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Assemblyman Herb Conaway, Once Again Attempting to Fast Track His Special Interest Agenda. This Time, Flu Vaccine for Health Care Workers.

(Please pass along to friends and family, especially those in the health care field)

A-3920 (click for text of bill) was introduced May 5, 2011 and is scheduled for a vote in the Assembly Health Committee this Thursday, May 19, 2011. This bill is “an act concerning influenza vaccination of certain health care workers.”

This bill will require health care facilities to “offer” influenza vaccine to health care workers and “track” those who have received the vaccine and those who refuse the vaccine. This opens the door for vaccine mandates for adults. Records will be maintained regarding who has received this vaccine and who has declined it.

  • This bill is a waste of health care dollars – NJ can’t afford this cost

  • The bill language mandates following the federal ACIP (Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices) recommendations, which can change and could result in more frequent and/or other adult vaccine co-mandates.

  • Health Care workers in NJ are well aware of the CDC vaccine recommendations, they already have access to the flu vaccine and can determine if the flu shot is right for them. They should not be pressured and coerced into getting one.

  • Independent Researchers have shown the flu vaccine to be ineffective (Cochrane review 2011)

Please call, email, and fax, the members of the Assembly Health Committee listed below and ask them to VOTE NO on A-3920 (Call Today and Tomorrow, they Vote on Thursday, May 19th)

Herb Conaway(D) – Dist. 7 – Chair – (Sponsor of the Bill) asmconaway@njleg.org 856-461-3997/ fax: 856-461-3823

Connie Wagner(D) – Dist. 38 – aswwagner@njleg.org 201-576-9199 / fax: 201-576-9432

Joan Quigley(D) – Dist.32 – (Hospital Administrator) - aswquigley@njleg.org 201-217-4614 / fax: 201-217-4617

Celeste Riley(D) – Dist. 3 - aswriley@njleg.org 856-455-1011 / fax: 856-251-9752

Jerry Green(D) – Dist.22 – asmgreen@njleg.org 908-561-5757 / fax: 908-561-5757

Dan Benson(D) – Dist. 14 – asmbenson@njleg.org 609-631-0198 / fax: 609-631-0324

Cleopatra Tucker(D) – Dist. 28 – aswtucker@njleg.org 973-926-4320 / fax: 973-926-5736

Mary Pat Angelini(R) – Dist. 11 – aswangelini@njleg.org 732-974-1719 / fax: 732-974-3615

Amy Handlin(R) – Dist. 13 – aswhandlin@njleg.org 732-787-1170 / fax: 732-787-0356

Vincent Polistina(R) – Dist. 2 – asmpolistina@njleg.org 609-677-8266 / fax: 609-677-8853

Nancy Munoz (R) – Dist. 21 - aswmunoz@njleg.org 908-918-0414 / fax: 908-918-0275


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