North Egypt News

Royalton activist Bryan Howell does not believe forced vaccination is the way forward for the state of Illinois.

“There are several issues involved here," Howell told North Egypt News. "We began with two shots recommended now we are up to four. Personally,  I have had the first two shots; I will not get another one whether the government deems it necessary or not.” 

“I went through the entire pandemic, one year prior to the shots I was FORCED to take and never had Covid," he added. "My immune system worked perfectly without government assistance. If I die from COVID or complications, as is usually the case, that's my choice. If the rest of America wants to spend the rest of their lives wearing a mask and getting shots that may, or may not, work, that is their prerogative. I'm still not sold.”

Forced vaccination is unpopular with Americans.  According to Pew Research, most Americans oppose compulsory immunization for the everyday use of public facilities. 

Eighty-eight percent of those asked said, "There’s too much pressure on Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine." Another 81 percent agreed with the following: "We don’t really know yet if there are serious health risks from COVID-19 vaccines" and "Public health officials are not telling us everything they know about COVID-19 vaccines."  According to an Axios/Ipsos poll, 20% of Americans say they will never be vaccinated.

Several studies show vaccines are ineffective in keeping the vaccinated from transmitting the COVID-19 virus.  A Michigan study between Jan. 1 and Mar. 3, 2020, of Covid vaccinated residents found that 246 'considered fully vaccinated were later diagnosed with the virus, and three have died.'

A February 2021 article in the New England Journal of Medicine of 596,618 Israelis, some of whom took the Pfizer vaccine, reported 39 deaths due to Covid among the non-vaccinated and 20 Covid deaths among the vaccinated, a reduction in risk of Covid death of 0.0003 percent.

Illinois is one of six states that have required some sort of law allowing vaccine verification or prohibiting the unvaccinated from mixing with society at large, according to Ballotpedia.org. The others are California, New York, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

The unvaccinated were prohibited from entering many of the city’s public spaces. Chicago YMCAs were called out for opposing signs warning the vaccinated not to enter, a move critics called "medical apartheid."