ICWA Weekly News 6-19-24
Fired Bellingham Employees Fight Back; BoH Conducts Pep Rally after Enduring Scathing Public Comments; BMJ finally Reports on Menstrual Issues after shots; Bigtree Defends Vaccine Confidence Bill.
In this issue:
Fired Bellingham Workers File Complaint against City
Board of Health Pep Rally after Public Comments – Recap of the State Board of Health
Menstrual Cycle Adverse Events in Washington following COVID-19 Shots
Kerfuffle around ICAN’s Vaccine Confidence Bill; Similar to 2019 Bills Filed in Olympia
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June 14, 2024 Episode of Informed Life Radio – Notes and Links
Health Hour: How to Clear Spike Protein
Guest: Christina Parks, Ph.D.
Vaccine Injury-Teaching Alliance (vi-ta.org)
Guest Christina Parks, PhD, presents key considerations for clearing spike protein (from COVID-19 infection or vaccination) from the body. And introducing the Vaccine Injury Teaching Alliance: a collaboration of health professionals, scientists and laypersons working to educate, promote research, and provide a supportive community to facilitate the healing of those who have been injured by vaccination, the spike protein or who suffer from chronic illness.
Liberty Hour: The Jacobson Decision
Hosts discuss Health Freedom Defense Fund’s recent legal victory in the Ninth Circuit which has everyone talking about the 1905 Jacobson v. Massachusetts decision that has been used, abused, and misapplied for more than a century — but what is the Jacobson Decision? The details may surprise you. Also, legislative news from WA.
Parent’s Bill of Rights Initiative
I-2081 (Effective Date June 6): finaltext_2997.pdf (wa.gov)
ICWA Joins Defense of I-2081 as Intervener (Silent Majority Foundation)
Washington Parents Network forms as School Superintendent Reykdal Refuses to Enforce I-2081
HUGE Legal Victory - HFDF Wins Appeal in Ninth Circuit - Health Freedom Defense Fund
Jacobson v Massechussetts (1905 Decision; scan of original document)
Jacobson v Massachusetts: It’s Not Your Great-Great-Grandfather’s Public Health Law (2005, AJPH)
Eighteen Fired Bellingham City Workers File COVID-19 Shot Mandate Complaint against the City
Last Thursday, eighteen former Bellingham City workers filed a complaint for a jury trial against the city and Mayor Seth Fleetwood, who has been listed as the final policy maker, for terminating their employment upon refusal to take the COVID-19 shots.
Point two in the complaint sums up the situation quite well:
When Plaintiffs exercised their fundamental rights to refuse an investigational drug and to refuse unwanted medical treatment and, thus, refused to comply with the Order, they were terminated from employment, resulting in financial, emotional, and legal injuries.
The complaint was filed in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington.
Point three in the complaint says that, among the plaintiffs, the first to be fired were firemen and firefighting truck mechanics on October 18, 2021, followed by the remainder of plaintiffs on December 3, 2021, or later.
One of the plaintiffs fired later is Craig Brewer, who was a Bellingham police officer and now lives in Idaho with his family. He had previously spoken at a Be Brave Washington meeting about his situation.
“I literally got tearful reading this complaint,” said Natalie Chavez, one of the leaders of Be Brave Washington, which is based in Bellingham. “I am so grateful for everyone involved in this complaint. These folks had the courage to make it happen.”
ICWA President Bob Runnells said, “I hope this signals a flood of cases against governments that fired folks, and really against all employers who fired people based on useless, discriminatory mandates.”
This Bellingham case is filed by David Schexnaydre, Brian Ward and local counsel Charice Holtsclaw. Please help fund this important legal work as they make progress pushing back here in Washington and across the country – Donate to CovidPenalty.com, where you can read more on their other ongoing cases.
Washington Board of Health Meeting Turns into a Pep Rally
In-person analysis by Gerald Braude
The June 12, 2024 Washington Board of Health meeting, held in Vancouver, began with a bombardment of public comment criticisms.
I pounded them about their misuse of my reference to twenty-six of the 233 deaths following the COVID-19 deaths here in Washington occurring within twenty-four hours.
ICWA President Bob Runnells quoted from the British Medical Journal: "Excess mortality has remained high in the Western World for three consecutive years, despite the implementation of containment measures and COVID-19 vaccines.” He then suggested, perhaps too politely, “Departments of health, advising other officials, should learn from this and take a more comprehensive view of the pros and cons, risks and benefits, before so whole-heartedly endorsing untested masks, restrictions and shots.”
ICWA advocate Karl Kanthak railed on the board about the errant MMR vaccination rate claims given during the 2019 measles outbreak in Clark County. He also criticized the Washington Department of Health (DOH) for its lack of accountability for not including the school year of 2018-2019 on its school immunization dashboard – and the data that would refute the claimed low vaccination rates that helped HB 1638 to be passed by Inslee and the Democrat-led legislature.
Natalie Chavez harshly reminded them about the COVID-19 shot adverse events found in V-safe as well as the 18.5 percent increase in King County paramedic unit reports of cardiac arrests after the rollout of the COVID-19 shots.
After all this public criticism, an aura hung over the board members seated at the U-shaped table of a need to form its own support group.
This need for a feel-good attitude became evident during the DOH update to the board about community and engagement and what an honor it was for Health Secretary Umair Shah to speak with United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy about loneliness.
Then came the appearance of Clark County Public Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick. The best way to describe Melnick is that he is the Tony Fauci of Washington state. Wearing tan loafers, exotically designed socks, a loose-fitting sport coat and thick, square-framed glasses, Melnick exuded the charm of a frail but seasoned professor. He charmed the board with his responsibilities of overseeing so many Washington counties from Clark to Skamania to Wahkiakum to Pacific. A gaping hole in this coverage is Cowlitz County, where the board of health chose not to renew his Local Health Officer contract because of his arrogance and inaccessibility during the COVID-19 lockdown. (Covered in ICWA Weekly News 4-17-24)
Melnick could have been referring to this rebuff when he told the BOH members that changes in elected officials get in the way because they don’t follow the science.
As for Clark County where this particular board meeting was taking place, no mention was made of the heated confrontations that ICWA had with Melnick about his fearmongering during the 2019 measles outbreak in a small section of a Vancouver community, notably when Melnick claimed, “Immunizations are highly effective against the disease, but in Clark County, 22 percent of the students are not vaccinated for it.”
ICWA advocate Karl Kanthak called him out at again for using inaccurate data:
This statistic is not from the legally required, hard copy school registration vaccination records called the CIS, but from a voluntary online database called the Immunization Information System, IIS. This false rate IIS statistic was then improperly linked to 1) the availability of non-medical exemptions in Washington state, and 2) as evidence and justification for legislation to restrict the right to exempt from school attendance vaccine requirements. The WA DOH Certificate of Immunization Status, CIS, Clark County reports show that only 5.3% of students use an exemption to be less than two MMR, and 93% plus of parents list the dates that their children received MMR injections. The only way the lower, “78%” online database IIS rate could be correct is if 15% of Clark parents are listing, certifying, and submitting hard copy records of MMR injections that their children never received. This is a wild claim.
Melnick has also been part of spreading one of the most damaging lies of this century, which is that the Covid-19 shots prevent transmission of the disease. In a three-minute video montage gathered by Rob Anderson, Melnick provided plenty of what can now easily be called misinformation:
As we progress in that direction, the more people who get vaccinated, the more the virus is blocked from being transmitted. The more people we get vaccinated, that helps prevent transmission. The good news is that if you’re fully vaccinated, you can be with other people. The fact is that the more people we get vaccinated, that helps step down transmission and spread of the virus.
As Melnick gave his most recent county report last week, the BOH members poured on compliment after compliment about the honorable work that he was doing. It got to the point where ICWA advocate and Clark County resident Mike Johnson, stood up said to me, “I can’t stomach this anymore,” and stomped out of the meeting.
At the end of Melnick’s presentation, Board Chair Patty Hayes smiled at him and told him how nice it was to see him again. During the break that followed, Board Member Stephen Kutz rushed up to him, and the two embraced, smiling and reminiscing about the good times of public health service (and lies) that they had shared together.
This feel-good attitude continued into the part of the meeting in which Board Member Mindy Flores and Board Staff Members Molly Dinardo and Hannah Haag gave a presentation on the 2024 State Health Report, which is filed to the governor every two years. The board staff had interacted with twenty-six community members, each with deep relationships with at least one community impacted by the topics focused on in the State Health Report. Of these topics, health freedom was never raised. But the BOH members marveled at the following quote:
Being a panelist was a great experience, but “This work moves at the speed of trust.” the most valuable part for me was the chance to network with Board Members and other panelists.
Patty Hayes at least took note of the following community response:
“Are the right folks being represented in the conversations, and from the beginning?”
As expected, the BOH voted unanimously to adopt the report, which will now be submitted to Governor Inslee next month.
The backslapping momentum carried on to the “minor” administrative updates to immunization rules WAC 246-105-040: and WAC 246-105-060.
The administrative update should be straightforward, changing the year of the ACIP ‘recommendations.’
Included in that simple change are age range changes for TDaP shots and new formulations of Pneumococcal vaccines.
The second change to be made in WAC 246-105-060 seems to be more of question of convenience. They want to remove the November 1 deadline for each annual vaccination report from schools. This date removal leaves school report submittal timeframes open-ended and could reduce accuracy of the mandatory School Reports highlighted in Karl Kanthak’s comments above.
After a rather long explanation, the Board voted unanimously to delegate the WAC rule making process to the Department of Health since the Board of Health doesn’t have staff to escort these changes through the administrative change process. The public will get a chance to comment on these specific rule changes later during the rule making process.
Bob Runnells noted to me during this presentation that the polio and HPV shot recommendation changes from the ACIP meeting were for adults and not for children. “They seem to be mixing ACIP recommendations for adults into the children school entry mandate discussion,” he said. “Adults do not apply to WAC sections ‘040’ and ‘060.’ Our members and parents need to be aware they may try to sneak adult mandates into law like they did with MMR shots for child daycare workers.”
See the full meeting packet for written public comments and the various Department of Health presentations. In the TVW recording of the entire meeting, you can see all the back-slapping among the board members.
Menstrual Cycle Adverse Events in Washington following COVID-19 Shots
Last Friday, The Defender published an article titled, “Most Studies Show COVID Vaccine Affects Menstrual Cycles, BMJ Review Finds.”
The third paragraph in the story gave the most common menstrual cycle adverse events from the BMJ’s findings:
Soon after the shots were rolled out, many women started reporting longer periods and heavier-than-normal bleeding, and many women who did not normally menstruate — including women on long-acting contraceptives and post-menopausal women — also reported unusual bleeding.
Sadly, it’s taken a long time for the mainstream medical journals to acknowledge this class of vaccine adverse events. Menstrual issues were reported on in April of 2021 and July of 2022 Defender articles. We are now well aware of the Japanese bio-distribution report uncovered by Byram Bridle showing that Pfizer knew mRNA and lipid nano-particles have an affinity for reproductive organs (page 23). Further, in mid 2021, many ICWA members described definitive menstrual irregularities after being in close quarters with recently vaccinated women. Shedding of the vaccine mRNA or spike protein is disturbingly a possibility as described by Pierre Kory, MD in his 9 part series on shedding.
Menstrual adverse events have been proportionally experienced in Washington with 119 reports to VAERS.
Below are examples of the write-ups submitted to VAERS in Washington for the aforementioned “heavier-than-normal bleeding:”
26-year-old female: Following my second dose of the Moderna vaccine, my period came two weeks early and was super heavy - gushing. I was in the middle of a birth control pack and always have on-time regular periods. I have never experienced anything like this. My period lasted 11 days and it usually lasts 5 days.
24-year-old female: Extremely heavy period. On Nexplanon and hardly get periods, if I do they are light and last maybe three days. The Sunday after my vaccination (on a Tuesday) I started a period which was normal until the next Tuesday when it got extremely heavy and I had to leave work.
33-year-old female: Heavy, irregular menstruation. Patient is also breastfeeding.
35-year-old female: Early and heavy period that started April 14th. Currently still bleeding as of May 3rd and no end in sight.
24-year-old female: Early menstrual cycle and prolonged period for last 4 weeks fluctuating in heaviness.
40-year-old female: The first shot I had a period starting one week after and lasted almost 3 weeks total. I have IUD for two years and I’ve never had a full period with IUD.
38-year-old female: With 4 days received an extra menstrual cycle that month along with a bloody nose. That menstrual cycle was 9 days long (normal is 4). It was incredibly heavy and not able to be contained to normal sanitary options. This has continued for all of the following months resulting in having to leave work at periods of time due to excess bleeding. Menstrual cycle has not normalized and has continued to be 9 to 14 days in length all of the subsequent months and is accompanied by dizziness, anxiety and palpitations.
13-year-old female: Patient had one normal menstrual cycle after vaccine (in July) but then around August 1 patient had continual menstruation for 40 days in a row. she has spotting or moderate flow daily. this resolved and approximately 4 weeks later she had the start of a very heavy menstrual cycle which she has never had before.
Below are examples of onsets within twenty-four hours of the COVID-19 shots in Washington for women who are on birth control.
31-year-old female: I started having breakthrough period bleeding overnight after my vaccine. I had a period less than a month ago and am on birth control pills. I have not missed any pills. I have had quite a bit of unusual spotting and it has not stopped since after my vaccine 5 days ago.
34-year-old female: Woke up the next morning and had my period. I have an IUD and have not had a full on period in about two years. Am now on day 2 of noticeable bleeding. Also had some menstrual symptoms return that I have not had since the IUD was inserted (cramps, bloating).
34-year-old female: Sudden onset of menstruation, and significantly longer duration than normal. Lasted about 9 days, usually only 1-3 days long. Currently using nexplanon birth control.
17-year-old female: My daughter has an IUD and hasn’t had her period in nine months. With the first vaccine, her period started the next day. With the second shot, the same thing happened, next day. Second dose was 4-15/21. We assumed these odd occurrence was totally unrelated, but we’re seeing incidences of the same discussed online and felt we should report this.
48-year-old female: I started my period 2 weeks early with large blood clots x 10 days with contraction like cramping. this is abnormal for me as my period is very very light x 2-3 days. next cycles started 5 days late again with large blood clots, contractions so bad i had to miss work. cycles is on day 10 with continued large blood clots daily where I soiled my clothing.
29-year-old female: The patient began her menses the day after her first injection [Data chart shows May 19], which was early for her. She is generally regular as she is on BCP. That cycle lasted through June 4th.
50-year-old female: Period started day after vaccination (2 weeks early).
Below are examples of reports in Washington for post-menopausal women.
51-year-old female: Heavy period after not having one for a year.
50-year-old female: I was fully menopausal almost 2 years prior to my second dose and now I am menstruating again. It is light, but it’s still there.
To drive the cause-and-effect point home, as opposed to coincidence, below are two more Washington examples of onsets that began within twenty-four hours.
40-year-old female: I had been over my normal menstrual cycle for 3-4 days but it came back with lots of cramping after my first dose of vaccine. I received my first dose a week ago and am still bleeding heavy enough to need a pad/tampon and cramping woke me up last night.
21-year-old female: Started period hours after the shot and had a full period, lethargic and un-energized.
ICAN Vaccine Confidence Bill - What Happened in Washington
Another big buzz in Washington health freedom news last week was Peggy Hall’s (The Healthy American) criticisms of the Informed Choice Action Network’s (ICAN) Vaccine Confidence Bill on the ICAN Legislate site. While well-meaning, Peggy’s interpretation of the bill lacked both historical perspective and a complete understanding of vaccine products and laws, and so she might have been a bit hasty as she ruffled many feathers.
So much so that during last Thursday’s episode 376 of The Highwire, Del Bigtree featured the defense of the bill, explaining ICAN’s “Trojan Horse” tactic. During his monologue, he popped up a United States map showing where versions of this bill are being worked on or had been filed in state legislatures.
The gold colored states are the ones in which the bill has been introduced: Idaho, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.
The blue colored states are where the bill is being worked on to be introduced. Notice that Washington is one of those states, in addition to Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Utah. It is more accurate to say that Washington has introduced similar bills in the past.
ICWA President Bob Runnells points out:
“Informed Choice WA helped file bills HB 2626 (2019-20) and HB 1976 (2019-20) prior to ICANLegislate’s model Vaccine Confidence bill. That is why Washington is highlighted on the ICAN Legislate map. These bills were basically using the same strategy. When legislators and staff dig into the bill’s detailed requirements, they would realize that most or all existing vaccines don't even meet basic safety criteria. They wouldn’t likely pass it, but they’d be educated in the process.”
In a subsequent substack, Peggy Hall had more to say when ICAN’s Del Bigtree said this Trojan Horse tactic is “Too clever” for some.
Del said this is a “Trojan horse” and it's “so clever” that the lawmakers will sign on to it because they want to make sure there's enough safety testing of these vaccines. My friends, this has been the root of my concern from day one. I do not promote the safety testing of vaccines because people are harmed in the meantime. I certainly don't promote the testing of childhood vaccines. When you watch Del's show, he's going to show you a whole list of vaccines that have not been properly tested, as he says, on the childhood vaccine schedule. Childhood vaccines can only be tested on children. I am opposed to that.
Her substack also commented on the “safety” flaw in Del Bigtree’s argument:
Del also stated that the bill would add this automatic “scientific” exemption without removing any existing exemptions. Ugh… so if the FDA “approves” a “safe” vaccine, with the other conditions met, then the exemptions do not apply. So my question is, why do we need it, especially a bill that has language that says there are no exemptions if the vaccine has been approved by the FDA, the manufacturer has liability, and the harms are published on a website? This is so concerning to me because we know these manufacturers will use their slimy tactics to not be liable, and the courts are so corrupt that it’s unlikely to get a conviction anyway. Why play Russian roulette with these poisons just because the FDA says they are “safe?”
So much for the trojan horse idea of a Vaccine Confidence Bill - the idea was to be more below the radar Peggy!
So, how do the aforementioned ICWA bills play into all this? Bob Runnells explains what happened in our state:
It amounts to being an educational bill in our state. I think a good one. These bills will probably just sit and gather dust in any blue state before a committee would hear it. But some offices will read it and probably pick up the message that Covid and other childhood vaccines don’t meet simple safety and effectiveness criteria either. The seed will also be planted of an additional exemption type – a scientific exemption. The bill might stand a better chance if the required thresholds were set closer to the margins – not that I’d want to play chicken with legislators like that. If the thresholds were tighter where we all might want them (100% safe after 5 years of human trials with inert placebos, full health outcome tracking and 100% effectiveness), the bill would never pass. Bills like this are rarely heard in committee in our state where the Democrats have a trifecta of power [same party for Governor and majority in House, Senate], so we need to explore different ways to get through to this crowd. The Democrats seem to have this insane love affair with public health – to the detriment of individual rights and liberties and accepting the stories fed to them by federal agencies. Many in the movement say it's way past time for educational bills. The gloves are off and the needle needs to swing toward separating Pharma and State once and for all.
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Thanks for the BOH report, and thanks for fighting
Thanks for the good writeup.
A friend of mine here in Clark County is being required to to have an up to date tetanus shop to be near his newborn grandchildren at the birthiung hospital.