Tag: COVID

  • STOP THE COVID SHOTS FOR SCHOOL

    Despite a huge public outcry, consisting of more than 31,000 public comments posted on the CDC’s website, despite hundreds of experts warning of serious risks to children, the Centers for Disease Control has voted to add the Covid mRNA vaccine to the VFC Program, which provides free Vaccines for children and as well as add the COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as six months old to the new Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedules, which will be rolled out in February 2023. This will add 54 injections (72 antigens because of combined shots like MMR) to 72 injections (90 antigens.) Its nothing to do with health. This will allow the pharmaceutical companies to escape product liability which means the “emergency” can end, but the liability protection for the pharmaceutical companies continues.

    More than a dozen states automatically add new CDC recommendations to their required schedule of vaccines for schools and daycares. There is information about vaccine laws and exemptions in every state here

    TELL HEALTH DEPARTMENT NO! WE DON’T WANT THE COVID VAX FOR SCHOOL

    Idaho will require the Health Department to submit a rule change to the legislature. Prior to that submission, they are required to host public hearings. IT IS TIME TO SPEAK UP NOW AND SAY “NO!”

    Negotiated Rulemaking Meetings and Public Hearings Schedule

    We must stop them before they try!

    “Every state must reject this CDC mandate for children immediately. Even the CDC’s own data reveals that these COVID shots are harming children. Pharmaceutical companies merely see children as a budget item to increase their bottom line and they continue to ignore the serious adverse events and deaths caused by these experimental shots.” 

    Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver

    Call to Action

    We know you are outraged and want to take action immediately. Now is the time for the parents and grandparents to reach out to the Health Department, the Education Department, and school administration, as well as the legislators who are running for office, and let them know that there is no medical or scientific justification to add a vaccine to the childhood schedule especially when there is no clinical data to justify shot.

    Parents hold power — don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

    CONTACT:

    Governor Little: https://gov.idaho.gov/contact-us/


    Department of Education

    Make clear to your superintendent and commissioner that exemptions are not enough and that you will be pulling your child from school if this vaccine is mandated for attendance, costing the district tens of thousands of dollars in funding.

    Sherri Ybarra: Superintendent of Public Instruction
    Telephone  208-334-2270  Fax  208-334-2632

    Email  board@osbe.idaho.gov

    P.O. Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0037

    650 West State Street, 3rd Floor  Boise, ID 83702


    Department of Health and Welfare

    Director: Dave Jeppesen, 208-334-5500 https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/director-contact

    Deputy Directors: Miren Unsworth and Lisa Hettinger, 208-334-5500


    YOUR LEGISLATORS & LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES *find your district:

    https://childrenshealthdefense.org/child-health-topics/action/demand-public-health-agencies-and-lawmakers-stop-covid-vaccine-mandates/

    COVID Adds 18 More Shots For Our Children

    Today’s vote on adding the COVID-19 vaccines means 18 more shots — one per year between the ages of 6 months and 18 years — will be added to the schedule, according to Toby Rogers, Ph.D.

    “So overnight the childhood schedule would go from 54 injections (72 antigens because of combined shots like MMR) to 72 injections (90 antigens),” Rogers said. “This has absolutely nothing to do with health — it’s all about profit and power.”

    The number of shots added to the schedule may, in fact, be higher than Roger’s estimate because the accepted revisions did not appear to specify the number of booster doses recommended and linked only to the Interim Clinical Considerations for the use of COVID-19 Vaccines Currently Approved or Authorized in the United States.

    The accepted COVID-19 vaccine recommendations that will go into effect in 2023 include the following primary series:

    • Age 6 months-4 years: 2-dose series at 0, 4-8 weeks (Moderna) or 3-dose series at 0, 3-8, 11-16 weeks (Pfizer-BioNTech)
    • Age 5-11 years: 2-dose series at 0, 4-8 weeks (Moderna) or 2-dose series at 0, 3-8 weeks (Pfizer-BioNTech)
    • Age 12-18 years: 2-dose series at 0, 4-8 weeks (Moderna) or 2-dose series at 0, 3-8 weeks (Novavax, Pfizer-BioNTech)

    For children who are moderately or severely immunocompromised, the recommended primary doses are increased from a 2-dose series to a 3-dose series.

    CDC DATA REFLECTS THE SHOT IS NOT SAFE FOR CHILDREN!

    Ironically, the CDC presented data at its ACIP meeting on September 1, 2022, that confirms that COVID shots are not safe for children. The data presented were summaries of reports from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), Vaccine Safety Data Link (VSD), a private insurance-based system that monitors hospital records, and V-safe, a voluntary smartphone-based monitoring program that relies on text messages and web surveys. 

    The data presented at the ACIP meeting revealed that within seven days after vaccination, 40-50 percent of children 5-11 years of age reported a “systemic reaction,” 10-15 percent had a “health impact,” and 2-4 percent needed “medical care.”  Within seven days of vaccination, 60-75 percent of children 12-17 years had “any systemic reaction,” 10 to 25 percent were “unable to perform daily activities,” and 5 to 20 percent were “unable to work or attend school.”

    Therefore, more than 30 percent of children in this age group had a health impact after the second shot, and booster dose, and approximately 2 percent needed medical care. 

    The CDC data clearly shows that these injections are not safe for children and teens and should be discontinued immediately. Other countries, like the United Kingdom, stopped the COVID shots for children under 12 years, except for children in high-risk categories. Sweden has also decided against recommending COVID shots for children aged 5-11.  (SOURCE)

    Government Protects the Billion Dollar Pharmaceutical Companies at the Expense of Our Children

    By adding the COVID shots to the childhood schedule, transferring liability for vaccine injuries to the federal government’s National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). This delivers permanent legal protection to Pfizer and Moderna by allowing them to bring an FDA-approved shot to the market without facing lawsuits and bring in billions of dollars in revenues for the drug companies. 

    Pharmaceutical companies are not liable for injuries or deaths associated with Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) injections but can be held liable for injuries caused by a fully licensed “vaccine,” unless that shot is added to the CDC’s childhood schedule. This means liability protection also includes the adult COVID shots as well. This will allow the pharmaceutical companies to escape product liability which means the “emergency” can end, but the liability protection continues.

    REPORTED INJURY AND DEATH ARE NOT ADEQUATELY TRACKED

    Vaccine injury reports have skyrocketed since the COVID vaccines. This voluntary reporting system doesn’t adequately track the injuries and deaths associated with the shots. Individuals experiencing reactions are not reported by medical facilities in a consistent or regular basis. However, the reports that are coming in are shocking and leave little doubt that this shot is causing long-term harm to many. OpenVaers.com


    MORE READING ON THE TOPIC:

    https://lc.org/newsroom/details/102022-cdc-committee-unanimously-votes-to-add-covid-shots-to-childhood-vaccination-schedule-1

    https://rwmalonemd.substack.com/p/acip-votes-to-add-covid-19-injections

  • What does this mean for our 1st Amendment Rights in Idaho?

    Susan Lang was found guilty of disturbing the peace for protesting Covid lockdowns. What does this mean for our 1st Amendment rights? Miste Karlfeldt of Health Freedom Idaho interviews Susan and discusses the upcoming sentencing on August 17, 2021

  • Smile You Are Free

    How do we band together to strengthen the culture of freedom in Idaho through the business community, which is currently being used to divert our attention away from the responsibility of the government’s implementation of unconstitutional policy? 

    Let’s answer that question together! 

    CONTACT THE OWNERS AND/OR MANAGERS OF YOUR FAVORITE BUSINESSES TO SIGN THEM UP AT www.smileyouarefree.com OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU!!

    Do you believe that small businesses in Idaho are being squeezed by government overreach through mandates and unlawful policy? 

    http://www.smileyouarefree.com

  • Considering the Natural Immunity of COVID Recovered

    In this clip from October 15, 2021, at the Central District Health Meeting, Dr. Ryan Cole answers the question of natural immunity COVID recovered.

    Central Health District Board discusses the rate of vaccination and natural immunity COVID recovered posing the question are we close to reaching herd immunity?

    Should those with natural immunity/previously infected be exempt from vaccination?

    *Health Board Member was unable to provide statistics readily available to the public. These were added by HFI as a screenshot overlay from the coronavirus.idaho.gov website. According to Idaho’s government website: https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/ 1/3 of the Ada County population is Air Force (mandated vaccinations) 809,091 People fully vaccinated* statewide with 276,862 Cases (Total includes confirmed and probable cases) out of a population of 1,839,106.

    Comments at this meeting said that further discussion would be added to the agenda for December is a more thorough discussion of COVID recovered and vaccinations. *The next scheduled meeting is actually November 17 but the discussion is not on the current agenda. (as of November 6, 2021)

    The next Board Meeting is Friday, December 17 | Boise – 8:30 a.m.

    Board of Health Meetings


    Board of Health Bylaws Board of Health Members | COVID-19 Directory



     BOARD OF HEALTH INFORMATION:

     Submit Written Comments: If your comments are in response to an agenda item for a specific meeting date, please note that comments must be received 24-hours in advance of the applicable meeting to allow for routing and board member review. All messages will be shared with the Board and included in public record.

     Submit Public Comments: People wishing to speak will have a maximum of three (3) minutes. People providing comments need to be present ahead of the board meeting to sign-up on CDH’s sign-in sheet. The sign-in sheet needs to be completed and signed prior to the start of the board meeting. Time will be allowed to provide public comment at the end of the commenting period for those who weren’t able to sign-up on the sign-in sheet before the start of the meeting at the discretion of the board chair.

    • Email: boh@cdh.idaho.gov
    • Mail to: CDH Board of Health, Attn: Russ Duke, 707 N. Armstrong Place, Boise, ID 83704

     View Meetings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4LJ1BM5Jv3zczecnYkXarw/

     In-Person: CDH Office, 707 N. Armstrong Place, Boise 83704 | Bluebird conference room. Public comment will be accepted as noted on the agenda. People wishing to speak will have a maximum of three (3) minutes.*

  • Vaccine Rolls Out to Healthcare Workers as Safety Concerns Remain Unresolved

     The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare anticipates receiving and distributing the Pfizer COVID-19 by mid-December, first to healthcare providers then to people living and working in long-term care facilities.

    About 13,650. Idahoans will be injected with this fast-tracked vaccine this month. The healthcare workers who will receive the 2 dose injections will be those who have the highest exposure risk in the hospital. This means those individuals who are currently working with patients who have tested positive for COVID experiencing reoccurring exposure to the virus.

    Pfizer and BioNTech’s new vaccine is a new-style of immunization called an mRNA vaccine. MRNA jabs work by training the immune system to fight off the virus by using a small piece of genetic code from Covid-19. Once injected, human cells are triggered to make parts of the virus which are known as “spike proteins”. The immune system recognizes these proteins as foreign and so produces antibodies to attack the virus and guard the immune system against infection. As a completely new technology, there is no way of knowing what this manipulation of our DNA will do to our bodies our immune system, or its impact on our unborn future generations.

    Has the antibody-dependent enhancement been resolved?

    Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) is vaccine-enhanced disease that causes the vaccinated person to develop a clinically severe form of Covid-19 after exposure SARS-CoV-2.

    Scientists have been trying to make coronavirus vaccines for decades and have not been successful. Previous SARS-CoV vaccines that they initially thought were successful because of the robust antibody production, turned out to make the disease worse when subjects were challenged by infection.

    Antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE) is an intriguing mechanism by which certain antibodies actually enhance viral replication by promoting the entry of the pathogen into immune cells (eg, macrophages) resulting in worsening of the infection.

    Dr. Peter Hotez (scientist, vaccinology) and Dr. Paul Offit (co-creator of the rotavirus vaccine) both stated earlier this year, regarding the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. They expressed concern that no coronavirus vaccine has ever been successful because of this very issue. (Both of these doctors are very pro-vaccine and can often be found invalidating the real risks of vaccines and the reality of widespread vaccine injury.)

    In this video footage, Offit, Hotez, and even Fauci (in an unguarded moment), warn that any new coronavirus vaccine could trigger lethal immune reactions, “vaccine enhancement,” when vaccinated people come in contact with the wild virus. Instead of proceeding with caution, Fauci made the reckless choice to fast track vaccines, partially funded by Gates, without critical animal studies before moving into human clinical trials that could provide early warning of runaway immune responses.

    VIEW THE VIDEO HERE: https://tinyurl.com/y9st8pot

    While current vaccines being developed have been touted in the news as successful (giving the CEOs a chance to sell high while they can – Moderna / Pfizer), their “success” is based on antibody production… not on challenging the test subjects/participants with the virus to see if there is successful protection from or enhancement of disease.

    They don’t require those kinds of real-world tests (maybe it’s just “too risky”, as a former Chief Medical Officer from Merck states in this article), regardless of the potential for antibody-dependent enhancement (though it looks like the U.K. might attempt this soon):

    https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/11/17/21540773/covid-19-vaccine-human-challenge-trial-ethics

    Our medical heroes who are on the front lines will return to work and continue to be exposed to those who are infected. The trials have not tested what happens to those who are exposed to the virus after injection.

    It’s concerning to think of the risk posed to the individuals and our community further putting when our front line healthcare workers in harm’s way IF the vaccine causes a more severe case of the virus.

    November 2020https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220307311

    “…the detailed mechanism of ADE [antibody-dependent enhancement] and how to resolve this in coronavirus infections is not yet totally clear. From previous research on ADE in other coronaviruses, in particular SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, it appears that the existence of ADE will elicit more severe body injury… This may affect the results of vaccine therapy.

    The presence of this phenomenon in these two coronaviruses indicates a potential risk in the vaccine therapy for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, as it shares the same viral receptor and similar genome sequence with SARS-CoV. SARS-CoV-2 may have a similar mechanism of viral entry and thus may share similar mechanisms of ADE.

    This novel coronavirus has not long been known, so studies in this field have not yet led to any conclusions.”

    Unfortunately, it appears that it is our healthcare workers who will be ‘safety testing’ this vaccine.

    Additional Reading on the Fast Tracked Vaccine and Lack of Safety Studies:

    https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2033538

  • The Callous COVID Response forces Idahoans to Die ALONE

    Idaho has been in a declared state of emergency by the Governor since March 13 – just one week shy of five months. During this time, a number of our statutes have been altered or suspended by the Governor’s proclamation while appropriation of significant funds has been completely undertaken by the executive branch of state government. The Constitution says this responsibility is reserved for the legislature.

    However, the Idaho Constitution has been aborted during this lengthy “emergency”.

    During these five months, 246 Idahoans have allegedly died of a particular disease.

    Each day the news reports that hospitals are overrun by patients and they are on the brink of having to ration care. (This comes after a three-month complete shut-down of everything including important surgeries and diagnostic procedures to help the hospitals prepare for an influx of ICU patients.)

    The hospital admissions for COVID don’t EVER reflect the dire emergency that ‘killed the constitution’.

    Currently the hospitals show their admissions like this:

    St Alphonsus Hospital Admissions from their website (red are admissions labeled COVID) Notice when the extreme emergency was declared there is barely any hospital admissions!

    Past death rates remain consistent throughout the past five year trending up steadily with our population growth. Even with a DECLARED PANDEMIC and EXTREME EMERGENCY the death rath for all Idahoans remains consistent.

    Each year the numbers remain fairly consistent.
    Death rates for Idaho HAS NOT seen a drastic increase.

    But the numbers – the facts – reveal a stark difference to the story they have been telling.

    There is NOT a spike in deaths due to COVID-19. In fact, there are several dozen even fewer deaths this year than in previous years in Idaho.

    Each month for the past five years, about 1,100 Idahoans die for a variety of causes. The biggest difference is our loved ones are dying alone – without human touch.

    Death is a part of life.

    Saying that is not callous.

    What is callous are the doctors and nurses who use the excuse that “people are dying from a virus this year” to force their patients to die alone – without loving family and human touch – surrounded by strangers and machines. Families are saying goodbye to loved ones through an iPad screen.

    Families are left to mourn the passing of their loved ones without the comfort of gatherings or funerals because the Governor and the hospitals prefer the federal funds received from the “rolling” state of emergency.

    That is what I would call callous.

    STATISTICAL RESOURCES

    https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Health/VitalRecordsandHealthStatistics/HealthStatistics/VitalStatistics/tabid/914/Default.aspx

    https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/Statistics/2018-Reports/Mortality2018.pdf

    https://healthandwelfare.idaho.gov/Portals/0/Health/Statistics/2017-Reports/2017_Mortality.pdf

    https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/state-and-territorial-data.htm

    HOSPITAL FUNDING

    July 27, 2020 INCREASED HOPSITAL FUNDING THROUGH HHS
    https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/07/17/hhs-begin-distributing-10-billion-additional-funding-hospitals-high-impact-covid-19-areas.html

    PAYOUTS: Idaho has 3 providers who have been paid  7,450,000.00 in HHS federal aid.

  • Panhandle Health District’s Emergency Mask Meeting

    The local health department held a meeting today in North Idaho, which was suppose to be open to the “public.” The main item on the agenda: mandatory masks. The public had less than 24 hours notice. More than 200 people showed up to stand for your freedom- all ages- moms with kids in tow, elderly folks, people in ministry, and retired law enforcement and more than 500 logged in to their zoom call. The sheriff was on hand to keep the public from attending the meeting. Asking the public who was there to attend and offer public comment to ‘just let them (the health district) have their meeting’ and to ‘picket outside’.

    The meeting was interrupted early on, not only by attending members of the public who were not allowed access to the meeting that was discussing the possibility of a mask mandate but also by a hacker who managed to break into a Zoom’s screen-sharing function and write “No Masks” on the data slides. The move forced speakers to abandon the slides and speak of their scripted presentations.

    A motion by the Panhandle Health District board of health to mandate masks failed to come to a vote, as no other member would second the motion to require residents and visitors to wear the protective coverings.

     A mom attending the meeting reported:

    We were not allowed into the meeting room. Instead we filled the hot lobby. ( almost like the AC was purposefully tuned off to deter the public from coming. ) They were hoping for a secret meeting, and they did not get that. They failed to get a second motion for mandated masks. 

    You can be supportive of masks, you can wear a mask all day long for all I care….and still you can be completely against the government MANDATING a face covering for men, women and children.

    Where I live, we still enjoy our freedom to gather for  church services on Sunday. People in states with mandated masks have been out of church since March! So please do not tell me there is no correlation. The governor of California has admitted that (even WITH mandated masks that he believes work so well) churches will be closed indefinitely.  (until a vaccine is made and mandated)

    Mandatory masks WILL directly affect your freedom….long term. It will effect your freedom to gather and worship,  your children’s freedom to go to school and your ability to live your life without a covering over your face. This is more then a “slippery slope”……it’s a complete cliff jump into a  mandated Covid Vaccine.

    Don’t fall for it. They are playing off of your fear right now. 

    I am more than happy to give you  6 feet or more distance while out shopping, in order to respect your space and make you feel safer, but don’t you dare push your fear on my children’s future.

    Northern Idaho Sheriff tells all 200 people waiting to ATTEND a public health meeting that there is only room for 16 in one room live and 18 individuals in the other room.
    In this video you hear the sheriff call the public who showed up to voice their concerns at a public health meeting – “protesters” telling them to have their ‘picket outside’ asking the public to just ‘let them (the health district) have their meeting.’ These are un-elected officials who are instituting mandates that require medical interventions on healthy people across the state. Where there is forced medicine there is NO LIBERTY.

    The next meeting is to be held next Thursday, July 23, 2020.

    Local friends, please come. If I can show up as a mother of 5 young kids and a husband with a crazy work schedule, you can too! This is our children’s future we are talking about. Please show up. 

    KEEP CHECKING THE SITE REGARDING MEETING INFORMATION:

    Our health districts are not required to give much-advanced notice. Panhandle Health District says minutes from the meeting will be posted here in the near future, but it was about the use of masks in public settings, which the discussion will be continued at the next Board of Health meeting on the 23rd. https://panhandlehealthdistrict.org/about-us/

    MASK INFORMATION RESOURCE:

    In the Journal of the American Medical Association:

    “Face masks should not be worn by healthy individuals to protect themselves from acquiring respiratory infection because there is no evidence to suggest that face masks worn by healthy individuals are effective in preventing people from becoming ill.

    Face masks should be used only by individuals who have symptoms of respiratory infection such as coughing, sneezing, or, in some cases, fever.

    Face masks should also be worn by healthcare workers, by individuals who are taking care of or are in close contact with people who have respiratory infections, or otherwise as directed by a doctor.

    (Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA); April 21, 2020 Volume 323, Number 15 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762694)

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762694

  • Central District Health Chooses Anecdotes Over Facts

    On the evening of July 7, 2020, I “attended” the virtual meeting of Idaho’s Central District Health board. During this meeting, the main discussion was the increase of Covid in Idaho’s Ada County.

    I have to say, as the meeting went on I became quite unimpressed. In fact, it sounded like I was listening to high schoolers.

    Most surprisingly, when the topic turned to masks, the board didn’t ask for any hard data on their efficacy. 

    Let me explain.

    During the meeting. Jim Sousa, Chief Medical Officer of St. Luke’s Heath Care System, was one of the guests on hand to give information and answer questions.

    Sousa said it was important we do something, because earlier in the year, their hospital in Idaho’s Blaine County had to shut down because half the staff went out sick and under quarantine with Covid, and it looked like Covid cases in Ada County (home of Boise / the State Capitol) might resemble what happened in Blaine County.

    Sousa then gave anecdotal evidence as he advocated for masks.

    For example, he told a story about a couple of hairdressers in a southern state who had COVID, but because they wore masks, none of their clients became infected.  

    At that point, the question I wanted to ask was, “If masks work that well, why didn’t they prevent the hospital staff in Blaine County from catching Covid?” But it was a virtual meeting and there was no opportunity for questions.

    Souza also stated that none of the recent spike in Covid cases came from the George Floyd protests, “because from what I saw, over half of the protesters were wearing masks.”

    How’s THAT for science?

    I should point out that this is the same Jim Souza who wrote an op-ed that appeared earlier this year in many Idaho papers, informing us that the virus “lies in wait. It likes crowds. It picks on the vulnerable. It waits for us to lose our focus. And then it moves in,” as if the virus were sentient.

    No evaluation of the pros and cons

    Amazingly, NONE of the CDH board members asked ANY tough questions of the hospital representatives on hand.

    And like I said, no hard science on masks was presented. One would expect a board of this stature – making a decision that will impact 500,000+ people – to demand (& evaluate) hard data on the PROS & CONS of wearing masks.

    Nope. Nothing.

    Also, during his time speaking to the CDH board, Souza said that treatment for Covid in Idaho hasn’t changed much. He listed all the drugs & treatments being used, and NEVER ONCE mentioned hydroxycholoroquine, zinc, or azithromycin. The HCQ/zinc/azithromycin treatment, also known as the #ZelenkoProtocol, has been proven to clear Covid symptoms in people within 8 – 12 hours of starting the protocol.

    This begs a deadly serious question. WHY are Idaho’s doctors NOT using the Zelenko Protocol?  Do they still think “orange man bad?” Do they not realize that all the articles slamming HCQ as dangerous have been proven wrong & that multiple studies have shown HCQ to be safe & effective for treating Covid?

    If Idaho’s doctors are letting Covid patients die without putting them on the #ZelenkoProtocol, and if our Central District Health board isn’t recommending that Idaho’s doctors look into the Zelenko Protocol, then both the doctors and the CDH board have blood on their hands.

    Could it be that these hospitals would rather admit a Covid patient and collect large sums of cash for doing so instead of prescribing a valid, $20 treatment?

    They will no doubt vehemently deny any such motivation, but the way Idaho’s government went all Jekyll-Hyde since $1.25 billion came our way in March / April, I have serious questions.

    So what’s the next step?

    The CDH board voted for CDH Director Russ Duke to draft a Mandatory Mask recommendation for Ada County, and possibly Valley County.

    Yes, Idaho’s Central District Health board plans on making facemasks mandatory in Ada County, Idaho because a chief medical officer gave anecdotal stories yet had ZERO hard evidence for mask efficacy.

    The Board didn’t examine any other evidence at the board meeting. None. Zip. Ziltch. Nada.

    It really was like listening to high schoolers. There were so many holes in Souza’s talking points, a high school debate coach would have laughed him out of the room. And the fact that the board didn’t seek to weigh evidence from both sides of the issue was equally laughable if it weren’t so sad.

    It was obvious most of the CDH board had already made up their mind to vote for mandatory masks, evidence be damned. Without waiting for the board to discuss or make a motion, CDH Director Russ Duke eagerly said he would write up a mandatory mask rule if the board wanted it.

    Almost immediately after him saying that, board member District 1 Ada County Commissioner Diana Lachiondo gushed over the fact that Duke spent so much time on the phone with her this past week.  At that point, it became quite apparent that this meeting was merely a formality to invoke a decision they had already reached.

    Only one board member, Representative Megan Blanksma, seemed to want more consideration of facts. Thankfully, when it became obvious the board was getting carried away and about to make a decision on a far-reaching mandate concerning schools, Blanksma wisely jumped in to curtail it.

    CDH Board Faux Pas

    As a side note, earlier in the meeting the board went offline for a while to confer with legal counsel in executive session, because last week’s private board meeting (when they first voted to take Ada County back to Level 3) was in violation of the state’s open meeting law. As a result, when they came out of executive session, the board voided the minutes of their last meeting!

    Of course, then they had to vote again to put Ada County back into Stage 3, but in so doing they also added the rule that no meetings of more than 50 people would be allowed. So much for church services!

    And I think there was less than 60 seconds of discussion on this issue.

    To wrap up their meeting, the CDH board voted to instruct CDH Director Russ Duke to draft an order that all of Ada County, Idaho MUST wear masks when in public and in enclosed places. No timeline was discussed for how long that might last, and board member Ted Epperly included plenty of undefined terms in his motion. And they will include masks for children, too, because even though their infection rate is phenomenally low, Souza thought it would be a good idea.

    Bottom line, the board came off looking like a rubber stamp for whatever Jim Souza recommended.

    It would be good to get the CDH board to CONSIDER ACTUAL SCIENCE at their next meeting. Maybe – JUST MAYBE – Idaho’s CDH will act like professionals & carefully consider both pro and con evidence before deciding any rule that will affect 500,000+ Idahoans.

    Treat Our Covid Patients Better!

    Idaho also needs to stop the politics and get our Covid patients treated with the Zelenko Protocol. There is rarely a reason for people to be hospitalized for Covid if they begin the Zelenko Protocol within five days of symptom onset.  And with that, the hospitals would NOT be dealing with Covid patients, and there would be no need to consider mandatory masks.

    Per the peer-reviewed research, there’s no need to wait for a test result to start the Zelenko Protocol, just prescribe the protocol on clinical suspicion. If our Idaho doctors and our CDH board cannot fathom that this protocol works, then we need more open-minded doctors and a better-informed Central District Health board.

    As it stands, this board meeting was unimpressive. We’ve had enough knee-jerk decisions the past four months. I hope to see more professionalism and a more balanced examination of facts at their next meeting.

    Health Freedom Idaho wants to thank author Daniel Bobinski for allowing us to share his report of the virtual meeting by the Central Health Department

    Health Freedom Idaho encourages readers to TAKE ACTION.

    Start by EMAILING your Mayor and those of your surrounding cities.
    The Health Departments have failed to consider the lack of safety and effectiveness of paper masks, bandanas, and face coverings as protection from a virus. Tell them you do not want them to mandate masks allowing each citizen their own body autonomy and the freedom to maintain their personal responsibility when it comes to health.
    Here are some resources to review and share:
    https://hfi.designbyparrish.com/mask-mandates

    mayormclean@cityofboise.org – Boise Mayor McLean
    rsimison@meridiancity.org – Meridian Mayor Simison
    MayorStear@kunaID.gov – Kuna Mayor Stear
    jPierce@cityofeagle.org _ Eagle Mayor Pierce 
    jevans@gardencityidaho.org – Garden City Mayor Evans
    tchadwick@staridaho.org – Star Mayor Chadwick
    sfleetwood@cityofcaldwell.org – Caldwell Mayor Fleetwood
    mayor@cityofnampa.us – Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling
    srule@middletoncity.com – Middleton Mayor Steven Rule
    mayor@mountain-home.us – Mountain Home Mayor Rich Sykes
    phendricks@sunvalleyidaho.gov – Sun Valley Mayor Peter Hendricks
    nbradshaw@ketchumidaho.org– Ketchum Mayor Neil Bradshaw
    martha.burke@haileycityhall.org – Hailey Mayor Martha Burke
    nburns@bellevueidaho.us – Bellevue Mayor Ned Burns
    mayor@cityofbuhl.us – Buhl Mayor Tom McCauley
    sormond@burleyidaho.org – Burley Mayor Steve Ormond
    mayoralanjay@gmail.com– Hagerman Mayor Alan Jay
    mayor@idahofallsidaho.gov – Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Noah Casper
    mayor@pocatello.us – Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad
    mayor@cdaid.org – Coeur d’ Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer
    shawkins@tfid.org – Twin Falls Mayo Suzanne Hawkins
    rjacobson@postfallsidaho.org – Post Falls Mayor Ronald Jacobson
    mayorthomas@cityofweiser.com – Weiser Mayor Diana Thomas
    srhodes@cityofwilder.org – Wilder Mayor Steve Rhodes
    mayor@cityofpayette.com – Payette Jeffrey T. Williams
    cityofhomedale@cableone.net – Homedale Mayor Gheen Christoffersen 
    cityclerk@ctcweb.net – Councilman Bruce Gardner
    cityofcambridge@ctcweb.net– Cambridge Jack Toothman
    mayormarshall@centurytel.net – Salmon Mayo Leo Marshall
    idahocityclerk@gmail.com – Idaho City – Phillip J Canody
    cityclerk@stanley.id.gov – Stanley Mayor Steve Botti
    clerkfairfield@frontier.com – Fairfield Mayor Terry S Lee
    ddavis@ci.jerome.id.us – Jerome Mayor Dave Davis
    bgiles@mccall.id.us – McCall Mayor Bob Giles
    darbeyedwards2@gmail.com – New Meadows Mayor Darbey Edwards
    blambert@ci.moscow.id.us – Moscow Mayor Bill Lambert
    mcollins@cityoflewiston.org – Lewiston Mayor Michael Collins

    # # AUTHOR:

    For 30 years, Daniel Bobinski has been a management / leadership coach and corporate trainer. He’s also a certified behavioral analyst, NYT best-selling author, and long-time columnist on workplace issues.

    In 2019 Daniel decided to start writing about news & politics, penning a weekly column for UncoverDC. He also writes for RedState.

    Daniel is a veteran and a self-styled Christian libertarian who believes in the principles of free market capitalism while standing firmly against crony capitalism.

    To inquire about 1:1 coaching with Daniel or corporate team training, reach him through MyWorkplaceExcellence.com. For things political, use @newbookofdaniel on Twitter and Parler. You can also follow him on Facebook.

    RESOURCES:

    Zeleko Protocol: https://joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com/2020/06/18/suppression-of-chloroquine-is-scandalous/


    The 7 individuals who make up the board of Central Health in Idaho
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    There are 7 individuals on the Board of Central Health they include:
    Betty Ann Nettleton, R.N.

    Board Chair
    Representing Elmore County through 2021 Retired Nurse


    mblanksma

    Megan Blanksma

    Vice Chair
    Representing Elmore County through 2023
    State Representative




    Elt Hasbrouck
    Trustee
    Representing Valley County through 2020
    Valley County Commissioner


    ryan stirm

    Ryan Stirm
    Representing Boise County through 2024
    Boise County Commissioner
    Photo credit: boisecounty.us


    Dr. Epperly

    Ted Epperly, M.D.

    Representing Ada County through 2021
    Family Practice Physician




    Diana Lachiondo
    Representing Ada County through 2025
    Ada County Commissioner




    Jane Young, CRN-P, DNP
    Representing Ada County through 2022
    Family Nurse Practitioner