Nearly every compelling new story has a ‘victim’ and a ‘villain.’ Given the current narrative of the media, individuals who believe in health freedom are more likely to be cast as ‘villain.’ Sadly, mainstream articles insist on emotionally charged language that attempts to persuade their readers to feel victimized by the personal medical choices of those who champion health freedom.
The media narrative attempts to vilify parents who choose not to vaccinate, claiming they take ‘advantage’ of liberty and sacrifice the safety of those around them. Health Freedom Idaho suggests individuals steer clear of traditional media interviews. We have sufficient evidence to believe mainstream media is currently unconcerned about truth. Likewise, we have sufficient evidence to believe that the liability-free pharmaceutical industry sponsors the media narrative.
It’s not news – its an advertorial campaign against those who do not participate in their current mainstream narrative.
A Parroted Message of Non-Vaxxed Villians Nationwide/Worldwide
Recently the media requested an interview with Health Freedom Idaho, who declined. There’s not much of a story in that. The syndicated media kept digging until they found someone they could interview. The interviewee’s noble intention was to dispel the propaganda. Unfortunately, the article left out the crucial science-backed information that the interviewee shared with the reporter. Without this supporting evidence, the interviewee’s assertion was left unfounded.
Sadly, this article was published on the front page locally and republished nationwide, and even published internationally tarnishing the character of the interviewee and feeding propaganda rather than dispelling it.
The article purposely chose emotional phrases such as “lax vaccine laws.” which incite hate and fear rather than an honest discussion. Furthermore, such phrases are loaded with assertions such as, “Exemptions should not exist.” Somehow, the article, rather than focusing on the injustice of the interviewee, inserted California’s Senator Pan as a victim of such Health Freedom advocates.
During this election year, Health Freedom Idaho’s warning to avoid the mainstream media hold further significance. The media uses such poorly written articles to apply pressure on our legislators, republishing them nationwide. Conversely, they censor the truth of vaccine injury and fail to report on pressing issues such as vaccine manufacturers enjoying liability-free products through the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Instead of reporting that Congress has placed vaccines in the category of “unavoidably unsafe,” they repeat the sound bite that vaccines are ‘safe and effective.’
It is clear that the mainstream media is no longer striving to “…ensure the free exchange of information that is accurate, fair, and thorough.” Understanding this basic premise, the best thing we can do is avoid mainstream media interviews and not help those who are working diligently to destroy liberty.
When the interview is over, anything can happen.
When you agree to speak with a reporter, editor, or field producer, you may spend hours prepping and answering their questions, but they often only use one or two sentences from the entire interview. Or they may not use any of the information you provided. One doesn’t know until the story runs what will actually be stated. Such is the prerogative of the news media.
This is NOT about Remaining Silent – it’s about Speaking Wisely!
Do you feel you have a civic duty to share the truth, the research, and your story? Please help us! We are currently accepting submissions from freedom lovers. These can be published online and shared across the internet.
We want to provide you a platform to share. At Health Freedom Idaho, we strive to respect your choices, acknowledge your journey, and ensure a free exchange of health freedom information that is accurate, fair, and thorough.
It’s surprising that in 2020 these concepts continue to be such a struggle. The chairman of House Commerce and Human Resources took the vaccine discrimination in the workplace bill, the ‘Medical Consumer Protection Act,’ off the agenda last week. He and the rest of the committee need to hear from the people! We need to express to them just how important this protection is to our medical professionals and others whose bodily autonomy and privacy rights are being violated with the threat of their livelihood being wrongly terminated. This bill will not get a hearing and will die if the people do not get loud about how crucial this is.”
H 443 is fundamentally a Civil Rights Bill protecting employees’ rights to conscience. H 443 is a bipartisan bill that deserves the support of all legislators and Idahoans, regardless of party or religious affiliation.
DENIED EMPLOYMENT? FIRED? DIDN’T CONSIDER A JOB DUE TO VACCINE MANDATES FOR THE WORKPLACE? THIS BILL IS FOR YOU!
House Bill 443 It prohibits an employer, who is contracted with the state from discriminating against an employee or an applicant based on their immunization status.
If you have been fired, not hired, quit a job, been harassed/coerced or chose not to apply for or accept a job because of your vaccination status, share your story with committee members and your legislators. If you are concerned that the profession you are currently in may start mandating vaccines as a requirement for you to keep your job, share your concern.
Individuals choose to opt-out of vaccination for moral objection, reasons of conscience, religious reasons:
Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees from religious discrimination, harassment, and loss of employment. Religious beliefs are defined to include theistic beliefs as well as non-theistic “moral or ethical beliefs as to what is right and wrong, which are sincerely held with the strength of traditional religious views”.
Employees should not have to file a lawsuit in order to have their rights upheld and protected.
The US Dept. of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) allows employees to decline Hepatitis B Vaccines. OSHA and many labor unions also oppose annual influenza vaccination policies that do not include religious and/or personal objection exemptions.
Individuals choose to opt-out of vaccination for safety concerns & concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccines
There are many reasons an individual employee may choose to decline a vaccine in addition to sincerely held religious beliefs. There are serious safety concerns and concerns about the effectiveness of the vaccine.
H 443 should be supported because it will protect employees who decline a vaccine from adverse actions by their employers for both religious and conscientious beliefs.
These are only suggested points and references. The most important thing to remember is to make your testimony personal. In-person meetings with legislators are best if possible, a phone call – leaving a voice mail if you can’t get through. Make sure your voice is heard!
Please remember that this is NOT a bill about vaccine safety and efficacy or about childhood vaccine exemptions. H 443 is about protecting workers from discrimination due to vaccination decisions and status.
We must be our own media. SHARE THIS with friends and family!
PERSONAL EMAIL. PHONE CALL. TEXT.
Censorship will be our biggest hurdle in 2020. They have shut down our primary source of communication via social media. The newspapers will not publish editorials that are contrary to the common narrative. We have to be our own media. YOU have the responsibility to let everyone know.
BE PREPARED – THIS IS POLITICS – THEY DON’T PLAY FAIR. They don’t give us notice. They change meetings to reduce the number of people who can comment. They make it difficult. We will press on and hold them accountable to their position as OUR representatives – they are supposed to work for us!
Idaho’s legislative session lasts almost four months, we are about one-quarter of the way through. Health Freedom Idaho volunteers are busy at work behind the scenes watching committee agendas, bill introductions and even attending hearings and testifying against rules that violate the State and Federal Constitution. Here are bills we are in support of and are watching closely right now.
All Idaho state bills introduced this session can be viewed HERE
Health Freedom Idaho is in support of the following bills:
CBD BILLS 1253 & 1241
S1253 that basically differentiates between medicinal marijuana products and hemp-derived cannabinoid products. Clarifying the legality of CBD with less than .3% THC. (not mind-altering ). It appears this bill will allow for the farming of (non-mind altering) Hemp products in Idaho.
This bill was brought by Senator Mary Souza. Status as of Feb 9, 2020: It was referred to the State Affairs Committee but is not on the schedule yet to be heard.
S 1241 changes the Idaho Controlled Substances Act to exclude Hemp.
This bill was brought by Representative Dorthy Moon and Senator Mary Souza Status as of Feb 9, 2020: It was referred to the State Affairs Committee but is not on the schedule yet to be heard.
This bill would prohibit an employer, including a licensed health facility, that work with the State of Idaho from taking adverse action against an employee or an applicant based on their immunization status. This bill was brought by Representative Giddings. Status Feb 9, 2020: It was referred to the Commerce and Human Resources Committee but is not on the schedule yet to be heard.
This change removes the penalties thus decriminalize parents who birth their children at home and choose not to supply the state with newborn screening data.
Decriminalize Parents who opt-out of newborn testing H 438
Eliminates sections of code make it a misdemeanor offense if newborn screening data is not provided to the state. This change removes the penalties thus decriminalize parents who birth their children at home and choose not to supply the state with newborn screening data.
This bill was brought by Representative Giddings. Status Feb 9, 2020: Referred to Health & Welfare not on the schedule yet to be heard.
Training for CPS Workers regarding Constitutional Rights of Parents under Investigation H 402
This bill would require government CPS workers to receive training that would make them aware of the constitutional rights of families, children, and others while under CPS investigation. Families under investigation have the constitutional right to refuse entry, refuse interviews and refuse to allow their children to have full-body examinations and have a lawyer present at any/all interactions with the department. *Keep in mind that 83% of families that are investigated by CPS are innocent as cases are closed as unsubstantiated. Many of those families have their constitutional rights violated by this government agency.
This bill was introduced by Representative Heather Scott. Feb 9, 2020 status update referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration but has not been scheduled to be heard.
H 403 a line of text added to 16- 1601 cross-referencing the Child Protective Act with the Parental Rights statute.
This bill was submitted by Representative Heather Scott. Feb 9, 2020 status update referred to Judiciary, Rules & Administration but has not been scheduled to be heard.
Faith-healing is a topic that seems to come up regularly in Idaho. Why? Is this really about saving children or removing parental authority in the name of a child’s rights?
A French reporter was here in ID digging around about faith healing and I had to find out why. France is one of 194 United Nation member states that have ratified the 1989 treaty UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Faith-healing as a major cause of child fatalities comes up annually in Idaho. Is this really about saving children’s lives or removing parental authority in the name of children’s rights?
A French reporter came to Idaho to do a documentary on faith healing, we had to find out why. France is one of 194 UN member states ratifying the 1989 treaty of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child.
For countries ratifying the Rights of the Child treaty, there are several mechanisms in place to monitor its implementation. This includes children’s health being monitored by the school, mandatory physicals, psychological exams, and medical treatments. School is mandatory and requires children with special education needs to be educated in mainstream classes. It appears the goal of this treaty is to eliminate parental rights with the state claiming complete ownership of children.
We can see clearly that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child means zero parental rights and complete ownership of children by the government.
Miste Karlfeldt, Executive Director of Health Freedom Idaho
Could UN influences be targeting Idaho? Absolutely.
Protect Idaho Kids (PIK) director Bruce Wingate has been working closely with Children’s Health Care is a Legal Duty (CHILD) and supported the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. CHILDCo-founder Rita Swan was given a lifetime achievement award from the Freedom FROM Religion Foundation. The name of the group has since changed to CHILD USA and its mission has expanded. (More about the History of CHILD)
CHILD ceremoniously awarded California’s Senator Pan Legislator of the Year for the passage of SB 277 – the 2017 bill that removed non-medical vaccine exemptions for children attending California’s schools, as revealed in a videotape of the AAP event. CHILD was also involved in California’s SB 18 that would have further eroded parental rights. CHILD is, by all appearances, a well-financed front group for the AAP, Pharma and UN/state interests and agendas.
One member of CHILD’s BOD, Paul Offit, is a well-known vaccine and medical industry insider whose income depends on the legislation CHILD works to legally mandate. Although not a resident of Idaho, he actively participated in the “Let Them Live” campaign set up by PIK that targets the current Faith Healing Exemption law in our state.
Their political campaign “Let Them Live” is supported by Merck-funded vaccine advocate Paul Offit. Their intent is to change public opinion using nuggets of truth surrounded by a web of half-truths and lies, innuendos and assumptions. (see Debunked the Documented Statistic)
Many citizens fear the removal of this exemption to be a slippery slope to further erode parental rights concerning medical treatment of our children. This concern is justified when Offit stated that parents who choose notto vaccinate their children in accordance with the CDC recommended vaccine schedule should be forced to relinquish their children to the State.
This underscores what some Health Freedom Idaho members have thought all along: This annual effort against the Followers, who avoid using allopathic medicine, certainly includes the intention of passing laws to mandate vaccination and other toxic medical procedures on our youngest and most vulnerable.
Health Freedom Idaho has a team of volunteers who spend hours starting the week of Legislative session combing through the agendas, announcements, and communications from the Capitol to see when and where the public needs to be present to ensure our voices are heard. Political games were played this week to keep both the public and committee members ‘in the dark’ about the content of the rules voted upon in committee. Then in an act of arrogance, the committee chair Senator Fred Martin mocked Health Freedom Idaho members in a social media post.
So first, for anyone who does not know, the term ‘anti-vaxxer’ is derogatory, degrading, and demeaning. It is hurtful and insensitive. Most parents who do not vaccinate their children did so at one time. They may now choose not to because they have a child with a vaccine injury. Maybe one of their children died from a vaccine. Maybe they have a niece or nephew or child of a friend whose grave they now visit because of vaccines. Or maybe a parent does not vaccinate because they did what parents do – they heard or read information contrary to their previous knowledge and they started researching and stopped vaccinating their children before something tragic, devastating, and lifelong occurred in their child’s life.
Anti-vaxxer is a derogatory term used by politicians, media, and the pharmaceutical companies who own them both, to silence and gaslight parents who have children who were harmed by vaccines.
According to a Harvard Medical School study conducted between June 2006 and October 2009, vaccine injuries and deaths are vastly under-reported. It concluded that fewer than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported. This study was funded by a grant from the CDC. Once these reports came in, the CDC completely stopped communication with Harvard.
Yes, you read that correctly. The government agency that physicians look to for safety information and guidance ghosted the prestigious medical school whose study results did not align with the narrative being perpetuated. (Vaccine Safety: Under Reporting of Vaccine Adverse Events)
The people of Idaho understand the importance of parental rights in medical decision making. We understand and respect that these rights are fundamental and unalienable. These rights can not and will not be disrupted.
3 Years…3 Bills and Finally Administrative Rules were Modified
Health Freedom Idaho worked diligently for 3 years to ensure that Idaho Code matched the Administrative Rules from our state Department of Health and Welfare concerning the exemptions to vaccines for school and daycare attendance in our state.
We brought forward three bills – SB1050, SB1227, and HB133 in attempts to remedy the fact that our Administrative Rule did not reflect the right of a parent to submit a simple signed statement opting their child out of the vaccine mandates for school and daycare attendance in our state. These bills would have modified the controlling statutes, Idaho Code 39-4802 and Idaho Code 39-1118.
Finally, in 2018 the Department of Health and Welfare re-wrote the incorrect rules, bringing them into agreement with those controlling statutes. Parents across the state celebrated their rights being recognized and respected. (Health Department Rule Change)
Between the time the temporary (correct) rules were published in the Spring of 2018 and the time they were to be confirmed by the Legislature in January 2019, the Department of Health and Welfare went through the rule that applies to school attendance, IDAPA 16.02.15.110, and everywhere the rule used the word “child,” it was changed to “student.”
This may not seem like a big deal, but it is huge. Firstly, the rule must match the controlling statute. The statute uses only the word “child.”
Secondly, the vaccine mandates do not apply to a person who is over 18 and no longer a minor child, but Idaho schools and daycares have consistently withheld as much information about the mandates and exemptions from Idaho parents as possible. Many 18-year-old students will likely be made to believe they must have these vaccines in order to attend high school and college, with no option in Idaho law for exemptions.
In the 2019 House Health and Welfare hearing to confirm the rule, citizens and parents went to the Capitol and voiced their very valid complaints about the wording change the Department had made with no public input.
The Department acknowledged to the committee, on record, that the word “student” needed to be changed back to “child.” The Department representative assured Chairman Fred Wood this change would be made and the rule would be corrected after the committee confirmed it.
Wood allowed the motion and vote to confirm the rule, and it passed with a majority vote. THE DEPARTMENT WENT BACK ON THEIR WORD AND NEVER CORRECTED THE RULE. So now, after 4 years of work, we are back to a place where the rule does not match the statute.
Public Petitions for Hearings on the Rules in Counties
This summer hundreds of people came to testify at public hearings before the Health Department. Hundreds more sent in concerns about this problem throughout the state to their legislators. They expected their voices would be heard and listened to. (Standing Room Only at Public Hearings)
Now, We Have A Problem
Now, in the matter of the Administrative Rules confirmation happening right now in the Idaho Legislature, we have a problem.
Last session (2019), the House and Senate could not agree on the bill to reauthorize Idaho’s entire set of Administrative Rules. Because of this, every rule is temporary and has to be confirmed by one committee in either the House or the Senate. This seems simple, and like a perfect opportunity to complain about our exemption rule not matching our exemption statute.
Health Freedom Idaho has been trying diligently to track down which committee would hear that particular set that contained our rule in question, and when exactly it would be heard so that we could testify against the current, inappropriate wording.
Unfortunately, it has not been simple at all.
It seems that the powers that be panicked, knowing the potential to have the entire legislative session tied up with citizens challenging rules (as they should be).
So the rules were divided up in ways that seem intentionally counter-intuitive in order to make finding one in particular very tough to chase down.
That is exactly what happened.
The House committee on Wednesday, Jan 8 passed as a whole the dockets that included IDAPA 16.01 and 16.03.
We tried to figure out where IDAPA 16.02 was. Had it been moved to a different day? Was it excluded completely for some reason? So many questions that none of the representatives we talked to could answer for us. During the committee hearings, the Representatives were attempting to understand and asking questions, which seemed to also go unanswered.
Ultimately authorization motions and votes took place, with many on the committees not understanding what they had reauthorized.
This is certainly not a transparent, representative government.
Thursday, January 9, while Health Freedom Idaho was at the Capitol giving tours, the Senate Health and Welfare committee had the docket on its agenda that included IDAPA 16.02. Unfortunately, we did not realize it was happening right at the time we were there.
The next day, the chairman, Fred Martin, had the audacity to post this extremely insensitive and outrageous description on his Senate Facebook page:
Health Freedom Idaho has had multiple conversations with this man about the problem with the word “student” being used instead of the word from Idaho Code – “child.” He is well aware of the problem with the way this rule was written. Especially because of his position as chairperson, Fred Martin had the very important responsibility of having this discussion in his committee and remedying this problem.
What did he do instead? He publicly mocked the parents of vaccine-injured and vaccine killed children. He puffed his chest and proclaimed what a friend he is to Idahoans who value and defend health and medical freedom. He promotes himself as a Republican, a person concerned with personal liberty, parental rights, and bodily autonomy. HE IS NONE OF THOSE THINGS. He is a RINO (Republican In Name Only) who takes thousands of dollars in campaign donations from pharmaceutical companies. He ignores, mocks, or completely deletes discussions that parents try to have with him about these issues. He wants nothing more than to destroy our right to make medical decisions for our children.
Fred Martin is an enemy of freedom.
Here is the good news: It appears we may be able to pull this rule back up in committee for a discussion. Health Freedom Idaho is working to figure out exactly what that looks like and how to do so.
Please be on the lookout for our call to action. We need Idaho parents to show up and testify about the problem with this rule and why the people of Idaho demand it be fixed immediately.
In recent years the push of mandated vaccines, the loss of parental rights and the negative influence on the family structure has turned ‘regular moms and dads’ into concerned citizen lobbyist.
In this short video, Miste Karlfeldt and Sarah Clendenon of Health Freedom Idaho share effective relationship-building techniques for concerned citizens who want to communicate with legislators about health freedom, parental rights, and vaccine mandates.
Taking time to develop a relationship with your elected official off season will allow you the opportunity to develop an open line of communication based on mutual respect.
COMMUNICATION TIPS
Be Respectful
Don Be Intimidated
Ge to Know Your Legislator
Share Your Knowledge
Tell Them Your Story
Follow Up with Information
Be Yourself
Respect Their Time & Be Flexible
Be Persistent
Remember this is for Your Child – Be Brave
GETTING AROUND THE CAPITOL
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Idaho Statesman is using its newspaper to advocate for medical tyranny. Are you surprised? What happened to impartial journalism?
Idaho Statesman wants the state to “get rid of Idaho’s “personal belief” exemption for vaccines”. They want to “get rid of the state law that allows parents to ignore medical treatment for children for preventable illnesses”. Idaho Statesman says there should be no other treatment than MEDICAL treatment. A parent of a critically ill child would be forced to proceed with a specific ‘standard of care’. (Read here about the slippery slope this poses) What would define “preventable” treatment? Where is the line? 👀. Looks like Idaho Statesman would like the legislature to determine that for each and every one of you. ❌
✅ Take Action #5MinActivism
Idaho Statesman thinks that Idaho dodged a bullet with a measles outbreak last year. (Read about the “HotSpot Hoax” – the hoax that pockets of unvaccinated individuals will spread disease to vaccinated individuals)
Share this information (letter to the editor) with your legislators
✅ Contact your reps and let them know how you want them to represent you this coming session. https://legislature.idaho.gov/legislators/whosmylegislator/ Send a brief note to the legislators on the Health and Welfare Committees:
The bills that pertain to health freedom will come primarily from the health and welfare committees. This will be our first and most common point of contact. See the list below. Save it into your email so when the time comes – you are ready!!
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The bills that pertain to health freedom will come primarily from the health and welfare committees. This will be our first and most common point of contact. See the list below. Save it into your email so when the time comes – you are ready!!
COPY THIS LIST AND PASTE IT INTO YOUR BCC field of your email. This will send the email to everyone on the list/committee.
