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Latest Ohio Republican anti-vaccine bill
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Posted By: Ribicon, 10/13/2021 3:14:56 PM

Columbus, Ohio—A House GOP bill limiting businesses’ ability to require the coronavirus vaccine as a condition of employment hit another roadblock Wednesday, with indications the measure may be unlikely to pass in its current form. Under the legislation, employees who could show proof of COVID-19 antibodies, proof they run the risk of a negative medical reaction, or those who don’t want the vaccine for reasons of conscience, including religious convictions, would be exempt from employer mandates.(Snip)Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, has already signaled his disapproval of any bill regulating how private businesses can run their companies, further casting doubt on the legislation's future.

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Republican America in a nutshell: the right of a business to stick needles in employees' arms (in exchange for money under the table or other such favors) supersedes the rights of employees to safeguard the integrity of their bodies.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: RobertJ984 10/13/2021 3:24:55 PM (No. 944462)
I expect in the next 60 days, if you don't get "the jab", you're SS check will be cut off
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Come And Take It 10/13/2021 5:34:19 PM (No. 944555)
This RINO stooge objects to government telling businesses how to run their affairs, so he is going to tank a bill that would prevent government from telling businesses how to run their affairs. Any I should continue voting Republican WHY?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Deborah Grannet 10/13/2021 7:07:37 PM (No. 944641)
Yup, and Ohio reps will do anything to avoid taking responsibility or having to vote on anything so that they can be held accountable— want to leave all action to the governor or the Ohio Health Department. These people have lost their minds.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: whyyeseyec 10/13/2021 9:00:34 PM (No. 944763)
The GOP can't do anything right. Where in our Constitution does it say our human rights stop at the Employers Doorstep??
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