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H1N1 Quarantine/Martial Law/FEMA camps/Microchips**MUST SEE**

Do not take the swine flu vaccination! The Florida Courts Pandemic Influenza Bench Guide which was put together in 2006 deals with the specific role of the Florida courts in a public health emergency, focusing on practical, procedural issues such as habeas corpus proceedings, warrants, arrests of people who disobey quarantines, civil proceedings to enforce administrative orders regarding quarantines and isolations, mandatory vaccinations, and the enforcement of curfew order. http://www.flcourts.org/gen_public/courted/bin/pandemic_benchguide.pdf Here is a section relating to FORCED VACCINATIONS § 5.9 The Legality of Mandatory Vaccinations It is within the police power of the state to require mandatory vaccinations. See Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11, 25 S.Ct. 358, 49 L.Ed. 643 (1905); see also Zucht v. King, 260 U.S. 174, 43 S.Ct. 24, 67 L.Ed. 194 (1922) (citing Jacobson for the same); e.g., State Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Division of Animal Industry v. Denmark, 366 So. 2d 469 (Fla. 4th DCA 1979) (stating it is within the police power of the state to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in animals). The legislature may empower a state board of health to specify the method of vaccination, and so long as the board exercises this power in a reasonable manner and does not prescribe an arbitrary method for vaccination, the method specified will likely be upheld. Moore v. Draper, 57 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 1952) ([T]he courts will not interfere with the [preservation of public health under a states police power] except where the regulations adopted for the protection of the public health are arbitrary, oppressive and unreasonable. The court has nothing to do with the wisdom or expediency of the measures adopted.) (internal citation omitted); e.g., Allen v. Ingalls, 182 Ark. 991, 33 S.W.2d 1099 (1930) (same, citing and discussing additional cases). The state cannot force any individual to receive a vaccination if it would be unsafe for that individual. See Jacobson, 197 U.S. 11. Statutes may or may not provide for an exemption based on religious or conscientious objection to mandatory vaccination and, in the event they do, the statute must not discriminate between members of organized churches and religious groups or individuals that are not so organized. E.g., Dalli v. Board of Ed., 358 Mass. 753, 267 N.E.2d 219 (1971) (addressing an exception to vaccination for objectors who subscribed to the beliefs of a recognized church or religious denomination and thus gave preferential treatment to recognized religions). Florida has enacted a provision to address prevention of communicable diseases such as by vaccination programs. § 381.003(1), Fla. Stat. Under Pandemic Influenza Benchguide 82 § 5.9 The Legality of Mandatory Vaccinations such programs, vaccines could be used to treat individuals during a pandemic. As with all mandatory vaccination schemes, an exception for public health is required in such a program even though none is specifically codified in section 381.003. See Jacobson, 197 U.S. 11. However, section 381.003, Florida Statutes, is not likely to be the source of any vaccination or treatment program in a pandemic because a pandemic would likely qualify as a public health emergency under section 381.00315, Florida Statutes. During a public health emergency, section 381.00315(1)(b)4., Florida Statutes, permits the state health officer to order examination, testing, treatment, or vaccination of individuals. If individuals so ordered do not comply, for reasons of health, religion, or conscience, the state health officer may also order quarantine. If examination, testing, vaccination, or treatment is ordered, it must be performed by a qualified person authorized by the state health officer. § 381.00315(1)(b)4., Fla. Stat. Pursuant to section 381.00315(1)(b)4.b., any individual who poses a danger to the public health that cannot be quarantined by any practical method may be vaccinated or treated by the state health officer us[ing] any means necessary. Despite the extremely liberal language of this subsection, the state health officer should presumably be bound to some standard of reasonableness. Finally, any order given by the state health officer to effectuate [section 381.00315(1)(b)4.] shall be immediately enforceable by a law enforcement officer Id.

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