Tennessee Bill Would Make Requiring COVID Vaccine A Criminal Offense
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The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] –
A bill that would strengthen laws passed during the third special session last year has been introduced during the current general session of the Tennessee General Assembly.
Senate Bill 2025 (SB2025) sponsored by Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-District 28) and filed for introduction on January 27th, 2022, would make it a criminal offense to require another to receive a COVID-19 vaccination or provide proof of such as a condition of employment or in order to enter any building, facility, or property that is generally open to the public. However, it makes an exception for hospitals or other healthcare facilities that are being used for treatment of a person at high risk of death from exposure to a communicable disease. – Amends TCA Title 14 and Title 39.
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Title 14 currently prevents a private business, governmental entity, school, or local education agency from compelling or otherwise taking an adverse action against a person to compel the person to provide proof of vaccination. However, there is no penalty at present for an employer who chooses to ignore Tennessee law and decides to enact a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for their employees.
The Tennessee Conservative reached out to Senator Hensley requesting clarification on the exception for hospitals. At the time of publication, we had not yet received an answer from his office.
About the Author: Paula Gomes is a Tennessee resident and reporter for The Tennessee Conservative. You can reach Paula at paula@tennesseeconservativenews.com.
This law needs to extend to healthcare workers also because a patient is no more protected by a vaccinated or unvaccinated nurse or doctor. The facts are that a vaccinated health care worker can still become infected and transmit the virus therefore any ruling otherwise would be choosing opinion and will over the truth and the result of that is fascism. Stop the madness and end all unconstitutional mandates.
Thank you for your peice. As an RN unfortunately still in California, it is a well known fact that the Flu A & B (seasonal flu) is less than 40% effective and can be dangerous for certain people. Every year the county health officials push it anyway. I consented to the seasonal flu vaccine every year because I didn’t want to deal with wearing a mask 6 months out of the year. 2 years ago I was at a county health meeting as part of my job. They showed videos they were planning on releasing to the public that mocked and ridiculed those that didn’t want to be vaccinated. When I called them on the hypocrisy of all this the room became silent. I has multiple other healthcare providers approach me after and think me for standing up. I shamed them for not having the courage to stand with me. I have seen with my own eyes in 2018 that the seasonal flu can be far more deadly than SARs Cov2.
Brigette Gheno RN, BSN. CEN
PS, I now question any vaccine more now, and strongly weigh the risks versus benefits, and weather or not it’s something I really need.
his law needs to extend to healthcare workers also because a patient is no more protected by a vaccinated or unvaccinated nurse or doctor. The facts are that a vaccinated health care worker can still become infected and transmit the virus therefore any ruling otherwise would be choosing opinion and will over the truth and the result of that is fascism. Stop the madness and end all unconstitutional mandates.
Pass it yesterday for ALL workers and maybe these Health care systems will get the message not to roll over to the Regime!
There needs to be fines and consequences for ignoring the law! Otherwise what good is it?