoted to lasting Inner Peace and Well-Being. More about Kedarji here:
https://libertyactioncouncil.org/about-us/

Learn more about Liberty Action Council Ohio here:
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The objective of this report is to both summarize and critique the COVID-19 prevalence survey released by the Ohio Department of Health and The Ohio State University [1].  The motivation for this report is that Governor DeWine promoted this survey as very important, and it used tax dollars so these results should be accessible to the general public.  As noted below, there are some serious concerns about how this survey was performed and interpreted.  

In this study, 30 census tracts were sampled throughout the state during 20 days in July.  Both PCR and antibody tests were conducted on study participants, and demographic data and behavioral data regarding mask wearing and social distancing behaviors were also collected.  The study used Bayesian latent class models to estimate prevalence, arriving at an estimate of COVID-19 prevalence of 0.9% (95% credible interval, 0.1% to 2.0%), and “past COVID-19” (presumably derived from the antibody survey) at 1.5% (95% credible interval, 0.3% to 2.9%).   In a press conference, one of the clinical scientists involved in the study commented on this somewhat low antibody seroprevlence by concluding that antibody levels must only persist for 3 months.  

However, there are a great deal of methodological concerns with this study.  First, the original objective was to sample 1200 individuals, but the final sample was 727.  What was the reason for this 60.5% recruitment success rate, which is somewhat low for clinical study standards?  Second, Northwest Ohio was oversampled quite a bit (N=162 for this region, which is not 1/8 of 727).  This does not reflect population density, since Northeast Ohio, Central Ohio near Columbus, and Southwest Ohio are actually the most populous regions of the state.  Only 81% had valid antibody tests, which is not explained, and draws some concern about the validity of this test in general.  

In addition, these results do not correspond with what is known about COVID-19 prevalence both in Ohio and across the country.  Projections from this prevalence survey leads to an estimate of ~133,000 individuals have "evidence of past COVID-19".   As of October, the case count was over 153,000.  The USC seroprevalence study showed that seroprevalence was 28-55 times greater than case count [2,3].  That study showed a seroprevalence of 4%, which in Ohio would yield a number ~468,000.   Moreover, the sensitivity and specificity of the test used was not stated, which has been reported by other seroprevalence studies, because it is well-established that there is wide variability in the accuracy of these tests.  The conclusion that antibody responses do not last long is inconsistent with recent published studies showing that antibody production persists for 5-7 months [4,5].  An alternative hypothesis is that subjects who were exposed but did develop symptoms as early as January may no longer show an antibody response; this hypothesis is consistent both with aforementioned literature suggesting antibody responses wane after 5 months and COVID-19 cases appearing in the Ohio coronavirus .csv file as early as January.  Looking at the data another way, it should raise concern that the estimated prevalence of both COVID-19 positivity based on PCR and antibody are so similar, when they are testing two very different things.  

In addition to the limitations mentioned above regarding subject recruitment and COVID-19 data, there are several other limitations that raise concerns about the study’s validity.  While the demographic characteristics of the sample are described, they are not compared to the demographic characteristics of the state of Ohio as a whole.  This raises the question, is this sample representative? The California seroprevalence study cited above adjusted for demographic differences between their sample and the overall population, and that is lacking here.  While average age is a valid statistic, it is not as useful as distribution, to better understand if older or younger individuals were oversampled.  Third, there was a lost opportunity to examine the association between behavioral factors with antibody positivity and PCR positivity.  Do people that practice more restrictive behaviors have a lower frequency of antibody response and/or COVID-19 positivity?  A recent study published by the CDC demonstrated that COVID-19 positive or negative status was not associated with mask-wearing behavior [6].  If the Ohio Department of Health wants to promote mask-wearing and social distancing, they should use actual data to support those activities.  When data analyses such as these are neglected, it suggests they were left out of the report because of “negative” (non-significant) findings, which is of serious concern.  Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, there is no mention of how many COVID-19 positive individuals actually demonstrated symptoms.  There is a wealth of literature (cited separately, below) suggesting that the rate of transmission from truly asymptomatic individuals is quite low, most studies estimating 2-4%, with some large studies showing zero transmission. 

Legislators should take serious notice of this critique. Tax dollars may not have been used appropriately in this endeavor, and the conclusions touted by the governor and his clinical research team are potentially invalid given the weaknesses of the study.  

Cited References

1.  https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/static/dashboards/prevalence-covid19-ohioadults.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2Z_RhhfqYKAp9udYfR7COs536XV-0mU1LCesmcFAIjNl7B-oYhVM3LX_U

2. https://pressroom.usc.edu/preliminary-results-of-usc-la-county-covid-19-study-released/

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_jXKcp4Zyg&feature=youtu.be

4. https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(20)30445-3

5. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/10/27/science.abd7728

6. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6936a5.htm 

Literature showing asymptomatic spread is rare (<5%)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0962-9?fbclid=IwAR1FJ5ys6pibMA7fP4J9YjZix6YlQk2suBr1-UxEF5RfzCMmb00FtVovCAs

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219423/pdf/main.pdf

https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-2671?fbclid=IwAR1Uw760JaCjG4g6GtWs1TUDVjdiwV6cluqSrcNUyUqmL6i9dLOWHNCbd4w&

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33061473/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33035448/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33015099/ 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33015099/ 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32632012/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32574282/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32562791/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32544669/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32525469/ 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32497212/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7166025/

By Kevin White

Some people call me a medical hacker based on what I have learned over the last seven years. They reel in wonder when I tell them how they can do things to never catch a cold or flu, lower high blood pressure naturally and how to keep kidneys from advancing to dangerous stage levels. I have close friends and family I have helped fix issues they were told could not be cured. I always tell them this is what worked for me and am not advocating as a medical professional but explaining what I know worked for me.

In 2013 I injured both of my knees while deployed to Djibouti Africa with the United States Airforce. I returned home early to receive medical attention from military doctors at Wright Patterson AFB where I primarily received medications for pain and physical therapy for rehabilitation. The medication I took caused my potassium to drop below normal levels; under 2.5 millimoles per liter causing my blood pressure to skyrocket. The blood pressure medicine they gave me caused other problems I had to deal with as well. My pulse was stuck at 106 beats per minute most of the day. Anxiety pushed me to check my pulse every time I looked at a clock. I was so good at it I could tell my nurse what my pulse was just by feeling my wrist.

When I was in the military, I was an aircraft electro/environmental specialist whose job it was to troubleshoot complex high-tech problems. I had many years of experience developing innovative problem-solving skills I was able to apply to the health problems I explain in this article.

The worst of my issues was the IBS-C; It was by far the worst thing that ever happened to me because it took a physical and mental toll on me. I spent 80% of my time trying to clear the constipation that moved at a snail’s pace in my intestines. I could not eat anything with sugar because it sent me into a tailspin shortly after I ate anything sweet. I lost 35 pounds from when I started seeing the military doctors. I started researching IBS cures but none of them worked until I found information about enteric peppermint drops. After taking the peppermint capsules my symptoms lessened by 75% but I was still IBS-C ridden with all the other symptoms that came with it.

I was not satisfied with the band aid I discovered for the IBS situation because it still limited my ability to eat freely because I had to swallow a capsule 45 minutes before each meal for it to work. My doctor told me there was nothing I could do but avoid trigger foods; everything was a trigger food! I started to analyze the timeline of my IBS and figured out that it coincided with the start of the blood pressure medication. I discussed my theory with my doctor, and she agreed to try it. Two days later the IBS went away for good.

I got rid of the BP meds, so my blood pressure went back up above normal levels. I tried everything to no avail until I read an article about Coq10 helping lower blood pressure in experiments. 100 mgs a day dropped my BR from 165 to 125. I can literally see my pulse drop to the mid-60s in one and a half hours. It takes ace inhibitors weeks to lower your blood pressure but, in my case, Coq10 only takes one and a half hours. Coq10 contains organ meat extract that most Americans are missing in their diets. Coq10 acts like a beta blocker but without the side effects. It slows your heart and lowers your pressure and makes you immune to viruses while protecting your heart.

With the low potassium I found myself going into tachycardia events if I sweated, walked more than 2 minutes, ate foods with magnesium in it or took an epsom salt bath for my knees. I eventually discovered fresh lemon juice made the events very subtle and more tolerable. I advanced to apple cider vinegar mixed with water and that made them go away for good. This is the point when I learned about the power of alkalinity to keep your body in a high PH state. The lemons and vinegar raised my PH levels by converting acidic to alkaline once they entered the body. My doctor was at a loss for this, but I let her know how the process cured my problems.

I used to spend my free time joining Facebook groups telling friends what worked for me when I had the same issues. Many people have benefited from my stories and have thanked me for helping them make their own decisions on alternative cures. It is very satisfying when people can escape illness their doctors have abandoned hope for. There are so many things physicians are never taught in medical school. There are so many more possibilities just based on principles of how our bodies work we have yet to discover. I am the kind of person that never gives up on fixing a problem.

I heard a report from a friend who is at stage 4 kidney failure. She was told she had to go on dialysis when she first learned about it. I suggested a theory I heard about stopping the slide by alkalizing her kidneys with apple cider vinegar every day. She started the regimen I told her I did every day and month later she said her doctor asked what she was doing to keep her kidneys at the same level. That was over two years ago. Last week I learned from my wife that another test showed she is still holding steady with no changes noted.

I believe there is a cure for most ailments we face if we try to understand what disease really does to our bodies and try to counteract them naturally. Learning holistic cures in the face of medical reasoning requires critical thinking and putting more faith in yourself and nature than in the science of medicine. It is a lonely journey trying not to look crazy when you suggest cures people have never heard of before. I have been called witch doctor, shaman, and other exotic names but, when they work in the face of traditional medicine people take notice. Not everything that works for me will work for others, but it only pushes me to dig deeper to learn more and more everyday.

Kevin White is a newly published author of the book “Growing up White” an Oreos guide to Fitting in. In his book, Kevin expresses his experiences growing up as a military dependent on military bases around the world.

Kevin is also the owner and CEO of Brownie Fox publishing LLC, an Ohio based publishing company founded in 2019. With Brownie Fox publishing, Kevin envisions publishing more books and adding more authors to contribute additional works soon.

Kevin is a retired veteran with 30 years of service to the Unites States Air Force. He graduated from Wright State University in Dayton Ohio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2017. His B.A. background enabled him to navigate the social complexities of writing the book “Growing up White”. Kevin enjoys playing guitar, writing music and listening to old time radio programs. He resides with his wife Carolyn and his two daughters in Huber Heights, Ohio.

By Nadera Lopez-Garrity

On Wednesday, November 4^th, 2020, Health Freedom Ohio (HFO) will be hosting the much anticipated “HPV and Covid-19 Vaccine Safety Symposium: Making an Informed Decision,” scheduled to take place in the heart of Columbus, the day post-election, as hundreds of attendees will travel across the nation to learn the facts about Gardasil and the fast tracked SARS-CoV-2 vaccine from experts who are well versed on the published science and free from conflicts of interest. 

Among the notable speakers and panel of experts who will be presenting at the symposium is the late U.S. Attorney General’s son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.,  Chairman of the Board and Chief Legal Counsel for Children’s Health Defense, a nonprofit organization whose mission is “to end the childhood health epidemics by working aggressively to expose causes, eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, seek justice for the injured and establish safeguards so this (epidemic) never happens again.”

Mr. Kennedy, who is among the legal team that is suing Merck for its catastrophic Gardasil scam said, “Throughout history, totalitarian elements and ruling elites have used crisis as a convenience to inflame public fears to justify the imposing of censorship and authoritarian controls that allow them to shift wealth upwards without protest. Today, we are watching Technology and Telecom Titans construct a surveillance state on the ruins of our once proud democracy and our obliterated middle class. Empowerment through knowledge is the antidote to fear. Our strategy for stemming the rising tide of despotism is to develop new mechanisms for informing, educating and organizing the resistance. This symposium is the first step in empowering individuals to make informed decisions that protect themselves and their families while we fight to rebuild the fallen institutions of our democracy.”

Empowerment through knowledge to safeguard that which is most sacred is the primary driving force behind this extraordinarily educative symposium. 

In the age of information, ignorance is a choice that can be crippling to even the most ardent supporters of freedom, who are willfully unaware of the massive conduits of deceit that are exploiting the masses in their illusionary bliss. The past few months have left much to be desired from healthcare officials and State leaders who resorted to a drastically erroneous model to impose statewide orders that have adversely impacted countless of lives across the nation, exponentially increasing the rates of domestic violence, starvation and deaths of despair as our economy is pushed to the brink of collapse, and the most potent tool for totalitarian control – the digital currency – threatens our democracy.

Therefore, we can no longer afford to live confined by the shackles of fear. 

We must empower ourselves with knowledge if we are to maintain our fundamental, God given human rights and freedoms as protected by the Constitution of the United States. Facts over fear will set us free from the social constructs that have longed plagued our nation and the rest of the world, which are now more than ever suffocating under a masquerade of the greater good, intended to set the stage  for the so called fast tracked savior that will benefit the only entities that have stood to profit from this debilitating social conditioning agenda – the pharmaceutical industry.

Hence the expansion of the much-anticipated HPV Vaccine Safety Symposium to include the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine jaw-dropping findings as revealed by the published scientific literature.

Participating in these efforts are other notable keynote speakers such as Dr, Judy Mikovits, Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, Shannon Powers and Destiny Maynard, all of whom have graciously lent their powerful voices, unparalleled knowledge and extensive expertise to empower the masses who will be in attendance the day of the symposium with peer-reviewed supported information concerning Gardasil and the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. An exceptional group of experts, devoid of any conflicts of interest, who have valiantly sacrificed much in their exposure of the truth for the sake of humanity and whose unwavering moral courage speak volumes.

After noting the tragic impact that Gardasil has had in ruining the lives of millions of children and generations to come, Dr. Mikovits, a world-renowned biochemist and molecular biologist with an impressive resume working with the likes of Anthony Fauci and other institutions who were rocked to their core upon her appearance in the documentaries, Plandemic I and II, said that she is committed to raising awareness “because our very humanity depends on it. These innocent victims trusted that research was unbiased and free from political interest.”

Like countless of other parents worldwide, Powers and Maynard are among those who trusted and tragically learned the hard way as the lack of honest disclosure from the pharmaceutical industry and their unsuspecting healthcare providers, proved to be catastrophic for the life of their children. 

Maynard’s son, Christopher Bunch, a spirited fourteen-year-old boy from Moline, Illinois, who had a bright future ahead of him, sadly passed away on August 14, 2018, “from a severe form Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system which his doctors confirmed was caused by the HPV vaccination he had received earlier that summer,” according to ChristopherBunch.com. 

Since her son’s passing, Maynard has committed her life to raising awareness about the risks of Gardasil, including testifying before the Illinois Public Health Committee in May of 2019, which led to the removal of false and misleading information from SJR 43, a resolution that sought to encourage adolescents to receive the HPV vaccine. 

Powers, the Sanevax.org ambassador for all Ohioans injured by the HPV vaccine and an active administrator for the group, “Ohio Gardasil Injured,” was also thrust into the devastating world of vaccine injury after her youngest daughter was severely injured by Gardasil a decade ago.  

“My child’s life is priceless and I will continue to fight and educate every parent who is thinking of giving their child this vaccine,” said powers. “I choose not to let another child become ‘One Less’ healthy individuals.” 

Last year, Powers joined forces with WWDNYK-studios as the Executive Producer for the podcast “Breaking Science with Dr. Jack,” which is hosted by Dr. James Lyons-Weiler, CEO and President of The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge (IPAK), a nonprofit organization that exists to perform scientific research in the public’s interest.

“My first aim in life is to be good to those I love and the people around me,” said Dr. Lyons-Weiler. “My second aim in life is to reduce human pain and suffering through knowledge.  That's why in 2015, I created IPAK in an effort to conduct research in the public’s interest without profit motive and also why, in August 2020, I launched IPAK-EDU LLC, with the motto Liberte per scientiam: Freedom through Knowledge, where we offer college-level courses online for the general public to learn the fundamentals of biology, science, law, analytics, and psychology.  Via IPAK-LLC, people will be able to empower themselves through knowledge and compete in the public square on a firm footing of rock-solid education on the fundamentals.”

Dr. Lyons-Weiler added that since he “jumped into the rabbit hole in 2015 by adding a chapter on Vaccines” to his second book, "Cures vs. Profits,” he has “met the most amazing people the US and world have to offer.”

“I am honored to call you my friends, colleagues, advisors, and students.  Everything that I do is made possible by your generous spirit, your faith in humanity and your love of your fellow man.  No one is alone in these times.  We all have each other, and we have Science, not ‘Science-Like Activities’ backing us,” said Dr. Lyons-Weiler.

Registered Nurse, Michelle Cotterman, Co-founder and President of the symposium’s host organization HFO, which is a community and politically active 501(c)4 consisting of citizens, medical and healthcare professionals dedicated to raising awareness about complementary and alternative pathways to health and wellness, echoed similar sentiments.

“The symposium will be an impactful event for people to support one another and acquire the knowledge they need,” said Cotterman. “During these uncertain times when accessibility to information is being censored by corporate conglomerates, it is imperative to find effective ways to engage in these important discussions so people are able to make an informed decision when it comes to consumable products that are indemnified of liability. The science is absolutely on our side and people deserve to know the facts based on the undisputable evidence.”

Please visit https://tinyurl.com/hfo-event to register for the event and acquire additional information. 

by Keli Beeson

Walking into businesses across the state of Ohio you may see signs posted, “Masks are required to enter here”.  The first few months of the pandemic, masks were recommended. Now mask compliance has attempted to become even more enforced by Governor Mike DeWine when he announced a Mask Mandate on July 23rd, 2020, signed by the Ohio Department Health Director. There are people who argue that since businesses can state, “no shoes, no shirt, no service”, they can also enforce with masks.

The first point to examine is, is the Governor's mandate lawful or is the Governor abusing his power by mandating the citizens of Ohio to wear masks? Do Governors have the legal authority to create laws and mandates or are they administrators of state agencies, not lawmakers?

Ohio Constitution I.18 Suspension of laws (1851) states, “No power of suspending laws shall ever be exercised, except by the general assembly.” This means Governor DeWine has no power to suspend our unalienable rights. 

Ohio Constitution ORC 3.05 states, “The supreme executive power of this state shall be vested in the governor.” Blacks Law defines executive power as the power to execute the existing laws. This means the Ohio Governor does not have the power to make the laws and the power to judge them. 

Ohio Constitution ORC III.07 states, “He shall communicate at every session, by message, to the general assembly, the condition of the state, and recommend such measures as he shall deem expedient.” The Governor is only able to recommend measures to the general assembly, not mandate.

Ohio Constitution ORC 2317.54 states, “Written consent to a surgical or medical procedure or course of procedures shall, to the extent that it fulfills all the requirements in divisions (A), (B), and (C) of this section, be presumed to be valid and effective, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence that the person who sought such consent was not acting in good faith, or that the execution of the consent was induced by fraudulent misrepresentation of material facts, or that the person executing the consent was not able to communicate effectively in spoken and written English or any other language in which the consent is written.” Informed consent to a medical procedure and businesses that are enforcing masks are not providing informed consent. 

Ohio Constitution ORC 4731.41 states, “no person shall practice medicine and surgery, or any of its branches, without the appropriate license or certificate from the state medical board to engage in the practice.” By Governor DeWine mandating masks, he is in direct violation of this code since he does not have a medical license. 

 Article 1 of the Ohio Constitution states, “Slavery and involuntary servitude (1851);

“There shall be no slavery in this state; nor involuntary servitude, unless for the punishment of a crime.” Definition of slavery according to Black’s Law Dictionary, “is the status or condition of a person over, whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership is exercised.” The definition of servitude according to Black’s Law Dictionary, “the state or condition of a slave; bondage, the state or condition of being subjected to or dominated by a person or things.” (Black, Black's Law dictionary: definitions of the terms and phrases of American and English jurisprudence, ancient and modern ; with Guide to Pronunciation 1951)The mandating of masks is placing the people of Ohio into a position of servitude to the Government.

ORC 3701.13 states, “The department of health shall have supervision of all matters relating to the preservation of the life and health of the people and have ultimate authority in matters of quarantine and isolation, which it may declare and enforce, when neither exists, and modify, relax, or abolish, when either has been established.” ORC 3701.13 was amended and effective 09/29/2013, however, this does not make this code lawful. No law, statute or code can violate our Bill of Rights or it is null and void. This is reiterated by the supreme court cases listed below. It is impossible for a law which violates the constitution to be valid, it must be in agreement with the constitution.

“All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void. " Marbury vs Madison, 5 U.S. (2 Cranch) 137, 174, 176, (1803)

"Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them.” Miranda vs Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 p. 491.

"An unconstitutional act is not law; it confers no right; it imposes no duties; affords no protection; it creates no office; it is in legal contemplation, as inoperative as though it had never been passed." Norton vs Shelby County, 118 U.S. 425 p.442

"Emergency does not create power. Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. 

The Constitution was adopted in a period of grave emergency. Its grants of power to the Federal Government and its limitations of the power of the States were determined in the light of emergency and they are not altered by emergency." Home Building & Loan Assoc. v Blaisdell 290 U.S. 398 (1934)

“The state cannot diminish rights of the people.” (Hurtado v. People of the State of California, 110 U.S. 516)

"The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and the name of law, in reality is no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." 16th American Jurisprudence 2d, Section 177 late 2nd, Section 256

 

What some states are also doing, including Ohio, is imposing fines to force compliance. This is a violation of our constitutional rights as evidence by court case Sherar v. Cullen, F 481 2d 946 (1973), “There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of his exercise of Constitutional Rights.” No one is above the law including legislators of our Government. Legislators do have an obligation under USC §1986 a duty "to prevent a wrong from being done” and under USC §1621 citing the "neglect to protect" by individuals under oath (Admin & Admin, Latest News).

United States Federal Codes are listed, and these are the “remedy of the people when rights violated.” (Robinson, 2013)

CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS—USC 18 §241

“If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right, they shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.”

 

DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS—USC 18 §242

“Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person in any State the deprivation of any rights, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.”

DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS—USC 42 §1983

“Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State subjects, or causes to be subjected, any person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law.”

There are exemptions listed in the mask mandate order for Ohio. Two exemptions that are most exercised are Religious and Medical. Some individuals may hold deep religious convictions against wearing a mask. They may believe the mask is making way for the Mark of the Beast. Others may believe it signifies a “ritual”; this belief is also reinforced because there are Pagan rituals that require masks. Scripture that has been argued to support not wearing a facial covering; 1 Corinthians 11:7 “For a man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God, but woman is the glory of man.” 1 Corinthians 11:4 “Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head” Psalm 27:9 “Do not hide your face from me, do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my helper. Do not reject me or forsake me, God my Savior.” People often read scripture and have different interpretations, that interpretation is part of our religious freedom. Under Federal law (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act) religious beliefs are protected even when they differ or vary from mainstream or traditionally held views. 

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Section 201, Section 202 states, “All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, and privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race, color, religion, or national origin.” This means that a business or place of employment cannot discriminate based on an individual’s religious beliefs. 

Appendix of AG Barr’s Memorandum, section A, “The Free Exercise Clause” recognizes and secures the “right to believe and profess whatever religious doctrine [they] desire.” Empl’t Div. v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, 877 (1990).” “The Free Exercise Clause protects beliefs rooted in religion, even if such beliefs are not mandated by a particular religious organization or shared among adherents of a particular religious tradition”

There are others who are unable to wear a mask because of a medical condition, this is also an exemption listed on the mask order. There has been a lot of debate on whether a business can ask for your medical condition to allow entry to their business. Forcing an individual to provide their medical condition forces the patient to waive their doctor/patient, which would make it a HIPAA violation. The right of public services is also guaranteed to citizens who are disabled under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Americans with Disabilities Act states, “The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public.” (What is the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)? 2020)

A business cannot violate your rights or break the law. We have unalienable rights that were bestowed upon us from our Creator. Black’s Law Dictionary states, unalienable rights are “incapable of being aliened, that is, sold and transferred.”(Staff & Haley, Black's law dictionary 1991) Long ago we adopted Civil and Religious Freedom, it is that same religious freedom that gives us God-given unalienable rights and the laws of nature, natural rights. When the Declaration of Independence was written our Founding Fathers made sure to state, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Our Founding Fathers knew that government would from time to time attempt to violate our rights and they secured constitutional protections for the people. Whether it is mandatory testing, forced mask wearing or even temperature taking, this is a clear violation of our Bill of Rights. While businesses may state, “no shirt, no shoes, no service” it does not appear that forcing a medical device to enter their business is lawful especially if it can cause mental, physical or emotional harm to the individual this is being forced upon. 

Keli Beeson is a health freedom activist. She started a group in Palm Beach County, Florida, District 21 PBC, that meets with legislators and attends events to help educate the public. When she moved to Ohio in February 2020, she continued to get involved to help protect medical and religious freedoms. She joined the Ohio Assembly in June 2020 to help secure unalienable rights for Ohioans. Her previous knowledge and experience combined with the assemblies educational tools are what is driving her to continue advocating for the people. As a mother of two young babies, she knows how important this fight is and what's at stake.

For more information on the Ohio Assembly, please visit www.ohioassembly.org.

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by Kristine M. Severyn, Ph.D., R.Ph.

In late April 2020, the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) announced that it “partnered” with Partners in Health (PIH) to “implement” coronavirus (COVID-19) contact tracing across Ohio.  Describing PIH as “a world-renowned organization that works to protect communities,” ODH would work with PIH to increase the number of local contact tracers from a “few hundred to possibly nearly 2,000” (1). 

While widespread coronavirus testing and contact tracing were touted as keys to reopening the country from the pandemic (2), such public health directives, especially widespread testing of healthy people, impede economic recovery.  Based on sometimes inaccurate coronavirus tests (3, 4), citizens are unnecessarily forced into house arrest (5), small businesses shuttered, organized sports cancelled, and entire schools and colleges closed (6).  This might explain President Trump’s opposition to increased funding for coronavirus testing and contact tracing in the July 2020 coronavirus relief bill (7). 

Ohio thus far has received about $300 million for coronavirus testing and contact tracing for 2020 and 2021, courtesy of Congress’s CARES and Paycheck Protection Program Acts for distribution across county and local health departments (8). 

Who is Partners in Health? 

Massachusetts-based PIH, founded 35 years ago, has a staff of 17,000 around the world in eleven mostly Third World-economy countries, e.g., Rwanda, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Haiti. PIH works with local departments of health in these countries in health care delivery, contact tracing, and chronic health conditions (9).  Co-founded by Marxist, socialist, globalist Paul Farmer,   Partners in Health and the Clinton Foundation have Chelsea Clinton, Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter, on their boards.  Both organizations have worked together on common projects.

PIH asserts that “health is a human right.” Its stated goal is to change and increase the influence of the public health system to eliminate health care inequities.  They want a “real systemic health care change” for those who face systemic inequities.

Pro-life concerns

Partners in Health has a history of endorsing liberal abortion practices, having opposed President Trump’s reinstatement of the pro-life Mexico City Policy and denouncing the U.S. defunding of the pro-abortion World Health Organization.

PIH and its supporters include a collection of progressive individuals and organizations that support abortion rights, e.g., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, George Soros’s Open Society, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, all major supporters of Planned Parenthood, which has recently acknowledged its racist, eugenic roots (10).  

Globalist financial partners of PIH include Microsoft, Facebook, Apple, Google, Bank of America and the World Bank.

PIH receives major funding from drug companies, who promote potentially harmful birth control drugs and devices around the world.  

PIH finances

PIH is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with total income in 2019 of more than $154.5 million, and total assets of close to $100 million.  

How is Partners in Health operating in Ohio and other states to facilitate coronavirus contact tracing?

Drawing on its experience in establishing disease contact tracing in Third World countries and Massachusetts, PIH established in May 2020 its “U.S. Public Health Accompaniment Unit” to operate coronavirus contact tracing programs in state departments of health and establish “long-term” computer surveillance systems.  

How did Partners in Health become involved in Ohio’s coronavirus contact tracing?

In a June 16, 2020 Webinar to state and local health agencies across the U.S., PIH described its newly-formed “Public Health Accompaniment Unit” (11). 

Massachusetts, the home of PIH, was the first state to contract with PIH for coronavirus contact-tracing work, hiring more than 1,900 staff to “very quickly” support contact tracing, making over 300,000 contact tracing calls across the state.   PIH also instituted a massive public relations campaign for citizen education and buy-in.

After its work in Massachusetts, PIH “did not want each state to contract with PIH.   Thus, PIH formed its Public Health Accompaniment Unit., with the goal to “[ramp] up advising, learning spaces, and broader communication efforts to strengthen the national U.S. Covid response.”  Likewise, PIH wanted to help other states, cities, and communities “rapidly scale-up their coronavirus contact tracing and to accelerate the speed and ability to get to [the] scale required.”   

The three core areas of the PIH contact-tracing plan are:

1. To assist local and state health departments to ramp-up contact tracing through “technical and implementation accompaniment;”

2. Build an online resource hub, a sort-of “library,” of best practices that local departments. of health can use to further their contact tracing efforts; and

3. Leverage the learnings and collective power of its growing members to strengthen the U.S. public health system and epidemic preparedness to ensure preferential provisions and comprehensive support for those hardest hit by Covid-19. 

Since early May 2020, PIH has conducted “Technical Advising” with groups across the country in Newark, New Jersey, the Navajo Nation, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, and Ohio.

PIH says that coronavirus contact tracing may be necessary for years, even as the country reopens, as part of a comprehensive strategy to stop the virus.  By growing the ranks and power of government coronavirus contact tracers, the public health establishment will grow even more powerful, a stated goal of Governor Mike DeWine (12). 

How much is Ohio paying Partners in Health for contact tracing?

The Public Health Accompaniment Unit (PHAU), PIH’s program to support public health agencies across the U.S. with coronavirus contact tracing training and advice, received multi-million-dollar funding through The Audacious Project in April 2020 (13).  Such funding currently enables PIH to provide its contact tracing services to states at no charge for about one year, beginning May 1, 2020.  PHAU supports public health coronavirus contact tracing in New Jersey, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois, California, Minnesota, and Maryland (14).

Indeed, the three-month “Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ohio Department of Health and Partners in Health,” dated May 18, 2020, and signed by former ODH Director Amy Acton, states that PIH’s services “are provided without cost to ODH” (15).  This could explain the lack of response by ODH to public records requests for contracts and/or expenditures to PIH.

How will Partners in Health “partner” with each state?

PIH plans to provide “effective scale-up” of contact tracing across the U.S. in three ways.  (1) Co-create contact tracing programs in departments of health through placing small teams of PIH experts for two to four months; (2) Provide technical assistance; (3) Provide an online “toolkit” and learning community of best practices for sharing with other contact tracing programs around the world.

What is The Audacious Project?

Housed at TED, The Audacious Project is described as “a collaborative funding initiative” for large multi-year projects with “social impact on a grand scale.”  Thirty-two donors currently contribute to projects selected yearly to “nurture a group of big, bold solutions to the world’s most urgent challenges” (16).  

Why is Partners in Health not registered with the Ohio Secretary of State?

PIH seems to have violated State of Ohio Regulatory Contract Requirements, by asserting in the Memorandum of Understanding between PIH and ODH the following:  “PIH affirms that it has all of the approvals, licenses, or other qualifications needed to conduct business in Ohio and that all are current” (17). 

Ohio Revised Code 1703.27 mandates, “No foreign [incorporated in another state] nonprofit corporation shall exercise its corporate privileges in this state in a continual course of transactions until it has first procured from the secretary of state a certificate authorizing it to do so” (18).  As of this writing, PIH has not registered with the Ohio Secretary of State as a foreign non-profit corporation.

It would seem that ODH legal counsel would have verified whether or not PIH was properly registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, per Ohio law, before the ODH Director signed a formal agreement with an unregistered out-of-state corporation on behalf of the State of Ohio. 

Conclusion

Due to a multi-million-dollar donation to Partners in Health from the Audacious Project to fund scale-up of coronavirus contact tracing across the U.S. through PIH’s Public Health Accompaniment Unit, PIH is offering its contact tracing “partner” services at no charge for one year to selected U.S. states, including Ohio.  After one year, it is unknown if such services will still be free, or if PIH will begin to charge a fee, similar to the State of Texas, which in May 2020 signed a controversial $295 million contract for contact tracing services (19).  While Ohio has “partnered” with PIH for start-up of contact tracing, the state, through the Ohio Department of Health, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with PIH on May 18, 2020 for three months, unless it is renewed.  Public records requests from ODH yielded no payment contracts or records to PIH because the State of Ohio apparently paid nothing for PIH’s services.  It appears that Massachusetts-based PIH violated Ohio Revised Code 1703.27 by neglecting to register as a foreign non-profit corporation with the Ohio Secretary of State.  Such registration is a necessary State of Ohio Regulatory Contract Requirement as a Qualification to Do Business.

Print the PDF: K.Severyn PUB Contact Tracing Partner.pdf

Dr. Severyn earned a B.S. in Pharmacy and a Ph.D. in Biopharmaceutics at the University of Cincinnati, with a concentration in pharmacology, toxicology, and drug kinetics.  She is a registered pharmacist who researches and writes on medical / legal issues, with special interest in public health and medical informed consent.

REFERENCES

1. COVID-19 Contact Tracing:  Protecting Against COVID-19.  Ohio Department of Health.  April 28, 2020.  https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/responsible-restart-ohio/contact-tracing/contact-tracing

2. National coronavirus response:  A road map to reopening.  American Enterprise Institute.  March 28, 2020.     https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/National-Coronavirus-Response-a-Road-Map-to-Recovering-2.pdf

3. Accuracy of COVID-19 tests still largely unknown, Associated Press, June 14, 2020. https://www.modernhealthcare.com/technology/accuracy-covid-19-tests-still-largely-unknown

4. Ohio governor says his 'false positive' is a 'wakeup call' about newer types of coronavirus tests, The Hill, August 9, 2020.   https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/511232-ohio-governor-says-his-false-positive-is-a-wakeup-call-about-newer

5. Is coronavirus testing really good for Ohio? July 21, 2020.   https://healthfreedomohio.org/News-Views/9116970

6. 5 things to know about coronavirus: University of Dayton goes online, restaurants reopen after Covid-19-related closures, Dayton Daily News, August 24, 2020.  https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/5-things-to-know-about-coronavirus-university-of-dayton-goes-online-restaurants-reopen-after-covid-19-related-closures/X5UEKD6UOFGVRDXTIFYNEA7AGQ/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1464809

7. Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing and CDC in upcoming coronavirus relief bill, Washington Post, July 18, 2020.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/18/white-house-testing-budget-cdc-coronavirus/

8. Ohio Controlling Board.  https://ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/site/government/resources/controlling-board

9. https://www.pih.org/

10. Planned Parenthood to remove Margaret Sanger’s name from N.Y. clinic over views on eugenics, Washington Post, July 21, 2020.  https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/07/21/margaret-sanger-planned-parenthood-eugenics/

11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J91eqLeA5-M

12. Ohio spends less per capita on public health than nearly every other state, Columbus Dispatch, April 2, 2020.  https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200402/ohio-spends-less-per-capita-on-public-health-than-nearly-every-other-state/1  

13. https://audaciousproject.org/ideas/covid-19-response/partners-in-health

14. https://www.pih.org/USAccompaniment-FAQs

15. Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ohio Department of Health and Partners in Health, May 18, 2020, at 2, par. 5.

16. https://audaciousproject.org/ .  Eight major donors:  https://skoll.org/ (Skoll Foundation); https://www.ted.com/ (TED); https://www.virgin.com/unite/ (Virgin Unite); https://www.bridgespan.org/ (The Bridgespan Group); https://www.daliophilanthropies.org/ (Dalio Philanthropies); https://www.elmaphilanthropies.org/ (ELMA Philanthropies); https://www.gatesfoundation.org/ (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation); https://sciencephilanthropyalliance.org/ (Science Philanthropy Alliance).

17. Supra. note 15 at 5, par. 9.2 (State of Ohio Regulatory Contract Requirements, Qualifications to Do Business).

18.https://codes.ohio.gov/orc/1703.27

19. Gov. Abbott, on hot seat, defends $295M contact tracing deal, Houston Chronicle, May 22, 2020. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Gov-Abbott-on-hot-seat-defends-295M-contact-15290321.php

By Maura Urchek BSN, RN

In a May 2020 U.S. Food & Drug Administration Guidance Document entitled “Temporary Policy Regarding Certain Food Labeling Requirements During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Minor Formulation Changes and Vending Machines,” the public received notice of radical changes to food labeling requirements in the US. The Docket Number for this Guidance Document is  FDA-2020-D-1139 and it was issued by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling.

The following article from Consumer Reports entitled “What the FDA's Relaxed Food Label Rules Mean for People With Allergies--The agency’s action is alarming consumers who rely on ingredient labels to stay safe” explains: “To avoid potential food-supply-chain disruptions in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Food and Drug Administration announced last month that it has temporarily relaxed food labeling guidelines, allowing manufacturers of packaged foods to substitute certain ingredients without changing the labels.” 

As a result, many families affected by food allergies have had their worlds turned upside down.  The scrutiny of food labels is one of the primary actions individuals and their families can take to prevent ingestion of allergens.   

Allergic Living features the following article published on June 23, 2020 “FDA’s Relaxed Label Rules: Updates Fail to Silence Allergy Concerns,” which details the FDA’s temporary policy, subsequent public outrage, and the June 18^th FDA posting of a new Q&A that includes additional recommendations. The author notes that the June 18th FDA Q&A has been met with varied responses from within the allergy community. For many, particularly those with non- “Top-8” food allergies, their concerns persist. 

Individuals and families affected by food allergies rely on truth in labeling to navigate their everyday food intake as a matter of survival. What is termed a “minor formulation change” could have not-so-minor effects for the highly allergic individual. Even before the 2020 quarantine, many individuals affected by food allergies are so sensitive that they must routinely limit contact in public, avoid touching doorknobs, decline common social greetings like handshakes and hugs, abstain from social gatherings with food, and avoid parks and public benches, all as a matter of necessity knowing that a severe allergic response could be provoked by casual contact with contaminated surfaces and objects.  These individuals and their families take great caution and follow stringent hygiene and food preparation protocols to minimize risk.  Is it acceptable for the FDA to permit relaxations in food labeling and, in essence, potentially expose individuals affected by certain allergies to unnecessary risk of contamination from the very food they ingest?  

Let your voice be heard by providing public comment to the FDA regarding the “Temporary Policy Regarding Certain Food Labeling Requirements During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Minor Formulation Changes and Vending Machines” at the following link:

https://beta.regulations.gov/comment/FDA-2020-D-1139-0009

2,992 comments have been received as of 11:59 PM 08/22/2020. 

(Source: https://beta.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2020-D-1139-0009/comment Accessed 23 August 2020)

References:

Peachman, R. (2020, July 7). What the FDA's Relaxed Food Label Rules Mean for People With Allergies. Retrieved August 23, 2020, from https://www.consumerreports.org/food-labels/fda-relaxed-food-label-rules-and-people-with-allergies/

Smith, G. (2020, June 23). FDA's Relaxed Label Rules: Updates Fail to Silence Allergy Concerns. Retrieved August 23, 2020, from https://www.allergicliving.com/2020/06/23/fdas-relaxed-label-rules-updates-fail-to-silence-allergy-concerns/

United States, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Nutrition and Food Labeling. (2020, May). Temporary Policy Regarding Certain Food Labeling Requirements During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Minor Formulation Changes and Vending Machines: Guidance for Industry. Retrieved August 23, 2020, from https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/temporary-policy-regarding-certain-food-labeling-requirements-during-covid-19-public-health

United States, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. (2020, May 22). FDA Announces Temporary Flexibility Policy Regarding Certain Labeling Requirements for Foods for Humans During COVID-19 Pandemic: Constituent Update. Retrieved August 23, 2020, from https://www.fda.gov/food/cfsan-constituent-updates/fda-announces-temporary-flexibility-policy-regarding-certain-labeling-requirements-foods-humans

United States, U.S. Food & Drug Administration. (2020, June 18). Questions and Answers on FDA’s Temporary Policy on Food Labeling Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Retrieved August 23, 2020, from https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-during-emergencies/questions-and-answers-fdas-temporary-policy-food-labeling-changes-during-covid-19-pandemic

Dayton Public Health is hosting a vaccination clinic Wednesday, August 26, from 9 am to 3 pm at the Kroc center, in partnership with CareSource and Dayton Children’s Hospital. This clinic is under the auspices of providing the required (no exemptions mentioned!) 7th and 12th grade vaccines; however, the article and press release also mention that the HPV vaccine will be available and is recommended for this age group. To entice families, school supplies and even job assistance, among other perks, and RTA will provide free transportation. 

This seems like a lot of effort for vaccines that can and perhaps should be given by a person’s primary care doctor. Is this clinic intended to lure students and their parents in with freebies and mandated vaccines only to push an HPV vaccine, which is not required in Ohio law? Local and state governments have been attempting to push HPV on adolescents for years, with no regard for the questionable science, potential injuries, and even death associated with the vaccine. 

Health Freedom Ohio encourages you to consult with your own doctor before getting any vaccines and do your own research to determine risks and benefits. We advocate for your right to freely accept or decline any and all vaccines and other medical interventions and procedures, and to pursue the path to health that you feel best serves you and your family. 

Vaccination is a medical intervention with significant risks and for which manufacturers and health care professionals have no or limited liability. HPV vaccine has come under increasing scrutiny recently, as it has been linked to an increase in suicide on recipients and other adverse health consequences. Robert F Kennedy Jr recently announced a pathway for suing the manufacturer based on fraud and has set up a toll-free number (844–RFK-HPV1) for people who believe they have been injured. 

Health Freedom Ohio is hosting an HPV vaccine safety symposium in November 2020, including presentations by Robert F Kennedy Jr and other distinguished speakers. We invite you to learn more about this controversial vaccine from the science to the legal ramifications. 

Disclaimer: The following article is not intended as legal advice but rather to provide an overview of workplace vaccination requirements and options for employees whose religious beliefs (including strong personal convictions) oppose some or all vaccinations. Much of the information is from presentations, discussions, and writings of Alan Phillips, J.D. From his own website: “Alan has helped 100's of healthcare workers and other employees get exemptions in the workplace, and can assist you with general educational materials, and can provide specific information, if needed, to your local attorney.” His helpful e-book, The Authoritative Guide to Vaccine Legal Exemptions, is available for purchase at his website. Employees who desire to file a religious accommodation request are strongly encouraged to seek legal counsel. 

Ohio Representatives Ron Hood (R) and Bernadine Kennedy Kent (D) have introduced a new bill, House Bill 268, to limit punitive employment consequences for declining any vaccination.

Approximately a dozen states have legislation pertaining to workplace vaccinations and/or exemptions. Ohio state law does not yet provide exemptions for workplace vaccinations. Employees who decline vaccination -- an invasive medical intervention -- may be fired if the employer does not offer exemptions, reassigned to other areas/duties, and/or required to wear a mask for the duration of “flu season” — often October or November through April.

Some employers do offer their own official exemptions to vaccines such as annual flu shot, but such employers are increasingly rare. Such exemptions are usually limited to medical contraindications and religious exemptions. Medical contraindications are extremely limited according to a list from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mainly severe life-threatening allergies to the vaccine or its ingredients. Most people don’t know they have such an allergy until they have already had a catastrophic reaction to a vaccine.

For religious exemptions, some employers actually require letters or other official documentation from religious authorities, which violates the long-held American tradition and both state and federal definition of religious belief, which is about an individual’s deeply held beliefs and not a particular denomination or formalized belief system.

Employees who decline a vaccine may face punitive action from their employers. Some employers even exclude those who decline vaccination from merit raises and other perks. However, public and private companies who employ 15 or more people are required under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to provide religious accommodation to employees with sincerely held beliefs. This accommodation does not require any denomination or even belief in God, but must be carefully worded to withstand legal challenge. Common mistakes include requesting religious accommodation focused on safety and efficacy, or science, rather than belief issues.

It is important to recognize that this religious accommodation is not the same as employer-offered exemptions or exemptions in state law. Health Freedom Ohio is aware of people in Ohio who have successfully sought and used religious accommodation regarding vaccination, most with the help of a lawyer. Employers do not typically inform employees of this option, and some make it very difficult to pursue, such as by requiring employees to answer very personal questions about their beliefs and what alternatives to vaccination they would use. 

Under federal law for accommodations, employers can retrain and reassign employees. This accommodation may also extend to college students in clinical work or internships, as well as those in training. Interestingly, as observed by a prominent former vaccine rights attorney, hospital employers often allow exemptions/accommodations for influenza vaccination but often cite “undue hardship” for other vaccines like TDaP, Hep B, Varicella, and MMR.

Other Considerations 

Despite the obvious ethical problems, vaccination requirements in the workplace seem firmly entrenched. More and more vaccines are being added, and powerful pharmaceutical/medical lobbies are pushing for adult vaccinations. Employees must join together in protecting their right to bodily integrity and to determine what medical interventions and pharmaceutical products they consume. Employers should provide very robust data supporting any requirements that carry risk of injury or death. Employers’ rights should never extend inside workers’ bodies, especially when it comes to issues of informed consent to medical products and procedures. One possible avenue for addressing vaccination and other requirements that pose significant risks for workers is the National Labor Relations Board.

Unless you are proactive about protecting your rights, employers can set any and all conditions for employees, and fire employees who object.

To find out more about the new bill, and to learn how you can help safeguard your right to make your own medical decisions, free from government orders, please join us at Health Freedom Ohio.

By Eric Calderaro and Julie Clay

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We did not pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” – President Ronald Reagan.

Over the past several months, an increasing number of Ohioans have reached out to their legislators demanding that Governor DeWine be impeached and removed from office [1]; something the Pennsylvania legislature has already taken the lead on doing back on May 16, 2020 when it proposed a resolution to impeach their governor [2]. Many Ohioans have also asked what they can do to cease the deprivation of our God-given constitutional rights and completely restore our freedoms. Many have initiated petitions, others have led or participated in peaceful protests, while many others have sent emails, made phone calls, and provided testimony in support of important legislative bills. And increasingly Ohioans are engaging in peaceful civil disobedience against mandates they believe violate their inalienable Constitutional rights. In my conversations with many of these Ohioans, they agree that the Governor and his Administration have committed dereliction of duty in what Ohioans believe is a mismanagement of the COVID-19 event; which after 4 months, continues to gravely impact our economy and deprive us of our civil liberties - liberties which are supposed to be guaranteed to us under the U.S. Constitution and Ohio Constitution. 

U.S. Attorney General, William Barr has directed his staff to “be on the lookout for state and local directives that could be violating the constitutional rights and civil liberties of individual citizens.” And he stated “the Constitution is not suspended in times of crisis.” [3] Barr also indicated the Department of Justice may side with citizens who sue states over “onerous” COVID-19 restrictions.

Law.com wrote an article, "Texas Supreme Court Reminds Cities There Is No Pandemic Exception to the Constitution" The Justices wrote, the “Constitution is not suspended when the government declares a state of disaster.” And “As more becomes known about the threat and about the less restrictive, more targeted ways to respond to it, burdens on constitutional liberties may not survive judicial scrutiny.” “Any government that has made the grave decision to suspend the liberties of a free people during a health emergency should welcome the opportunity to demonstrate—both to its citizens and to the courts—that its chosen measures are absolutely necessary to combat a threat of overwhelming severity” and that “less restrictive measures cannot adequately address the threat.” [4]

In Ohio, two local judges have already ruled the orders of the former Ohio Department of Health Director, Amy Acton, as unconstitutional. In Lake County Ohio, on May 20, 2020 Judge Eugene Lucci, in reference to the Rock House Fitness lawsuit, ruled the following: [5)

• “The director has no statutory authority to close all businesses, including the plaintiffs' gyms, which she deems non-essential for a period of two months. She [Acton] has acted in an impermissibly arbitrary, unreasonable, and oppressive manner and without any procedural safeguards.” 

• “Fundamental liberties to own and use property and earn a living are at stake and are violated by the defendants' [Acton’s] actions. The defendant has criminalized lawful businesses, imposing strict liability for violations, including severe criminal, civil, and equitable penalties.”

• If Acton’s orders were allowed to remain in effect, “the general public would be harmed…There would be a diminishment of public morale, and a feeling that one unelected individual could exercise such unfettered power to force everyone to obey impermissibly oppressive, vague, arbitrary, and unreasonable rules that the director devised and revised, and modified and reversed, whenever and as she pleases, without any legislative guidance. The public would be left with feelings that their government is not accountable to them. Prolonged lockdowns have deleterious effects upon the public psyche. Humans are naturally social beings; socialization strengthens immunities against disease and benefits psychological health.”

Judge Lucci went on to rule that Acton committed “statutory violations” and engages in “continual infringement” of “fundamental constitutional rights.” And that Acton has “no statutory authority to close all businesses.” Maurice Thompson, the plaintiff’s counsel and Executive Director of The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law, went on to state, “Constitutions are written to prevent governments from arbitrarily interfering in citizens’ lives and businesses. On that front, the call to action is clear:  The Governor and Health Director may no longer impose their own closures and regulations and write their own criminal penalties to enforce those regulations and closures.” [6]

Those sentiments were echoed in the Erie County lawsuit filed on behalf of Kalahari Resorts. In that lawsuit, on June 12, 2020 Judge Binette ruled, “The statutes granting [the Health Director] the authority, power to enforce, and criminalize also violates the separation of powers that exist in our Constitutional framework to protect our citizens from the consolidation of power in one person.” He went on to rule that Acton has “been improperly granted the power to create and criminally enforce, with strict liability, laws simply by a decision of an unelected, unaccountable to the general public, administrative officer by virtue of an Order. Application of which is, can and does trample of the fundamental rights of the citizens. Moreover, if one unelected, unaccountable to the public, official is allowed to invoke unfettered Orders, which can criminalize an otherwise non-criminal activity only for disobedience to her Orders, then the right to Due Process is extinguished.” As a final blow, Binette ruled that Acton’s order infringed on Due Process and Equal Protection rights. [7]

Essentially, two different judges in two different counties, affirmed the same thing: unelected officials, along with the sole representation of the executive branch, do not have the authority to both make and enforce laws. Thompson, legal counsel for the plaintiffs in both lawsuits, said it best, “Our corrupt and incapable Governor  can run from the Ohio Constitution, but he can no longer hide from it. With yet another judicial repudiation of his conduct, there can be no justification for continuing his unconstitutional assault on Ohioans.” [8]

Increasingly courts across America are ruling portions and/or the entirety of governments’ COVID-19 mandates as unconstitutional. May 13, 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court restored the constitutionally guaranteed checks-and-balances within government and thereby restored its citizens their freedoms, by striking down the governor’s lockdown orders, which forced the governor to work with the state legislature on any future orders. The court wrote that “…in the case of a pandemic, which lasts month after month, the Governor cannot rely on emergency powers indefinitely. It is without doubt that the strictures of the constitution must be diligently defended during this crisis; the judiciary must never cast aside the law in the name of emergency. But just as true, the judiciary must never cast aside our laws or the constitution itself in the name of liberty. The rule of law, and therefore the true liberty of the people, is threatened no less by a tyrannical judiciary than by a tyrannical executive or legislature.” [9]

Rather than hope and pray for a court ruling or for their elected legislators to take decisive action, perhaps one of the most overlooked options for Ohioans who feel they have been deprived of their guaranteed constitutional rights, is their local sheriff and police chief. According to the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, the sheriff “stands as the upholder, defender, protector and servant to the liberties of the people within the county. In addition to upholding the law, the sheriff is also charged with upholding the supreme law, the Constitution. The law enforcement powers held by the sheriff supersede those of any agent, officer, elected official or employee from any level of government when in the jurisdiction of the county.” [10] Essentially, the sheriff has the authority to check and balance all levels of government within the county they serve. 

Increasingly more sheriffs and police chiefs across our great nation realize our Constitution is “not suspended in times of crisis.” These sheriffs and police chiefs are displaying the great moral, ethical and political courage in publicly speaking out against enforcing such orders. Here is just one example of no less than 43 sheriffs and police chiefs (links to all 43 found at end of this article).

On June 30, 2020 Sheriff Mike Lehl, Comanche County, KS - “The Bill of Rights was not adopted to give us certain rights. It was adopted as a protection to limit government and to keep our government from infringing upon our God-given rights. Had the government given us our rights, government could -- by legislation, executive order, judicial decision or Constitution amendment -- take them away. But since our rights are God-given and unalienable, government has no authority to take them away or infringe upon them. And when governments do, the people have a right to alter and abolish such governments and institute a new form of government which will protect and defend the God-given rights of the people. These days I feel it is the responsibility and duty of the Sheriff to ensure that the local populous is safeguarded from both State and Federal government’s over-reach of power. As an individual you have rights, if you do not feel safe, stay at home. If you feel more comfortable wearing a mask, by all means, wear a mask. There is no law in the State of Kansas that states that you will/shall wear a mask, therefore there will be absolutely no lawful enforcement within Comanche County.” [11]

For many Ohioans, the Governor’s recent statewide mask mandate is believed to be illegal and unconstitutional, not to mention there is an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence from studies done for years prior to COVID-19, that face masks pose serious risks to healthy persons [12]. On July 10, 2020 The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law reaffirmed the mask mandate as being unconstitutional and wrote [13], “Practically nobody is forced to wear a mask: there are 13 exceptions, which, cumulatively, are broad enough to exempt anyone at anytime and anyplace.  Bottom line: if you don’t want to wear a mask, you don’t have to. And if you’re wearing a mask, it’s because you’re choosing to do so.” However, an increasing number of Ohioans who are prevented from wearing face masks due to pre-existing medical or developmental conditions (e.g. emphysema, asthma, autism, etc.), conditions which are protected under the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and are considered a medical exemption under the Governor’s mask mandate, are still feeling discriminated against by local businesses that refuse service to them for not wearing a face masks. Ohioans are not alone in this experience. 

Pennsylvanians, who have similar mask mandates and feel they are being discriminated against by local businesses, have recently flooded Giant Eagle supermarket with over 32 federal lawsuits alleging the supermarket chain of violating the ADA. [14] In Florida residents are suing Palm Beach County challenging the county’s recent mask mandate. "Despite having no authority, actual or apparent, under Florida law to do so, Defendant [Palm Beach County] has recklessly required countless American citizens and Florida residents... to submit to dangerous medical treatments with well-known risks and potential for serious injuries and death," the complaint alleges. [15]

“Somewhere a perversion has taken place. Our natural, unalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government, and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.” Words fitting of today, yet were words spoken by Ronald Reagan (prior to becoming President in 1981) in his speech, A Time for Choosing October 27, 1964 [16].

Many Ohioans believe we are fighting a war against this virus. The Governor and his Administration have consistently induced panic to the point we hear voices pleading for even greater government-mandated security and protection from a virus at seemingly any price and any expense to our unalienable rights. While many other Ohioans believe we are not only fighting a war against the virus, but also fighting a war to maintain our economic livelihoods and our constitutionally guaranteed liberties which include ,“enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and seeking and obtaining happiness and safety." [17]

A further glimpse into the past from Reagan’s A Time for Choosing speech reminds us that, “A government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they know when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments' programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this earth.” And in reference to the threat of losing our liberties to communism in the Cold War, Reagan went on to state, “If we continue to accommodate, continue to back and retreat, eventually we have to face the final demand—the ultimatum. And what then—when Nikita Khrushchev has told his people he knows what our answer will be? He has told them that we're retreating under the pressure of the Cold War, and someday when the time comes to deliver the final ultimatum, our surrender will be voluntary, because by that time we will have been weakened from within spiritually, morally, and economically. He believes this because from our side he's heard voices pleading for "peace at any price" or "better Red than dead," or as one commentator put it, he'd rather "live on his knees than die on his feet." 

While the Governor’s continued mandates may weaken many Ohioans spiritually, morally and economically, as Ohioans, we need to ask ourselves how much of a price are we willing to pay to sacrifice our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms under the guise of government-provided security and protection from a virus that our Governor says we have to learn to live with because it will be with us indefinitely? We need to ask ourselves the same question Reagan asked during his speech, “Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves.” 

For those of us Ohioans who believe that we expect elected public officials to act honestly and in accordance with the Constitution and Bill of Rights irrespective of the situation at hand, and for those of us who are horrified by our state government’s recent abuses of power and the dangerous precedents being set, I urge you to a Call to Action. Contact your Ohio sheriff [18] and police chiefs [19] today (click resources for contact info) and urge them to join their fellow law enforcement brothers and sisters from across nation, by displaying the moral, ethical and political courage to stand up for your rights, and publicly reaffirm they will uphold their oath of office by not enforcing any of the unconstitutional mandates, including those on masks. Advise them that recently Sheriffs from Clermont County, Butler County, Montgomery County and Warren County, along with police departments in Cincinnati, Norwood, Centerville, Fairfield, Fairfield Township, Middletown, Clayton, Brookville, Xenia and the Columbus Public Health Dept. [20], Butler County Public Health [21), have all publicly released statements indicating they will not enforce any mask mandates. Links to all the 43 law enforcement departments refusing to enforce unconstitutional orders, including mask mandates, can be found below. Stand up and speak up, because as Samuel Adams wisely stated, “It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds,” because “security without liberty is called prison.” Thomas Jefferson.

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