ICWA Weekly News 2-19-25

10 am Science presentation to Franklin County Commission in Pasco, WA - Video is in work; Parents Rally for Rights in Olympia; and can MAHA make a difference in Washington State?

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Feb 19, 2025

In this issue: Parents Rally for Their Rights in Olympia and Make America Healthy Again versus the Washington Department of Health

February 14 Episode of Informed Life Radio – notes and links

Health Hour: The Science of Injection

Guest: Michael Gaeta. What do insect stings and bites have in common with vaccines? Dr. Gaeta returns to the show to explain the history and science of injection, from Nobel Prize Laureate Charles Richet (1913) through today.

Liberty Hour: Never Left Alone Again

Guest: Steve Reiter founded the Never Alone Project after his beloved wife, mother of their two boys, died alone due to inhumane hospital protocols during COVID. Steve’s mission is to help communities adopt the regulatory, legislative policy changes needed to prevent others from experiencing forced isolation.

https://neveralonepandemic.org, also known as The NEVER Alone Project
Honoring Elizabeth: The Never Alone Project – Part 1

Upcoming radio shows: Dr. Sarah Kotlerman, Bayer’s Pesticide Bills, and maybe a special guest!

Science presentation to the Franklin County Commission on the harms and flaws of COVID shots

“The Last Stand of the Lesser Magistrates”

Watch the full recording on CHD.TV.

The first 35 minutes were caught on X @InformedWA.

And Dr. Ryan Cole’s testimony, Q&A, and passage of the resolution are on YouTube (at the time of this update).

(Pasco, Washington, February 19, 2025) A Science Presentation “The Last Stand of the Lesser Magistrates” to the Franklin County (WA) Commission about the dangers and inefficacy of COVID shots. Presenters: Laura Demaray RN; Peter McCullough M.D.; MPH; Brianne Dressen; Kimberly Biss M.D.; testimony from the vaccine-injured wheel-chair-bound Doug Cameron; Nicolas Hulscher MPH; Janci Lindsey Ph.D.; and finishing with Ryan Cole M.D.

Questions from the Commissioners were addressed by Dr. Cole, and then they unanimously signed Resolution 2025-076 titled “Franklin County of Washington State Resolution to Advise AGAINST The Use of Genetic Biologic “Vaccine” Platform Technology on Children and Adults”

What is a Lesser Magistrate? County commissioners are considered lesser magistrates as they execute the duties of their office under higher authority, while also having the responsibility to enforce local ordinances. Lesser magistrates, under the doctrine of interposition, have not only the right but the duty to interpose (resist or disobey) a higher authority to protect the common good. This legal concept originated in 1550 – the Magdeburg Confession, and underpinned actions by colonial leaders (acting as lesser magistrates) to defy British rule.

Why is this a Last Stand? Washington State legislators, with HB 1531, are currently attempting to stop counties and cities from dissenting from the state’s declared ‘best available science’ on vaccines, and to declare null and void any existing policies like this resolution.

Speakers:

Laura Demaray, RN
Dr. Peter McCullough, MD, MPH
Brianne Dressen
Dr. Kimberly Biss, MD
Doug Cameron
Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
Dr. Janci Lindsay, PhD
Dr. Ryan Cole, MD

The Full Video

Parents Rally for Their Rights in Olympia

ICWA director Bob Runnells estimates that last Saturday’s Parental Rights rally at the north end of the state capitol drew about three hundred participants.

Because of the chilly rain, and because ICWA is so appreciated in the Parental Rights arena, the ICWA table and tent ended up being the center of action, also acting as the rally speakers’ “green room.” Bob and his wife, Katie, also helped out by taking turns holding an umbrella for the speakers on the rainy day.

Katie holds the umbrella over speaker Brian Noble from the Family Policy Institute of Washington.

According to Bob and all the other volunteers at the ICWA table, Jim Walsh (WAGOP) organized the event well. Johnathan Choe was recognized as the most diligent journalist out there (in sandals no less) to post the day's events to X, the most notable being the post of Brandi Kruse calling out Senator Jamie Pederson’s gaffe on Fox News that parents should have no health decision rights over their kids starting at age 13.

The Center Square covered the rally, as reposted by Clark County Today.

To the best of our knowledge, the only larger news outlet to carry the story was The Olympian.

‘Fight for parental rights’ rally draws hundreds to WA Capitol | The Olympian

Simone Carter wrote the story, and her article was also picked up by the Tacoma News Tribune.

Here are the opening paragraphs to Carter’s story:

The parental-rights debate is heating up in Washington — as evidenced by the hundreds of people who braved gloom and rain to protest at the Capitol Campus in Olympia on Saturday.
Conservative lawmakers and concerned residents rallied around a common theme: “We do not co-parent with the government,” as stated by Rep. Travis Couture, an Allyn Republican.
The rally was sponsored by the Washington State Republican Party, the Let’s Go Washington political committee and the Family Policy Institute of Washington, a Christian political organization. Attendees are frustrated and angry that state Democratic lawmakers are working to make changes to the parental rights-focused Initiative 2081, which was passed into law last year.
The initiative spells out 15 rights for parents of students in public schools, ranging from academic and health matters to safety notification. It also specifies the right to ask for and examine teaching materials and records.
Earlier this month, Democrats passed Senate Bill 5181 out of the upper chamber, arguing that it amounts to a clean-up measure to line up Initiative 2081 with federal and state law.

A KOMO News cameraman was present and interviewed Bob, among others. An internet search shows no results for KOMO’s coverage of the rally. They must have been busy getting ready for Monday and the President’s Day multi-city protest to disparage the President and Elon Musk.

So, we’ll extend our coverage of Olympia events to this Monday protest that definitely was not a rally. Bob was present again at the Capitol, this time to ask senators for signatures on ICWA-drafted bills. He was able to capture some images of the public demonstration at the Tivoli Fountain to share with our readers.

Of the Monday protest, Bob said “It was so interesting to see this diverse gathering. Causes like trans rights, anti-men, anti-Trump, free college for all, upside-down U.S. flags of distress, free health care, and of course, “vaccines work,” plus many angry signs and “We didn’t vote for Elon.” The sporadic drum circle must have kept the crowd calm. Overall, it didn’t seem organized like the many “re-open Washington” rallies our members supported during the harmful restrictions of 2020-2022.

Fragmented protesters in Olympia express dissatisfaction as they process grief over the 2024 election results.

Many masked protestors brought their grief and masterful vocabulary to Olympia on February 17, 2025.

Olympia protestor sent mixed message between shirt slogan “Side with Love” and rally sign saying “Congress, do your F’n Job!!”

Olympia rally goer shows support for vaccines - because the billion$ spent on government propaganda and manufacturer TV promotions just aren’t enough.

Bob also offered this optimistic thought: “That Trump and RFK Jr. are in office must be so hard for so many in Washington to mentally process. I have been concerned about the mental health of these folks as they wake up to this reality. I see these rallies where they express their anger (not love, like they claimed) to be part of the healing process. I pray for their recovery as they come to realize they’ve been lied to.”

Feeling a bit unsafe due to the high likelihood of mRNA shedding from this recently-boosted crowd, Bob said he stayed socially distanced and only skirted around the crowd for a short while. He also said he’d immediately undergo a spike-detox using a nattokinase-curcumin-bromelain regimen when he returned home.

Make America Healthy Again versus the Washington Department of Health

At the start of Episode 411 of The Highwire, Del Bigtree yelled, “We did it!”

The Highwire host Del Bigtree yells “We did it!” — *The Highwire* host Del Bigtree yells “We did it!”

Yes, Del, that’s true: “We did it” with Robert Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Del was the Communications Director for his presidential campaign, and he remained close to the MAHA campaign after merging with Trump’s, and he was in the Oval Office for Bobby’s swearing in ceremony. This is truly a remarkable achievement given the decades that warnings have been made about the excesses of the vaccine program.

But what kind of an impact can Kennedy’s reforms make on the Big Pharma deep state here in Washington?

After all, both Washington Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray voted against Kennedy’s confirmation. And let’s not forget about these vehement gems that Murray brought to her eleven-minute Senate floor speech in mid-January – before the actual committee confirmation hearings:

“And that is why the fear is so overwhelming now that Donald Trump wants RFK Jr.—an outright, unapologetic, anti-vax conspiracy theorist—as our nation’s Secretary of Health and Human Services!”
“I mean, just imagine if RFK Jr. was Secretary when COVID struck—we still might not have vaccines! After all, he called the COVID vaccine the ‘deadliest vaccine ever made.’ ”
“Except, know this: he founded a nonprofit entirely focused on attacking vaccines. RFK Jr.’s nonprofit has made videos promoting falsehoods about vaccines and autism, and sowing distrust in vaccines, especially among the Black community.”
“He has said, ‘I do believe that autism does come from vaccines.’ He has said, ‘They get the shot, that night they have a fever of 103, they go to sleep, and three months later, their brain is gone.’ And, he said the COVID vaccine was the ‘deadliest vaccine ever made.’ These statements are not just false—they are, Mr. President, irresponsible. And they are disqualifying!”

Furthermore, it is safe to say that one of the most evident primary functions of the Washington State Department of Health is to act as a marketing agent for vaccine makers. Let’s count some of the state-level forces that promote these safe-and-effective products (that should sell themselves):

The Department of Health, with its $185 million budget, which lobbies the state legislature to pass vaccine-related bills.
The Vaccine Advisory Committee, which meets quarterly to make recommendations to the Board and Department of Health.
The Washington Vaccine Association with hefty salaries to outside contractors to help DOH make bulk buys of vaccines for the larger health care organizations.
The Power of Providers, an initiative by the DOH that instructs healthcare providers on how to better convince patients to take vaccines; and
The Washington State Board of Health, which at its last meeting, on January 8, stayed in line with the work of its peers by including its immunization stance in the last entry in the Board’s 2025 Legislative Statement:

Immunizations
The Board recognizes the research and data that demonstrate that immunizations reduce the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease in our community and protect those who are immunocompromised and not vaccinated. The Board supports legislation that helps reduce the number of children out of compliance with state immunization documentation requirements, assists schools and childcares in monitoring the immunization status of children, and increases immunization rates across all age groups. The Board also supports additional funding to improve and maintain access to the Washington State Immunization System.

The board unanimously approved the entire legislative statement as presented.

Other forces help form a full-court press on vaccine uptake, such as legislation (RCW) and regulation (WAC) that enforce school entry shot “mandates,’ and a cadre of well-funded regional and local health officers (Washington State Association of Local Health Officers – WSALPHO) to monitor and enforce federal, state and local policies.

Furthermore, it’s no mystery why the State Department of Health worships the federal bureaucracy so much when it has in its pocket a $11,357,284 grant from the CDC to support the national emerging infections program (EIP). The grant runs through December 31, 2028, and it’s unknown whether the Department of Government Efficiency has looked at this expense as waste or as being within Congressional intent.

Vaccine-related grants also extend to the University of Washington, previously dubbed by Mike Benz in an interview as Bill Gates University.

The most alarming vaccine-related grants that turn up using the Data Republican site are for marketing vaccines:

$2,464,957 from the NIH for “RCT to evaluate an implementation strategy to increase optimal use of HPV vaccine in primary care.” Grant ends on June 30, 2025.
$1,544,823 from the NIH for expanding the HPV vaccine to Sub-Saharan countries, such as Nigeria. Grant ends on August 31, 2027.
$2,106,818 from the NIH for a study to integrate HPV vaccination adolescent into HIV clinics in Zambia. Grant ends on August 31, 2027.
$2,050,344 from the NIH, partly for increasing HPV and HBV vaccines for cancer protection in Nigeria. Grant ends on August 31, 2028.

The following grants to UW are all for vaccine development research:

$29,978,323 from the NIH for “enabled design of norovirus and herpesvirus vaccines. Grant ends on August 26, 2029.
$12,313,780 from the NIH for a cytomegalovirus vaccine. Grant ends on May 31, 2028.
$10,407,867 from the NIH for “host pathogen variation and TB pathogenesis hurdles for controlling tuberculosis, include developing a highly efficacious vaccine.” Grant ends May 31, 2026.
$41,075,241 from the NIH for the “enabled design of prototype pathogen vaccines and antibodies.” Here’s the start of the project summary: Enabled design of prototype pathogen vaccines and antibodies. We propose a highly synergistic center focused on developing end-to-end strategies for pandemic preparedness vaccines. Grant ends on July 31, 2027.
$11,034,562 from the NIH for “vaccines for fentanyl and its derivatives.” Grant ends on July 31, 2025.
$22,893,814 from the NIH for “University of Washington vaccine treatment and evaluation unit.” That’s all this entry says. The grant ends on November 30, 2026.
$46,715,173 from the NIH “to develop virion-base and mRNA vaccine platforms, and monoclonal antibody-based treatments to rapidly respond to emerging flaviviruses and alphaviruses.” Grant ends on July 31, 2027.
$44,108,652 from the NIH for vaccines and therapeutic antibodies for respirovirus, rubulavirus, peribunyavirus, and phenuivirus. Grant ends on August 31, 2027.
$9,065,441 from the NIH for structure-based design of broadly protective coronavirus vaccines. Grant ends on August 31, 2025.
$3,414,320 from the NIH for influenza vaccines during pregnancy. Grant ends on May 31, 2026.
$3,311,450 from the NIH for development of an oral liver-targeted prime-and-trap malaria vaccine. Grant ends on November 30, 2025.
$7,990,794 from the NIH for the development and evaluation of pan-coronavirus vaccines. Grant ends on August 31, 2025.
$6,599,293 from the NIH for novel antigen identification for an enterotoxigenic E.coli vaccine. Grant ends on February 28, 2026.
$1,100,00 from the CDC for the University of Washington Hepatitis Training Center: “Immunization with HBV vaccine remains the most effective HBV prevention strategy with the emergence of safe, all oral direct-acting antiviral agents for the treatment of HBV.” Grant ends on September 29, 2026.
$1,620,552 from the NIH for “injectable hydrogel depots for self-replicating mRNA vaccine delivery.” Grant end on June 30, 2026.
$1,843,115 from the NIH for “an integrated polymeric carrier for subunit cancer vaccines.” Grant ends on February 28, 2026.
$1,504,223 from the NIH for “enterovirus interference with rotavirus vaccines replication and immunity.” Grant ends on May 31, 2028.
$48,974 from the NIH to make the tuberculosis vaccine more effective for adults. Grant ends on January 31, 2027.
$742,463 from the NIH for “exploiting glycan holes and sequence diversity of naturally occurring HIV envelope toward the design of vaccine immunogen panels for induction of neutralization breadth.” Grand ends on June 30, 2029.
$706,000 from the NIH for “malaria vaccine evaluation in a novel infant NHP challenge model.” Grant ends on October 31, 2025.
$706,000 from the NIH for “SARS-COV-2 vaccine durability during SIV infection.” Grant ends on July 31, 2025.
$574,474 from the NIH for “self-assembling nanofiber vaccines for neurodegeneration.” Grant ends on May 31, 2029.
$77,750 from the NIH for “expanding CMV peptide vaccine with novel combinations and pathologies.” Grant ends on August 31, 2026.
$393,750 from the NIH for “amyloid-inspired vaccine delivery for the elderly.” Grant ends on April 30, 2025.
$427,625 from the NIH for “development of rotavirus-based enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli dual vaccines.” Grant ends on July 31, 2025.

The University of Washington even applied for Department of Defense grants in which they batted one for two:

$1,556,809 from the Department of Defense: Defense Health Agency for a vaccine to protect from colorectal cancer. Grant ends on June 14, 2027.
$0.00 from the Department of Defense: Defense Health Agency. The number “0” is listed for “multiantigen vaccine targeting EMT-associated to prevent recurrent ovarian cancer extend the period of performance.” The grant would have ended on June 14, 2025.

On a consumer protection note, the grants below are for the effectiveness and safety of various vaccines.

$233,250 from the NIH for “compressed-sequential infection regimen to model immune responses to systemic and mucosal vaccination.” Grant ends on December 31, 2025.
$429,424 from the NIH for “comparative effectiveness and safety of adjuvanted and other influenza vaccine technologies among patients receiving dialysis.” Grant ends on June 30, 2025.
$6,283,947 from the NIH for “multidisciplinary approach to understanding vaccine efficacy and transmission of viral respiratory tract infections in the real world.” Grant ends on September 29, 2027.
$48,974 from the NIH for the “association between influenza vaccination during pregnancy and outcomes related to maternal influenza disease.” Grant ends on January 15, 2026.

The largest line item currently being spent on vaccines in Washington State is the $221 million for the Vaccines for Children program, which also flows through the DOH.

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