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SF 360

A bill for an act relating to the administration of gene-based vaccines, and providing penalties.

Agenda

Subcommittee members: Campbell-CH, Donahue, Guth

Date: Monday, March 3, 2025

Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Location: Room G15

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03-05-2025

Kavitha Makayee

I do not want the Iowa legislature making decisions on vaccines for my family and I. There are already processes in place for those who choose not to receive them. This is a decision that should be made with a healthcare provider not the legislature. Stop wasting time and money on these types of bills. Fund education and stop vouchers instead.

03-04-2025

Dana Bangs

1This is a medical decision between patients and medical professionals. 2It is my right to choose what vaccinations I do or do not get. I see NO bills passing through that requires people to receive vaccinations that have PROVEN to save lives and prevent the spread of diseases.3 You claim it's the people's right to choosebut clearly by the bills that have passes and/or running through subcommittee that's not the case.4My daughter, who has an auto immune disease, relies on this technology to prevent a major illness. You take this away, you could be the reason she lands in a hospital or worse. Until you walk a mile in our shoes, have to care for a sick family member who needs this, you have NO idea what it is like. Do what is right, not what your party says you should do.

03-04-2025

Kimberly Schell

Please dont pass this bill. The country will be in more trouble than it already is. Our rights are being taken away in every aspect, STOP!!! As a nurse, individuals should have a CHOICE! God is the highest power, you will not beat him. When its your time, YOU will have to answer to him!

03-04-2025

Karla Sherwood

Are you all wacked in the head. Reynolds is so far up Trumps ass she is coming out his nose. They both need to go away permanently. They are so bad at their jobs. People need to be vaxinated. It saves lives. I say no to this asinine bill.

03-04-2025

Karen RIetz

I strongly oppose SF360. Scientific experts have documented proof that vaccines save lives and the individual and population benefits outweigh any small risk. The sponsor and supporters appear to rely on hearsay from constituents that is likely correlational not causal. Passing this bill would make it difficult to recruit healthcare professionals in Iowa.

03-04-2025

Mary Hightower

SF 360 is a dangerous bill that could ban lifesaving vaccinations in Iowa. Do we care so little about the citizens of our state that we're considering banning these vital vaccines? These vaccinations are also crucial for cancer prevention and important for research. This bill could have dire consequences for the health of Iowans and negatively impact our state's overall wellbeing. Iowans are fed up with harmful legislation, and we will make our voices heard during the elections next year. Please vote NO on SF 360.

03-04-2025

Brooke Burkhalter

Please vote NO! As a pharmacist who graduated from the University of Iowa and has practiced in the state of Iowa for the past 20 years, I advise you to leave patient care decisions to the patient and their healthcare providers. Health care decisions should not be decided upon through legislation or by members of our government. Targeting healthcare providers with penalties for providing patient care will only further drive healthcare providers out of this state. This compounds concerns of for access to health care in rural areas. Please think beyond targeting mRNA vaccines and healthcare professionals, as this will impact patient's health, lives, and access to healthcare. Thankyou!Brooke BurkhalterPharmD.

03-05-2025

Ann Andreasen

PLEASE DO NOT pass this bill. If passed, this would put so many lives at risk and take away our individual right to control our own health decisions. Please care about the people you were elected to protect. Iowa is becoming a state that appears to not care about its citizens only the wishes of the ultra conservatives and that does not represent ALL of Iowa!!

03-03-2025

B M

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my and my doctors rights to choice. Even the administration of developing cancer treatments that use this technology. This would impact every citizen of every political party. If my family member or I have a medical condition or serious illness, I want ALL treatment or preventative options available and to be able to work with my healthcare provider to utilize expertise and research to determine which option provides the least risk and best likely outcome given our specific situation. This bill should not leave subcomittee. It's unscientific and infringing on the rights of Iowans to decide for themselves and their families what medical care to pursue.

03-03-2025

Jeannette Wagner

I am 57 years old and who has worked in the medical field since high school. I am also a mother and grandmother. I strongly oppose this idiotic idea of banning MRNA vaccines. Who are you to stop medical advancement that could benefit and protect so many lives? Who are you to take away the rights of us that have the possibility of treating diseases that disable and even kill? It is our right to make that choice on our own. It is not your responsibility to make that decision for us. Believe it or not, but many of us have a brain, do our research and have made our own decisions on life events. We know the risks and deserve to have the right to say yes or no based on our brains, beliefs and understanding. Not yours. Provide us the opportunity to make this happen. This is a weight for us to bear, not you. Do not take away our rights because of the what ifs give us our rights because of the possibilities.

03-03-2025

Abby Flak

I strongly oppose FS 360. Every individual has the right to make personal medical decisions, including whether to receive a vaccine. While studies have shown that these vaccines are safe and effective, the choice to vaccinate should remain a matter of personal freedom, not government mandate. Medical decisions should be made based on informed consent, individual health considerations, and personal beliefs, rather than being imposed by legislation.

03-03-2025

Dawn Hafner

I strongly oppose SF360. All citizens deserve the right to choose for themselves and their children to vaccinate or not. That choice should not be decided by government. I also know that science shows that vaccines save lives. If our elected officials want to blindly ignore science to follow the antivax push of this administration, that would be corrupt in my opinion:

03-03-2025

Jerry Macken

Since when did representatives become medical professionals? On one hand you say let the individual make vaccination choices. Now you want to restrict that freedom of choice. Show your medical credentials before making new laws. Jerry Macken Readlyn Iowa (A proud Independent voter)

03-03-2025

Linda Gregory

This is a ridiculous bill. People in Iowa should be able to get the vaccines they want. Those against mRNA vaccines dont understand science, and they dont have to get vaccinated. Its a personal choice. Government should not be legislating what vaccines we get nor our access to them.

03-03-2025

Jan Clarke

Vote no on this disastrous bill. We need all vaccines to keep the population healthy and safe. It is ridiculous that you want to take away our personal liberties. People getting vaccinated is a positive thing for our communities.

03-03-2025

Diane Howe

I vehemently oppose this bill. You even considering my rights to receive vaccines or treatments is beyond governmental oversight. Iowa is number 2 in cancer rates in the country. To have you spend time on these bills when we have more pressing issues in our state is a travesty.

03-03-2025

Emma Schwertley

Oppose. Not only is Mr Campbell NOT educated in vaccine science, as that is not a part of pharmacy curriculum (though hed like you to believe he is) he is also a business owner of a nutraceutical company. Which is supplements and vitamins that claim to help with chronic illnesses, even though they have little regulation. Not only does this lead me to believe there is a conflict of interest, even worse is it opens the possibility for Mr. Campbell to profit off of peoples desperation once they are sick because of lack of vaccine access. The supplements in question are not FDA approved, and their only restrictions are that they dont actively hurt people. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5867125/#::text=In%20the%20USA%2C%20the%20FDA%2C%20which%20focuses,than%20those%20of%20conventional%20foods%20and%20drugs. If you really wanted to know if vaccines are safe, which they are, youd bring in a microbiologist or immunologist but you wont. In conclusion, vaccines have gone through much more testing than any supplements Mr Campbell is selling, and the fact he argued otherwise points towards a goal of scamming the Iowan people. Vote no on this, for your own familys sake.

03-03-2025

Diana Weishaar

I oppose bill SF 360. You should not limit opportunity of choice when there is a medically sound option, particularly one showing promise of fighting cancer and other terminal diseases. If the freedom to choose NOT to get vaccines exists, then the freedom to GET them should also exist. Don't let prescription drug companies and corporations dictate our healthcare or the future of our healthcare.

03-03-2025

Kris Freitag

I just saw this bill is moving to subcommittee and I havent had much time to research who is brining it, what the motives are and what the pros and cons of genetic vaccines are.. a quick research search tho would I indicate that COVID and West Nile are two of the vaccines that would be illegal to administer? That doesnt sound like a good plan to prevent those from being administered. I guess, unless the 3 Congress people on this committee are 3 highly trained Biomedical researchers who have an in depth understanding of the ins and outs of the vaccine development medical knowledge, perhaps this bill should be shelved and more intensely researched. In my brief search this morning, I could not find statements or info regarding why this bill was created, why the author felt it was necessary and who is aligning for and against it. That seemed odd to me. Perhaps my search was fast but I would have thought some of that info would have been right at the top.

03-03-2025

Kia Burreson

oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to choice. I respect that they are other people who dont want vaccinations but you dont have the right to impose that choice to everyone else. Please if you believe in Medical freedom, Dont pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Abigail Grothe

As a constituent of Iowa City, I strongly oppose this bill. My family and I should have choices in the care we get including leading treatments in cancer and preventative care. This bill robs me of my choices and will put me and millions of Iowans behind in cancer care and preventative care. With the fastest rising rates of cancer in the nation, Iowa legislatures should be encouraging therapies like this NOT banning them. Don't take my choice away because you don't want to get a vaccine. This bill is a dangerous and will affect not only vaccines but cancer therapies. This will put Iowans behind and put a damper on research that is benefitting the whole nation. You have a center for medicine that is making groundbreakng research and this bill will inhibit that. You should be encouraging this research to save lives of Iowans, not stopping it. Vote no on this bill. Shut it down.

03-03-2025

Anna Fassbinder

This is an oppressive and dangerous bill and I will not sit silent and watch my government make harmful decisions like this. You cannot control body autonomy of the people. This is turning into a fascist country faster than anyone can imagine. Let the people decide what vaccines they get or not DO NOT CONTROL THE PEOPLE.

03-03-2025

Phyllis Konchar

I dont understand how this is even under consideration. To me its pretty simple, if you choose to be unvaccinated, that is your choice. If I choose to be vaccinated, that is my choice. The government should not make those decisions for individual people. Making this a law would infringe upon my personal rights.

03-03-2025

Barbara Ledvina

I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed sf 360 which seeks to impose penalties for administering genebased vaccines. This legislation poses significant risks to public health, scientific progress, and individual freedoms.Genebased vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, have undergone rigorous testing and have played a crucial role in combating global health crises, such as the COVID19 pandemic. These vaccines have saved countless lives and have demonstrated their safety and efficacy through extensive peerreviewed research and realworld data. Criminalizing their administration undermines the foundation of evidencebased medicine and disregards the expertise of the scientific and medical communities.Moreover, this bill sets a concerning precedent by penalizing healthcare professionals who follow established guidelines and recommendations from trusted organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). It not only threatens the integrity of medical practice but also deters innovation and investment in developing cuttingedge medical technologies that could address future health challenges.Rather than adopting punitive measures, I urge you to focus on fostering education and public awareness about the benefits and safety of vaccines. Collaboration with the scientific community is essential in ensuring informed decisionmaking and trust in our healthcare system.I implore you to reconsider this bill and to prioritize policies that support the advancement of science and the wellbeing of all citizens.Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.

03-03-2025

Samantha Severson

I am a very experienced RN. I currently work in infectious disease and had to live through the COVID pandemic. It was real. And if it wasnt for those vaccines, many more people would have died. You can not make a law only because of your personal beliefs. You work FOR THE PEOPLE. please dont do this. Please. I am begging you. I am traumatized enough. It will suck when you or someone you love dies from a vaccine preventable disease and guess what it will happen. And Ive never said this in my life but I hope it hurts you and ruins your life. Stop being a selfish Christian and work for the people.

03-03-2025

Raul Canahui Artola

I absolutely OPPOSE SF 360. I am an individual living with a compromised immune system. I rely on mRNA vaccines such as the COVID19 vaccines to help my body stay healthy and not get severe illness. There has been extensive research to prove that mRNA vaccines are SAFE. The people of Iowa deserve to have the freedom to choose what they think is best for their health and their family's health. Please do not legislate on something you are not experts on. Please do not take my choice to receive mRNA vaccines. This could kill Iowans, this could kill me.

03-03-2025

Anne Marie Gruber

Do not ban science. Do not send our state's public health backward. MRNA vaccines are safe and save lives. On the other hand, if you like disease outbreaks and Iowa's top 2 ranking in new cancer cases, definitely vote for this bill.

03-03-2025

Molly Gerrietts

This is ridiculous. Please do not let this go through. Medical professionals and individuals should be the only ones making this decision for themselves. There is no logical reason to ban these vaccines. Please have a heart and some common sense when discussing this today.

03-03-2025

Jared Lueders

I depend on these vaccines due to my chronic health issues. The people should be the only ones deciding if they should get a vaccine. You will cause multiple unnecessary deaths because you are taking away our freedoms. Let the people decide and not politics on what vaccines to get. Keep politics out of vaccines and let the people in Iowa decide

03-03-2025

Ashley Schoenfeldt

I oppose this bill for a multitude of reasons. Iowa and its healthcare used to be the pinnacle of health and science advancements. Now it seems Iowa legislature is only focused on dismantling all progress, and creating a brain drain, where the brightest minds no longer have any incentive to come to our state. MRNA vaccines are safe and effective, saving countless lives and helping people avoid long term illness. This helps keep our hospitals from overwhelm and decreases bad debt incurred by those who cant pay for treatment of a long term illness overtime. Most Iowans want access to the best healthcare has to offer, and this bill would take that away from us.Montana had a similar bill and said no, because it is not in the interest of their constituents, but rather science deniers. This cannot become Iowas legacy. Vote no. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Carol Hemesath

Only recently have republicans thought they know better than all our healthcare leaders, or really, any other experts in their fields. Republicans have decided that they will tell the experts what to do. So wrong. Kim Reyolds and her loyal right wing colleagues are destroying Iowa with these dangerous policies. I am firmly against republicans telling medical professionals what is best for our health. Vote against this bill.

03-03-2025

Noah Collins

I am writing to express my concerns regarding SF 360, which I believe is not in the best interest of the citizens of Iowa. It is my firm belief that the people of Iowa should have the autonomy to make their own health decisions, particularly when it comes to treatments approved by the FDA.The implication of this bill is that mRNA, MMRNA, and SMRNA vaccines are dangerous. However, there is no substantial evidence to suggest that mRNA vaccines have more adverse effects than traditional live virus vaccines. The University of Iowa Healthcare provides comprehensive information on the safety and mechanism of mRNA vaccines, which can be found here. (https://uihc.org/healthtopics/whatmrnavaccineandhowdoesitwork)Determining the safety and efficacy of medical treatments is the responsibility of the FDA, not the Iowa legislature. I urge you to consider the scientific evidence and the expertise of health authorities when making decisions on this matter.

03-03-2025

Aimee Langager

Not that the legislators are listening to their constituents in 2025, but I oppose SF 360. This legislation contradicts established scientific consensus on the safety and efficacy of these vaccines, which have undergone rigorous clinical trials and realworld evaluation by independent scientific bodies worldwide.This bill would deny Iowans access to innovative medical treatments that have proven effective against serious diseases. The mRNA technology platform extends beyond COVID19 vaccines to promising treatments for influenza, RSV, cancer, and other conditions. By making Iowa the only state to ban an entire class of vaccines based solely on their development technology rather than safety profiles, this legislation would effectively place Iowa in medical isolation.Healthcare providers would face criminal penalties and license review for providing treatments that are standard of care nationwide, forcing them to choose between following state law and providing evidencebased care. The prohibition would deter biomedical research institutions and healthcare organizations from operating in Iowa, resulting in economic harm and eliminating opportunities for clinical trials using these technologies.While claiming to protect Iowans, this bill actually restricts their freedom to choose medical treatments in consultation with healthcare providers. During future disease outbreaks, Iowans would be uniquely vulnerable if effective vaccines utilize genebased technologies, creating an unnecessary public health risk.SF 360 represents dangerous legislative interference in medical science that puts political concerns above public health and individual freedom. We urge legislators to reject this bill and instead support policies that strengthen Iowa's public health infrastructure while preserving individual medical choice and access to safe, effective treatments.

03-03-2025

Allie Bartz

We should have the freedom to decide what we are willing to put in our bodies. As a mother and someone with a chronic disease I keep up on research and data on new vaccines. I want to be able to decide I want the vaccine or not.

03-03-2025

Tiffany Bebber

I am writing to express my strong opposition to any legislation that would restrict my/our freedom to choose whether or not to receive vaccines. As a constituent, I believe it is crucial to uphold individual rights and personal autonomy when it comes to medical issues and decisions. Vaccination is a deeply personal choice that should be made based on individual circumstance, medical history and personal beliefs. Mandating vaccines infringes upon our fundamental rights and undermines the trust constituents have with you as elected government officials.I urge you to consider the importance of preserving our freedoms to make informed decisions about our personal health. Opposition to any measures that seek to take away this essential right is expected.

03-03-2025

Karen Burns Copley

I am a former Iowam(born in Cedar Falls in 1949). I have been visiting friend in Iowa every summer for years. Should you pass this bill I will no longer feel that it is safe for me to travel back to Iowa. I am against these attacks on science that put everyone in danger and cause sickness and death. Please do not allow this bill to go forward.

03-03-2025

Katie McCune

I oppose this bill. Many people such as the elderly, those with autoimmune diseases, the disabled, and those with other complicated health conditions depend on vaccines to remain healthy. Banning these vaccines will result in more illness and public health emergencies such as we saw in 2020. Even now, with vaccines entire schools are shutting down due to illness. In addition gene therapies for cancer patients are saving lives. Let the doctor and their patients determine the need for vaccines and therapies, not the government, until such a time that there is a deadly pandemic that requires mass immunizations for the good of all. In a country where health care is more expensive than anywhere in the world, and the GOP is planning to cut Medicaid, please let people have access to modern medicine to protect themselves. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Dajuan kinney

Why don't we trust the scientists to know what they are doing? Also, isn't this the same legislative body that pushed the vouchers under the guise of "let the parents choose what is right for their children"? Well, these vaccines have proven safe, effective, and life saving. Let the parents choose if they want them for their children or not. If you don't want the vaccines, don't get them. Simple as that. My getting one doesn't impact you at all, it just means I'm less likely to spread the illness and less likely to catch it from the unvaxxed.

03-03-2025

Anne McCullough Kelly

I oppose SF360, which seeks to prevent the administration of mRNAbased medical technology, which includes vaccines. If this bill passes into law, this means no one could get a COVID vaccine any longer in Iowa. Two points:1. COVID vaccines are not required for anyone to get. They are a choice. And they are a choice some people, like myself and my family, want access to so we can protect ourselves against COVID. How can you take away my access to an optional vaccine that has helped me and my family stay safe?2. mRNA medical technology has decades of sound research supporting its benefits. That technology can aid in the efficient development of vaccines in response to future diseases, like COVID, and save lives. Again, why would you want to take options away from people to protect their health? I dont necessarily believe in mandating vaccines, but I also dont believe in preventing peoples access to them. And thats what this bill would do.Respectfully, I do not understand how this legislation improves the lives of Iowans. This legislation actually places my life in jeopardy.

03-03-2025

Bailey Guthrie

OPPOSE! I am an adult who believes in science and education and if I want to get a vaccine, that's my choice. Punishing healthcare workers with fines and reporting to licensing boards is an absolute slap in the face to them. Please, listen to these nurses and physicians that YOU SWORE to represent!

03-03-2025

Julia Rose

I oppose SF360. As someone who has worked in a hospital this vaccine has saved countless lives and allowed staff to be healthy and show up. People have an exemption process if needed. Don't put us all at risk when research does not support this legislation and neither do i.

03-03-2025

Courtney Townsend

The proposed bill restricting the administration of genebased vaccines is not just unnecessaryit is dangerous. By limiting access to these vaccines, the bill would put medically vulnerable populations at significant risk, including the elderly, immunocompromised individuals, and those with chronic illnesses. These individuals rely on genebased vaccines' protection against serious infectious diseases like COVID19. Denying them this protection is not a matter of personal choiceit is a matter of public health.If someone does not want a vaccine, they have the right to decline it. However, this bill would take away another persons right to receive a potentially lifesaving vaccine. This is a direct violation of personal medical freedom and the ability to make informed healthcare decisions. The government should not stand between patients and the medical care they choose to receive in consultation with their doctors.Additionally, this bill would have serious consequences for Iowas healthcare system. Restricting the use of widely accepted, scientifically backed vaccines will discourage doctors from practicing in the state. Hospitals and medical institutions could struggle to recruit and retain top talent, leading to a decline in the overall quality of care. If medical professionals perceive Iowa as hostile to modern medicine and scientific advancements, they will choose to work elsewhere, exacerbating an already pressing physician shortage.Beyond the impact on healthcare workers, this bill could contribute to a larger brain drain. People want to live in states where they have access to the best medical care available. If Iowa limits access to proven, effective vaccines, families, and individualsespecially those with highrisk medical conditionsmay choose to relocate to states with stronger public health policies. This will not only impact healthcare but also Iowas economy and workforce.Finally, the bill would hinder future medical advancements. Genebased vaccines are a crucial part of modern medicine, with potential beyond COVID19. They are being developed to combat a range of diseases, from seasonal flu to cancer. Restricting access now could set Iowa behind in medical innovation, preventing residents from benefiting from lifesaving treatments as they become available.This bill does not protect Iowansit puts them at greater risk. It will harm vulnerable populations, drive healthcare professionals out of the state, and stunt medical progress. Legislators should reject this bill and instead focus on policies that support public health, medical freedom, and scientific advancement.

03-03-2025

Debra Herrmann

I am opposed to sf360. mRNA vaccines are safe and effective. Fighting the COVID outbreak proved this at a large scale. Vaccines are a personal choice and in my opinion the option to take an approved vaccine should not be curtailed via legislation. Please consider this input within your committee

03-03-2025

CONNIE Hvitved [- Select -]

I oppose SF 360 on the basis it is my right to choose which vaccines I receive. Please stay out of my doctor's office, I think I know what is best for me!Why don't you spend your time on helping people instead of this constant barrage of interfering with our personal lives!

03-03-2025

Craig Miller

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA vaccines undergo extensive testing before approval and have been shown to be safe. Further, this bill would take away an individual's choice to receive these potentially lifesaving therapies. Please vote against this bill.

03-03-2025

Jessica Chrystal

How does taking away choice and harming public health help anyone?The stupidity of the elected Republicans in this legislature have reached a new all time low.Who wants to live in a state where mRNA that plays a role in gene expression and regulation in corn, and can be used in corn breeding to improve crop yields and stress tolerance is OK but people? Screwed!Who wants to live in a state where it's elected officlas give more rights to and have more respect for livestock & Corn than it's own citizens?Should be embarrassed this is the kind of crap you're working on during the 1st funnel week.

03-03-2025

LaDonna Russell

Bad idea: this billGood ideas: modern medicinetrusting sciencevaccines that save livesherd immunitypersonal choice (Remember when you were champions of personal choice? Why do you now want to prevent me from choosing to be healthy?)keeping my family safe

03-03-2025

Jill Thiel

Hello, I am an RN in Infection Prevention. I have a masters degree in Infection Prevention and am nationally certified with CBIC. I am writing to let you know I am very opposed to this bill. This bill would remove Iowans access to certain COVID vaccines (Pfizer and Modernas mRNA vaccines). It would also would remove access to the Hepatitis B vaccines, which are DNA plasmid vaccines. We should be maintaining peoples right to accept vaccines recommended to them. Hepatitis B is also required to be accessible by all healthcare workers per OSHA. The Hepatitis B vaccines became available when I was in grade school and I remember lining up with all the other children in my school to receive them. I have since had my blood drawn and know that thanks to that vaccine series, I have lifetime immunity from this devastating disease. I want others to have this same opportunity. I also remember during the height of COVID receiving my Pfizer vaccine series, and being so thankful to do so. This bill would remove those opportunities from Iowans. It would also remove opportunity to receive future vaccines developed with this technology, such as the pancreatic cancer vaccine currently in stage two trials. This is removing essential preventative healthcare options from a state that is not doing great health wise (and in other ways). I am so disappointed to see that this is even being considered. Please do not support this bill. It is stripping rights and healthcare away from all of us, including those who brought it forward.

03-03-2025

Nicole Skaar

STRONGLY OPPOSED. This bill removes my choice to select these medical treatments that are safe and backed by research. In a state that continues to tout "freedom" and "liberty," this bill does not align with that message.

03-03-2025

Leslie Julich

I fully oppose SF 360. The state has no right to eliminate personal choice in healthcare. Gene based vaccines have been proven to save lives, build herd immunity and lessen disease/illness load. They are necessary and needed.

03-03-2025

Emma Williams

Hello,I am reaching out to strongly oppose this proposed bill for a variety of reasons. Vaccines have saved lives! The doctors who administer vaccines also save lives! Criminalizing doctors for doing their job is disgusting. COVID19 took millions of lives away from us. If the vaccine was not allowed to be distributed in the state, it would have been much worse on our communities. There is no denying that. A lot of misinformation spirals around the use of RNA vaccines, but there is no science to back any of it. Vaccines do not cause autism. It has never and will never be scientifically proven. Authorizing a bill like SF 360 opens the door for continued criminalization of healthcare professionals. They are the ones who know that they are talking about! Please consider what Iowans need and make the right decision.

03-03-2025

Jessica Mraz

Vaccines save lives. Herd immunity only works when the majority of the "herd" is vaccinated. This is what protects those who are too little to recieve the vaccine, and those who cannot receive them for various reasons, or the immunocompromised. Medicine makes advances all the time. Researchers are constantly working to improve the lives and life spans of Americans. This legislation will devastate the future generations of Iowans. Not only because good providers will leave the state, and finding Healthcare will be that much harder, but because they will not be afforded the same protections as you and I by receiving necessary and life saving Vaccines. The youngest among us, the future of Iowa and America, will pay the price.

03-03-2025

DeAnne Sesker

This is not a decision of the government!! This is a decision between the patient and the healthcare provider (a TRAINED PROFESSIONAL) to determine the best option. Provide both options. If anything, require patient education materials so that there can be an informed decision and allow people to think/decide for THEMSELVES!

03-03-2025

Sarrah Hammond

I oppose SF360 because it would take away my right to make my own healthcare decisions. I respect that there are those that dont want vaccinations, but nobody has the right to force that antivax choices onto everyone else. Vote NO on SF360.

03-03-2025

Raeann Lary

Dear Senator Guth, Senator Campbell, and Senator Donahue,Please pass SF 360 to help protect the health and freedoms of Iowans. The gene therapy that is being marketed as a vaccine is untrustworthy and many citizens are rightly concerned about its safety. Also, because of the way the "vaccines" were mandated by the government and forced by many companies, and because there are so many new mRNA "vaccines" being developed, this bill would help protect our freedom from similar coercion in the future. Iowa has led the way in many steps of freedom which has attracted people like my family and I to move here. Please continue that bold leadership with this bill. Thank you for your time. Respectfully,Raeann Lary

03-03-2025

Hilary Tanner

My healthcare is between me and my doctor, not the government. Do not vote to take away the rights of everyone to appease a handful of folks who dont want their own children vaccinated. Please follow the science and protect access to vaccines.

03-03-2025

Brigitte Steimel

My daughter was given the Gift of Life 11 years ago. She received a heart. She was given many vaccines before transplant to insure that she would be the healthiest she could be, and live many years with this gift. After transplant a person is not able to receive live vaccines. Going forward from pre transplant, she depends on these other vaccine options to keep her the most safe from diseases/ viruses that could end her life because of her immune system suppressed body. It is absurd/evil/inhumane that you would attempt to strip her and my familys, along with many other vulnerable Iowans right to receive these lifesaving vaccines. She strives everyday to honor her 12 year old Donor and his family. One of the ways she does that is by trusting her medical ( who saved her life) and doing all to keep her body healthy for as long as possible.

03-03-2025

Carrie O’Brien

I strongly oppose this bill! As a specialist in infection prevention, It is well known and scientifically based that mRNA vaccines are safe and effective and have a significant role in saving lives. Please trust the science and medical personnel versus political venues with no medical background. It is each individuals right to choose their healthcare, but it is not a political right to take that choice away from any individual. Thank you

03-03-2025

Pamela Stalnaker

The vaccines an individual chooses to take should not be restricted by a lawmaker. The decision as what vaccine to take is an issue for an individual and the medical professional they use. Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

03-03-2025

Julie Meachen

This bill is one of the most idiotic nonscience based things I have ever seen! I thought republicans were all about personal freedoms! So now they want to stop people from protecting themselves from infectious disease?! The result of the zerofact based bill will be the deaths of thousands of Iowans from preventable diseases. Sincerely, someone with a PhD in Biology

03-03-2025

Naomi Thomasee

As an RN which decades of experience vaccinating I strongly oppose this bill. If you must do something at least only make them not mandatory, please allow those of us who read and understand science to still be able to use it to our advantage.

03-03-2025

Megan Hangartner

As an OD, I am strongly opposed to this bill. Not only do these vaccines save lives, but this bill will also hinder development of future scientific breakthroughs. Every individual has the right to personal choice to turn down the current COVID vaccine and boosters should they choose to do so, but the proposal of banning the choice completely and limiting the scope of practice of medical providers in this state will only further increase the shortage we currently face. No one wants to practice in a state that doesn't stay up to date with medical advancements. DO NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BILL.

03-03-2025

Madelyn Hlas

As a pediatric nurse I urge those reviewing this to speak to those of us in healthcare, especially those in public health, if you have any questions about this. To sign this bill would be a great disservice to our community, state and country. To criminalize our doctors for providing medically necessary, safe, and well studied treatments is horrifying. We all want to be able to make the right choices for ourselveshealth and safety included. Gene based therapy is vaccines, is cancer treatment, is the future of our health.

03-03-2025

Jack Behrens

I strongly oppose SF 360. We must believe science. These vaccines are safe and the science is there to prove it. We have to stop trying to take away the freedom of choice. Just because a select few have an opinion (which is not based on science) does not mean the entirety of our state should be subjected to those opinions.

03-03-2025

Jordan Cronbaugh-Jones

I strongly oppose this bill. The passing of this proposal through committees and potentially into law will absolutely devastate Iowans and our ability to utilize and access healthcare. As someone who is immunocompromised, the COVID mRNA vaccines are an essential part of me not being sick and staying alive. With Iowas high and rising cancer rates, this action has the capability to end the lives of the many.

03-03-2025

Patrick Keating

As a physician, I am deeply disturbed by this bill. This technology has saved thousands of lives and has the promise to save thousands more by targeting therapies towards cancers and emerging viruses. Criminalizing evidenced based medical practice is not a way to retain physicians to practice in this state. This bill is not based in logic or the greater good for the people of Iowa but rather political agenda and misinformation.

03-03-2025

Kristen Underwood

Im not a scientist WHICH IS I TURN TO SCIENTISTS FOR INFORMATION. The CDC and many other researchers in the US and the EU have determined this type of vaccine safe and effective. More importantly its being researched as cancer treatment and at a moment when Iowas cancer rates are close to the highest in the country, WHY would you want to ban something that could lead to treatment. Put Iowans first, do your research, and abandon this bill.

03-03-2025

Taylor Brooks

Genebased vaccines save lives. Please do not ignore factual evidence. Please let patients make their own medical decisions with their medical care team. Please stop ignoring scientific data. Please let medical professionals and scientists do their jobs. Please stop with these backwards, nonsensical, and damaging bills. Please. Please.Please. Let us be.

03-03-2025

Jacob Rhodes

These vaccines have been proven to be safe time and time again and have saved countless lives. Please trust the science and not the fear mongering, especially when peoples lives could be on the line from easily preventable diseases.

03-03-2025

Denise Stadter

I oppose SF 360. It is a fundamental mental right of all Iowans and Americans to make their own decisions about Healthcare. Vaccines are necessary for the protection of all and should be considered and discussed with Healthcare professionals. I should have the freedom and the right to choose whether to become vaccinated or not along with guidance of my doctor. This bill could have severe negative consequences including thr outbreak of diseases and a loss of work force willing to provide care in Iowa.

03-03-2025

Devin Brown

Please oppose this bill. It is not based in science. There is an MRNA vaccine that is showing great promise with preventing pancreatic cancer. Our state has ridiculously high rates of cancer and this bill prevents people from protecting themselves against a devastating form of cancer. MRNA vaccines are safe. Talk to doctors. Talk to scientists. Oppose this bill.

03-03-2025

Tim Stumo

I support legislation that prioritizes a thorough evaluation of mRNA vaccine safety. Given the rapid development and widespread use of these vaccines, it is essential to ensure longterm health impacts are fully understood. Transparency in research, accountability in public health decisions, and the right to informed consent should be at the forefront of any medical intervention. This legislation is a step toward safeguarding public trust and promoting responsible healthcare policy.

03-03-2025

Samantha Bennett

I OPPOSE this bill, as strongly as I can. The government has no business making personal medical decisions for its citizens, each of us Iowans should have unalienable rights to determine what we want to do with our bodies. The decision to be vaccinated is one that every individual should be allowed to make for themselves, and that right should be protected by law. Not only that, but this bill would put us in some eugenicist territory, where the richest amongst us, those who are willing and able to pay a $500 fine per vaccine, are able to access better healthcare and protection against deadly and PREVENTABLE diseases. Make no mistake about it, if you pass this wretched, stupid bill countless Iowans will get sick, and die needless deaths. The workforce and economy will be severely impacted by those who are too sick to work (or too dead to) and those who are avoiding unnecessary shopping/outings to avoid catching diseases that vaccines would have protected against. Doctors and other medical professionals will likely start leaving our state as well, wanting to be allowed to fulfil their Hippocratic oath without getting fines and criminal charges, and the quality and access of healthcare will be significantly worsened. You will see Brain Drain like you won't believe, as Iowans decide to leave for states that allow them the right to vaccinate, and protect themselves and their family. If you pass this bill, you are affirming that you would like a sicker, weaker, worse Iowa. Iowa GOP why do you hate your constituents so much??

03-03-2025

Michael Elliott

Though I do not agree with vaccine mandates, outlawing a technology with potentially life saving benefits is shortsighted. All medical treatments have risks and it is understood that we may not know all risks associated. Continue to study risks and benefits but do not outlaw!

03-03-2025

Mark Schmedinghoff

I urge the subcommittee to reject this dangerous government overreach in SF360.If my neighbors want to fall prey to the lies and misinformation surrounding vaccines, that is their right. It is my right to choose vaccines that protect me and my family, including mRNA vaccines against COVID.Governor Reynolds spent the better part of two years trying to kill me and my family, including my mother who was 82 during the pandemic. The vaccines have allowed us to live our lives without fear of my mom becoming infected with a potentially fatal virus. It was a true Godsend for me when the vaccine became available for her. I will drive to whatever state or country I need to so that my mom can be protected with the latest and best vaccine available. It should be my right to do this here in Iowa. This bill would eliminate that right.

03-03-2025

Aryn Henning Nichols

I oppose this bill. I trust the medical experts who have worked hard to develop vaccines that protect the world population. There is proven data that vaccines work and keep those most vulnerable protected from illness. If there are folks who do not wish to vaccinate, allow them to make that choice, but don't take the choice away from those who do wish to vaccinate. Please vote no on SF 360.

03-03-2025

Maridith Morris

I am an RN of 17 years and a certified nurse midwife. I strongly oppose any limits on FDA approved vaccines. Please stop cosplaying as health professionals. You are not qualified and turning this state into a preview of idiocracy. mRNA vaccines have been a huge advance in modern medicine helping us get out of the pandemic and now becoming targeted cancer therapies. Why would you deny these to Iowans? Why would you not respect personal freedom you pretend to care about?

03-03-2025

Brenda Nesheim-Fuller

Please allow Iowans and their doctors to make decisions that are best for them. Iowans do not need politicians to interfere with medically proven procedures and products. Whether or not to receive a vaccine should be my choice, and the choice of every Iowan. Please trust Iowans to make their own choices in medical situations.

03-03-2025

Shauna LaFleur

I strongly oppose SF360. I am a family medicine physician here in Iowa. mRNA vaccines are an exciting medical advancement and show promise in treating several deadly & difficult to treat cancers such as glioblastoms & pancreatic cancer among other things. Iowa has the 2nd highest cancer rate per capita & is the only state with an increasing cancer rate, so I dont think we should be looking to stop medical advances that have the potential to improve medical treatment & save the lives of Iowans. The only reason laypeople have concerns with mRNA vaccines is due to widespread misinformation that was politicized around COVID. These are not gene therapy & dont alter human generic material (the RNA & DNA in our cells).Politicians with minimal to no medical knowledge should not be making bills about what medical treatments should be allowed, especially when it is based on misinformation & misunderstanding. Medical professionals & their patients should be free to make those decisions. Government should stay out of it. Finally, Iowa already has a shortage of doctors & a mass exodus of educated people due to our current abhorrent policies. Continuing to attack science & medicine in such misguided ways is going to further escalate the departure of doctors, researchers, & other healthcare professionals from our state which is bad for the health of Iowans as well as the economy. I urge you to vote against this bill.

03-03-2025

Jenny Connolly

We already have an issue of not being able to have enough doctors in this state and we have the second highest rate of cancer in the entire country. Why would we take away some of the ways to save lives and cutting edge research that we know is working in the cancer research arena? Please do not move forward on this bill.

03-03-2025

Zach Zaffis

I personally oppose the contents of this bill. Removing peoples choice with regards to medical decisions is an incredible infringement on personal rights and freedoms. When a state starts making decisions about individual rights so much so that it impacts peoples ability to receive preventative medical care theres been a serious overstep, and a complete violation of our rights.

03-03-2025

Greg Nooney

Strongly opposed. In the beginning of the pandemic I was part of a Moderna study of their mRNA vaccine. I am one of only a small number of people who never got COVID. this bill is outrageous as it would deny me to choose to vaccinate myself and family. During COVID, many antivaccine people argued for choice. This bill takes away choice, and is antiscience as well.

03-03-2025

Mindy Sickels Sterbenz

I strongly oppose SF 360.The notion that genebased vaccines are unsafe is NOT BACKED BY LEGITIMATE SCIENCE!! Just like the ridiculous people who think vaccines give children autism, you are basing these decisions on rumor and bias. Invest in the research to provide you with factual evidence! Furthermore, I should have the autonomy to choose what is best for my health. My rights have already been severely dimished by the actions of Iowa's congress and representative.This is NOT your right! Finally, this would do severe harm to public health.

03-03-2025

Julie Gentz

As a resident of this state and an individual who sees the value in vaccines and deems them a necessary part of a healthy lifestyle, this proposed bill is an infringement on MY civil rights. I find it unconscionable that a group of individuals in the Iowa legislature does not see the value of vaccines, and would even consider a bill that would literally put a stop to lifesaving research such as a vaccine trials for pancreatic cancer that were just set to begin. My rights to medical access in this state continue to be whittled away by actions such as as this. Mid term elections are coming up and it is bills like this, and the stripping transgender people of their rights, that will be remembered when Iowans go to the polls.

03-03-2025

Fran Hutson

Please support SF 360. Humans are not to be experimented on. See the Nuremberg Code. Please don't allow this sort of thing in Iowa. No matter how many PhD's who financially benefit from it,say it's safe. Please error on the side of great respect for human s. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Michelle Veach

I am in support of SF 360. Gene based vaccines must be removed from the market until more studies are done to PROVE their safety. This must include vaccines intended for humans and animals. Currently pigs receive mRNA shots, and potentially birds, including chickens. I am vaccine injured due to taking two Pfizer shots in 2021. I have had long terms symptoms of myocarditis for extended periods twice since 2021, which were treated by a cardiologist. In February I had my covid antibodies tested safe levels are below 1,000. Mine are 11,000. This proves my body is making its own spike proteins and there is no "offswitch" to these gene based shots.

03-03-2025

Valerie Kies

I oppose this bill.!! Elected officials should not be determining what preventive healthcare options are allowed for the citizens of Iowa. These decisions should be made by individual persons and their healthcare providers after having discussions about the pros and cons and making an educated decision. Taking our freedom of choice away from us is not in line with our state motto. I do prize my liberties and I do want to maintain my rights! However, I am strongly questioning, whether any of our elected officials in the Republican Party, truly believe this. The amount of legislation this session attempting to remove our Rights as individual citizens is despicable. This is yet another attempt at limiting our liberties by removing our choices.

03-03-2025

Sarah Brandt

I do NOT support SD 360. This bill takes away a fundamental right from me as a citizen of this country and state: life. Without access to the lifesaving mrna vaccines, you are putting at risk the entire state for disease that is preventable. This bill is not in the interest of Iowans and will result in severe illness and death.

03-03-2025

Greg Hetrick

We are only now beginning the research on the power of mRNA vaccines. A recent study showed favorable mRNA vaccine results on one of the most incurable forms of cancer, pancreatic. I urge you to vote NO on this antiscience, prodisease bill. Also, will this lower the price of eggs?

03-03-2025

Erin Raftery

Im am strongly opposed to this bill. As an RN who values scientific research and community health, not only would this bill take away evidenced based preventive options but it could potentially halt any further studies, breakthroughs and developments in healthcare including cancer treatments. People should have the option to protect themselves and others from deadly viruses and other disease. This bill is based on conspiracy and cherry picked information.

03-03-2025

Lilly Jensen

I strongly oppose SF 360. MRNA and other genebased vaccines have been studied for decades and proven safe and effective. They do not impact a person's DNA. They saved the lives of thousands of Iowans and helped bring a close to the Covid19 pandemic. They are instrumental to the future of immunotherapy treatments for cancer. I have three family members currently undergoing immunotherapy cancer treatments. Their lives have been made better for it. Iowa has the 2nd highest rate of cancer in the nation; we need every treatment option on the table. MRNA vaccines are also in development for combatting bird and swine flu. Our farmers deserve to be able to use all strategies to protect their livestock. Though SF 360 does not yet ban MRNA vaccines for animals, it is a dangerous precedent to set for our state.

03-03-2025

Nicole Hoag

I am opposed to SF360 because I believe each of us should have the PERSONAL FREEDOM to decide which vaccinations we want to use to protect ourselves and our family. The Montana legislature just voted this down because they did not feel the state should be dictating these health choices for their constituents. This ban would infringe on medical choices and freedom. Do not move this forward.

03-03-2025

Lori Reilly

Opposed. This bill infringes on the rights of Iowans, jeopardizing their health based on nothing but politics. Leave medical decisions between Iowans and their health care providers! Additionally this type of government overreach will not incent physicians to practice medicine in Iowa.

03-03-2025

Nancy Cook

This is a HORRIBLE bill. NO ONE has the right to outlaw a vaccine that could save my life and other lives. You can not deny this right!!!! I am thoroughly fed up with all of your dangerous decisions. This my life and everyone elses lives. Just let us choose for ourselves if we want or do not want any vaccines of any type. I feel like we are in a prison and cant make any decisions for ourselves. Im NOT a child. AI can think for myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

03-03-2025

Jan Stribling

I vehemently oppose! In 2020 I was diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia. After chemo my oncologist advised me get the covid vaccine. If I wouldn't have, I might not be here today. This would be detrimental for any immunocompromised individual. Do you have a medical license to even be having a discussion about this? Stop this madness!

03-03-2025

Stephanie Henning

Opposing Iowa SF 360 from a scientific and bodily autonomy perspective is crucial because the bill seeks to remove the administration of mRNA vaccines, an action that undermines both medical science and personal freedom.Scientific Perspective:mRNA vaccines, including those developed for COVID19, have been extensively studied and proven to be safe and effective. They have undergone rigorous clinical trials and realworld monitoring, showing significant reductions in severe illness, hospitalization, and mortality rates. The technology behind mRNA vaccines has been in development for decades and represents one of the most significant advancements in immunology, offering faster, adaptable, and efficient vaccine production for emerging diseases. Removing access to mRNA vaccines disregards decades of scientific progress and could have severe public health consequences, particularly by limiting responses to future outbreaks.Bodily Autonomy Perspective:Medical decisions, including vaccination, should be based on informed consent between patients and their healthcare providers, not government mandates that restrict access. Bodily autonomy is a foundational principle in medical ethics, ensuring individuals have the right to make decisions about their own health. By banning mRNA vaccine administration, SF 360 strips individuals of the choice to receive a scientifically supported medical intervention that they and their doctors may determine is best for them. This sets a dangerous precedent of government interference in personal healthcare decisions.Ultimately, SF 360 is an antiscience measure that disregards established medical research while eroding individual freedoms. Lawmakers should prioritize policies that protect public health and respect personal medical choices rather than enacting legislation that limits both.

03-03-2025

Susan Leibold

I do NOT agree with this bill. We have scientific reasearch to back vaccines. You want Iowans to have choice but take it away. This a public safety issue and the consequences will be dire. Please vote no and protect our choice, our health and our state.

03-03-2025

Sarah Schoen

I am a Nurse Midwife/Nurse Practitioner who has worked in healthcare for 14 years. I worked during COVID, risking my life and wellbeing to take care of very sick and vulnerable patients. The mRNA vaccine against COVID was and continues to be LIFESAVING! mRNA vaccines have been proven to be safe and effective. Research has been slow but steady since the 1990s on this kind of vaccineits not new or unsafe. Medical treatments that are validated by our gold standard research facilities (in theUS and worldwide) should not be up for discussion as political fodder. If people choose to not vaccinate, thats between them and their medical provider NOT the governmentespecially those without a medical background. This bill is unsafe hands down. People will die without access to vaccines like these. Keep government out of our personal healthcare decisions and leave the safety of medications to professionals who understand the research and recommendations. If you dont want it, dont get it. Dont take away my access to lifesaving treatment.

03-03-2025

Kat Sung

I strongly oppose SF 360, the proposed bill in Iowa that seeks to criminalize the use of mRNA vaccines. This legislation is both scientifically unfounded and dangerous to public health. mRNA vaccine technology has been rigorously tested and widely used to combat serious illnesses. These vaccines have undergone extensive clinical trials and realworld studies, proving their safety and effectiveness in preventing severe disease and saving lives. Criminalizing their use would not only limit access to lifesaving medical advancements but also set a dangerous precedent for government overreach into personal healthcare decisions. There is no credible scientific reason to justify banning mRNA vaccines. The development of these vaccines was built on decades of research in molecular biology and immunology. Restricting this technology could hinder future medical innovations, including potential vaccines for cancer, HIV, and other diseases that researchers are actively developing using mRNA platforms. Additionally, this bill could drive medical professionals and biotech companies out of Iowa, limiting the states access to cuttingedge treatments and deterring healthcare investment. Iowa lawmakers should be focused on improving healthcare access and supporting medical innovation, not criminalizing safe and effective medical technologies. SF 360 is a reckless and antiscience piece of legislation that prioritizes ideology over evidencebased healthcare. I urge legislators to reject it in the interest of public health, scientific integrity, and medical freedom.

03-03-2025

Marla Mayberry

I strongly oppose this bill. Vaccines save lives, and to take away this medical right and impose penalties on doctors is unethical and cruel. It goes against my bodily autonomy and decades of proven science, and is also significant government overreach. Please vote NO to this harmful bill.

03-03-2025

Jane Robinette

I am in strong opposition to SF 360 that would criminalize and subject to professional discipline anyone who administers a "genebased" vaccine, such as the COVID vaccine and many others in the pipeline. I am tired of legislators trying to ban or criminalize things they either don't like, don't understand, or both. If you don't want a "genebased" vaccine, don't get one! But don't ban them for people like me with autoimmune diseases or other chronic conditions who want them, and are grateful for vaccine science. Please stop this bill in subcommittee.

03-03-2025

HEIDI LOEBIG [Heidi Loebig]

Autonomy in healthcare is important to the mental and physical well being of all persons. Currently, individuals have the right to chose to receive a mRNA based vaccine. Making such a vaccine illegal strips individuals of their healthcare autonomy.

03-03-2025

Cassidy Flory

The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID. Without the vaccine, it could have been tens of thousands more. Please dont take Iowans health care backwards.

03-03-2025

Amy Dollison

I strongly oppose this bill for two reasons. First, there is absolutely no reason to take away my freedom to make a choice to use this treatment option that does not harm or affect the freedom of my neighbor. Second, this technology is an approach, not a specific treatment to have an issue with. The technology is used to develop medicines, vaccines, our corn and soybean crops, and many other things. This tool has been used to make vaccines that a majority of people support and use for better health. Requiring a treatment is a different issue maybe, but banning a vaccine shown to save lives right after a global pandemic is the definition of having your blinders on.

03-03-2025

Karen Gordon

Please vote no on this bill that will harm and kill Iowans. Medically fragile people rely on MRNA vaccines to stay alive. Additionally these vaccines have been proven safe, proven effective, and Iowans want access to them for their health and safety.

03-03-2025

Courtney Collier

I support SF360. I believe it is a priority conversation to discuss whether these mRNA products have adequate safety data and should be available in Iowa. So far, what has been reported to the federal vaccine adverse event reporting system sends an extremely alarming signal. Previous vaccines were recalled and halted with only a handful of deaths reported. A large number of doctors and scientist have requested that these products be pulled from the market.Its also very concerning that this technology has the ability to affect those, like myself, who did not personally take the product, but are exposed to those who did. That is ethically and morally wrong, and violates the Nuremberg requirement of informed consent. We must act prudently and protect the population of Iowa. If we do not have a healthy population, we have nothing.

03-03-2025

Terri Ploeger [Retired healthcare worker]

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to choice. I respect that their other people who don't want vaccinations but you don't have the right to impose their choice to everyone else. There have been very few vaccinations incidents, but those are caused by allergies or medical conditions. Please, if you believe in Medical freedom, Don't pass SF360. There are other issues in our state and these need to be left up to the medical professionals. You need to stop micro managing.

03-03-2025

Jessica Graham

This bill is grossly negligent in keeping the citizens of Iowa healthy. Iowans deserve to have the choice of the Covid vaccination. Administering the vaccine does not have to happen for all Iowans, but for those of that want this option, should have it. Where is the concern for our health? Where is the option of choice?

03-03-2025

Abby Rail [Drake University]

As a nurse, a nursing leader, and a nursing educator, and as a PARENT where is our choice to make decisions based on the evidence? For a state that seems to discriminate towards freedom of choice you are taking away that right for me to make the right decision for my child and to educate my patients to make an informed decision and to teach my students what science deems as evidence. Not to mention the future implications of this bill which have the potential to protect against cancers and autoimmune diseases like type I diabetes in children. This has to stop.

03-03-2025

Ann Tigges

I oppose this bill because not only are we taking away an individuals right to make a choice about their health care, this bill would also make it a crime for a Doctor to administer certain cancer and rare genetic disease treatments because they use mRNA technologies. Im not sure if lawmakers just decided to use ignore this fact or dont care. Either way individuals should be allowed to receive treatment without threat of punishment. Reps, what is your plan for ensuring Iowas still receive care for cancer and rare genetic diseases?

03-03-2025

Staci Fosenburg

As a healthcare professional, I strongly oppose this bill. Genebased vaccines help protect me, my coworkers, and our patients from deadly diseases. There are decades worth of research verifying their safety and documenting their effectiveness. For all of our safety, please do not advance this bill.

03-03-2025

Lexie OBrien

This bill is grounded in misinformation. It is my right to get vaccinated if I choose to and that freedom should not be taken away from me. I graduated magna cum laude from Iowa state university so I could further science not so we can go back in time. Please throw this junk out

03-03-2025

Tricia Kitzmann

I am writing to beg you not to advance this bill. Vaccines protect some of most vulnerable Iowans, such as those immunocompromised, the elderly and the young.Just because some do not believe in science or want these types of vaccines should not be allowed to dictate what people who support science and want these life saving vaccines. These vaccines save lives.Tricia KitzmannCedar Rapids, 52405

03-03-2025

Luke Gude

Vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective time and time again. Honestly, they should be celebrated as one of humanitys greatest achievements a way to keep ourselves and each other safe. Please do not take Iowa backwards many decades by passing this bill and putting us more at risk of future pandemics.

03-03-2025

Kathleen Fuller

No. Just NO.You will not legislate my health care.This bill is dangerous and if passed will be directly responsible for many, many needless and senseless deaths in this state.Stop taking MY healthcare choices, and my rights away.

03-03-2025

Alexandra Jean

I oppose this bill because it takes away my right to choose what to do with my body. Rather than improving the public access to information around mRNA vaccines, this bill would remove our ability to make an informed decision about our body. This bill would also set dangerous precident to prevent other vaccines in the future, endangering countless lives.

03-03-2025

Whitney Sanders

STRONGLY OPPOSE SF360!!! This bill is so dangerous and extremely hypocritical coming from the Republican party of "freedom and personal choice" when it comes to vaccines. I've been a nurse over 10 years and seen firsthand the benefit of all vaccines, but especially the mRNA covid vaccines in the last few years. As an oncology nurse, I also know of the mRNA based vaccines that are being studied to treat and prevent cancer. Iowa's cancer rates will only continue to get worse. We cannot let this bill go forward.

03-03-2025

Megan Casebolt

I am very concerned with this bill. I understand that some have concerns with gene based therapy and vaccines. For those I am glad they have the choice to not have that vaccine or therapy. For others it is extremely important that if they choose they continue to have access to these life saving treatments. I am concerned that there could be implications regarding gene based cancer treatments as well at a time where cancer rates are increasing at an alarming rate in Iowa. Boone county is one of the counties that has a very high rate.Please dont take choice away from people regarding their medical decisions. Please reject and vote no regarding SF360.A concerned registered nurse

03-03-2025

James Sabin

Senators, I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to this legislation and respectfully plead with you to not support it or consider it further. I am dumbfounded that you all are seriously considering denying sciencebased treatments to those who desire to receive them. It is one thing to prohibit mandates of experimental vaccines, it is totally irresponsible to make them illegal.I am an old man. I grew up in an era when there were not a lot of vaccines available. I knew people who contracted polio. I contracted measles and remember the fear of my parents that I may not survive or may go blind as a result. Now, I have lesions in my pancreas. I am scanned regularly to determine whether they have become cancerous or not. Articles such as this " https://www.nih.gov/newsevents/nihresearchmatters/mrnavaccinetreatpancreaticcancer" give me hope. Please don't deny me and others like me potential protection from a disease that is almost 90% fatal.

03-03-2025

Kevin Smith

The committee needs to learn about the science and not what the media is telling you. This is coming from a person with two doctoral degrees. We are now seeing diseases return that were once eradicated. I wish there was a vaccine for stupidity because we could administer it to the authors of this bill.

03-03-2025

Sara Frahm

Vote no on this bill. This would take away Iowans right to choose what is best for their health. With so many bills being brought to the forefront of parents choice, this is a bill that would take away a parents ability to choose what is best for themselves and their children.

03-03-2025

Melissa Simon

As a physician in an Iowa critical access hospital, I fully support mRNA vaccines. The use of these vaccines helped save the lives of elderly and chronically ill Iowans. The future of mRNA vaccines is also bright! Do we want to limit access to future cancer vaccination? Do we want to tie the hands of our brilliant scientists at ISU and U of I? We already have a critical physician shortage in our state. Passing anti science laws is not going to draw more physicians, it will only drive more of us out.

03-03-2025

Oliver Schoenborn

I OPPOSE SF 360. This country is currently testing an mRNA vaccine to fight against pancreatic cancer, one of the most deadly cancer types out there. If this completely unconstitutional bill goes through today, Iowans will die en masse from not just cancer, but plenty of other ailments that genebased vaccines prevent against: COVID19, Hepatitis C, Avian flu, Herpes, and dozens more. This is nothing short of attempting to kill Iowans. The ink has not even dried from last week's bill removing an entire protected class from the state Civil Rights Act, and Iowa legislators are already moving to restrict Iowans' freedom to...not die from easilypreventable diseases. I am appalled. Vote NO on SF 360.

03-03-2025

Dawn Cavanaugh

I am ashamed that ANY person who was blessed and lucky enough to live through the COVID pandemic would even consider this outrageous bill! Vaccinations SAVE lives! How many constituents did you lose to Covid? How many unvaccinated died??mRNA vaccines are SAFE and have been proven effective. The choice to receive one or penalize medical professionals for administering them should NOT be regulated by the Iowa legislature. This is a ridiculous bill!Additional mRNA vaccine research currently being done for cancer and other diseases. Do NOT set treatment or a cure back 50 years by moving this outrageous bill forward!https://www.globalvaccinedatanetwork.org/news/howmrnavaccinesaremadewhytheyareverysafe

03-03-2025

Michelle Miller

I'm not sure who thinks this is a good idea, but they can not be a medical professional. Vaccines have advanced public health for decades and suddenly we want to ban them in this state. That's a great way to dissuade new talent from coming to this state. What do you think will happen to the University of Iowa's Medical school? Iowans are NOT being served by our current legislature and bills like this prove it. Don't want the vaccine, don't get it. But outlawing it for others, vindictive and petty. So much for choice.

03-03-2025

Jarrod Byerly

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to choice. If their are other people who don't want vaccinations that their choice but you don't have the right to impose their choice to everyone else. There have been very few vaccinations incidents, but those are caused by allergies or medical conditions. Please, if you believe in Medical freedom, Don't pass SF360. There are other issues in our state and these need to be left up to the medical professionals providing information and allow a person to decide for themselves. Stop trying to take away peoples right to choose.

03-03-2025

Jordan Rhodes

I oppose this bill and hope you will too. Genebased vaccines, like mRNA vaccines, are beneficial because they teach our immune system how to recognize and fight specific viruses without using the actual virus. Instead of injecting weakened or inactivated virus particles, they provide genetic instructions (like mRNA) that help our cells produce a harmless piece of the virus (like a protein) which triggers an immune response. This method is faster to develop, easier to produce in large quantities, and can be adapted quickly for new strains of viruses.

03-03-2025

Meg Rowe-Johnson

These vaccines are highly effective at preventing infections, easy and inexpensive to produce, and can be tailored to target specific proteins of a virus or disease. The benefits of saving lives that could be lost to serious infections outweigh any adverse effects. Also vaccines do not cause autism (science suggesting this has been debunked since 2010).

03-03-2025

Mary Owens

I am a nursing educator who is working hard to try and get nurses trained and retained in the state of Iowa. Currently, 52% of nurses are considering leaving the profession because of insufficient staffing and 60% of acute care nurses report being burned out. Why in the world, when we are facing such a nursing crisis, would you charge a nurse or any healthcare provider with a misdemeanor for administering a vaccine that is proven effective? I can no longer advocate for nurses to stay in this state. Help me understand why you would not spend your energy improving the ratios for nurses or advocating for retention, rather than find ways to drive them out of the state. How many COVID nurses or doctors did you interview before introducing this? Please provide to me the scientific rationale for introducing this legislation and the sources you are using. I have been a lifelong resident of this state, and the level at which you continue to disappoint as political leaders is unbelievable and is indeed driving me away!

03-03-2025

Sarah Garner

As a phsyician, I oppose this. Vaccines should be a decision between a patient and a doctor. Vaccines saves lives and prevent disease. There is good evidence that these vaccines are safe. By banning them you would prevent future treatments that would be life changing, including the current pancreatic cancer mrna vaccine in phase 2 trials. Leave the medicine to the doctors and scientist.

03-03-2025

Erin London

Some in your political party may not want lifesaving vaccines and want to control it so that no one else in Iowa can get them either. But we can see this is politically motivated and certainly not intended to benefit the health of Iowans. Allow the healthcare professionals, epidemiologists, and public health experts to make decisions about vaccines.

03-03-2025

Laura Keltner

If I am understanding correctly, this would make vaccines like those used for COVID19 illegal. This is utterly ridiculous and unscientific. It should be up to the individual. Iowa already has enough problems attracting and retaining physicians, nurses, and other healthcare practioners. This is an embarassment. Stop with the craziness and stop this bill.

03-03-2025

Katherine Burns

This should be left to a patient and their doctor. As a physician I believe in evidence based medicine and this vaccine has been proven safe and effective. Not to mention the potential for treatment of cancers and other chronic diseases with this technology. Please vote NO for this measure.

03-03-2025

Katie Cordray

I support this bill SF360. I support each individual having the right to choose to get vaccinated but those who choose to not get vaccinated still have the shedding that happens by those who get vaccinated. MRNA is not safe, it is dangerous and risks severe health issues to people who chose not to get it.

03-03-2025

Emily Barnard

I strongly oppose SF 360 as it would take away my right to choose what is best for me and my family. All Iowans should have the opportunity to work with their healthcare team(s) to determine the best course of action for them. Stop SF 360 and leave choice up to Iowans!

03-03-2025

Jaron Lassen

I strongly oppose any effort to ban the administration of mRNA vaccines in Iowa. Such a ban would be an unprecedented overreach into medical decisionmaking, directly interfering with the ability of healthcare providers to offer safe, effective, and FDAapproved vaccines that have saved millions of lives.mRNA vaccines are safe and effective: Extensive realworld data and clinical trials confirm their safety and ability to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death.Medical decisions should be made by patients and doctors: Government should not dictate which FDAapproved treatments are available. Banning mRNA vaccines undermines both public health and medical freedom.Economic and healthcare consequences: Restricting access to widely accepted vaccines could deter businesses, healthcare providers, and residents from staying in or moving to Iowa, damaging both public health and the states economy.Iowa should be leading with science and facts, not fear and misinformation. I urge legislators to reject this harmful bill.

03-03-2025

Elizabeth Hohn [Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce]

The government should not have any control over what vaccines people choose OR choose NOT to get. This is dangerous misinformation and will kill people.Please focus and leave your religious leaning legislation at the capital door.

03-03-2025

Tim Rutledge

The State of Iowa must not restrict, ban, prohibit, or otherwise impede the administration of genebased vaccines. mRNA vaccines have proven safe and effective for the public and have, indeed, proven livesaving on a scale we are only more likely to face given our growing and connected population. The existing science does not support the proposed measures, especially to any degree serving the public interest by taking away our right to choose our healthcare. Mr. Campbell et al have put forth this measure based on opinion and conjecture, not on any foundation of verifiable or reasonable concern. The state can and must only restrict healthcare choices where there is a clear and definable hazard to the public; this not being demonstrated, the bill must not advance and must be defeated. Iowans must retain the right to choose lifesaving vaccines for themselves and for the good of the population as a whole.

03-03-2025

Jill Swanson

mRNA vaccines save lives. They are a crucial treatment option for cancer (not just COVID vaccines). If a person does not want to receive this type of treatment, they have the freedome to choose that option for themselves. They should not have the power to choose that for the entire state. We deserve freedom to make our own healthcare decisions. This is in opposition to everything that the state motto claims we hold dear. Vote no.

03-03-2025

Samantha Brown

These vaccines are highly effective at preventing infections, easy and inexpensive to produce, and can be tailored to target specific proteins of a virus or disease. The benefits of saving lives that could be lost to serious infections outweigh any adverse effects. Additionally, there is no evidence that vaccines cause Autism. The initial research that stated this link has long since been retracted and debunked.

03-03-2025

Amanda Devereaux

Who is this helping?!My daughter was born disabled due to congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV). There is currently an mRNA vaccine in phase 3 trails to help prevent this virus from causing THOUSANDS of disabilities in children each year. Without a vaccine (which has been worked on for decades with no success) we will continue to have children harmed by CMV. This virus also causes up to 15% of stillbirths and 400 infant deaths each year. Why would we not want every weapon at our disposal to combat this and other infectious diseases? You ever heard of congenital Rubella syndrome? That is because we now prevent it from happening by vaccination! Before the Rubella vaccine, the virus caused disabilities in children similar to CMV. By taking away mRNA vaccines, you are robbing us of a solution to CMV, which is the #1 infectious cause of birth defects in children!Additionally, my daughter is at high risk for infectious diseases due to her disabilities. Should we really have to travel out of state for her to get her Covid vaccine each year, which is recommended by her DOCTORS? Leave healthcare decisions up to individuals. Stop taking away our rights!!There is not a single good reason to do this. It is antiscience garbage!

03-03-2025

Kelli Gerdes

I ask my legislators to oppose SF360 on the grounds that this bill and its language removes personal freedoms from Iowans. There are better means of legislation to address the concerns over entry of genebased vaccinations into our medical system. This bill as written would criminalize the administration of the Hepatitis B vaccination that has proven effective for years, as this is a genebased vaccination we use to keep our ourselves and our children protected across the globe from Hep B infection. Science is never stagnant, always changing and let us pray that advances and improvements to our immunization research continues to find better ways to improve outcomes and lives. This bill does nothing to ensure strict research and administration standards of medical care, it solely removes individual rights and does not demand better science.

03-03-2025

Rachel Gage

Banning mRNA vaccines would be a dangerous and unjustified move that undermines public health, limits personal freedoms, and ignores scientific evidence. These vaccines have saved millions of lives, are rigorously tested, and offer adaptability for future diseases. While rare side effects exist, they are closely monitored and do not justify a ban. Restricting access to proven medical advancements sets a harmful precedent, eroding trust in science and personal choice. Instead of feardriven policies, we should focus on transparency, research, and informed decisionmaking.

03-03-2025

Julie Gibbons

I strongly oppose SF 360. I am a RN with a BSN. I was a public health nurse over 10 years and most recently worked in Infection Prevention and Control at a local health system. The mRNA vaccines have been proven safe and effective by scientists and public health professionals. Decision making whether to receive these vaccines should be left up to the individual with the advice of their medical care provider, and not criminalized by lawmakers. The mRNA vaccines are a true breakthrough in medicine. We as a state should not allow unfounded fears to take away access to this highly effective preventative medical

03-03-2025

Kevin Butler

This bill is dangerous and completely unnecessary. We should allow THE PEOPLE to decide whether they want vaccinations or not. Sure seems that the Republican Party touts themselves as the party of freedom but that only applies to a short list of items.

03-03-2025

Macee Tracy

I strongly oppose S.F. 360! This bill disregards decades of scientific research and undermines public health by limiting access to safe and effective vaccines. mRNA technology has been rigorously studied, widely used, and has saved millions of lives. Restricting these vaccines would not only endanger Iowans by removing critical disease prevention tools but also put our state at odds with established medical and scientific consensus. Medical decisions should be guided by healthcare professionals and scientific evidence, not legislative overreach. I urge lawmakers to reject this harmful and unnecessary bill.

03-03-2025

Simon Clark

I strongly oppose this bill. The efficacy of vaccines has been proven time and time again to prevent sickness and death from perfectly preventable diseases. We have eradicated smallpox through the use of vaccines, and many other diseases are dwindling because of them as well. The scientific advancement of RNA vaccines only shows that we are getting closer to a healthier world. Iowa is continuing to move backwards, and this will only serve to endanger our health and safety. Oppose this bill if you want to live. Because the IA senate obviously doesnt want you to.

03-03-2025

Sydney R

What gives the government right to dictate what preventative treatments I, as a consenting adult, choose to get? They government SHOULD NOT have the right to decide that. That is between my doctor and me. As a healthcare worker, I've seen these vaccines save lives! Do not pass this bill.

03-03-2025

K James

I am writing to express my strong opposition to SF360, a bill that seeks to make mRNA vaccines illegal in Iowa. As a concerned citizen, I believe this legislation poses significant risks to public health and undermines scientific advancements that have proven to be lifesaving.1. Public Health Impact: These vaccines have undergone rigorous testing and have been shown to be safe and effective. Banning them would not only limit our ability to respond to current and future health crises but also put our communities at greater risk of preventable diseases.2. Scientific Integrity: The development of mRNA technology represents a significant breakthrough in medical science. It offers a flexible and rapid response to emerging infectious diseases. By making mRNA vaccines illegal, we would be disregarding decades of scientific research and progress. This could stifle innovation and discourage scientific inquiry, ultimately hindering our ability to advance medical treatments and improve public health outcomes.3. Economic Consequences: Iowa's healthcare sector and economy could suffer if SF360 is passed. The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are vital contributors to our state's economy, providing jobs and fostering innovation. Restricting the use of mRNA technology could deter investment and collaboration with leading scientific institutions, negatively impacting our economic growth and development.4. Ethical Considerations: It is crucial to base public health policies on sound scientific evidence rather than unfounded fears. The claims against mRNA vaccines lack substantial scientific support and have been debunked by numerous studies and health experts1. Making decisions that could jeopardize public health based on misinformation is not only unethical but also dangerous.I urge you to consider the farreaching implications of SF360 and vote NO on this bill. Let us continue to support scientific progress, protect public health, and ensure that Iowa remains a leader in innovation and healthcare.Thank you for your time.

03-03-2025

Lori Lyon

This is a joke, right? Whatever happened to My body, my choice? I have a new baby grandson, and I hope to God hell have life saving vaccines available to ensure he stays healthy. If you dont want to vaccinate, thats up to you, but if we prohibit vaccines, we will certainly see rampant disease again.

03-03-2025

Jamie Niman

I am opposed to SF 360. Our state already has abysmal medical outcomes since so many restrictions are placed on healthcare and the rates of cancer are so high. Do not ban life saving treatments. Please consult with medical professionals and scientists in the field before restricting access to any type of vaccine.

03-03-2025

Stacey Houseman

Strongly opposed to this bill! I do not support the restriction of medical freedom and my choice. Genebased vaccines, like mRNA technology, have been instrumental in combating infectious diseases and advancing treatments for cancer, rare genetic disorders, and other conditions. Do not reduce access to proven, effective vaccines! Sciencedriven policy, not fear or misinformation, should guide healthcare decisions to ensure the best outcomes for individuals and society as a whole.

03-03-2025

Ella Hall

In April of 2021, Pfizer and the FDA already knew that the Pfizer vaccine was associated with 1223 deaths and was causing hundreds of adverse events." They published 9 pages listing "adverse events of special interest". There were numerous pages of adverse events listed, but here are only a handful: Vasculitis, Thromboembolic events, Stroke, Respiratory, Renal, Pyrexia, Neurologic, Musculoskeletal, Myocarditis, Hepatic, Dermatologic, Covid19, Cardia, Autoimmune disease and menstrual disorders for women and sexual disorders for men. Females were 2.5 times more likely to have a higher risk of adverse events than men. Adverse events of special interest for the Pfizer Covid19 vaccinecan be found on the government website Pubmed (The NIH National Library of Medicine). Yet with over 1,000 deaths in the Pfizer study, and with all the adverse events, this pharmaceutical company insisted that the vaccine was "safe and effective". Today, the government website VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) for the mRNA Covid vaccine shows a reported total of 38,398 deaths and 2,659,050 adverse events. They have said less than 1% report. And yet this, with all the reported deaths and injuries, was added to the childhood vaccine schedule. Dr. Deborah Birx say she 'knew' COVID vaccines would not 'protect against infection.' What then was the point of getting it? Several of my family members and friends died shortly after getting these "vaccines". I did not get the vaccine, however, I have been vaccine injured from the shedding of the vaccines others got. Pfizer, did, after all, say that their vaccines shed in the air people exhale, through skin contact, and sex. Pubmed also says it spreads through breast milk and semen. Dr. Pierre Kory stated that his research is showing that symptoms of shedding are: headaches, tinnitus, nose bleeds, bruising, dizziness, brain fog, malaise, reactivated Lyme disease or Epstein Barr Virus, shingles, skin rashes, muscle pain, seizures, peripheral neuropathy, insomnia, hair loss, swollen lymph nodes, abdominal pain, sinus pressure, eye problems, strokes, blood clots, heart injuries, polymyalgia rheumatica, death and cancer. If mRNA vaccines can shed and cause such injuries to the unvaccinated, why should they even be allowed to be used in Iowa? When one person's freedom to inject something into their body can cause others injury, that item should not be allowed to be used. There is obviously a great deal of research that needs to be done. Until then, these injections need to be banned. I did not consent to the uptake of these vaccines. Thank you for considering those of us who are being injured by those that chose to take these experimental injections none of which have yet been approved by the FDA. (Only Comirnaty was approved, but never made available). We must especially consider the children who are being exposed to this. Young people are dying at a much higher rate since these injections became available.P.S. Please see Dr. Pierre Kory's notes on shedding here: https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/sheddingofcovidvaccinegeneproducts?open=false#%C2%A7summaryobservationsofoverclinicalreportsofshedding

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03-03-2025

Jaqueline Giltner

Unsurprisingly, the party that screamed medical freedom when they had to mask when going into a hospital is wanting to actually restrict the medical freedom of others. Please vote this downnot just because its the right thing to do but the increased illness is bad for productivity and I know money is the only thing you all care about.

03-03-2025

Robert Smith

I strongly oppose any legislation that would prohibit the use of mRNA vaccines in Iowa. This bill is not only unnecessary but also harmful to public health, scientific progress, and individual freedoms.mRNA Vaccines Are Safe and Effective: mRNA vaccines, including those for COVID19, have undergone rigorous testing and have been proven safe and effective in preventing severe illness and death. These vaccines were developed based on decades of research and have saved millions of lives worldwide. Blocking access to this technology would put Iowans at unnecessary risk.Restricting Medical Innovation Hurts Iowans: mRNA technology is not limited to COVID19 vaccines. It is being developed for flu, cancer treatments, and other lifesaving therapies. Banning this technology would hinder medical advancements that could benefit Iowans in the future.Government Overreach in Healthcare Choices: This bill takes personal medical decisions away from individuals and healthcare providers. Iowans should have the freedom to make informed choices about their own health, in consultation with their doctorsnot have those decisions dictated by politics.Economic and Scientific Backlash: A ban on mRNA vaccines could drive biotech companies, researchers, and healthcare providers away from Iowa, damaging the states economy and reputation in the medical and scientific community.Science and personal freedom should guide healthcare policy, not misinformation or political agendas. I urge lawmakers to reject this bill and support policies that protect public health and medical progress.

03-03-2025

Laura Frey Law

I am OPPOSED to SF360. Those who feel there was insufficient data to support the use of mRNA vaccines, can certainly present their arguments, but to ban their use is a large overreach. There is actually a large amount of data supporting their use for multiple indications. I suspect the primary resistance to mRNA vaccines is for its particular application regarding COVID19 and not its potential for use against cancer or other chronic diseases. A summary paper from 2022 on mRNA vaccines and their potential not only for infectious diseases like COVID, but a nice overview of their use was published under peer review: PMCID: PMC8856755 PMID: 35189345. Another summary of what mRNA is and how it functions in vaccines is provided at the following website: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/therapy/mrnavaccines/ Quoting this source briefly, "All vaccines introduce into the body a harmless piece of a particular bacteria or virus, triggering an immune response. Most vaccines contain a weakened or dead bacteria or virus. However, scientists have developed a new type of vaccine that uses a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) rather than part of an actual bacteria or virus. Messenger RNA is a type of RNA that is necessary for protein production. Once cells finish making a protein, they quickly break down the mRNA. mRNA from vaccines does not enter the nucleus and does not alter DNA."Accordingly, restricting the use of medical technology that can help direct our innate immune response against pathogens and disease would be substantially limiting our ability to promote health and fight off illnesses. I personally would like to have the freedom to choose whether to take advantage of mRNA vaccines when they are available. Please do no take that right away.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Danker

I am opposed to SF360. Genebased vaccines are safe and save lives. Period. People have the right to accept or decline receiving vaccines. Iowans have a fundamental right to make their own medical decisions. Science must take precedence over politics.

03-03-2025

Julie Visser

I oppose SF 360. If you dont want your child vaccinated, then dont get it. Pretty simple way to go about things in life. It feels like we are trying to show fealty to the White House by changing long standing vaccines that work.

03-03-2025

Zach Grissom

I invite the committee members to step up to the whiteboard and describe the central dogma of biology in its modern understanding of the directionality of genetic information to protein expression, as well as the immune responses we are utilizing to cause the resistance to disease.What a ridiculous bill to introduce. What concern or issue are you trying to fix? When did you last take a biology class let alone a genetics or immunology course?You will destroy the medical establishment of this state by doing this. Messenger RNA vaccines are a safe and incredibly promising field that was thankfully at a pivotal moment in development to be turned toward our response to the SARSCoV2 pandemic.

03-03-2025

Barbara Rakel

I find it very hard to believe that Iowa is even CONSIDERING banning COVID and other mRNA vaccines. These vaccines were a scientific breakthrough that saved many lives (including the life of my 92 year old father). It is a disgrace that you are even contemplating this action. Educate yourselves on the science/data and act appropriately! This is what your constituents expect of you. Deeply concerned,Dr. Barbara Rakel

03-03-2025

Tara Ray-Smith

As a concerned constituent and parent, I strongly oppose this bill because it creates unnecessary barriers to proven medical advancements and puts public health at risk. Vaccination policies should be based on science and medical expertise, not restrictions that limit access to lifesaving treatments. This legislation could lead to lower immunization rates, increasing the risk of preventable disease outbreaks and endangering our children and communities.

03-03-2025

Jackelen Brown

Oppose SF 360Constituentshave the right to chose. It seems odd you would even have a bill like this? What is the motive? Some of us chose to trust science and the medical professionPulmonary and internal medicine absolutely recommended vaccine for flu, covid, shingles, pneumonia. I can report diagnosis of cold and have not had the flu, rav, shingles, flu or any life threatening illness because of these vaccines. I have to ask again what the notice is as it is suspicious to me you want me to be unprotected by vaccines from lifethreatening illnesses that vaccines prevent. Is it a cost saving? Thank for you for protecting us and keeping medical costs and illnesses under control.

03-03-2025

Anna Shivers

This has to be one of the dumbest bills to ever be brought to committee. This is a simple concept, if you do not want to receive a mRNA vaccine, then don't get one. But you do not have the option to take away my right to choose what is best for my health. If I want to receive an mRNA vaccine, that is my choice. They have been proven to be safe and effective and this is absolutely not something that should ever be restricted by government action. This is an incredibly asinine bill and I can't believe it's something even up for discussion. Shame on you, campbell, for even thinking about introducing something as stupid as this.

03-03-2025

Holly Else

Its not right to dictate choices that should remain between a patient and their Doctor. Iowans deserve the freedom to make their own healthcare choices, and their government has no business dictating their personal choices. I would urge our legislators to focus on areas that would improve the health and lives of their constituents rather than focusing on areas to trim down individual rights.

03-03-2025

Priscilla Collins

Im an RN and oppose SF 360. I worked in the hospital as an Infection Preventionist during the COVID19 pandemic and saw the devastation it did to the healthcare system. A mRNA vaccine is what prevented the healthcare system from collapsing and saved so many lives. Please dont take our rights away. This is an overreach of government and has no positive impact on our lives. The Hippocratic oath is do not harm. This bill will harm Iowans without any reliable science to back it up.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Lorence

Please DO NOT support this bill. People need to have the right to defend themselves against death and disease by having the choice to get a vaccine if they want to! FAR more people die from being unvaccinated than the number of people who have even a very mild reaction to a vaccine.

03-03-2025

Brian Middleswarth

Senators Campbell, Donahue, and Guth,I am opposed to the banning of the provision and administration of gene based vaccines which as a read the file would basically cover the COVID vaccines.The role of government in this case is to make sure that I as a citizen have full access to safe and effective care. This allows me to be a fully productive and contributing member of my local community, this state, and the country. The role of government is not to deny me access to what has after almost 4 years proven to be a safe and effective way to prevent or lessen infections of the COVID19 virus. As a pastor, I had parishioners die from COVID. I know many others who were affected during the pandemic. I also know folks who would be at serious risk without this kind of vaccine. I would urge you all to abandon this effort to infringe on the right of Iowans to make choices about their healthcare.Thank you.

03-03-2025

Paul Pompi

I strongly oppose SF 360. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe and effective against COVID19. What vaccines I can use should be a choice between me and my doctor and not by the state legislator. Iowa's state motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain". Please be consistent with this and end this terrible bill.

03-03-2025

Lori VanLo

Not that Republicans care but SF 360 will kill people! How dare you think you know better than experts in science and medicine about medicine. Vaccines save lives and without access to them people will die. Gene based vaccines are the future because they are even more effective and cost effective too. Do you just want to go to the doctor with each of us from now on and make all our medical decisions? Sounds like you do. I'm due for a mammogram maybe you need to take that away too because the big boob squishing machine is scary for you too.

03-03-2025

Evelyn Nikkel [PELLA PAC]

YES!!! Absolutely in favor of this wellthought out, realitybased science that shows we've all been lied to since the beginning of the COVID outbreak. Once they added mRNA to the shots, they let loose a monster that has shown up destroying immune systems, lives and futures. YES, stop them from foisting this killer on us and our children who have minimal chance of being hurt by these fearmongering threats!

03-03-2025

Mariah Buckner

There is no good reason to ban the safe and effective platform of mRNA vaccines, especially not by criminalizing health care workers for administering them. How does the same legislature that legalized raw milk under the guise of consumer choice move to restrict a technology that is showing promise in preventing cancer. We have the 2nd highest rate of new cancers and this body wants to eliminate a pathway to preventing them in the first place. Nay, nay, nay.

03-03-2025

Denise Perez

A politician should not be making my healthcare decisions. Those decisions are between me and my doctor. VOTE NO on SF360.The covid vaccine is genebased, it is safe and it saves lives. This bill is not based on science and it takes away my healthcare choices. VOTE NO!This is not a legislative issue and should not be implemented. Legislators are not scientists, medical researchers or medical professionals. Iowans have a fundamental right to make their own medical decisions.VOTE NO

03-03-2025

Mandee Shivers

I strongly support this bill and having conversation around whether gene based therapies are truly ready for the market. The current COVID 19 products are physically impacting unvaccinated individuals, like myself and my family, who did not consent to these products. These products did not undergo transmissibility or shedding studies, which are recommended in the following FDA guidance for these specific types of therapies due to the risks they pose to the general public. https://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/searchfdaguidancedocuments/designandanalysissheddingstudiesvirusorbacteriabasedgenetherapyandoncolyticproductsThe Covid19 product exceeds the FDA's threshold for a class 1 recall by a margin of 375,240%. More than 3400 peer reviewed manuscripts in the medical literature have recognized fatal and nonfatal covid19 vaccine injuries around the world.19,028 Americans deaths have been reported to VAERSThe cutter polio vaccine was pulled after 10 deaths, the swine flu vaccine was pulled after 53.The products have been found to have negative efficacy increasing the likelihood that those who receive the products will come down with coronavirus or another respiratory infection. 81,000 doctors, scientists, 240 elected officials, 17 professional organizations have all called for removal of COVID vax from market.https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/reviewofcallsformarketremovalofcovid19vaccinesintensifyrisksfaroutweightheoreticalbenefits/These products are harming Iowans without just compensation for their injuries. Iowa has a right to decide what dangerous products are allowed to be sold or administered in our state, especially when true informed consent is absent from the process.

03-03-2025

Jamie Gade

I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill would take us back in time. Punishing medical professionals for administering this type of lifesaving vaccine in a time our state desperately needs medical professionals to stay here is dangerous, incredibly immoral, and unethical. Let individuals make their own choice for what vaccines they want to receive. This bill is a dramatic overreach of government.

03-03-2025

Summer Bendickson

Please object to passing this bill. As a nurse I am educated and know how important vaccines are at keeping us healthy as well as protecting the vulnerable. It should not be the governments choice if someone wants protection.

03-03-2025

Julian Trachsel

I strongly oppose this bill. If people dont want to get vaccinated thats their (often selfish) choice. Vaccines are our best public health tools and the scientific evidence overwhelmingly shows they are safe and effective.

03-03-2025

Roselyn Teslow

I oppose this bill. I believe everyone should have a choice to receive their vaccinations. As a retired laboratory technologist I believe these vaccines are safe if administered correctly. Please dont take away any more of our choices.

03-03-2025

Farren Johnson

03-03-2025

Dustin Ray-Smith

As a concerned father and Iowa constituent, I strongly oppose this bill. Medical decisions, including vaccinations, should be made between patients and their doctors, not dictated by unnecessary government restrictions. Limiting access to proven, lifesaving vaccines puts families and communities at greater risk for preventable diseases. I want the freedom to make informed healthcare choices for my family based on science and medical expertise, not political interference.

03-03-2025

Ashley Loeffelholz [OneroRx]

I am a pharmacist and firmly against SF360. As citizens we have a constitutional right to make medical determinations. I can't even fathom where this bill is coming from or why legislature would feel the need to ban something that isn't required by law. No one is forced to receive these vaccines and taking away a persons right to choose violates a constitutional right. These vaccines have been proven safe and effective and have saved millions of lives. mRNA vaccines have been being investigated and studied since the early 2000's. This is not a new science. There is absolutely no basis for this leap to ban vaccines that very well may be the only thing that can save lives in the event of another pandemic. No other type of vaccine vector can be rolled out anywhere close to as quickly as an mRNA vaccine. This type of vaccine technology isn't only being used in COVID vaccines. It's been proven effective for RSV and is being studied for HIV, Zika, cytomegalovirus (CMV). Lets think past the politically charged COVID vaccines and think of our future.

03-03-2025

Courtney Townsend

This proposed bill is not about protecting Iowansits about restricting their access to lifesaving medical advancements. Genebased vaccines have been thoroughly tested, widely used, and proven effective in preventing serious diseases. If this bill passes, it will put thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk, including the elderly, immunocompromised individuals, and those with underlying health conditions. These people deserve access to the best medical protections available, and it is unacceptable to take that choice away from them.The decision to receive a vaccine should be made between a patient and their doctornot dictated by the government. If someone does not want a vaccine, they have every right to decline it. However, their personal decision should not limit someone elses ability to protect themselves. This bill infringes on medical freedom by removing the option for those who need and want these vaccines.Beyond the direct health risks, this legislation would have serious consequences for Iowas healthcare system. If the state becomes known for restricting modern medicine, doctors and medical professionals will leaveor choose never to come here in the first place. Hospitals and clinics already struggle with staffing shortages, and this bill will only make the situation worse. The loss of skilled professionals will hurt patients in every medical field, not just those seeking vaccines.Additionally, this bill could drive residents out of the state. Families with vulnerable loved ones will move elsewhere to ensure they have access to the best medical care possible. Businesses considering Iowa as a place to invest may think twice if the state is seen as disregarding scientific progress. The longterm effects of this legislation would weaken both our healthcare system and our economy.Genebased vaccines are the future of medicine, not just for COVID19 but for a range of diseases, including cancer and genetic disorders. Iowa should be leading the way in embracing medical advancementsnot turning its back on them. If this bill becomes law, Iowa will fall behind in medical innovation, putting its residents at a dangerous disadvantage.Lawmakers should reject this bill and stand up for the rights of Iowans to make their own healthcare decisions. Restricting access to proven medical treatments does not make the state saferit makes it weaker.

03-03-2025

Collette Schoon

I am strongly opposed to SF 360, a measure that would severely restrict the use of genebased vaccines. This legislation is not only based on misinformation but also threatens public health and individual freedoms.First and foremost, genebased vaccines, such as mRNA COVID19 vaccines, have been extensively studied and rigorously tested for safety and efficacy. Leading health organizations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have consistently affirmed their safety. Scientific research has shown that these vaccines significantly reduce the risk of severe illness and death while also playing a crucial role in controlling disease outbreaks. The claims that these vaccines pose inherent dangers are not backed by legitimate science.Furthermore, this bill undermines personal autonomy in medical decisionmaking. In a free society, individuals should have the right to choose the best healthcare options for themselves and their families. Restricting access to proven medical advancements sets a dangerous precedent where government overreach dictates personal health decisions.Beyond individual rights, the public health consequences of SF 360 would be severe. Genebased vaccines have played a pivotal role in combating global health crises, including the COVID19 pandemic. Banning or restricting their use could lead to lower vaccination rates, increased disease transmission, and unnecessary suffering. History has repeatedly shown that vaccine hesitancy and misinformation contribute to outbreaks of preventable diseases. SF 360 would only exacerbate these risks.I urge you to reject SF 360 and stand in favor of science, personal freedom, and public health. Instead of limiting access to lifesaving medical innovations, lawmakers should focus on policies that promote informed decisionmaking based on credible scientific evidence.Thank you for your time and consideration. I hope you will take a stand against this harmful legislation.

03-03-2025

Natalie Robinson

As others have already stated, the right to choose is being taken away by this bill. This is government controlling the individual at its finest, and I thought the Republican party always talks about about individual freedom. mRNA vaccines aren't just for COVID; they are used for the flu shot you get every fall, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, malaria,HIV, norovirus...the list goes on and on. mRNA technology can also help treat cancer. So, this is much bigger than COVID. The COVID vaccines, without a doubt, saved countless lives, but even if you don't see that, Iowans deserve to decide if these vaccines are right for them. The state should not tell us we can't get a vaccine.

03-03-2025

Peggy Sabin

I have a BSN in nursing. I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to this legislation. I have many grandchildren and other children in my sphere of care and concern. I do not understand why you are attempting to deny sciencebased medical protections to the precious children of this state. PLEASE reject this bill!

03-03-2025

Barbara Clayton

I support SF360. mRNA in vaccines has not been properly studied and tested. The number of adverse effects reported on VEARS is alarming. The FDA no longer upholds the rigorous testing stands it was built upon. Protect Iowans from being the guinea pigs of big pharma.

03-03-2025

David Hinman

I am concerned this would include all mRna medicines not just vaccines. My wife had bad reactions to statins damaging her liver and there was nothing they could do until a new mRna drug came out. This could be a death sentence to her and people in the same condition.

03-03-2025

Elizabeth Willem

mRNA technology has been around since the 1960's. It is safe and well researched. It has saved lives with the Covid vaccine. Additionally,other mRNA vaccines/treatments are coming to market for cancer, flu and HIV. They could save so many lives. To pass this bill would be to knowingly sentence innocent Iowans to death. Please vote no on SF360.

03-03-2025

Curt Johnson

I oppose this bill. It appears to be based on anecdotal evidence. There might have been a time when medicine was based on anecdotes, but fortunately we now have a more rigorous science. Please refrain from imposing your illinformed prescientific notions on the rest of us. We are not living in the Middle Ages...yet.

03-03-2025

MerrieAnne Casko

That s bill goes against anyones freedom of their right to choose. We all have the right to choose how to take care of our body You are stripping our Doctors of their right to help their patients The Covid pandemic was a tragedy of loosing over a million people who didnt have to die. Have we not learned anything by that tragedy. Do we really want a redo of mass deaths? These are the consequences of stripping our state of these life saving vaccines. If people dont want them, then that is their choice. For our elderly, which by the way are one of this states biggest problems with all the independent, assisted living facilities we have are a reason not to back this bill. We really need to rethink this plan, it will not be the ending we want for our state.

03-03-2025

Jocelynn Klos

As a former resident of Iowa, with many friends and family still living there, I am extremely disturbed that this law is being considered. Not only are you taking away the rights of my loved ones to make their own informed decisions on their health, you are endangering collective health. Do not take away our freedoms to choose how we take care of our bodies.

03-03-2025

Mike Stueckradt

I strongly oppose SF 360. Individuals should have the freedom to make their own choice about the benefits and risks of mRNA vaccines. They have the freedom to make many other choices everyday concerning benefits and risks. This should also be their choice.

03-03-2025

Anne McCullough Kelly

I OPPOSE SF 360. I want to address concerns listed in the comments about shredding from COVID vaccines. mRNA vaccines do not shed. That only happens with liveattenuated vaccines, and even then the risk to those who are unvaccinated is very low. Please review the credible science behind mRNA vaccines.

03-03-2025

Taryn O’Brien

As a medical student at the Carver College of medicine with over 8 years of biological science education, this bill shocks and disappoints me. mRNA vaccines have saved thousands upon thousands of lives and have been thoroughly researched for decades. They are how I protect myself against diseases such as COVID19 so I can confidently provide care to critically ill and immunocompromised individuals within Iowa. We already have an abysmal healthcare shortage in this state, and as someone who wants to help fill that shortage in my career, this bill is making me seriously reconsider that. Myself and my fellow healthcare professionals have sacrificed YEARS of our lives and made so many sacrifices to enter this path to become physicians. Yet everywhere we turn, it feels like it is becoming harder and harder to provide evidence based and appropriate care for our patients. PLEASE include your physicians and future physicians in these conversations, as many of us want to help solve our healthcare shortage.

03-03-2025

Mathew Kelly

I am opposed to SF 360. I see no reason for this bill. In order to be prepared for any number of diseases and viral outbreaks now and on the horizon we need all the tools available to us, including mRNA. Not allowing the administration of gene based vaccines for those of us who want them, need them, is cruel and unnecessary. Moving this bill forward does not help anyone. It removes choices for personal health care and endangers our communities.

03-03-2025

Bethany Schiefelbein

Vote NO to SF360 regarding making the administration of genebased vaccines a simple misdemeanor.We are nationwide leaders in cancer rates. Solving this problem is multifactorial, but one significant area of preventing and treating cancers is immunotherapy in the form of genebased vaccines. Currently gene therapy is being used to create recombinant cancer vaccines, which are meant to cure or contain a cancer by teaching a patient's immune system to recognize the cancer cells and attack them. Pancreatic cancer is one current focus of this. The HPV vaccine helps to prevent cervical and other cancers. I've been a hospice RN in northwest Iowa and have cared for cervical cancer patients at the end of their lives. These were unnecessary and preventable deaths. Reputable sources, including the World Health Organization, multiple cancer institutes, and state Departments of Public Health, cite that approximately 45% of adult males have had HPV, which is a very high potential exposure rate for their partners. I'm a RN who provides direct patient care to hospitalized COVID patients. I've witnessed first hand numerous deaths from Covid in our grandparent and greatgrandparent population. I've also had one of my four daughters miss 18 days of school and experience chronic headaches as a result of moderate Covid. Iowans at risk for serious Covid complications as well as those of us caring for them deserve the option to have the Covid vaccine.

03-03-2025

Laura Portier-LaLumiere

Please don't take away physician's ability to provide mRNA vaccines to Iowans. These are life saving for all people in our state. From Covid to cancer, these vaccines are keeping Iowans healthier. We are facing a severe physician shortage in our state. Governor Reynolds has talked about opening more slots for medical residents and getting more Carver College of Medicine graduates to stay in Iowa. When our state government does things like this, restricting the ability of our physicians to provide life saving care, it is counterproductive to the governor's important efforts to get doctors to stay here. If you prevent doctors from providing the best quality of care for their patients, they will go elsewhere to states that don't actively work to harm their residents through restrictions like the one proposed on mRNA vaccines in SF360. Do not penalize doctors for providing medical care that Iowans need and deserve.

03-03-2025

Elena Andrews

Vaccines are important to protecting the collective health of our communities. The mRNA COVID19 vaccines saved countless lives. Many of us have lost the historical memory of a time before widespread vaccines were available for horrible illnesses such as polio and measles. These diseases caused irreparable bodily harm to many and killed many more. My grandfather recalls summers in the 1940s where his mother wouldnt let him go swimming or play with local kids in the neighborhood for fear of contracting polio and ending up in an iron lung. We now have the safe and wonderful technology of vaccines (including mRNA vaccines) to defend ourselves against these viruses. Please, please do not pass this bill. I get vaccinated for my own health and for the health of those around me. Vaccines are essential to a thriving society. mRNA vaccines are safe and necessary.

03-03-2025

Erin Kozitza

I strongly oppose SF 360. For a state that advocates for "choice" in medicine and education, politicians (who are NOT doctors or scientists) should not trying to restrict vaccine choices for their constituents. Especially as a totally transparent political ploy. Can't you see how sick and tired Iowans are of this clown show?? Please addrress the issues impacting all Iowans every day: rising costs, rising cancer rates, plummeting education scores, etc.

03-03-2025

Jolene Furr

I am a hospital pharmacist and I see the importance of mRNA vaccinations. I oppose SF 360 as it takes away individuals rights to make their own decisions regarding their health. Gene based vaccines are safe and save lives. I recommend spending time on more important issues affecting Iowa, such as the declining education system and poor roads and bridges.

03-03-2025

Shannon McPherson

I strongly oppose this clear case of government overreach. You cannot presume to know what is best for people, who are making healthcare decisions with their doctors. You cannot step into the middle of these decisions. Youre supposed to be the party of small government?! Prove it stay out of peoples personal healthcare decisions!

03-03-2025

Sharon Young

As a retired nurse I am appalled that the fact they are dismissing the science behind these vaccines, thereby putting a large part of our population at risk of serious and fatal disease!! I strongly oppose SF360. You cannot take away my right or anyone's right to relieve an effective vaccine.Please don't take Iowans Healthcare backwards.

03-03-2025

Cristina Thomas

I oppose this bill. I am a cancer patient and need FULL access to all vaccine and treatment solutions. Do not take away this right for citizens of Iowa. It will hurt the people of this State and deter others from coming here.

03-03-2025

Chris Hubbs

Please vote no on this bill. Each person should be free to make their own decision with the advice of their doctor on whether they want a vaccine. The state should not be stepping in and preventing me from making this decision!

03-03-2025

Taylor Adams

OPPOSED. Let the professionals do their job and let individuals make their decisions. Prohibiting mRNA vaccines without reason is silly. The research on these will likely lead to individualized cancer therapies in the future. With Iowa having the second highest cancer rates in the US, this is an important consideration.

03-03-2025

Stephanie Heifner

Please STOP, do not proceed, do not approve SF 360. Banning the use of gene based vaccines is unwise, hasty, and antiscience. Vaccines save lives. They changed the course of the COVID19 pandemic, saving many lives and allowed most of us to return to "normal". We know that future pandemics are likely to occur due for a variety of reasons including viruses that originate in wild animals crossing the species barrier to humans. It is foolish to take away tools that we may need to combat future diseases. Additionally, with the alarming rates of cancer in Iowa, we need every tool we have to protect and prolong the lives of Iowans who face cancer now and in the future.Please, do not play with our lives. Stop SF 360.

03-03-2025

Sharon Young

03-03-2025

Debra Salowitz

This is yet another infringement on bodily autonomy and choice by the Iowa Legislature! The MRNA vaccine developed in response to the Covid pandemic was a gamechanger in terms of efficacy and lifesaving response. I can't imagine what the death toll would have been without it! People are still dying of Covid, almost all of whom are folks who MADE THE CHOICE not to get vaccinated. CHOICE is the operative word. The science is clear on the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including those with MRNA technology. In fact, until the tRump administration inexplicably halted funding, there was already advanced development of a vaccine to combat the inevitable human pandemic of bird flu looming on the horizon.It is past time that the Iowa Legislature stopped focusing on what they can TAKE AWAY from Iowa's citizens and started doing the work they were elected to do. Clean air, clean water, safe roads and bridges, battling the federal government over the assaults on our agricultural economy (with stripping USAID, among other "executive orders"). And how about restoring our primacy in the realm of public education for which Iowa was once the Gold Standard?

03-03-2025

Rachael Rail

This bill does nothing to improve the health of Iowans and anyone trying to push it through, has no place in our state government. Your job is to protect and better the lives of the people in our state, so please do your job and strike this bill down! Allow folks to choose for themselves. This is not a game...this is life or death for people. DO.YOUR.JOBS. Stop wasting our tax dollars with these ridiculous, harmful bills!

03-03-2025

Amanda Pichler

This bill takes away the right for individuals to choose their healthcare rights. We should be able to make our own informed decisions about what vaccines we choose to get or not get. This bill would add huge hurdles to those who are immunocompromised or have other health concerns that rely on these types of vaccinations.

03-03-2025

Mark Suby [Retired]

I am not convinced that our vaccines are not safe. Your information, you (Doug Campbell presented at your forum on Saturday. I believe your information to be unreliable. I doctor at Mayo and I trust them whole heartedly with my health.I do not trust Mr. Campbell's justment at all. Please do not let this bill pass.

03-03-2025

Connie Dianda

Vote yes on 360.As I understand it, this bill does not take away vaccines from those who want to get them. This bill requires those producing the vaccines do additional testing to ensure vaccines are safe. Thank you. Vote yes on 360

03-03-2025

Tamara Mahl

I write in opposition to SF 360. I cant believe that in a state with the fastest increasing cancer rate that its even a passing thought that we would want to criminalize treatments (MRNA vaccines) that have been proven to be effective in fighting against some cancers. I also cant believe we are considering criminalizing basic healthcare. This will result in a less safe population, with higher mortality rates, and providers and patients moving out of state and accelerating the brain drain and deteriorating tax base of our state. Inconceivable.

03-03-2025

Mark Burkard [U Iowa]

All vaccines contain genes or gene products, just as all agricultural products do. Our food has genes in it, except for that which is ultraprocessesed. The oldest vaccine, vaccinia, is a virus which has genes, and helped start the progress towards eliminating smallpox. Measles has already killed a child in Texas this year. Measles vaccine is a live attenuated virus which obviously has genessince it is an RNA virus it has RNA. DNA and RNA vaccines are being developed to prevent and treat cancer, building on the powerful progress in harnessing the immune system to treat and cure cancer. If this is meant to simply target Covid RNA vaccines, that ignores the science showing safety better than the AAVbased Covid vaccines (which still have genes), but would have the inadvertent effect of driving cancer immunology research out of Iowa.

03-03-2025

Monica Schmidt

03-03-2025

Kailey DeVries

I oppose this bill. I have had countless daily interactions with COVID positive patients and never have gotten sick since being vaccinated. I work in health care and would feel unsafe caring for some of my patients if I did not have the choice to be protected. At home I have multiple family members with severe illness and again would not feel safe that I could potentially be exposing them by doing my job for the public

03-03-2025

Alex Murra

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away peoples right to choice. As a current medical student and future healthcare provider, I strongly believe in the efficacy of vaccination. mRNA vaccines are grounded in years of quality research, save lives, and protect the future of our country. I respect other peoples choice to refuse vaccination but no one should have the right to impose a choice on everyone else. If you really believe in medical freedom, do not pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Jessie Ryan

I encourage you to oppose this bill. Im a nurse and Ive seen how effective vaccines can be, especially during the pandemic when COVID vaccines were introduced. mRNA vaccines have undergone rigorous testing and have been shown to be both safe and effective in preventing serious illnesses. Everyone should have the right to access healthcare to ensure they can protect their health and wellbeing through proven medical advancements.

03-03-2025

Joshua Stello

Vaccines do save lives. If a person wants to choose not to receive this type of treatment, they should have the freedom to choose that option for themselves. On the other hand if someone wants to receive these vaccines they should have this right also. As a military veteran, a parent and someone with healthcare experience we should not be told what we can and cant do. We need to let the patients and doctors make these decisions, not the government.

03-03-2025

Mackenzie Rittler-Cheney

Strongly Oppose SF 360 This is a greater argument than whether or not one agrees with COVID 19 vaccines. This criminalizes the administration of any genebased vaccine, including Hepatitis B vaccination, a vaccine that has proven to prevent liver cancer. The implications on the rights and outcomes of patients, healthcare providers, schools, parents, whole communities, and the individual citizen of Iowa are on too grand a scale to approve this bill. Please vote No.

03-03-2025

Mike Janes

Please, for the benefit of cancer patients, for the benefit of immunocompromised people, and for the benefit of our entire society, do not give this bill a platform or consideration. Without mRNA vaccines, the Covid pandemic would still be raging. Supply chains and economies would be smashed. Please leave the oversight of categories of treatment to be regulated by the FDA.

03-03-2025

Mark Suby [Retired]

03-03-2025

Rachel Simon

This bill is pure government overreach. Let's leave the medical decisions to a doctor and their patient. The economic impact this bill would have on our state by losses of research and industry and losses of practitioners will be devastating.

03-03-2025

Dolores Wilkinson Wilkinson

Strongly Oppose! You are destroying peoples lives! Think about this! Just think, it could destroy your own family! Dont want my family, friends and neighbors to be affected by this! Save peoples lives, not destroy!

03-03-2025

Lori Hunt

Please oppose this bill. Sadly, you will probably pass it along, in complete denial of what medical professionals will tell you. This type of vaccine holds great promise for vaccines that target cancer. How shameful to be procancer.

03-03-2025

Danielle Cusack

I want to voice my strong disagreement with this bill. It takes away my choice to decide what treatments to receive. As an American we should retain the rights to work with our medical team and decide what vaccines we do and do not what to receive. This bill is also in no way based in science or fact. If Iowa is about maintaining liberties, I should retain my liberty to healthcare I choose.

03-03-2025

Jeannie Wahl

Thank you for hearing my concerns! What is the purpose of this bill? MRNA technology has been around since 1960 & is safe doesnt change DNA trains immune system to respond to invaders! New vaccine on the horizon with mRNA technology (autogene cevumeran) to prevent recurrence of pancreatic cancer!!! I have received every Covid vaccine/ booster with no adverse reactions & never had Covid! I am a nurse & have given many, many vaccines!!! Vaccines are safe, effective & save lives!! Rabies vaccine saved my husbands life!! So important especially for our little children & now with measles outbreak!! Why would you penalize someone for administering a vaccine to someone who requested it!! Doesnt make sense!! I think vaccines should be a personal choice!! Thank you! Respectfully submitted.

03-03-2025

R Curtis

Committee, please oppose this bill. While many may choose to not receive these vaccinations for their own personal reasons, that is their own choice. Others, including myself, identify that there are brilliant scientists that have dedicated their lives to creating these vaccines for the safety of humans. By allowing the choice of individuals to utilize these vaccines to keep themselves safe, you are not taking away anything from those who oppose vaccines. Thank you for your time reading these comments, I know you'll do the right thing for the people of Iowa by not allowing this bill to pass.

03-03-2025

Adam Hernandez

We the people would advise against this continued regression of medical progress. Criminalizing an already distraught and taxed medical staffing within an American culture that already feels difficult access to care is destructive only . Someone choosing to go to doctor still doesnt need to take a vaccine or procedure . This is a misallocation of time and resources as well as idiocracy.

03-03-2025

Amber Lynch

Strongly oppose this bill. Vaccines save people. We have been told by people that are anti vaccination / anti mrna vaccination my body my choice. Now they are not making it our choice. Stop putting the choice for doctors and parents or individuals to work together to make decisions on their care.

03-03-2025

Morgan Kroeze

As a parent, I am begging you not to pass this bill. This takes away the opportunity for families to make educated decisions and choices based on what is best for them. Science based information above fear and misinformation!

03-03-2025

Lena Rydberg Freese

I strongly oppose this bill. As an internal medicine physician who treats patient in the inpatient, outpatient and reseach setting this will significantly harm Iowans. I have huge problems with its lack of respect for patients autonomy for something that has been shown to be safe and effective in extensive well validated clinical trials. I would be required to offer care that is known to increase my patients risk of dying. In addition, completely outlawing this treatment platform has the unintended consequence of outlawing multiple additional treatments for other diseases. I am the Principle Investigator on a CMV vaccine reseach trial. This is in phase 3. CMV is a leading cause of 2nd trimester pregnancy loss. If the pregnancy is not lost 1 in 200 babies are born with congenital CMV and 1 in 5 of those are affected by the hearing loss, developmental delays, seizures and other problems that come from being infected prior to birth. If this proves safe and effective (which is the purpose of clinical reseach) then why would we limit Iowans choice to access? The environment in Iowa has become increasingly hostile to provide medical care. Bills like this will affect both recruitment of medical residents and retention of current physicians.

03-03-2025

Ingrid Belding

I strongly oppose SF 360. These vaccines and treatments have the potential to more safely and effectively protect people from many conditions other than COVID: cancer, cystic fibrosis, allergies, heart disease, etc. I can only think of one reason to pass this uninformed and reactionary bill: to drive health care providers and people seeking treatment out of this state.

03-03-2025

Karene Nagel

Why would you think it necessary to legislate about a vaccine?! Some people want them & some people don't. We should have the right & ability to choose. There are many things people might choose for their personal healthcare. You are legislators not doctors, or nurses, nor any healthcare professionals. Leave the medical choices to us, and our medical providers.

03-03-2025

Allie Smaha

Strongly oppose. This bill being introduced indicates this legislative body continues to lack even a basic understanding of how science or vaccines work. Which is a good indicator they should leave science to scientists and medicine to doctors. Go focus on real problems facing Iowans already! Leave vaccines alone and drop this bill.

03-03-2025

Annette Davis

I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill goes directly against science. Since when did Iowa start to hate science? Vaccines are the one thing in science that have continued to suppress disease and illness. The new technology involved in the development of genebased vaccines is cutting edge and this bill proposes that Iowa stay in the past and not advance in health care. This proposal is from the dark ages and I am ashamed of Iowa even suggesting such a thing! It is absurd to think that Iowa would "opt out" of providing certain medical advancements. I struggle to even find a reason that this would cross anyone's mind. Do not even consider advancing this ridiculous idea any further. If someone does not want this type of vaccine that is their choice,(leave choice intact). You are proposing taking away the rights of all Iowans by banning cutting edge technology. STOP

03-03-2025

Sara Comstock

I strongly oppose this bill. I have worked in public health for the past 20 years and as a mother of 4, I strongly oppose this bill. Over the last 50 years more than 150 million lives have been saved globally through vaccination, most of them children. Please do not limit the ability of Iowans to protect the health of their children.

03-03-2025

Amy Myers

I strongly oppose SF 360. Vaccines, including the mRNA vaccines, have been proven safe and effective by researcher, scientists and public health professionals. Decision making should be left up to the individual with the advice of their medical care provider, and not criminalized by lawmakers. We need this technology to keep the public safe from unnecessary illness. Please do not allow this bill to advance.

03-03-2025

Brenda Myers

I strongly OPPOSE this bill, and in fact, am seriously concerned that it would even be drafted, let alone considered. What happened to our right to choose in this state, it was so incredibly important that parents be able to CHOOSE their childs schools. This bill takes the right away from all of us to make our own healthcare choices. And it goes further to punish those who administer the vaccines. Unbelievable, truly.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Benjamin

I strongly oppose this bill. As a Pharmacist, I cannot believe this would even be presented as a possibility. We need to keep medicine and public health progressing, not regressing. My career is based on providing vaccines to the more vulnerable populations in facilities to decrease hospitalizations and mortality rates. Why would we want to limit the options to those who need it the most? Residents of Iowa should have access to the best of care and medicine has to offer. Sounds like another reason to leave the state for better healthcare. Thats not what we want

03-03-2025

Brenda Krull

Oppose! Why are Iowa Republicans trying to take away our right of choice?! This is not only about Covid, it is also about cancer and other imminent diseases (H5N1). It is imperative that we leave these decisions to the professionals!

03-03-2025

James Hackett

State government has no right telling us what we can put in our bodies. What we put in our bodies is between us and our Healthcare providers. If state government is worried about how these vaccines or any other vaccines affect our health, please cited peerresearched studies that show negative health consequences as a result of mRNA vaccines.

03-03-2025

Meg Schmitz

OPPOSE SF360:Every individual has the right to make informed choices about their healthcare. SF 360 strips Iowans of that right by imposing restrictions that interfere with patientprovider decisionmaking. Government intervention in medical decisions sets a troubling precedent where bureaucrats, not doctors or patients, determine what care is available.SF 360 contradicts the values of personal liberty and limited government that many Iowans hold dear. Individuals, in consultation with their healthcare providers, should determine the best course of action for their own bodiesnot politicians. Restricting healthcare options in this way is an intrusion into private, personal decisions.If passed, SF 360 could lead to physician shortages as medical professionals may leave Iowa for states where they can provide comprehensive care without political interference. Additionally, restrictions on medical care can contribute to worse health outcomes, leading to increased strain on emergency services and public health systems.SF 360 is a dangerous piece of legislation that undermines healthcare rights, threatens lives, and imposes government control over personal medical decisions. Lawmakers should prioritize protecting individual choice, supporting medical professionals, and ensuring access to necessary care rather than passing harmful restrictions.I urge legislators to oppose SF 360 and stand for the healthcare rights and freedoms of all Iowans.

03-03-2025

Sandra Marsh

Please vote no on this bill. Every individual and their doctor should have the right to make these decisions as to what is best for themselves. Iowa is already controlling too much of our lives. What happened to the republican plan to reduce the governments footprint in our lives???? Please leave medical decisions between patients and doctors!

03-03-2025

Rafaela Cadena [America’s front line doctors]

Please pass this bill. I personally know people whose lives have been destroyed by this Covid mRNA vaccine. One nurse in particular took her second shot and suffered from pots lost her hair. Her body constantly makes spike proteins. She was married now divorced shes not even 40 and she will never have children. There are many stories of peoples lives being destroyed. look at the data there has not been appropriate testing done. They tested this on animals and every single one died. Please follow in Idahos footsteps and pass the spill. According to their bill, mRNA vaccines have been linked to over 1200 diseases, immune system disorders, turbo cancers, contaminating DNA and contains SV 40 cancers gene sequence. The unlucky ones died suddenly and have been dealing with turbo cancers. This should never have been allowed. Please pass this bill.

03-03-2025

Janet Hollis

I would like to go on record opposing SF360, the bill being discussed today in subcommittee that would ban any vaccines that use the mRNA technology. The legislature has no right to tell me which vaccines I can access. Science has proven these mRNA vaccines to be safe and effective. It should be my choice, not legislators in Des Moines, to decide which vaccines I get.

03-03-2025

Lauren Stecher

I strongly oppose this bill. Myself and anyone who desires gene based vaccines should have that right without any government interference. This technology shows much promise for a host of diseases and the government has no right to limit their access to those who want them.

03-03-2025

Morgan Clark

I am opposed to SF 360. This bill take away my right to make my own healthcare choices, and bans lifesaving preventative treatment for COVID19, which caused the deadliest pandemic of my lifetime. Iowa stopped tracking new case and death statistics 26 months ago, but I will share countylevel statistics we have up to that point. The actual numbers are higher than this. Senator Campbell's District 30 covers Worth, Cerro Gordo, Mitchell, and Floyd, which combined suffered 316 deaths due to COVID19 as of 1/30/2023. Senator Donahue's District 37 covers Linn County, which suffered 654 deaths due to COVID19 as of 1/30/2023.Senator Guth's District 30 covers Hancock, Humboldt, Franklin, Wright, and Story, which combined suffered 313 deaths due to COVID19 as of 1/30/2023. Do not cause your constituents more pain and suffering by taking away this treatment. VOTE NO on SF 360.

03-03-2025

Robert Scheurer

As a person who has benefited from COVID vaccines greatly, I believe that the choose of getting the vaccine should be between my God, myself, my doctor and my pharmacist. None of us should be penalized by fines or in any other way nor should being able to get genebased vaccines be prohibited in Iowa. Besides my own health and the health of my wife as my chief concern, I sense that someone may be trying to impose their religious beliefs on us which is not a correct understanding of the separation of church and state.Regards.

03-03-2025

Amanda Arthur-Struss

OPPOSE! You are going to kill people. If you pass this you willKill people. That will be on your head. These shots are safe. As someone who has reacted to the flu shot (which is not this kind) I can take these shots. This medicine are also used for cancer treatments. Iowa is one of the highest in cancer do something about that and not the medicine that can fight it. Stop bringing your dogma into our lives.

03-03-2025

Allyson Larsen

Vaccines save lives. This has been proven by scientific research. It is consistent with evidence based practices. Children and others will die without vaccinations. (Ex; the measles outbreaks). Misinformation in regards to vaccines is extremely dangerous. Please stop trying to push these dangerous bills for the purposes of political clout.

03-03-2025

Darla Ellickson

I oppose SF 360. My vaccine choice and conversations with my doctor are between me and my doctor. SF 360 would take away my right to my health decisions based on those discussions. The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. This is government over reach. I believe in science. I respect that there are other people who don't want vaccinations but you don't have the right to impose that antiscience dogma on everyone. There have been very few vaccination incidents. I have had all the recommended vaccines. The majority of your constituents do not agree with this. I am appalled that this is even being discussed. Don't pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Johnnie Shoemaker

Thank you for this legislation.MRNA products are experimental, with no research Confirming what side effects they have.Their use as a covid vaccine was a severe failure, and we need state level protection, to keep federal bureaucrats from forcing these types of experiments on our citizens.

03-03-2025

Leslie Gannon

I vehemently oppose this bill. To remove the right from Iowans to protect themselves from potentially harmful or fatal illness is wrong. Having access to these life and healthsaving vaccinations is a liberty and a right, and Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain!

03-03-2025

Amanda Rogers

I feel it is important that we still have access to mRNA vaccines. These are the vaccines we have taken for generations which have essentially eradicated certain diseases until recently when people stopped taking the vaccines. Imagine a world where polio is common again...is that really the world we want for the next generation?

03-03-2025

Krista Pearl

I strongly oppose SF360. This is personal freedom about healthcare choices. This science has been proven long before COVID vaccines. If people choose not to use vaccines that is their choice, but to take away proven methods to prevent illnesses is based on what? Just like some did not want mandates for Covid shots, others would like access to them. Its about personal choice. I thought government was supposed to be less in peoples free choices under Republican leadership?

03-03-2025

Emily Krist

I oppose this bill. I believe everyone should be able to make their own choices. If doctors recommend a vaccine, I dont think legislators should be banning it. I wish our legislators would put their energy elsewhere and oppose this bill.

03-03-2025

Kim Gibson

I STRONGLY oppose SF360. It is my right as a citizen of the US and resident of Iowa to have access to all heathcare choices. I have chosen to partake ofnall the mRNA vaccines and am likely alive today because of those choices.

03-03-2025

Lisa Hebert

I strongly oppose this bill. mRNA technology was developed in the 1960s and researched extensively before being used in vaccines decades later. mRNA vaccines saved lives and protected health care workers during the COVID pandemic. Without these vaccines, major health centers would have not been able to survive and our health care system would have collapsed under the weight of caring for ill patients in Iowa and across the country.

03-03-2025

Zach Elias

Dear Members of the Iowa Senate,As a dedicated medical student committed to the health and wellbeing of our communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines.I invite the committee members to step up to the whiteboard and describe the central dogma of biology in its modern understanding of the directionality of genetic information to protein expression, as well as the immune responses we are utilizing to cause the resistance to disease. Of course, you wont do that because its easier to parrot fallacious talking points that are so far from reality that I wouldnt dare use the word source. Moreover, the prospect of such punitive legislation creates an environment of apprehension and discouragement among future healthcare professionals, making it increasingly difficult to envision a fulfilling practice in the state of Iowa. Let me make it simple for you to understand. If you dont let me take care of my future patients the best way I know how, I wont practice in this state. This entire bill is an insult to the healthcare community working to address one of the worst influenza seasons in recent years. Get real,Zach Elias Carver College of Medicine Class of 2028

03-03-2025

Sally Ortgies Ortgies

Please dont allow this bill to advance any further. My mom, brother, niece, daughter, and I all have a genetic condition that makes us susceptible to all kinds of cancer. We are missing the gene that normally stops a tumor from developing. I personally was diagnosed with colon cancer when I was 26 years old. Other family members have also had colon cancer, along with stomach, thyroid, and breast cancers. Ive been holding out hope for a mRNA vaccine that will stop the tumors from developing. Ive held out hope that my daughter and niece would not have to suffer like the rest of us. A vaccine is currently in human trials. That hope was shattered when I read about this horrible bill. Put aside hatred for the Covid vaccine and consider the huge impact in the lives of so many people if this bill should pass.

03-03-2025

Kylie Rees

I am writing as a front line health care worker. Passing this bill is going to lead to unnecessary death and loss of willing health care workers. Iowa is already severely lacking in health care workers of all types, and this type of legislation is going to do nothing but motivate people to leave this state or choose to avoid it altogether. Add that on top of what will cause an increase in number of people needing health care due to lack of vaccines. This bill is a disgrace and in absolute contradiction to science and logic. This is shameful and reckless.

03-03-2025

ruth schroeder

Its sheer stupidity to ban access to preventative healthcare. Considering Iowa Republicans ran on a platform of Freedoms it appears the legislation youre willing to rapidly change doesnt support that concept.There are more pressing issues youre willfully ignoring.Theres not a single reason youve dragged your legislative feet on protecting your constituents from excessive Emminent Domain overreach.

03-03-2025

Rafaela Cadena [America’s front line doctors]

I strongly support this bill. Corruption has infiltrated the establishments that we once trusted, and this mRNA that was unleashed on the humanity has caused more all cause mortality, deaths in young people. Insurance companies wont give policies to people have had two or more vaccines in some cases. The risk and the payout is too high.This bill is necessary due to the corruption and due to what has happened to humanity. My friend, Dr. Sabine Hazen is a micro biome specialist. She tested doctors before they took the Covid vaccines and after. She found that the Covid vaccines destroyed their Microbiome in their gut, which is where 90% of your immune system is. This is part of the problem. People are having with your immune systems is that they destroy their micro biome, and without that humanity is destroyed. I strongly oppose this because I strongly support humanity. Below is an article from pub, med regarding transcription on the human dna.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35723296/

03-03-2025

JULIANA JOHNSON

Dear Chair Ann Meyer and HHS committee I am strongly opposed to this bill. As an RN I would hope you would know that the best way we have currently to prevent, ameliorate and stop potential pandemics from occurring are these vaccines. Every legitimate study finds that the risk is acceptable. there are lots of other ways to continue forward with Research, but for now, please weigh the risks and harm against the good that this can do for the greatest amount of people. My father is a virologist and immunologist and would be happy to testify.

03-03-2025

Heather Snyder

I am writing to oppose this bill. I want my freedom to get medically founded and supported by science medical care no matter what it is. I want to continue getting vaccinated and have family members that would be in danger if not able to assess vaccines. I am not sure when we stopped listening to medical professionals. I have a brother who is an epidemiologist. I trust him and the medical community!

03-03-2025

Amanda Gran

I OPPOSE this bill. We as Iowans and Americans have the freedom to choose how to stay healthy. If others dont want mRNA vaccines, fine, dont use them, but I and many others are fine using them. All vaccines carry risk, just like other pharmaceuticals, even something as seemingly innocuous as acetaminophen can cause liver damage at high enough doses. There will always be people who suffer adverse reactions, but that risk assessment needs to be made with a persons doctor.

03-03-2025

Melissa Fikuart

I oppose this bill and feel with our current ranking in Cancer cases alone we all should be able to access ANY AND ALL forms of treatment and research to treat all Cancers. Not to mention life saving vaccines! This bill is an affront to our right to healthcare! Please vote NO on this bill!

03-03-2025

Laura Runkle

I have three objections to the bill as it stands.1) CART therapy and other personalized immunotherapy vaccines for cancer patients absolutely qualify as vaccines involving genetic material. Since Iowa has the fastestgrowing rates of cancer in the nation, I am strongly against anything that can reduce the cancer burden on Iowans.2) I am a cancer survivor, and took part in a biologicalbased clinical trial that was offered in my home town, Cedar Rapids. The clinical trial I took part in was so wildly successful that women with all stages of breast cancer are now offered Herceptin as a therapy. The wording of the bill as it stands would be ambiguous for this.3) This bill pretty much eliminates the chance of vaccination for people who are allergic to components of traditional vaccines. I, myself, got a traditional COVID19 vaccine booster in the fall of 2025, as it was essential for my work. But for folks who are allergic to eggs or other nonvaccine components of a traditional vaccine? Genetic vaccines are their best options. Since allergies are also still rising, denying people options is not the way to grow Iowas workforce.

03-03-2025

Judy Anderson

I oppose SF 360During the early COVID days, & before Vaccines, that WORK!, Iowa lost nearly 10,000 of its citizens. To go back to these ignorant times would be a death sentence, especially to our most vulnerable; like children & the elderly.,I remember polio & measles outbreaks. Surely you wont allow this backward thinking to prevail! Each day in iowa is astounding backwards thinking & hateful.

03-03-2025

Angie Arthur

I strongly oppose this bill and urge the subcommittee to vote no. People should be able to make their own health care decisions. The bill is government overreach. It will hamper medical treatment as well as medical innovations. For example, there is a new vaccine that shows great promise for pancreatic cancer. Vote NO on this bill!

03-03-2025

Geri Lloyd

I am opposed to passing any legislation involving vaccines. We should be able to make our own decisions about Healthcare and doctors should not be restricted on administrating vaccines. Iowa government needs to stay out of it!

03-03-2025

Julie McCarty

Another insane bill from the Majority party. OPPOSE! You can't just blanket cut off vaccines for the entire population of Iowa! Please do something that actually helps. Like feed and clothe kids, get more affordable housing, fix runaway insurance costs, put millions into cancer research, prevention and treatment.

03-03-2025

Kimberly Bosworth

I oppose SF360 because it denies freedom to allow vaccinations for those who choose to have them. It is not the Iowa government's right to determine this. Dennis: I went to high school with you...let's use common sense...this is not your decision to make for me.

03-03-2025

Betsy Hickok

Have you all gone completely insane?? Vaccines SAVE LIVES. I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to choice. I respect that they are other people who may not want vaccinations, but you don't have the right to impose that choice to everyone else. There have been very few vaccinations incidents but those are caused by allergies and medical conditions. This is the sort of bill that truly makes me want to leave this state. Do not pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Stacy Reece

mRNA vaccines are long established and are safe. It's absolute sciencephobic lunacy to deny ourselves access to this lifesaving innovation.Please do not risk others' lives! Do whatever you wish but don't take our choice to do what is right for our own bodies. I know that is a foreign concept to most in your party unless it comes to wearing a mask. Vaccines are SAFE and are the reason we are living longer that 50 years ago. Listened to SCIENCE!!!

03-03-2025

Amy Myers

02-27-2025

Jonathan Danker

02-27-2025

Patricia Benson

I am a retired RN and hold a BSN degree along with an MA in education. I understand science. Genebased vaccines are safe and save lives. Individuals have the right to choose whether or not to take any given vaccine, but they do NOT have the right to deny that opportunity to others, nor to interfere with physicians' ability to practice medicine and treat their patients according to their sworn Hippocratic Oath. Most politicians are not healthcare professionals and should not be practicing medicine without a license. I have a lot of life yet to live and no one has the right to deny my access to lifesaving vaccines. We all have mRNA & DNA in each of our body's cells. These vaccines are able to target specific proteins to offer protection from severe illness, oftentimes preventing any illness whatsoever. I have had every Covid vaccine dose possible and have yet to contract Covid as a person over age 65. My daughter, on the autism spectrum, has also not contracted covid, has had all vaccines for which she is eligible since infancy, & was born with autism; it is NOT caused by vaccines. Genebased vaccines are safe & offer a healthy future to millions. This bill makes no sense and must not advance.

02-28-2025

Amy Sundernann

02-28-2025

Justin Scott

Forcing the denial of mRNA vaccines is a dangerous move driven by unscientific beliefs, not public health. Undoubtedly, mRNA vaccines save lives, but these beliefs are driven by blind faith, not evidence.Citizens can choose vaccines, but no one has the right to deny science in favor of dogma.Knowledge, not religion, should guide policy decisions in a society built on reason.Interfering with medical practices for the sake of faithbased politics harms real people.Over 40 and immunocompromised, I depend on vaccines, not outdated religious ideals, for my survival.Without mRNA vaccines, we risk a public health crisis fueled by ignorance and superstition. Antivaccine myths, rooted in false beliefs, must be debunked for the sake of everyones wellbeing.Genebased vaccines offer solutions backed by science, not the doctrines of any religion. Opposing these vaccines in favor of faithbased politics undermines the health of society. Politicians should not let religious beliefs dictate medical care; lives are at stake.

02-28-2025

TIMOTHY WALDRON

As an American, I find that attempts to limit my healthcare choices regarding lifesaving medicines to be an evil. What happened to personal choice? This bill seems to be completely arbitrary in nature.This appears to be wholly arbitrary. What public health threat is being addressed by this bill? All vaccines carry risk, and that must be balanced against their benefits.There is ample evidence that mRNA vaccines are extremely effective, and scant evidence of undesirable side effects.As a healthcare worker, I object to the threat to my own safety that this bill presents. By removing this important medication my life will now be threatened every time I go to work, as I am exposed to diseases that I might otherwise have immunity to.mRNA COVID vaccines saved millions of lives during the last 5 years, and have proved to be among the most effective vaccines ever developed. Once again the Iowa legislature seems to be intent upon legislation that solves no real problem and restricts individual rights.Stop wasting tax dollars creating "solutions" to fictitious problems and work on some real problems such as homelessness, education, infrastructure and taxes.

02-28-2025

Sara Penn

I strongly oppose SF 360. Vaccines, including the mRNA vaccines, have been proven safe and effective by researchers and scientists and public health professionals. Decisionmaking should be left up to the individual with the advice of their medical care provider, and not criminalized by lawmakers. I have taken all COVID19 vaccine doses offered to my age and health demographic. My children have also been completely vaccinated. Furthermore, my first child was born with an immunedeficiency. Because of this, she, and others like her who don't have a "normal" functioning immune system are unable to receive some vaccines or the vaccines don't work effectively to prevent illness, so they rely on herd immunity. They rely on those who CAN receive their vaccines to protect them from illnesses that are even more lifethreatening and lifealtering than to someone with a fullyfunctioning immune system. Please do not allow this bill to become a reality. We could easily face another pandemic. Thank you!

02-28-2025

Thomas Hartley

I am a kindergarten teacher by trade. As I teach my students each day I am now faced with the new legislation that states students may not miss more than 10% of days without a consultation or possible negative consequences to parents. What this means is that more and more kids are showing up sick. With this law you are exacerbating the issues of schools as Petri dishes and preventing parents from protecting their children, therefore causing more absences and more severe and preventable illnesses. If those who want to remain unvaccinated choose to do so, that is there prerogative and they will face those consequences. But what happened to small government, not overstepping boundaries and allowing folks a freedom of choice. I am very disappointed that this bill is even in discussion. In my kindergarten class I talk with my students about how we may not always agree with the choices of others, but we have to be kind and respectful to them, we dont get to tell them what to do.

02-28-2025

Sarah Shatzer

I strongly oppose SF360. This bill is based on an unfounded fear of genebased vaccines. I have had seven COVID19 vaccines with no side effects or symptoms. Because of these vaccines, Ive never had COVID. My sister missed one of the COVID vaccines and became very sick with COVID. I do not want to be sick or hospitalized or die. I am so grateful for these vaccines that have allowed all of us to be with family and others without worry of becoming sick. You cannot take away my right or anyones right to receive an effective vaccine. It is my choice, not yours.

02-28-2025

M Ree

I strongly support SF306. All vaccines and new science should be tested and have safety measures before mandated to the public. More and more information is available to show the concerns. Please support this bill until clear research shows otherwise.

02-28-2025

Wendy Tillgren

OPPOSE. The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID. Without the vaccine, it could have been tens of thousands more. Please dont take Iowans health care backwards.

02-28-2025

Marisa Keeney

I vehemently oppose this bill. Myself and anyone who desires gene based vaccines should have that right without any government interference. This technology shows much promise for a host of diseases and the government has no right to limit their access to those who want them.

03-01-2025

Jennifer Briggs

Fully support this bill. The raw and real data is horrifying as to the damages most likely being caused by this MRNA technology in the form of an injection. A responsible government should cease this practice especially removing it from the childhood vaccination program. This is an obvious safety decision. Lives have already been ruined.

03-01-2025

Cathy Engelsman

I support this bill in light of mounting evidence showing severe injury and death.As stated, other vaccines have been pulled off the market after far lower incidents of death and injury.The mRNA shots for covid were rushed through and unfortunately have had devastating consequences and will most likely have continuing consequences

03-01-2025

Megan Dial-Lapcewich

I oppose this bill. You cannot honestly think this is good for people you dont have to get these vaccines, but you also cannot take away my right to bodily autonomy and my right as a parent to decide, along with our doctors, what is best for my children. I have had multiple COVID vaccines and have had no side effects, other than luckily only having had actual COVID once, and very mildly. I got pregnant after having these vaccines. I stayed pregnant when I had one. I successfully continued to nurse my newborn after having one. My children have had their vaccines and have had no negative side effects.This bill is such a gross over reach of government it is beyond comprehension.

03-01-2025

Brian Dial-Lapcewich

I fundamentally oppose SF 360 because access to the medical treatments being targeted by this bill saves lives. The ability to have access to vaccines enabled me to protect my family during the COVID pandemic where my newborn son was considered at highrisk. These treatments further protect my family and me from annual illnesses when I travel for my work where it is necessary to fly regularly. The choice to receive vaccines should be an individual choice and not one dictated by law.

03-01-2025

Ian Law

As a physician who has cared for children for more than 25 years, I provide care in a medical environment in which 70 90% of the medicines and devices we use are not FDA approved for use in children (depending on the subspecialty). Fortunately, what we know about the field of medicine doubles in less than a year, leading to tremendous medical advances. In comparison, in the 1950's what we knew about medicine doubled every 50 years. The rapid acceleration of medical advances allowed the US to develop an FDA approved mRNA vaccine for COVID in August of 2021 that saved countless lives. This mRNA vaccine was soon FDA approved for children over the age of 12 years, and received emergency approval for younger children. The FDA approval of the mRNA vaccine was based upon rigorous trials, and subsequent data collected by the VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) confirmed an extremely low adverse event rate from the COVID mRNA vaccine. Numerous studies around the world supported the safety and efficacy of the mRNA vaccine and as the COVID vaccine was widely adopted the morbidity and mortality associated with COVID infections dramatically decreased.As an individual, prior to taking a medicine or receiving a vaccine I research the available data to make sure that the benefits significantly outweigh the risks. As time goes by, I make a concerted effort to review whether there is any new data available to affect the care I receive, and provide to my patients. Along these lines, there have been times when I have held off on getting a vaccine when I felt that I was in a lowrisk group. I take this same approach for the patients for whom I care, and I discuss with them the pros and cons of the therapies available to them, whether it be taking a medicine, receiving a vaccine or undergoing a procedure. That being said, I am up to date on my COVID and flu vaccines and will continue to do so as long as the data supports this decision. I am extremely thankful to be living in a country that allows me to make this choice and provide these options to my patients. It is my hope that this will always be the case.

03-01-2025

Michelle Knudsen Knudsen

I strongly oppose this bill. This is removing individuals right of choice. If you dont believe in science and medicine do not get them. This will also put our public health at a huge risk. There is a reason the average age has increased, its because of vaccines and medicine. Please dont take us back to the 1800s.

03-01-2025

Dan Bettenhausen

I strongly oppose SF 360.The notion that genebased vaccines are unsafe is not backed up by legitimate science. Furthermore, I should have the autonomy to choose what is best for my health. Finally, this would do severe harm to public health.

03-01-2025

Jane Freeman

Strongly oppose. I am an adult who believes in science and education and if I want to get a vaccine, that's my choice. Punishing healthcare workers with fines and reporting to licensing boards is an absolute slap in the face to them. Quit imposing your lack of education and understanding of science on Iowans.

03-01-2025

Emily Bush

I am an RN and in 2020 I worked in the 2nd largest nursing home in the state of Iowa on the COVID unit. I watched the devastation of COVID first hand. I lived in terror that I would bring the disease home to my immunocompromised husband. The COVID vaccine worksit brought us hope again. It helped allow nursing homes to open up again. Now you want to make it a crime for people to get a COVID vaccine. Actually you want to make it a crime for me to give a COVID vaccine. I have gotten every COVID booster that is available as has my husband. The science shows they work. I am not asking you to make the vaccine mandatory. I am asking you that allow those of us who actually believe in science to have the choice to get these vaccines. Please oppose these dangerous piece of legislation.

03-01-2025

Mary Fielder

I strongly oppose SF 360. I should have the right to any vaccine that I believe will reduce my risk of serious health problems and our government has no right to take that opportunity from anyone that wants it. Our health, our decision.

03-01-2025

Lori Enloe

I strongly oppose SF 360. Let individuals and their health care providers determine what vaccines work for them based on their health. This is government overreach. I am a retired health care professional There is ample evidence that mRNA vaccines are extremely effective.

03-02-2025

Sean Flaherty

Dear Senators,Setting aside for a moment the confusion and controversy about Covid19, please consider that mRNA vaccines hold great promise for treating cancer. I would draw your attention to two articles. In the last several weeks, we have learned that an mRNA vaccine yielded promising results in an early trial aiming to treat one of the most dire cancers, pancreatic cancer:https://www.mskcc.org/news/canmrnavaccinesfightpancreaticcancermskclinicalresearchersaretryingfindout"Results at a threeyear median followup, now published, show: The investigational cancer vaccine activated a T cell response in half of patients (responders), and this response correlated with delayed recurrence at threeyear posttreatment followup compared with nonresponders. Researchers do not yet know if the vaccine caused the delay in cancer recurrence; investigating this question is a goal of an ongoing randomized phase 2 clinical trial."An mRNA vaccine also shows promise in treating the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma. https://ufhealth.org/news/2024/ufdevelopedmrnavaccinetriggersfierceimmuneresponsetofightmalignantbraintumor"In a firstever human clinical trial of four adult patients, an mRNA cancer vaccine developed at the University of Florida quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma, the most aggressive and lethal brain tumor."The quote from the second article leads me to a closing thought. The brain cancer vaccine mentioned in the quote above was developed at the University of Florida. SF 360 would hobble our state's hospitals and make one of our state's important economic engines, the University of Iowa Health Care system, a far less competitive institution. I urge you not to advance this legislation.Sincerely,Sean Flaherty

03-03-2025

Jaime Oler-Harrop

I wholeheartedly oppose this bill. As someone with underlying medical conditions, it is important that I, and the thousands of Iowans like me, have access to vaccines that could save our lives. This is a matter of choice. No one is being forced to take these vaccines. Do not vote to make Iowa a dictatorship; Vote no on this bill!

03-03-2025

Christopher Puetz

I DO NOT support this bill. Taking away someones right to their choice of medical care is not right. If there is a gene based vaccine that is developed and tested to be safe, this bill will make the use of it illegal. Having one of the best medical systems in the United States, this bill appears to want to cripple our system. Please vote NO.

03-03-2025

Jill Castro

Strongly oppose this bill as it does nothing but take away yet another personal freedom and protection in this state. Iowa is such an embarrassment now with these recent bills republicans keep trying to push through. Do better. Read the comments and note most people oppose this bill!

03-03-2025

Kathryn Schippers

Absolutely not. People will die! Children will die! Do not politicize science simply because you lack the training to interpret data. Set aside your egos. No one can know everything, this why society functions so well when we rely on one another for everyone's unique strengths. You've been elected. You already won your popularity contest. All you would be proving with this bill is the depth of your hubris and the height of your ignorance. Back way from this cliff, it is not too late

03-03-2025

Haylee Bergeland

This bill is unconscionable. But I have lost all faith that Republican leaders care about Iowans a bill such as this only adds evidence to the fact that the Republican party in Iowa does not care about the most vulnerable. They do not care about choice. They do not care that we have the 2nd highest cancer rates in our country. They do not care that nursing homes watched their older adult Iowans die from Covid19, they do not care the thousands of Iowans now live with the horrible impacts of longCovid. They do not care that family members whose loved ones will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year will die while currently there is a new vaccine in the works that could prevent such deaths such a vaccine would be banned for Iowans to take if this bill passes.Doug Campbell you should be ashamed of yourself. This will kill Iowans.Do not do this to Iowans. Do not hurt us more. Do NOT move this incredibly harmful, antiscience bill forward.

03-03-2025

Lindsey Pletcher

To those who are taking the time to read this comment, I appreciate your time and will keep this brief. I oppose SF 360 as it will provide no benefit to anyone and will actually make public health considerably worse. As an individual with an autoimmune disease, I rely on vaccines to keep myself healthy and alive. Theres nothing to fear with mRNA vaccines, its just a newer technology to extend human lifespans. SF 360 is needless fear mongering and is an actual example of fraud, waste, and abuse of government resources. Shame on whoever thought it was even a passable idea.

03-03-2025

Christopher Okiishi

I am writing to urge you to be judicious in the use of your power and REJECT SF360. I am a third generation Iowa Health Care professional. Iowa has rightfully prided itself on being ahead of the curve in the fields of human and animal disease control. We understand our opligations to each other and the land on which we live. Being able to access the full spectrum of available medical treatments has been key to this effort. Do not take us into unstable, unsustanable, unconstitutional pathways. Furthermore, can you imaging trying to explain this bill to a potential new hire health care worker from out of state? Do you really want us to have to resort to backalley vaccinations for our elderly and young? As ever, wealthy Iowans will be able to travel and get whatever health care they choose. The weakest, the poorest, the most unable who are also frequently also the most in need will be denied the most care.

03-03-2025

Emily Howes-Vonstein

As an immunocompromised person, I ask committee members to vote NO to SF360. Do not take away the health choices I make with my medical team. Vaccines provide protection against serious infection, death, and disability progression. They make me feel safer and allow me to continue engaging in public spaces. Do not take away this freedom.

03-03-2025

Lindsay Schuman

The COVID vaccine saves lives and keeps our most vulnerable Iowans safe from a deadly illness. If this bill were to pass, disabled and elderly people will suffer the most but all Iowans will see the impact of this terrible legislation

03-03-2025

Julie Richmond

The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness Please don't take my, and other Iowans, right to access healthcare. I understand that not all choose to vaccinate, but it should be our choice to do so, just as it is others choice to not.

03-03-2025

Srishti Mathur

I STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill. I am a medical student, raised in Iowa, and I had every intention of continuing to live and work and practice in Iowa. Banning any kind of healthcare, especially vaccines, is deadly. It is an infringement of bodily autonomy, and a public health disaster. We have the privilege as a society to live without the fear of diseases that have plagued us for centuries, please dont drag us back to that. I assure you, if this bill does not die in committee, the consequences for all Iowans, regardless of political alignment, will be dire. I joined healthcare to help people, and this is in direct opposition of that. If none of this sways you, know this. This state claims that it wants to improve health outcomes (despite us consistently ranking lowest in healthcare across the country), and I believed that promise until now. I have advocated to improve physician retainment in this state, but if we continue down this line, no graduating medical student will want to work here. As a medical student, I do not think I would want to practice in a state that punishes me for doing my job. Were already facing crisis upon crisis in healthcare, do not make it worse.

03-03-2025

Adilynn Iserman

Reject SF 360. Everyone should be able to make their own choices on what vaccines they want to get. Government should not have a say in what the public chooses to do privately. Healthcare is a right, this bill treats humans as animals. We are intelligent beings, but this is a very unintelligent move.

03-03-2025

Susan Ray

I STRONGLY oppose SF360As a registered nurse in Iowa and a lifelong healthcare professional, I am respectfully requesting this bill not pass. Vaccines historically have saved so many lives and prevented the spread of disease. I am disheartened that the science behind vaccines is being dismissed by falling on blind eyes. I oppose the bill because it would limit access to critical, lifesaving vaccines and undermine public health efforts in Iowa. Medical decisions should be guided by scientific research and expert recommendations, not unnecessary restrictions that could put communities at risk. Healthcare decisions in totality, including vaccinating or not, must be left with individuals, not the government.

03-03-2025

Heather Nguyen

I oppose bill SF 360. This would negatively impact several cancer treatments in addition to vaccinations. Let receiving a vaccination be each persons choice. I dont comment or restrict what other people do for the medical care. I want it to be available for myself, my patients, and my family if they want it. A large percentage of my patients live in nursing homes. This bill would greatly negatively impact their lives.

03-03-2025

Karen Lauer

I oppose this bill.My family members and I rely on this type of vaccine to remain healthy; perhaps even to remain alive. It would be a hardship to have to travel to another state in order to be vaccinated against deadly illnesses because some people in my state don't want to be vaccinated.It should be my choice to seek out and benefit from any medical procedures or vaccinations approved by the FDA. Do not make take my choice away.

03-03-2025

Brandy Taylor Taylor

If Iowa is TRULY about us having freedom of choice then you would NOT VOTE FOR THIS BILL! My mom and grandma died from Covid. I want to have the choice to get this vaccine every year to reduce my risk of infection. We have so much more to be worrying about as a state than this.

03-03-2025

jana illingworth

The party of personal choice is spending a lot of time enacting laws that limited personal.choice. This bill is another example of their lack of compassion and moves to control a person's right to make decisions regarding Healthcare and THEIR body. OPPOSE this bill and allow Iowans to choose if they believe in science and the public good!

03-03-2025

Kathleen Trujillo

This is clearly unconstitutional. I have as does every other American, the right to decide if I want this. And you better believe I do. The Covid vaccine saved my life. There are cancer PREVENTABLE vaccines being developed right now that will save lives. If you dont allow them, first I will sue the state, and then if by some craziness I dont prevail, I will take my family and our income and move.

03-03-2025

Kay Kinkel

I strongly oppose this bill that outlaws genebased vaccines. It is my right to protect my health! If others chose not to, its their right to decline. This is government overreach to restrict this decision that is between me and my physician.

03-03-2025

April Campbell

I am writing to express my disagreement with this proposed legislation. Prohibiting the administration of genebased vaccines and penalizing providers who administer them will put Iowans at risk and inhibit our personal liberties and rights. Studies (and practical usage) have shown these types of vaccines to be very effective in preventing and reducing the severity of Covid19. Making the use of these types of vaccines illegal in Iowa means that those without economic means will not be able to obtain them and those who are able would have to travel to other states to get them. There is a HUGE difference between legislation that would not allow these types of vaccines to be mandatory and the legislation that is currently being proposed (prohibits their use in Iowa at all). I urge you to either vote against this proposed legislation or let it die in subcommittee.

03-03-2025

Chase Larsson

Dear Members of the Iowa Senate,As a dedicated medical student committed to the health and wellbeing of our communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines.I invite the committee members to step up to the whiteboard and describe the central dogma of biology in its modern understanding of the directionality of genetic information to protein expression, as well as the immune responses we are utilizing to cause the resistance to disease. Of course, you wont do that because its easier to parrot fallacious talking points that are so far from reality that I wouldnt dare use the word source.Moreover, the prospect of such punitive legislation creates an environment of apprehension and discouragement among future healthcare professionals, making it increasingly difficult to envision a fulfilling practice in the state of Iowa.Let me make it simple for you to understand. If you dont let me take care of my future patients the best way I know how, I wont practice in this state. This entire bill is an insult to the healthcare community working to address one of the worst influenza seasons in recent years. Reconsider this action,Chase LarssonCarver College of Medicine Class of 2028

03-03-2025

Edith Waldstein

Please do not advance this bill. I should have the right to get the vaccinations I want. And I also want the medical research, for which the administration of gene based vaccines is necessary, to continue for the public good.

03-03-2025

Carrie Pozdol

As a citizen of the state of Iowa, the daughter of a nurse, the mother of fully vaccinated children, and a believer of actual verified published science, i STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill. This is a MASSIVE OVERREACH of the government. It's incredibly dangerous, irresponsible, and cruel to even consider removing a humans choice to use medical technology that has been proven safe and effective. Do not put this bill through.

03-03-2025

Cindy Kruthoff

I support this bill. I support the right of others to choose to get vaccines but the mRNA vaccines shed onto the unvaccinated people and cause severe health effects to those who have not consented to the vaccine. The FDA has documented this.I would also like to see included in this bill to stop vaccinations for livestock. The government is bound and determined to get this technology into our systems. There is not enough information or research to determine long term impacts of adding this to our food supply.

03-03-2025

Lindsey Kaib

SF360 is not a matter for government intervention and should not be passed. Politicians are not doctors, scientists, or medical experts. Iowans have the fundamental right to make their own healthcare choices without government overreach. Vote NO

03-03-2025

Megan Schug

Oppose this bill. This is so blatantly antiscience it hurts. You cannot ban an entire form of medical technology and label it the boogeyman just because people with a 6th grade level of science understanding don't get how it works. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe by the billions of people that received them and a) had no more side effects than a typical traditional vaccine, and b) DIDN'T get COVID and die.

03-03-2025

Sean McRoberts

I strongly oppose this bill. mRNA vaccines are a vital part of protecting our community health. The FDA has approved mRNA vaccines for Covid, and an RSV vaccine is in trials now. These vaccines will limit the death and disability caused by these diseases. Why would we intentionally reduce the options we have for protecting ourselves?

03-03-2025

Jennifer Smith

I oppose SF360 because it takes away my right to choose what I believe what is best for my family. Banning vaccines will cause major health problems for families all across Iowa. People, especially children and the elderly, will die. Take a look at Texas right now and the measles outbreak. RFK Jr, a FORMER advocate for no vaccines, is now backtracking and saying that vaccines are an important part in keeping people safe. People who are now seeing the devastation that diseases are causing now realize that we need vaccines more than ever. Oppose SF360. Do not take away my rights as a parent to choose.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Bauer

I oppose SF 360. The Iowa legislature should not be making medical choices for Iowans. It us up to each person to understand the pros and cons of their medical care and make the best decision for themselves. NO to SF 360!

03-03-2025

Joshua Sauceda

I strongly oppose Senate File 360, a bill that seeks to criminalize the administration of genebased vaccines in Iowa. This legislation is not just an attack on public healthit is a dangerous rejection of scientific progress, personal freedom, and evidencebased medicine.First and foremost, genebased vaccines, including mRNA technology, represent some of the most rigorously tested and effective medical advancements of our time. These vaccines have saved millions of lives, reduced the burden of disease, and provided critical protection against evolving health threats. By banning their use, this bill undermines the ability of Iowans to access cuttingedge medical care and strips healthcare professionals of their ability to act in the best interest of their patients.Furthermore, this bill oversteps into personal medical decisions that should be made between individuals and their doctorsnot dictated by legislative fearmongering. Criminalizing the administration of vaccines does not protect public health; it erodes trust in science, discourages medical innovation, and puts Iowa at risk of being left behind as the rest of the world moves forward.History will not look kindly on those who politicize medicine at the cost of human lives. If enacted, this bill will not only cost Iowa its credibility in healthcare policy, but it will also cost lives. I urge legislators to reject SF 360 and stand on the side of reason, freedom, and the fundamental right to access safe and effective medical care.

03-03-2025

Barb Brunsma

I am absolutely astounded that anyone would think this is a good idea! With a measles outbreak spreading rapidly due to unvaccinated people, why on the earth would you want to eliminate vaccines that protect the public?!?! We have so many other IMPORTANT issues in this state that need to be addressed. Vote this down immediately!

03-03-2025

Katie Anderson

Im writing in opposition to this proposal. Iowans should be able to pursue vaccines for infectious diseases, full stop. The distrust in science has gone too farmRNA and DNA based vaccines keep us safe. Do not disallow them!

03-03-2025

Susan Beckman [citizen]

Do not support the act to prevent vaccine administration and provide penalties for doing so. As a senior citizen living with a compromised immune system and T1 diabetes, I count on vaccines to help protect my health. This should be a decision I make, not one for the legislature to interfere with.

03-03-2025

Stacey Humke

Vaccines save lives. If you disagree thats okay, dont get them. The choice should be up to us of what we want to put in our bodies. Furthermore, these lawmakers are following what their constituents want nor are they medical professionals.Mind your own damn business.

03-03-2025

Robin Stoker

Please DO NOT vote for this bill. Health care ALL HEALTH CARE, is a decision between a medical professional and the individual. mRNA vaccines are scientifically proven to be safe and successful. I want the option to choose my own healthcare, including mRNA vaccines.

03-03-2025

Susan Stroope

There should in now way be restrictions on the development or use of mRNA vaccines. I understand the science behind these vaccines and we should never limit a proven weapon against diseases especially since cancer, as very complex disease, requires access to all possible weapons in the anticancer arsenal

03-03-2025

Gail Maxwell

I strongly oppose SF 360. You have no right to dictate the medical choice I make to receive this type of vaccine. If people dont want these they do not need to get them. You are not medical professionals. Please do not move this out of committee.

03-03-2025

Joanne Starr

it grieves me to hear our state legislatures delving into the world of health science and mandating and restricting our ability to deliver healthcare that we as healthcare providers, myself as an advanced registered nurse practitioner for 25 years, are highly qualified both in recommending and delivering the best healthcare we possibly can. The vaccinations that have been approved are FDA regulated and approved. They have been found to be safe and have given us an avenue to prevent illness that can be and has been proven to be more than devastating. I would encourage you as our representatives to rely on the science that has developed these immunizations to protect your community, your family, your neighbors, and your constituents. These are not mandatory immunizations, but offer people an opportunity to protect their health and likely yours by immunizing.It would be interesting to look back to the era of the polio vaccine, where people were desperate to do anything to protect their children from developing that devastating disease. Because the community relied and trusted in the science that developed those products, polio was essentially eradicated from the United States. Now, in states like Texas, we are seeing the outcome of not immunizing.We need to be stronger in our trust for science, our trust for our healthcare providers who have no other Motive than to provide good healthcare and good wisdom to our patients. Let us do what were trying to do.

03-03-2025

Kasey Smith

Why in this era of scientific advancements is this even being considered? Polio, covid, measles, all either eradicated or positively affected by vaccines. Whats next, mandated religious participation or separating children by race, or putting people in special camps? For once listen to the people and do whats right.

03-03-2025

Dixie Meyer [Experis]

I oppose this SF360 bill that is proposed. As a retired RN, I know that the science behind these vaccines is safe, or they would not be released and recommended. We need to rely on the scientists and professionals who do the research and testing for these. As a cancer survivor, I depend on these vaccinations to keep me safe. It is our right as Iowans and Americans to choose whether or not we and our children, parents and grandparents receive these. Isn't your duty to protect all of us? If someone doesn't want any vaccine, they have that choice. Don't take the choice for us to receive these vaccinations away from those of us that depend on them. Plenty of others have commented not he science behind these. I don't know any statistics, but I believe that more people receive these vaccinations than don't. I am asking this as one of the Iowans that you are all supposed to represent, not just those who support you.

03-03-2025

A. Darryl Moton

As someone with a healthy dose of skepticism when it comes to the influence of what people call "Big Pharma" on the daily lives of Americans, I nonetheless find this bill to be not only useless, but dangerously pernicious.I'm not even going to get into the science of mRNA vaccinesit's not my field of study, and it's not actually important to the bill itself. What I will address is a fundamental realityat the moment, nobody is being forced to take any mRNA vaccine and, at this point, the only such vaccines approved by the FDA are the ones for COVID19. COVID remains a very real threat that has resulted in the deaths of millions of Americans, and President Trump's action to fasttrack the production and distribution of vaccines in 2020's Operation Warp Speed was a decisive, crucial step in ensuring that more lives weren't claimed by the disease. A couple years ago, President Biden catastrophically failed the American people by declaring the pandemic "over," even as he contracted COVID multiple times, to the clear detriment to his physical and mental health. This bill seeks to clearly undermine President Trump's efforts to ACTUALLY protect the American people (at least, in the state of Iowa), and the fact that it will also disrupt science and medical education in the state, both of which are deeply important to our workforce, won't help. Legislation like this will actively dissuade the best scientific and medical minds from seeking their educational and professional development here; as Iowa already struggles to retain its youngest and most educated residents due to the paucity of cultural and economic opportunities for them, this is just another straw tossed on the back of an overburdened camel.

03-03-2025

Laurel Davis

This bill is dangerous and will cause more deaths. Vaccines are safe, and MRNA research is close to treating pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most deadly types. Don't stand in the way of lifesaving medication and research!

03-03-2025

Olivia Thiel

I support people's rights to decide they want to receive a vaccine or not, but this STRIPS that right from those whose health is in the best interest of obtaining these necessary vaccines. I am disgusted and so so sick of legislation being pushed that would effectively kill Iowans.

03-03-2025

Elijah Miller [Pharmacist ]

I strongly oppose the SF 360. As a medical professional who has gone through the training required to practice pharmacy, and actively chooses to live in the state of Iowa, I believe this is another example of backwards thinking founded not in science, but in fear. If people choose to not believe in the research and data supporting the use of mRNA vaccines, that is their choice, but it doesnt discredit the beliefs of others who support the science of vaccines. This state is already facing crises of providers leaving and is looking for ways that it can incentivize people to stay, yet actively tries to undermine science and cant figure out why people of education flee. If this bill passes, its another reason for the educated to leave and I wont feel sorry for the state when its in even more of a healthcare crisis.

03-03-2025

Jordan Reed

I oppose SF360. As a healthcare administrator and provider in the State of Iowa, this bill will have several significant negative effects on healthcare in our state.1. This law infringes on the professional freedoms of licensed medical providers within the state to prescribe and administer treatments which they deem medically necessary and beneficial to patients. Restrictions on the ability of medical providers to practice increases malpractice risk and expense and disincentivizes physicians and providers to practice within the state. This will have a negative impact on healthcare provider recruitment in Iowa and ultimately the ability of Iowans to access healthcare.2. This law limits the development and administration of cutting edge medical treatment. This includes not only vaccinations for infectious disease, but also will limit advancements in the treatment of genetic and autoimmune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes. Additionally, significant advancements in the prevention and treatment of cancers are being made in the area this bill aims to limit. This bill would act to increase the incidence of cancer and reduce survivability in a state which already has the second highest incidence of cancer in the nation.3. This bill will cause patients to seek care outside of Iowa. This has a negative economic impact on healthcare providers, clinics, hospitals, and the state as a whole.4. This bill would limit healthcare choice for Iowans. Those who want to seek care and treatment using the vaccines and medications this bill aims to limit should be able to do so based upon shared decision making with their chosen healthcare provider without unnecessary interference from the state.Please vote No on SF 360 to protect Iowans, our healthcare providers, and our state. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Joanna Jordan

I vehemently oppose this bill. You're taking away Iowan's right to choose for their bodies. This shouldn't be up to the government to decide. I don't believe anyone supporting this bill has the scientific background to understand what they're doing. Please do not pass this bill. You're also stopping science in its tracks to tailor life saving cancer treatments. What possible benefit is going to come from this other than people are going to get very sick and potentially die? Please do something for Iowans that matters like cleaning up our water and food supplies that are causing high cancer rates in the state.

03-03-2025

JoAnn Reshetar

I oppose this bill. It should be my right to have a vaccine, and the legality of it should never be in question. I know from personal experience how important the Covid vaccine was. Without it, I would have probably been hospitalized. To stymie the research or administration of life saving medicines is irresponsible and simply not sound science. Come on, Iowa, you can do better. JoAnn Reshetar

03-03-2025

Rebecca Blakesley

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA vaccines are safe and effective. Keeping Iowans who choose to vaccinate to safe from preventable illnesses and complications. Politicians shouldn't have any say in healthcare decisions, it should be between the individual and the healthcare professional. mRNA vaccines are the future and without them Iowans will ultimately fall behind and be left as risk of these preventable diseases. Vote no against this overreaching bill.

03-03-2025

Lora Conrad

Please stop SF 360 from progressing any further. A ban on the administration of "a gene based vaccine" could well result in the deaths of many Iowans. I am a person who has taken regular MRNA vaccines to save myself a possible horrible death from COVID. I believe this bill, if passed into law, will increase the likelihood of death or serious illness for many Iowans from diseases that can be reduced in impact or prevented by proper immunization now and in the future. It is not the role of the legislature to determine what vaccines are effective and should be available. You advocate for "freedom" but with this bill you are attempting to remove the choice by Iowans as to whether or not they protect themselves and others from disease through the use of legally developed and proven effective vaccines. I very much hope you will stop this dangerous bill now.

03-03-2025

Kathleen Trujillo

Isnt this just like that opposition to face masks? You all fought that pretty hard. You dont want face masks, fine. You dont want MRNA vaccines, fine. Dont tell me that I cant protect myself and my children in the way that I see fit.

03-03-2025

Vanessa Moore

As a concerned citizen who values both personal freedom and public health, I believe this legislation requires careful consideration of its potential impacts.Genebased vaccines represent a significant scientific advancement that has saved countless lives. The science behind mRNA technology is wellestablished, with each of our bodies naturally containing both mRNA and DNA in every cell. These vaccines work by targeting specific proteins to provide protection against severe illness.While I firmly believe individuals should maintain the right to make personal healthcare decisions, this right should not extend to LIMITING others' access to potentially lifesaving treatments. Healthcare decisions should REMAIN between patients and their qualified medical providers who have taken an oath to provide the best possible care.Politicians, regardless of their good intentions, typically lack the specialized medical training required to make complex healthcare policy decisions. Legislative restrictions on medical practices and treatments could have unintended consequences for public health and individual wellbeing.I urge the committee to consider both the scientific evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of genebased vaccines and the importance of preserving ACCESS to modern medical advances for ALL citizens who choose to utilize them.This bill, as currently written, could unnecessarily restrict healthcare options and should not advance without significant modifications to protect both individual choice and access to lifesaving medical innovations. As someone who uses Mayo (Rochester and Florida) and their various cutting treatments, I will move out of state if my access is denied here in Iowa and will continue my treatments as I see fit in the state of Minnesota.

03-03-2025

Helen Brady

Please DO NOT eliminate your constituents access to mRNA! As an RN with 50 years of experience, inclusive of Infection Control, I am very confident in the safety of mRNA vaccines. These are important vaccines that prevent hundreds of thousands of people from acquiring deadly diseases. Every person has a choice to receive or not receive an mRNA vaccine. To prevent those of us who want these vaccines is tantamount to malpractice and censorship. I have received a Covid mRNA vaccine and boosters every 6 months and have never contracted Covid, despite working with patients who have Covid, believe strongly that these are important vaccines. Politicians should NOT be deciding what medical care people are allowed to have.

03-03-2025

Adam Brown

I have read up on MRNA vaccines, I have received them with no negative side effects. I believe in my right to choose if I want to have the vaccine or not. If you do not want to make them mandatory that is fine. Do not take away my right to choose if I want to receive vaccinations.

03-03-2025

Margaret Rhodes

No vaccines are given until proven and approved by the FDA. This is a nonissue. You realize that measles has made a comeback due to antivaxxing campaigns and individuals, would you please stay in your lane and let science work?!?!?

03-03-2025

Gannett Swan

I oppose this bill, because it denies us the best options for treatment for a wide variety of diseases, most notably cancer. My grandpa was recently diagnosed with stage 3 cancer, and he should not need to travel across state lines to get immunotherapy he may need to survive.For you and I, as well. These immunotherapies may have some consequences but they also may be the single best way to survive. This is not an issue of ethics or morality, but one of practicalities and consequences. While I am against any sort of vaccine MANDATE, the OPTION should always remain available for those who want it, or who may NEED it.

03-03-2025

Stephanie Quinlan

Medical decisions need to be made by medical professionals and the person seeking the medical care, not government officials who are not educated as MDs/DOs nor functioning as the each individuals medical providers.An individual who wishes to receive a vaccine okd by the FDA and recommended by their PCP or MD/DO directly involved in their care should be allowed to do receive it that includes Covid 19, childhood vaccines, seasonal flu, and all other FDA approved vaccines available. With so much disinformation potentiating within various media sources, we need a government stance of solidarity with prevention. If this doesnt happen soon, there is going to be a widerspread pandemic of horrific diseases that were previously controlled by vaccines as evidenced by the measles outbreak in Texas. We need to extinguish the spread of these dangerous diseases while theyre still in a controlled state. If we dont, just like the fires in California, unprecedented spread of diseases will spread uncontrolled like wildfire.

03-03-2025

Elizabeth Globokar

I strongly oppose this bill. This would BAN mRNA vaccines in the state. Note this does not mean they cant be required, it means they cannot be administered. At all. Even the administration of developing cancer treatments that use this technology. This would impact every citizen of every political party. I has some of the highest cancer rates in the Nation and to limit treatment options sends asinine. If my family member or I have a medical condition or serious illness, I want ALL treatment or preventative options available and to be able to work with my healthcare provider to utilize expertise and research to determine which option provides the least risk and best likely outcome given our specific situation.

03-03-2025

Brian Hutson

This is a slippery slope that will just lead to dead Iowans. Vaccines go through RIGOROUS testing, and politicians are NOT scientists or medical doctors! Bills like this are the reason that Republicans are going to lose the midterms.

03-03-2025

Catherine Petersen

When Iowa has the 2nd highest cancer rate and neighboring states have measles outbreaks, our lawmakers think *this* is an acceptable use of their time and energy? For the loveI vehemently oppose this bill. Those trying to advance it should be embarrassed.

03-03-2025

Hannah Houlahan

I strongly oppose SF 360. Youre supposed to be the party of small government and all the sudden you are involved in every aspect of every decision were supposed to be able to CHOOSE for ourselves. Some of IA reps were elected on very small margins and you seem to be forgetting we can easily vote you out. Support your constituents and vote NO!

03-03-2025

Karen Maass

The government needs to stay out of Iowans' personal medical decisions. Our legislators have no qualifications in this area. I trust my physician more than any legislator. The industry experts and the FDA/CDC have way more expertise to determine safety. I worked through the pandemic calling patients' physicians as the patient was dying in front of my eyes. This will also have an big impact on present and future cancer treatment. Considering that Iowa is 2nd in the nation in number of patients with cancer and it is increasing, this would be extremely detrimental to cancer patients care. It is also a good way to drive physicians out of our state. A state that already has problems with retainment and hiring of physicians. If a physician cannot do what his oath has charged him to do. I guarantee he/she will leave the state. Leave Iowans alone.

03-03-2025

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03-03-2025

Amanda Jensen

I oppose this bill as Iowans deserve a right to make their own healthcare choices. Iowa never had a vaccine mandate so again, these bills are creating solutions for problems that do not exist. Please do not let this bill advance.

03-03-2025

Kim Folkers

I strongly oppose SF 360! Outlawing the administration of vital vaccines?? This is a decision that should be made by individuals and their doctors. Hard to believe that Republicans who claim to want to limit government regulation have introduced yet another bill to dictate what individuals can choose for their own good. Unbelievable that this is where were at Another reason that families will choose or be forced to leave Iowa

03-03-2025

Dave Leach [Partnership Machine, Inc.]

I am grateful and amazed to see how such a relatively small effort passing an Iowa law, can cut off at the knees such a deadly international enemy. I read that "choice" is the mantra of opponents of this bill. Fortunately American law does not YET regard the "choice" to consume other deadly fraudsupported poisons, like fentynal, other drugs, nor the "choice" to be robbed, murdered, raped, etc. mRNA vaccines have proven not only deadly but to be responsible for bizarre deaths in front of millions with cameras rolling, besides the unhuman clots pulled out of vaccine recipients by morticians. When they first rolled out I saved dozens of articles from many sources. Now the most dogged updates, irrefutable evidence daily, is reported by someone under the banner "Vigilant Fox", who notoriously offered a $5 million prize to anyone who would engage in debate about mRNA in a very structured, honest forum. An important role of law is to repress fraud. Evidence ought, therefore, to dictate the outcome of this bill, not the "choice" of uninformed Iowans, or the profits of fraudsters. "Choice" is a mantra of this bill's opponents. "Choice" is a holy thing. God drags no one into Heaven but offers, "choose ye this day whom ye shall serve". But God wants us to proclaim Truth, so that our choices will be informed by knowledge of the CONSEQUENCES of our choices. 1 Samuel 8 dramatically illustrates the holiness with which God regards choice, where the majority insisted on jettisoning their 400 years of electing their leaders (Deuteronomy 1:13) in favor of a monarchy. God advised Samuel to warn them how stupid that was but then if they still insisted, let them experience what they demand, while God retreated to provide the diminished blessing the people were still willing to accept, by selecting their first king, and subjecting the king to a Constitution (10:25). In that spirit I urge you to amend your bill to add a Finding of Fact, citing some of the evidence that motivates you, so that that evidence will become central to public discussion, which will save lives even if your bill dies. mRNA has attracted defacto worship, replete with righteous indignation/judgment against "science deniers", and fervent support based on initial fraudulent studies and suppression of thorough honest studies and of overwhelming anecdotal evidence. This brutal, moralistic straitjacket on reality pretty much describes the false gods condemned by the Bible. The Bible, unlike other religions, has survived all manner of human scrutiny. The Bible calls for any worship to be of what is real. God, Who is real, has little patience with superstition. You should, also. Make your opponents justify their opposition with evidence. They certainly have a legal right to CHOOSE to be ignorant. But their ignorance, by supporting the continuation of deadly "health" care, kills people who have no desire at all to be ignorant but who expect their government to sort through all the evidence and legalize beneficial care while criminalizing fraud and poisons. My own voluminous review of research is posted at https://savetheworld.saltshaker.us/wiki/Forum#Vaccines.2CMasks.2CCensors although I have written more exhaustively about masks than about mRNA vaccines.

03-03-2025

Christine Tucker

I am deeply opposed to this bill. I have family that was permanently affected by COVID19 infection which caused reactive airway disease. She has to be on an inhaler but has avoided further hospital stays with access to continuous COVID 19 boosters. Losing this technology would be so damaging and there are new MRNA technologies being developed that could fight serious illness like cancer. Do not remove healthcare options from Iowans!

03-03-2025

Kristen K Nelson

I oppose the bill 360. As a retired nurse I have seen the health effects of children who had not received immunizations and were infected. These vaccinations are very important for the health and wellbeing of people. Just look at places now with measles outbreak. Leave theses vaccinations in place!!

03-03-2025

Martha Sears

This is ridiculous and unethical. People have free choice on vaccines. If someone doesnt trust it, they dont have to get it. It is unethical to legislate this. People that trust science need to be allowed to consult with their doctor and do what they feel best. STOP LEGISLATING HEALTHCARE.

03-03-2025

Jamie Caruthers

I oppose this bill because everyone should have the right to choose what they want dealing with their own needs especially vaccinations. My mother died from COVID and if she would have been able to get the vaccine then maybe she'd still be here I miss my mother so much it still hurts.I believe that it should be our choice whether or not to get any vaccines. So please don't agree with this bill.

03-04-2025

Maggie Hoffman

Please please please do not pass this bill. Vaccines are good and help save lives. They prevent very serious diseases from affecting the majority of the population. We need them!! If this bill passes were going back to the 1600s pretty much, think about your legacy as a politician when you sign this. Do you want to help the people of Iowa live long and healthy lives, or so you want your people sick?

03-04-2025

Cheryl Garin

as the caretaker for a 93yearold woman. I dont think you have the right to tell me I dont have the ability to get a vaccination. If you want to see what happens when people dont have the right to vaccinate go visit the local cemetery. Do you really want this country to get polio again? Do you really want to put young children and old people in the graves early? This is going too far. You dont have the right to determine what I do or dont put in my own body. if you dont wanna get vaccinated, then dont.

03-04-2025

Sarah Birkestrand

This proposed bill is another example of Iowas GOP massive overreach into my personal health. Medical decisions are between a trained medical professional and the patient. The government doesnt get a say. By passing this bill you are essentially signing the death warrant for anyone whos heath could be saved by mRNA therapy. The government has absolutely no right to make medical decisions for a state. VOTE NO.

03-04-2025

Ana McVay

This is ridiculous. Why are you wasting tax payers money on this issue. If someone doesnt want to get a vaccine then dont its their choice. How about working to figure out why our state is number 2 in the country for Cancer rates. Not hindiring it.

03-04-2025

Connie Basham

Every person should have the right to choose to get a vaccine; therefore, do not vote to ban a person's choice to get vaccines. Vote NO ban! Republicans are the party of less government involvement, correct? Why start now?

03-04-2025

Elda Stone

I strongly oppose this bill to prohibit administration of genebased vaccines. How many Iowans will die if this is implemented? The science that created the covid19 vaccines saved millions of lives worldwide. It was based on years of research into prevention of diseases and offers many possibilities for future protection against other health scourges. Prohibiting doctors and pharmacists from providing lifesaving, medicallyreviewed drugs is a danger to Iowans and the world. I am an atrisk older resident of Iowa and feel extremely lucky and thankful that I and my family were able to receive the covid19 vaccine.

03-04-2025

Barb Halverson

Dont impose your skewed and dangerous thinking on those who want to get a Covid vaccine. I know people who died during the Covid outbreak who refused to get vaccinated!!!! This proposed bill is dangerous!!!!!! Drop it!!!

03-04-2025

kathy siems

ILLEGAL to get a genebased vaccine???? my God, do you NOT want people to live in IOWA?For a party that wants less government, there sure are a lot of Laws happening that take away personal choice and freedoms. Isnt that the opposite of less government.??

03-04-2025

Jennifer Cooley

This is an absurd way to protect people's freedoms. If you don't want to get a vaccine, don't, but you don't get to tell the whole state they can't get one. Also, I know you're targeting COVID vaccines but did you know there is a new pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine treatment? As Iowa has one of the highest rates of cancer, and specifically a lot of pancreatic cancer, I would think you'd want to keep this treatment as an in state option for our citizens. This bill will drive our cancer patients to other states for treatments and cost the state money in the long run.

03-04-2025

Linda Diment

I'm medically fragile. I'm the only one in my family who has NOT had COVID. I've been vaccinated. My niece, nephew, and brotherinlaw were not vaccinated. My niece and nephew have had COVID 4 times ... 4 different strains. They are still suffering from effects. My brotherinlaw had COVID twice and nearly died. I will NOT die because you, who are not a medical doctor or nurse, say I can't get medical treatment and get a vaccine. Who are you to tell me what medical care I can have?! Vote NO on this bill!

03-04-2025

Jeremy Klendworth

I would just like to say that preventing the use of Mrna vaccines would have killed me during covid, As a transplant recipient I was advised by my medical team that due to my surpressed immune system I would be highly likley to get covid and have serious complications including infections that could lead to death I was one of 23 people who had similar circumstances I chose to take the vaccine and was thankfully didn't contract covid. I had friends and family around me who didn't get vaccinated and they got covid now being healthy they ended up fine. Now of the 23 immune compromised group 7 didn't get vaccinated and of those 7 3 died. They died from complications from covid. To date I have received 5 covid vaccines. Removing the publics decision to take vaccines will lead to death there is no f and or buts. I think the choice should be ours to make with our Doctors,not our politicians.

03-04-2025

Barb Sanderson

This has to stop! Please stay out of my health care decisions! I trust the scientists & the healthcare providers & my own intellect to know whats best for my health! I DO NOT trust the Iowa legislature to decide whats best for my health. Campbell, Donahue, Guth you should be ashamed of yourselves for even considering this for a second!

03-03-2025

Cristin Atoms

I am opposed to this bill for many reasons, but primarily because it will further push immunocompromised people out of public life and result in preventable death! It also ensures that more Iowans will become immunocompromised. mRNA vaccines are proven safe, have already saved lives in the ongoing pandemic, and show great promise in preventing cancer. Cancer is all too common in Iowa, (and, as you know, is becoming more common every day here.) This bill will only shorten the life expectancy and quality of life for every Iowan. And as I am unsure whether everyone has made this connection, I am just going to say it plainly. Banning the administration of vaccines is an example of legislating eugenics. Criminalizing the administrations of vaccines that protect the vulnerable among us (and prevent disease and death for everyone) will cull our population, our people. And while I am incredibly uncomfortable using the word cull there, that is the most appropriate term for what this bill will do. People will die, and the people who die will be disturbingly explained away as disabled, or immunocompromised, or not strong enough to fight off cancer during a pandemic. That is the rhetoric is eugenics. In contrast, the most admirable feature of humanity, of our species, is that we take care of each other. That we keep each other safe and heal our sick and wounded. This bill denies the best of humanity: compassion, care, and community. Cancer and covid prevention and treatment fall squarely in keeping each other safe and able to remain active participants in public life. Please stop this bill. Please vote no.

03-03-2025

Sara Carspecken

I oppose bill SF 360 in support of healthcare workers. I am a registered nurse in public health and during the Covid19 Pandemic, healthcare workers and public health workers were praised for their work and that included how we managed, organized, and administered Covid19 vaccines. So now to threaten penalties or misdemeanors for providing vaccines that should be a choice for individuals is shameful and irresponsible. To push this bill forward without providing scientific and medical data as to why it should be criminal is a failure to Iowans and only political entertainment. Please do better. Public Health is important.

03-03-2025

Therese Petty

This bill is absurd. Vaccines like these have helped lessen and prevent the spread of disease, and there are promising studies being done with these types of vaccines and treatment of pancreatic cancer. Can you please stop wasting our time with these ridiculous bills and work to fix actual problems Iowans are facing?

03-03-2025

Anna LeMoullec [self]

For all of those being paid by a pharmaceutical company to write about your right to"choice" know that you will be judged one day.There is mounting evidence of obscene adverse events, including death after the mRNA injections.The world order is splintering and with it the control of investment companies who own the pharmaceutical companies,the banks,media,and politicians and bureaucrats. A day of reckoning is coming. When you force parents to inject a tiny baby with this poison you are carrying out a crime against humanity. Stop these shots now.

03-03-2025

Xiaoxi Yang

As a physician, I can say with full confidence that this bill is dangerous for the residents of Iowa. It is one thing for people to have the choice to seek or refuse vaccinations, but it is something else altogether to prohibit certain vaccinations altogether. This will cause serious harm to all Iowans.

03-03-2025

John Logsdon

This patently antiscience bill should be rejected without consideration. Tens of millions of people have benefited from such vaccines. And millions of lives were saved by such vaccines in the COVID19 pandemic. I hold a PhD in Genetics.

03-03-2025

Anne Jacobs Johnson

Please do NOT diminish our access to vaccines! Respect science, particularly for medical contributions that guard and invigorate health!! Every citizen has the right to consult their medical doctors to make the best, most appropriate decisions for their care. An array of options increases the opportunity for healthy wellbeing.Please, please dont meddle in fields in which you do not have expertise and actions that tear apart our civil rights.

03-03-2025

Jean Meek

I strongly oppose this bill. Why is it necessary to tell others how to care for the health of their own bodies? What happened to small government? I'm so disappointed in the State that I have always been proud of. Please vote NO!

03-03-2025

REGINA DIXSON

Passing this will only cost Iowans. There is NO benefit to this state to passing this law. Waste of tax payer money to even draft it, we have more important issues to address.This bill would make more sense if it were talking about bullets. They are more dangerous to the public then genebased Vaccines.

03-03-2025

May Dehaan

I strongly oppose this bill as it goes against the guidance of every one of my doctors. You need to stop meddling in my medical care. You can choose not to get vaccinated with your doctors guidance if you want. Stop forcing your unqualified opinions on the public.

03-03-2025

Alicia Koster

I strongly support SF360. These vaccines were fast tracked and need further studies. Polio vaccine was pulled off the market after only 10 deaths. The swine flu vaccine was taken off the market after 53 deaths. How many deaths do we need for mRNA vaccines to be taken off the market to ensure the safety of Iowans?

03-03-2025

Stacy Wistock

I am writing to express my strong opposition to Senate File 360, which would prohibit the administration of genebased vaccines in Iowa. I believe that this bill is not only misguided but also poses a serious risk to public health and safety.Genebased vaccines, such as mRNA vaccines, have played a crucial role in controlling the spread of diseases like COVID19 and have been proven to be both safe and effective. The blanket ban proposed by this bill is not based on scientific evidence and undermines the progress we have made in the field of medical research and disease prevention.By preventing healthcare professionals from administering these lifesaving vaccines, this bill could put countless lives at risk, particularly for vulnerable populations who depend on vaccination for protection against infectious diseases. Furthermore, criminalizing healthcare providers for offering these vaccines is not only unnecessary but dangerous, as it could deter medical professionals from providing the best care to their patients.I urge you to reconsider this legislation and to focus on policies that support scientific advancements and prioritize the health and wellbeing of Iowans.

03-03-2025

Anita Myers

03-03-2025

JON CROSBIE

I'm a doctor. I know more about vaccines than politicians do.This is one of the dumbest things politicians could possibly do. And by the way, if you support this bill, drop the "prolife" snake oil you're selling. mRNA vaccines saved countless lives during COVID. mRNA vaccines have the potential as a cancer treatment. So if you call yourself "prolife" and you support this bill, knock it the hell off.

03-03-2025

Randi McCormick

This bill would be dangerous for Iowans if passed. The rhetoric that genebased vaccines is dangerous is spreading misinformation to the public. There are SEVERAL diseases that are being tested for genebased vaccines that would greatly impact Iowans in a negative way. By passing this bill you are putting the lives of ALL Iowans at risk. The medical shaming in our state by uneducated and poorly informed ELECTED government officials needs to stop. The price is too high to be playing with Iowans lives. Signed An Iowa Nurse

03-03-2025

Amanda Edens

I strongly oppose this bill as it would be dangerous to our community health to not allow people to have vaccines that have been proven safe and effective against illnesses. I understand some people may not want the vaccines and that is their choice to make but the choice to have the vaccine should NOT be taken away from us. It could be a death sentence for immunocompromised and elderly to not be able to protect themselves. Please still allow us to make the choice for our health and safety.

03-03-2025

Jessica Goetz

Please vote no on this bill. Decisions about vaccinations should be made between healthcare providers and patients based on the specifics of the patient's health condition. The only involvement of legislation should be in assuring that evidencebased education is provided to the providers and the patients to assist in decision making.

03-03-2025

Keeley Carney

Dear Members of the Iowa Senate,As a dedicated medical student committed to the health and wellbeing of communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines. These vaccines were developed in a safe, evidencebased manner and have been FDA approved. mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives across the United States during the COVID19 pandemic. The prospect of such punitive legislation puts Iowans at risks and creates an environment of apprehension and discouragement among future healthcare professionals, making it increasingly difficult to envision a fulfilling practice in the state of Iowa. If the government passes laws that prevent healthcare workers from taking care of their future patients with evidencebased medicine, healthcare providers will leave the state and the physician shortage will worsen. This entire bill is an insult to the healthcare community working to address one of the worst influenza seasons in recent years. I urge you to deeply think about the implications of this proposed bill. Listen to the healthcare experts people with training in science should be the players making decisions about vaccines, not government officials who do not understand the science behind vaccines work. Keeley CarneyCarver College of Medicine Class of 2028

03-03-2025

Laree Schouweiler

I am writing to express my strong opposition to Senate File 360, which seeks to prohibit the administration of genebased vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, in Iowa. Such legislation represents an overreach into personal medical decisions and disregards the substantial evidence supporting the safety and efficacy of these vaccines.Medical Decisions Should Remain PersonalHealthcare choices are deeply personal and should be made collaboratively between individuals and their healthcare providers. Legislating medical treatments undermines this relationship and sets a concerning precedent for governmental intrusion into personal health matters.mRNA Vaccines Are Safe and EffectiveExtensive research and realworld data have consistently demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of mRNA vaccines:Efficacy: The mRNA1273 vaccine (Moderna) has shown a 93.2% efficacy rate against COVID19, providing robust protection against severe illness and hospitalization.Safety: Monitoring by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicates that serious adverse events are exceedingly rare. For instance, the incidence of myocarditis is approximately 4.8 cases per million doses for Pfizer and 5.1 per million for Moderna, rates comparable to or lower than those associated with other vaccines.LongTerm Benefits: Studies have confirmed that mRNA vaccines not only prevent acute illness but also contribute to reducing longterm complications associated with COVID19.Potential Consequences of the Proposed BanEnacting SF360 could have several unintended and detrimental effects:Public Health Risks: Removing access to mRNA vaccines would leave Iowans vulnerable to vaccinepreventable diseases, potentially leading to increased morbidity and mortality.Economic Impact: Increased illness could strain our healthcare system and negatively affect the states economy due to higher healthcare costs and lost productivity.Reputation: Iowa has historically been a leader in supporting sciencebased public health initiatives. This bill could tarnish our states reputation and deter healthcare professionals and businesses from operating here.In conclusion, I urge you to oppose SF360 and any legislation that seeks to interfere with personal medical decisions and undermines trust in proven scientific advancements. Let us continue to support policies that protect public health while respecting individual autonomy.

03-03-2025

Megan Tarasi

I oppose this bill because it will deny all people the opportunity to protect themselves from unnecessary health hazards. We need to trust science and scientists who continue to create a healthier and safer future for us.

03-03-2025

Grace Meadows

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to make my own choices about my medical care. I respect that there are others who dont want vaccinations, but they do not have the right to impose that choice on everyone else. With Iowa having the 2nd highest new cancer rate in the nation, and with the promise of potential cancer treatment observed in mRNA vaccines, we should be embracing this science rather than pushing it away. Please do not make your constituents pawns in this continued bickering about the COVID shot.

03-03-2025

Rosemary Kirlin

I am a retired Registered Nurse with a Masters Degree in Public Health Nursing and I have worked in a wide variety of health care settings. I realize the MRNA vaccines were researched from the 1970s on. MRNA vaccines along with strict isolation was first used to limit the spread SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) I from 20022004. mRNA vaccines have been developed to limit the spread of EBOLA in Africa, as MRNA vaccine development was ramped up greatly to limit the spread of SARS2 aka Covid which rapidly developed into a deadly world pandemic starting in 2019. Before the MRNA vaccines were developed in Europe and the U.S. in 2019 and were distributed in 20202021, more than 1 million U.S. residents died of the SARS 2/Covid virus in the U.S. alone. The fact is vaccines save lives. mRNA vaccines are now used on both humans and livestock. There are conspiracy theorists who doubt that but the data is in. mRNA vaccines dont work by preventing a person from getting the virus. mRNA vaccines work by strengthening the bodys immune system to fight the virus if they do acquire the virus and that reduces the potential threat of the virus in question to human or animal lives. MRNA vaccines do not stay in livestock but breakdown in the body shortly after they help amp up an animals immune system. See: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/23/facebookposts/nomrnavaccinesarentwidelyusedinlivestockan/The same is true for humans. The object of mRNA vaccines is to help our immune system deal with a new and potentially deadly virus the body was not previously exposed to. MRNA vaccines dont change all of our cells or affect our minds. MRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives.Unfortunately, when dealing with conspiracy theorists logic is of little value. Currently, in Iowa and in the U.S., every adult has freedom to choose whether to receive a mRNA vaccine or any other type of vaccine. Minors medical decisions are usually under the medicaldecision making authority of their parents. Currently no one is forcing all children to get vaccinated with any type of vaccine, even when getting vaccinated would save that childs life or prevent the spread of infectious diseases to other vulnerable and immune suppressed individuals, including chemotherapy patients who may come into with unvaccinated individuals. Banning the use of mRNA vaccines in Iowa will kill Iowans who need those vaccines to stay alive and who cant fight off viral illnesses for which there is no other vaccine available. Also I strongly object to people who are not trained in the medical science of virology from making decisions regarding which vaccines individual Iowans can receive. I believe when any legislator takes it upon themselves to make medical decisions for anyone but themselves they are in fact practicing medicine without a license and should be prosecuted for practicing medicine without a license. Who of you legislators who farm would ask the legislature when you can access a veterinarian to assist with caring for your livestock? Isnt the individual freedom that our U.S. constitution allowed all U.S. residents until the roll back of Row v. Wade something that we as a nation were proud of.Vaccines save lives. Stay out of individual Iowans medical decisions!

03-03-2025

Megan Bannister

I oppose SF 360 as it would remove Iowans right to choose what is best for their bodies and put countless people in our state at undo medical risk. These vaccines are safe and based in lifesaving science that should be lauded as the medical advancement they are, not banned because of fear mongering and misinformation.

03-03-2025

Samantha Long

I strongly encourage you to vote against this. I have a medically needy child. His immune system does not work correctly. Throughout the years we have found out that regular vaccines do not work for him. He does not build the antibodies needed to protect him from the disease. When the covid vaccine became available he was given the mRNA shot and we lab tested to see if he built immunity to this. The result was positive that he did. This technology is beyond exciting for the population that regular vaccines do not work for. The possibility that a Flu, RSV, Covid combo vaccine could be available would protect so many individuals and reduce hospital admissions from disease. I am adamant that this bill should not be approved. Please please please vote NO.

03-03-2025

Corey Hopkins

I strongly OPPOSE this radical legislation. The United States of America is a free country. We do not need politicians making our health care decisions. This is one of the most radical proposals I've ever seen in a free country. I am disgusted that Iowa has become the most radical legislature in the nation. The Iowa GOP is an embarrassment! Please do not pass this bonkers legislation through your committee.

03-03-2025

Eva Van Wyk

I strongly oppose this bill, please do not support this. As a pharmacist, no matter your personal thoughts about the COVID19 mRNA vaccine itself, I worry about the outright banning of one form of vaccination out of uninformed fear. Especially when this mechanism has been studied for 15 years now, 10 of those with the original intention of finding a vaccine for cancer. Can you imagine. A vaccine against cancer comes through, and Iowans, who it was just reported have the highest rates of new cancers in the U.S., don't have access to a life saving vaccine because a few medically uneducated politicians made a rushed decision based on faulty data and no research. You would condemn those new cancer patients to death? Not to mention the law requiring legal action toward parents for students who miss more than 10 days of school. Start banning vaccines and you'll have more legal issues on your hands in that aspect alone than you can handle. Please do not move this forward.

03-03-2025

Alec Marticoff

Dear Members of the Iowa Senate,As a dedicated medical student committed to the health and wellbeing of our communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines.I invite the committee members to step up to the whiteboard and describe the central dogma of biology in its modern understanding of the directionality of genetic information to protein expression, as well as the immune responses we are utilizing to cause the resistance to disease. Of course, you wont do that because its easier to parrot fallacious talking points that are so far from reality that I wouldnt dare use the word source. Moreover, the prospect of such punitive legislation creates an environment of apprehension and discouragement among future healthcare professionals, making it increasingly difficult to envision a fulfilling practice in the state of Iowa. Let me make it simple for you to understand. If you dont let me take care of my future patients the best way I know how, I wont practice in this state. This entire bill is an insult to the healthcare community working to address one of the worst influenza seasons in recent years. A very concerned medical studentCarver College of Medicine Class of 2028

03-03-2025

Debbie Raymond

Are you crazy!! I vehemently OPPOSE this bill! Politicians are not qualified to determine which medicine a person receives. Banning mRNA vaccines will cost millions of people their lives. I am at high risk for pancreatic cancer and need the development of mRNA vaccines for the prevention of this as of now, fatal disease. VOTE NO!!

03-03-2025

Amber Brown

I oppose this strongly. As Americans, it has always been within our right to chose what we do regarding our health and bodies. This right to vaccinate and seek out medical treatment shouldnt be taken away because other people dont want others to do so.

03-03-2025

Ann Bengtson

Please do not move this bill forward. It is my right to choose to vaccinate myself and my family. You do not get to take this away from me. Mr. Doug Cambell, you do not have the expertise to create a new vaccine. Please leave it to those that do and already have.

03-03-2025

Colleen Theisen

These vaccines are welltested, safe, and optional. Everyone who wants them should have access to them. They were in development for years before the pandemic and are a vital tool for public health. Leave science to scientists and stay out of the way of public health in matters that you don't have the background knowledge to understand.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Veak

No one has the right to tell me what I can or cannot do with my body. Vaccines save lives. I was born & raised in Iowa. I never thought I would move out of this state, but your lack of knowledge is scary & evil. Keep the government out of our personal lives.

03-03-2025

Eric Thiel

The proposed bill to ban "genebased vaccines"which includes the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA COVID19 vaccines, Hepatitis B vaccines using plasmid DNA, and any future vaccines employing similar technologiesrepresents a shortsighted and scientifically misguided overreach that threatens public health, medical innovation, and the wellbeing of communities across the country, including states like Iowa. While concerns about new technologies are understandable, this blanket prohibition ignores the proven safety, efficacy, and transformative potential of these vaccines, risking lives and stifling progress in the fight against some of humanitys deadliest diseases.First, lets consider the track record of the mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna. These vaccines were instrumental in curbing the COVID19 pandemic, saving millions of lives globally by providing a rapid, adaptable, and highly effective response to a novel virus. Decades of research underpinned their development, and extensive clinical trialsfollowed by realworld data from billions of administered doseshave demonstrated their safety and efficacy. To label them as dangerous or experimental is to dismiss the overwhelming scientific consensus and the rigorous regulatory processes that brought them to market. Banning them would not only undermine trust in a proven tool but also leave us vulnerable to future pandemics, where speed and adaptability are critical.Second, the bills inclusion of Hepatitis B vaccines, which rely on plasmid DNA technology, further illustrates its overreach. Hepatitis B is a major public health threat, causing chronic liver disease, cirrhosis, and liver cancer in millions worldwide. The vaccine has been a cornerstone of prevention for decades, dramatically reducing infection rates and saving countless lives. By grouping this wellestablished intervention with newer mRNA technologies under the vague umbrella of "genebased vaccines," the bill disregards the distinct mechanisms and longterm evidence supporting each. This sloppy categorization risks eliminating a vital shield against a preventable disease, with no clear justification beyond fearmongering or misunderstanding of the science.Finally, the bills most alarming consequence is its impact on future innovation. Genebased vaccine technologies, like mRNA, represent a revolutionary leap forward in medicine. Take, for example, the mRNA pancreatic cancer vaccine currently in Stage 2 trials. Pancreatic cancer is notoriously deadly, with a fiveyear survival rate of just 12%. Iowa, as the number two state in the nation for cancer incidence, stands to benefit immensely from breakthroughs like this. Early trial results are promising, showing the potential to train the immune system to target cancer cells with precisionan approach that could extend to other cancers and diseases. By banning this technology outright, the bill would slam the door on such lifesaving advancements, condemning patients to outdated treatments and robbing researchers of the tools to address pressing health crises.Opponents of these vaccines may raise concerns about their novelty or perceived risks, but these arguments crumble under scrutiny. Genebased vaccines do not alter human DNAthey deliver temporary instructions to cells to produce a protein that triggers an immune response. This process is wellunderstood, heavily monitored, and backed by mountains of data. Meanwhile, the risks of forgoing these vaccinesresurgent infectious diseases, unchecked pandemics, and stalled cancer treatmentsare far graver and more immediate.In short, this bill is a reckless attack on science and public health. It endangers proven interventions like the COVID19 and Hepatitis B vaccines while snuffing out hope for future cures, all without offering a credible alternative. For a state like Iowa, grappling with high cancer rates, and for a nation that prides itself on innovation, this is a step backward we cannot afford. Lawmakers should reject this proposal and instead champion policies that embrace evidencebased medicine and the promise it holds for our future.

03-03-2025

Briana Alexandres

I oppose banning the use of mRNA vaccines as this is government over reach. We should have the freedom to choose vaccines that are FDA approved. This is a waste of time when the legislature should be examining more pressing matters.

03-03-2025

Paula Woodin

I strongly oppose this bill. There is currently very promising research being done for treating things like pancreatic cancer with mRNA technology and this bill would eliminate that lifesaving option to Iowans. We have a huge shortage of physicians in this state and continuing to bring forth legislation like this is going to make that shortage much worse! As an RN I was privileged to give some of the first COVID vaccines that help saved lives and got Iowans back to work.

03-03-2025

Kimberly Hadaway

Please dont do this. Vaccines keep people safe. I care about the people around me and want to be able to keep them safe. Being able to get vaccines is important to me and is one of the safest things I can do for myself and my community.

03-03-2025

Matthew Wilkinson

The introduction of such legislation is unfathomable to me. I'm a science advocate and I follow medical science and technology very closely. I also, importantly, realize that I am not an expert on these topics so I find the best and the brightest in these fields and follow them as well as the preeminent organizations and peerreviewed studies on these topics. To say that mRNA vaccines should be banned or that those who may distribute them should be criminalized is pure insanity. The senators who are advancing this bill should take a moment to realize their own ignorance and stop. Not only is this bad for our health and safety, it's antifreedom and antichoice. We should be moving in the opposite direction, frankly. As has been reported in Texas, in an unvaccinated community the virus measles is running rampant and putting children in the hospital. Do our legislators in Iowa want this to happen here? Do we want more influenza outbreaks? More COVID outbreaks? Do we want to overload our hospitals with people who could be living happy and healthy lives? Make no mistake: penalizing or criminalizing vaccines will maim and kill innocent Iowans. Indeed, we should be encouraging vaccines and listening to health experts. There is plenty of readily available and free information on the internet from real medical experts in these fields about the safety and efficacy of vaccines and mRNA vaccines. Please do some damn research and listen to the evidence instead of fearmongering and giving in to ignorance about vaccine technology.

03-03-2025

Rachel Schmid

I object this bill as mRNA vaccines have helped save the lives of millions of people, and led our country to the end of the COVID19 pandemic. mRNA vaccines have been researched for over 50 years, and approved by the FDA. Taking away ones right to administer and receive a vaccine if their choice infringes upon ones fundamental right to autonomy of their body. Vaccines are a choice, and taking away ones choice to an mRNA vaccine is unjust.

03-03-2025

Abby Leonard

I strongly oppose SF 360. Taking away the rights of people to receive medical treatment in this state is unnecessary, unwise, and unkind. If people dont want to receive vaccines thats their decision, just like its my decision to receive them.

03-03-2025

Hal Myers

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe and effective against COVID19. What vaccines I can use should be a choice between me and my doctor and not by the state legislator. Iowa's state motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ". Please be consistent with this and end this terrible bill.

03-03-2025

Hal Myers

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe and effective against COVID19. What vaccines I can use should be a choice between me and my doctor and not by the state legislator. Iowa's state motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ". Please be consistent with this and end this terrible bill.

03-03-2025

Carol Hanson

I totally support this bill! Many studies (that are not publicized in the major media) have shown the danger of genebased vaccines! My daughter's mother in law was standing in front of her kitchen sink shortly after she got the Covid vaccine. She fell down, her husband gave her CPR while her daughter called the paramedics. When the paramedics got there, they were able to get her heart going twice but they were not able to keep it going and so she died! She had no problems with her heart before this! (She didn't even have high blood pressure!)Genebased vaccines are dangerous and should never have been approved!Please protect the people of Iowa by voting for this bill!

03-03-2025

Corinne Sterns

This is a dangerous and unnecessary bill. These vaccines have been tested multiple times and are a safe and effective means to fight infection and boost immunity. I dont want someone telling me what kind of treatment I can or cannot have based on unscientific data or their subjective beliefs. What a waste of time to even put this up for consideration. Let qualified physicians decide what is right for their patients. Let people decide what is right for themselves and their families.

03-03-2025

Tess Winter

I oppose this bill because I believe in science and vaccines. This bill would remove my freedom of choice to trust science and the advice of our medical professionals in protecting myself from serious illness. Additionally, I work with a highrisk population that my ability to get mRNA vaccines protects.

03-03-2025

Sara Tapya Salem

As an American, I find that attempts to limit my healthcare choices regarding lifesaving medicines to be an evil. What happened to personal choice? I thought the Iowa Legislature was all about peoples choice. School vouchers and book bans have been sold as parental choice so where is my choice to get whatever vaccine I deem necessary for my health.

03-03-2025

Hal Myers

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe and effective against COVID19. What vaccines I can use should be a choice between me and my doctor and not by the state legislator. Iowa's state motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ". Please be consistent with this and end this terrible bill.

03-03-2025

Hal Myers

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe and effective against COVID19. What vaccines I can use should be a choice between me and my doctor and not by the state legislator. Iowa's state motto is "Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ". Please be consistent with this and end this terrible bill.

03-03-2025

Virginia Paulson

As an Iowa resident and grandmother and mother of Iowans, I ask legislators to oppose SF 360 that would penalize providers who administer mRNA vaccines and medicine. These treatments are proven by science and are lifesaving for many Iowans. We must allow our medical experts to do their jobs. This bill is bad for all Iowans, especially children, cancer sufferers, and rural Iowans. Rural Iowans already have more difficulty accessing medical care. Iowa is experiencing a health care provider shortage, and SF 360 will also exacerbate that problem. Providers will leave the state, and we will have difficulty recruiting new providers to practice medicine in Iowa.

03-03-2025

Shubham Tayal

As a medical student, I am terrified of the precedent this sets for the future. To deny care that is scientifically proven to be incredibly effective, cheap, and protective goes against everything the medical community strives to achieve for the care of their patients. This decision, without a doubt, will CAUSE harm if passed. Do not pass this.

03-03-2025

Kaylara Hoadley

This bill is both scientifically unfounded and potentially harmful to public health. It limits medical autonomy, disregards evidencebased science, and could have negative longterm consequences for both individuals and the healthcare system. Instead of moving backward, Iowa should embrace advances in vaccine technology to safeguard its residents health and future wellbeing. Instead of a ban, a focus on education, transparent communication about vaccine safety, and addressing concerns through scientific discourse would be a more responsible and effective way to move forward.

03-03-2025

Ann Blake

I oppose the passage of this bill. My whole family faithfully gets COVID vaccines and all other vaccinations. Our high risk 8yr old struggles severely to breathe with any illness and has been hospitalized 8 times. Please let us make the choice that is right for us. Don't take our choice away. Please!

03-03-2025

KRISTIN HAUG COLLET

I oppose SF 360. I have the right to choose to take a given vaccine as others can choose to not receive a vaccine. I am a scientist so I understand the science behind gene based vaccines. They are safe and saves lives. Do not take away my right to choose to receive them.

03-03-2025

Kaitlin Cole

Just as the sponsors of the bill would argue that it is wrong to make vaccines mandatory, it's equally wrong to ban them. Banning them takes away our freedom of choice. Iowans can and should make their own decisions about their healthcare.

03-03-2025

Carly Weber

If my family member or I have a medical condition or serious illness, I want ALL treatment or preventative options available and to be able to work with my healthcare provider to utilize expertise and research to determine which option provides the least risk and best likely outcome given our specific situation. In Iowa we have always benefitted from the highest level of research being done at our station higher education institutions. Removing access to life saving treatment is foolish at best and fatal at worst.

03-03-2025

Marian Tompkins

I am opposed to SF 360, which would ban the use of mRNA vaccines, or the banning of ANY medications, vaccines or treatments that can cure diseases. Legislators should not be limiting our options for treatments, especially when you are not in the medical field. What has happened to your stance in favor of personal rights and parental rights? If my child has cancer, are you legislating that I can't have access to all possible cures and you'll punish the doctors?! Absolutely unconscionable!!

03-03-2025

Sofie Dollison-McGill

I oppose bill SF 360. As a public health professional, I understand how essentially preventative therapies, like vaccines, are. These types of vaccines have proven to be safe and could prevent adverse outcomes and death due to infections and diseases. But above all else, this is a matter of freedom and choice. Just like those you choose to not get vaccinated deserve their freedom, those who choose to believe in and get vaccinated also deserve those freedoms. It is time to put principle over party and maintain integrity by opposing this bill.

03-03-2025

Delaine Petersen

I am opposed to this bill SF360. Individuals have the right to confer and decide with their medical PROFESSIONAL how to protect themselves from highly communicable disease. Years of declining childhood disease is evidence that vaccines work. The high cost of treating disease and risking death does not make sense. Why make innocent citizens suffer from horrible diseases when we can prevent it. Vote no!

03-03-2025

Elaine Reid

These vaccines save lives. How dare you pretend the science behind them is illegal. Vaccines should never be demend illegal...the measles out break alone is a testimony to the effectiveness. Want to help people work on the cancer rates plaguing us. This anti science attitude will kill us all.

03-03-2025

Barbara Schaab [Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation]

I strongly oppose SF 360. People who don't want to receive vaccinations can just avoid them. Healthcare decisions should not be mandated by politicians. Leave medical decisions to medical professionals and their patients.I had a worse reaction to a standard flu vaccine several years ago than I have had from the multitude of COVID vaccines I have had since they became available. I have also stayed COVID free so far.Don't take away my right to get the vaccinations I think I need. And don't make me travel to a neighboring state to get my medical care.

03-03-2025

Nichole Eden

I vehemently oppose this bill. I want ALL treatment and preventative options available to ALL Iowans. On a personal note, as I grow older, I desire the freedom to work together with my healthcare provider, utilizing her 30 years of medical expertise, as well as her 15 years of working with my specific needs, to inform future treatment plans. Please do not take away the rights of others to make informed choices based on their particular circumstances.

03-03-2025

M. Glenn Abernathy

As a retired Family Physician, I feel that barring genebased vaccines is a serious mistake. History shows that before mRNA vaccines became available, the death rate in America and world wide was intolerable. Recommendation to drink Clorox was not only stupid but very dangerous. mRNA vaccines have been well researched and incredibly safe. mRNA is made naturally by our own DNA but it takes multiple steps for the production, delaying our God given immune system to attack disease quickly. Busting our immune system before attack is the same reason we give Flu shots, Tdap and Polio. It makes no sense to block an effective immunization any more than blocking the above three shots. For those that feel immunizations cause Autism, this was disproved years ago.

03-03-2025

Adey Wassink [Sanctuary church ]

I absolutely oppose Bill SF 360 because of the potential harm it will bring to people. I am asthmatic and without certain vaccines if I were to get the illness, I run the risk of hospitalization and worse.

03-03-2025

MIssy Fortney

As the daughter of a polio survivor and who has a child that is medically fragile due to innocent stills murmur, I more than strongly oppose this bill.Vaccines save lives, it is scientifically proven that they do so. It is also scientifically proven that they do not cause autism, they do not alter your DNA.People (parents & adults once you're over 18) should have a say and input on what medical treatments are received. If this bill makes it out of committee and passes, it would remove that choice. Shame on the person that submitted it and those that support it. You can chose to not get vaccines on your own, don't take that choice away from me for myself or my daughter.

03-03-2025

Abeer Iqbal

I strongly oppose this bill. There is much scientific evidence to support the safety of mRNA based vaccines. As a medical student at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, I am horrified at the Iowa legislature for supporting a bill like this. Iowa has one of the worst physician rates in the whole country and bills like this are the reason why medical student and healthcare trainees dont want to work in this state. Vaccines have been proven to be safe, efficacious and beneficial to public health. This bill is endangering not only public citizens but anyone who works in the healthcare industry.

03-03-2025

Brenda Dietiker

I am writing as a nurse to express my strong opposition to Senate File 360, which pertains to the administration of RNAbased vaccines. This bill raises significant concerns regarding public health, scientific progress, and access to lifesaving medical advancements.RNA vaccines have been rigorously studied and have proven to be safe and effective in preventing severe illness. Restricting their administration could not only undermine public confidence in vaccines but also limit healthcare providers ability to protect communities from infectious diseases. Furthermore, such legislation may hinder medical innovation and research, placing unnecessary barriers on future advancements in immunization and disease prevention.It is crucial that policies regarding medical interventions be based on sound scientific evidence rather than misinformation or undue regulatory burdens. I urge you to oppose Senate File 360 and ensure that healthcare decisions remain guided by medical expertise and the best interests of public health.Thank you for your time.Sincerely,Brenda Dietiker

03-03-2025

Michael Roberts

I Oppose SF260. Keep government out of private medical decision making. It's inappropriate and absurd for legislators to try to substitute their judgement for that of physicians and researchers who are experts in their field. Preserve free choice and bodily autonomy by voting no on this bill.

03-03-2025

Colleen Hjort-Frederiksen

I oppose SF 360. Whether you receive a vaccine or not is a CHOICE. Making mRNA vaccines illegal will severely threaten the population of Iowa. Scientists have said that more pandemics are coming and these vaccines are our best defense. Also, these vaccines have shown great promise in eliminating cancer threats. As the state with one of the highest cancer rates in the nation, making these vaccines illegal would be absolutely absurd.

03-03-2025

VaLinda Parsons

I strongly urge you to VOTE NO on SF360. Genebased vaccines have been proven safe and effective. Legislators are NOT scientists, geneticists or medical professionals, so STAY IN YOUR LANE when it comes to bills that affect the health of your constituents! Vaccines that use genebased materials may be our best hope for the future in preventing pandemics or curing cancers. VOTE NO on SF360, which would deny health care access for Iowans!

03-03-2025

Lisa Leslein

Im truly disappointed in Iowa as we continue to move our state backwards instead of forward paving the path. Limiting or removing access to people having the option for mRNA gene based vaccines will have serious consequences. It has been scientifically proven that the COVID vaccine specifically has reduced the amount of death caused by the virus significantly! Limiting this category of vaccines will also affect possible treatment in HIV and cancer treatment and more as scientists continue to find cures and modes of prevention. It seems imperative that you instead look at why is Iowa increasingly have leading rates of cancer above the rest of the country? Limiting proven preventative methods seems ridiculous and risks the lives of many of your constituents. Please remove this bill from existence. This vaccine for Covid has reduced significantly the medical cost burden by reducing hospital stays as it actually works!

03-03-2025

Victoria Felger

I am writing to voice my strong opposition to bill SF 360. American people are free to make their own decisions about their health care. Numerous studies have been performed on these vaccines and they have been proven to cause few if any side effects, unless an individual has allergies. In that case, the individual is most likely aware of the allergy and should refuse. I am 82 years old and have been receiving vaccines for a long time and thankfully have been able to avoid illnesses and maintain an active life style. It is important that members of the Iowa congress begin to listen to your constituents about these issues. Elections will be occurring again and we will rememberif you have heard us or not. Thank you for reading this!

03-03-2025

Jayne Kielman

I have cancer that is in remission and the mRHA vaccination is important to my health and will play a larger part if my cancer returns. Please dont handcuff healthcare providers by not allowing them to provide what is best for each persons health situation. We have been able to move to freedom of choice treating COVID19, please leave this conversation to healthcare providers and give them the freedom to do what is best for each patient. mRNA technology may be important in other treatments as H1n1 and other diseases become national and global issues. Why would Iowa not be a leader in offering all options to our citizens. This bill is shortsighted and limiting to healthcare provers and Iowans. Please do not advance this bill. Think of all Iowans and helping each person find the best option for their health needs.

03-03-2025

Patricia Benson

As I read through the comments on this proposed bill, I saw very few in favor and mostly opposition voiced, often by medical & science experts. The comments supporting this proposal do not provide scientificallybased peerreviewed studies to support their positions and cite misinformation gained from social media or other nonscientific/nonmedical sources or from physicians whose licenses were revoked for spreading misinformation. mRNA and DNA are inside all of our cells, they are NOT shed to others, whereas a virus itself can be. Rely on facts. Spend time on issues that will help Iowans like funding for bridge repairs and research. This proposal should not pass out of committee today.Patricia Benson, RN, BSN, MAeducation

03-03-2025

Amy Jackson

I am opposed to this bill. Republicans have stated we should have less government oversight. This bill restricts choice and is telling people what they cant do. This is the opposite of what Republicans are saying they want. Freedom of choice is essential to Iowans. This restriction is putting highly vulnerable populations at greater risk. Do not pass this in it is form. It is fine to say not required but to penalize people from even having a choice is inhumane.

03-03-2025

THOMAS WASSINK

as a physician of 25 years here in Iowa, I oppose this legislation. How healthcare of this kind has come to be vilified in the way that it is is baffling to me, but vaccines are nothing but a benefit to the public health of the people in our state. It is one thing to permit people to refuse vaccines, but quite another to forbid healthcare providers from being able to give treatment that might genuinely help people. To cause us to become the villains or the nefarious actors in the system is incomprehensible and goes against everything that it means to try to improve the health of our patients. Please do not advance this legislation.

03-03-2025

Karen Hanson

I oppose SF360. I want all Iowans to have the CHOICE of vaccines. I want doctors to be able to help patients in the best way possible. It is MY freedom and right to accept medications and vaccines as I feel is best. It is not the State of Iowa who should be deciding my medical care. VOTE NO!!

03-03-2025

Lori Stiles

Please support/vote YES on SF360 Comments above that claim that the genebased therapies are safe are not backed by the reality of the data we have! For instance, 'This product exceeds teh FDA's treshold for a class 1 recall by a margin of 375,240% ...19,028 American deaths have been reported to VAERS'. 'The Cutter polio vaccine was pulled after 10 deaths. The swine flu vaccine was pulled after 53'. See attachment for futher details. I believe that more conversation needs to be had regarding wheter genebased therapies are truly ready for the market. It seems they certainly ARE NOT. Please support this bill to prohibit their use AT LEAST UNTIL the products undergo more thorough longterm safety testing.

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03-03-2025

Michele Schnicker [Retired ]

I am in favor of this bill SF360I am immunocompromised with additional health issues. I have received these vaccines and continue to have them recommended by my cancer team and my primary health care team. Please let us have the choice!! If we remove the funding for research how will we ever know or learn anything in the future regarding these issues! Again please support choice!! Thank you

03-03-2025

Sara Patterson

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to choice. I respect that they are other people who dont want vaccinations but you dont have the right to impose that choice to everyone else. There have been very few Vaccinations incidents but those are caused by allergies and medical conditions. Please if you believe in Medical freedom, Dont pass SF360. For those of us who are immune compromised we need all the help and protection that science and doctors can provide us in order to stay healthy and safe. Dont take my freedom away.

03-03-2025

Angie Rhum

I strongly oppose SF360. I am a public health nurse and have administered hundreds of MRNA vaccines. I feel people should have a choice in their healthcare options. If you don't want the vaccine, that is fine, don't take it. I work with many people that believe this vaccine is the best care for them. You feel people should have a choice for their children's education, why can't people have a choice of their medical care? Please do not pass this bill.

03-03-2025

Kim Knoll

I am a lifelong Iowan and a beneficiary of vaccines. We all know what this legislation is about, and its smallminded approach could have lasting consequences for Iowans. Iowa takes pride in its rankings, but we should be alarmed that we recently ranked secondhighest in the nation for cancer rates. The number of good people weve lost to cancer in this state is appalling.Clinical trials are exploring mRNA vaccines for melanoma, lung, pancreatic, and other cancerspotentially lifesaving advancements. Supporting legislation without proper due diligence is reckless and could cost Iowans their loved ones.What happened to our states motto? "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain." VOTE NO to SF 360.

03-03-2025

Amber Hansen

I strongly oppose SF 360. This is government overreach and will decrease access to healthcare for all Iowans. Health care decisions should be made by the person and their healthcare provider not the government. Gene based vaccines are currently being studied for treatment of cancer specifically pancreatic cancer. They have shown promise in early trials. This legislation would not allow for this potentially life saving treatment to be studied and all Iowans would not be able to access to this cancer treatment due to this legislation. As a state, Iowa has one of the highest rates of new cancers, and this legislation would make potential treatments unavailable to Iowans which actively harms the health Iowans. Gene based vaccines are also safe and effective in preventing Covid. All Iowans should have the opportunity and choice to access all vaccines including gene based. As a hospital based physical therapist, I have seen the benefits of having patients vaccinated for Covid including shorter length of stays and more mild symptoms. Iowa is still dealing with a bed crisis and understaffed hospitals and units. Taking away these vaccines would increase the burden on our healthcare system in Iowa. Please do not advance this bill.

03-03-2025

Betty Chizek

I believe an individual has the right to choose having a vaccination/injection of they wish to do so and to make that decision for their minor children too. If a person chooses not to receive a vaccination or have their minor children not receive a vaccination that is also their right. We should continue to have that CHOICE!

03-03-2025

Steve McQueen

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right. I respect that they are other people who dont want vaccinations but you dont have the right to impose that choice to everyone else. There have been very few Vaccinations incidents but those are caused by allergies and medical conditions. Please if you believe in Medical freedom, Dont pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Christina McCleary

How many of you took the career path of scientist, of doctor and/or have been involved in the science behind creating and trialing a vaccination? If you said no to any part of that question, you should be voting NO on SF 360. You do not have the education or the qualifications that should allow you to limit what safe, scientifically tested and approved vaccines I, or any Iowan, chooses to take with the guidance from a trained and licensed medical professional. Those medical professionals should not fear a misdemeanor for administering something safe that a person has understood the benefits and risks, and has chosen to receive for their own health. If you said yes to my initial question, you should also be voting no because you understand the science. It's one thing if this bill was saying you don't have to get a vaccination, but to outright say you're not allowed to get a vaccination at all because some people in the legislature said so? Stop interfering with Iowan's lives and their right to choose things about their own health. How about we focus on more pressing health issues facing Iowans like clean drinking water, mental health and the closing of many health centers and hospitals across the state?

03-03-2025

Aaron Pozdol

I'm sorry for any offense this comment causes but this is lunacy. This is uninformed pandering to the least competent, most rabid, worst educated constituencies you answer to.Be leaders, not followers.Here is a summary of what mRNA is, and how it interacts with human biology: "I'm an immunology PhD student in Ames who works in a lab that specializes in mRNA vaccine technology. I make and test vaccines often in unconventional formats with my own two hands. I also work with the USDA on projects to improve both human and animal health. My projects can directly help the health of Iowans and our farmers.Can mRNA vaccines "alter" your DNA? Let me answer this question for you!The straightforward answer is *no*.The more complex answer is below if you'd like to take a deeper dive:Your DNA contains all the instructions necessary to allow you to survive, to perform functions, to digest your food, to carry oxygen around your body, and to control nearly everything you do.How does DNA achieve such a remarkable thing? Well, DNA is like a master cookbook. It has all the recipes you need for all the proteins in your body. Specific proteins, called enzymes, can do physical work/labor. They can digest food, for example. Some proteins carry things, such as the oxygen carrying protein hemoglobin.However, DNA does not create these proteins directly. For the recipe to be used, the instructions are rewritten into a form that degrades rapidly called mRNA. mRNA does not last long in our cells or in our body. It is made and then it is recycled. It only sticks around long enough to do its job. This allows DNA to express only certain recipes at certain times.mRNA is directly read by molecular factories called "ribosomes". Every 3 letters of mRNA encodes one amino acid. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.Viruses can also use mRNA to encode their own protein recipes. For example, the spike protein from COVID19 virus allows it to enter our cells.Scientists have figured out how to take virus mRNA, such as the COVID spike protein, and deliver just the recipe to our cells. Our cells can then make the spike protein and show it to our immune system. The mRNA instructions to make the spike protein are then destroyed over time.This means that mRNA vaccines cannot alter your DNA. Our bodies lack the ability to transform mRNA back into DNA the longer lasting genetic material. mRNA degrades rapidly.mRNA vaccines can help your body temporarily make and show viral proteins to your immune system, so that it can make antibodies.Now that your body has antibodies, when it next encounters the real virus it is prepared to have its antibodies bind the spike protein of the virus and prevent it from infecting our cells. This provides protection reducing symptoms.It is quite ingenious. This can also be used to quickly update vaccines. Instead of taking the time to purify proteins or kill viruses we can just deliver the specific instructions for EXACTLY what we want your immune system to see and defend against. No real virus or purified proteins required. Your own cells can do all the work.These mRNA vaccines can also help the immune system see proteins unique to your own cancer. Itll allow for personalized cancer therapies in the future and potentially a broad range of other therapies."Either educate yourself, or listen to the actual experts and not the vaguely conspiritorial misgivings of the ignorant and afraid.

03-03-2025

Lisbeth Peirce

I strongly oppose SF 360. There is no scientific evidence that these vaccines are harmful, in fact, it's quite the opposite. Since Covid they have proven themselves to be effective at saving lives with minimal side effects in the vast majority of people who take them. From an NIH study a direct quote: "Researchers believe the mRNA vaccine technology will emerge as the leading technology because it is potent, inexpensive, rapidly developed, and safe". There are new MRNA vaccines coming out to target cancers that have a very high mortality rate such as pancreatic cancer. Access to these vaccines is a matter of public health and a right of every citizen to make choices for themselves, based on the SCIENCE, about their safety.legislatures are not scientists. Individuals have the right to CHOOSE whether or not to get a vaccine, but they do NOT have the right to deny that opportunity to others, nor to interfere with physicians' ability to practice medicine and treat their patients according to their sworn Hippocratic Oath.

03-03-2025

Kristie Scism

I am in completely disbelief that this bill is even being introduced. As an Iowan I strongly object to this bill. This move is not only dangerous because many immunocompromised people for example depend on vaccinations that include mRNA such as the flu vaccination. Putting effort into this absolutely makes no sense. There is zero pressing urgency here and this will not enrich the lives of your Iowa constituents but it will potentially cause them harm. In what bizarre world should a flu vaccination ever be illegal? I understand that the purpose of this is most likely to ban covid vaccines which I also think is completely unnecessary and do not agree with at all, other vaccinations will be caught in this. Do we not have much much more important legislation to be considering and more pressing matters to deal with in Iowa? Shouldn't we be basing our health decisions off of conversations with our physicians and not off of politics and fear?

03-03-2025

Marinan Coons

I oppose Bill SF 360. Doctors and patients should have access to the best treatments available to them. After informed consent, if a patient does not feel comfortable with a treatment, they have the option to deny it or find an alternative. Banning it for others could cost money & lives in future. mRNAs are safe for the general population. Health care is hard enough in the state of Iowa, do not make it harder by giving doctors a reason to not come to Iowa to practice.

03-03-2025

Lanchi Nguyen

Dear Members of the Iowa Senate,As a dedicated medical student committed to the health and wellbeing of our communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines.I invite the committee members to step up to the whiteboard and describe the central dogma of biology in its modern understanding of the directionality of genetic information to protein expression, as well as the immune responses we are utilizing to cause the resistance to disease. Of course, you wont do that because its easier to parrot fallacious talking points that are so far from reality that I wouldnt dare use the word source. Moreover, the prospect of such punitive legislation creates an environment of apprehension and discouragement among future healthcare professionals, making it increasingly difficult to envision a fulfilling practice in the state of Iowa. Let me make it simple for you to understand. If you dont let me take care of my future patients the best way I know how, I wont practice in this state.This entire bill is an insult to the healthcare community working to address one of the worst influenza seasons in recent years. Get real,Lanchi Nguyen Carver College of Medicine Class of 2028

03-03-2025

Jeanne Serb

This is an antiscience, antiIowan bill. DNA and RNAbased vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives and are currently under development to combat cancer, tuberculosis, influenza, and malaria. They are crucial for rapidly responding to emerging infectious diseases, such as avian (bird) influenza, as they can be developed and produced much faster than traditional vaccines, which typically take years. Their adaptability allows for quick modifications to address viral mutations, ensuring continued efficacy against evolving pathogens, such as influenza and COVID. Finally, their scalable manufacturing process enables global distribution, making them essential tools for pandemic preparedness and public health. As an Iowan, I want to be able to make decisions about my health, not have it legislated by a nonmedical, nonscientfic body. I ask the Iowa Legislature to reject this bill. I have a PhD in Genetics

03-03-2025

Angela Spannagel

mRNA vaccines significantly improve patients' protection against serious diseases. They had a tremendous impact in reducing hospitalization and death for Covid19. These vaccines were critical in getting the entire world to be able to go back to normal living. They are much quicker to develop than any vaccine and relatively easy to adjust if needed. This allows us to change the vaccine for new variants. They are key to the populations health in preventing serious disease. They are even being studied for treatment of food allergies, cystic fibrosis. There is hope for its use in cancer therapy and prevention. Preventing administration would be a huge setback in health care

03-03-2025

Jori Wade-Booth

I am a Type 2 diabetic and would like to choose if I can receive a vaccination. I respect that others may not want to get it one. However as someone is immunocompromised I must protect myself in anyway I can against viruses that my body will have difficulty fighting off.

03-03-2025

Karissa Shaffer

I strongly oppose SF 360. The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID. Without the vaccine, it could have been tens of thousands more. Please don't take Iowans health care backwards.

03-03-2025

Ryan Fortney

I oppose this bill and quite honestly am appalled that we would even consider something like this especially coming out of COVID. These vaccines have been around for a majority of our lifetimes if not all of our life and have proven to not alter our DNA. The government leaders need to stop talking about decreasing the influence of government out of one side of their mouth while injecting themselves deeper into our lives. It is my choice to have a vaccine or not and they should be available for me to have if I so choose. Penalizing healthcare providers for administering is only going to drive not only more professionals out of the state but also citizens.We need to put our political agendas aside and use critical thinking to make decisions on what is good for the state as a whole not a minority of voices with money.

03-03-2025

Jeremy Kenseth

I am writing to express my strong opposition to bill SF 360 which proposes to ban the administration of genebased vaccines including mRNA technologies and those developed using deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology in the state of Iowa. As a Ph.D. scientist who has spent over 20 years collaborating with companies developing new classes of breakthrough therapies, and as a person with a chronic disease that was driven to remission due to another class of developed medicines (monoclonal antibody therapy), I find this bill to be incredibly short sighted, and will result in Iowa citizens being prevented from accessing life changing and at times lifesaving therapies. According to the FDA, there are currently 43 cellular and gene therapy products approved for use in the United States (https://www.fda.gov/vaccinesbloodbiologics/cellulargenetherapyproducts/approvedcellularandgenetherapyproducts). Therapies have been approved and on the market for over 15 years. These breakthrough medicines have been developed to treat diseases such as muscular dystrophy, sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia among many others, directly impacting the health and quality of life of both adults and children. mRNA technology has been extensively researched for many decades since its discovery in the 1960s, and in addition to COVID19, vaccines have been developed or are under development for other viruses such as HIV, Ebola, RSV, and MERS among others (https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseasesconditions/decadesmakingmrnacovid19vaccines). mRNA vaccines are also under development to treat cancer (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41571024009021). By prohibiting the administration of any mRNA or DNAbased vaccine in the state of Iowa, this bill as written will prevent access to an entire class of breakthrough medicines to its citizens and criminalize those whose sole mission is to preserve the health and wellbeing of society. It removes any choice of Iowans to receive such vaccines, and as such takes a step backwards in respect to individual freedoms in our state. I respectfully request that the committee choose to kill this bill and preserve Iowans freedom of choice regarding their health and wellbeing. Sincerely, Jeremy Kenseth, Ph.D.

03-03-2025

Sara Sahagun

I do not agree with this bill at all. We should be given the choice to vaccinate against diseases. I want my parents in their 80's to have a choice to vaccinate. I want my grandchildren to have the choice to vaccinate. I want my niece who has compromising health issues to have the choice to protect herself from diseases. You would be taking away our freedoms by passing this bill. As my representative,please vote no on this bill.

03-03-2025

Maria Gaffney

Please do not limit the types of vaccine available to Iowans. This will have a detrimental impact on all of our health. Please continue to follow the science that supports the safety and efficacy of vaccines, including mRna.

03-03-2025

David Jensen

We totally oppose this bill. At 72 with stage 4 prostate cancer, we have been fortunate not to get covid in these past few years and we have received all flu vaccines and covid vaccines that were available over these past years i. I do not think we would be so fortunate had it not been for these vaccines.

03-03-2025

Donna Hill

I too am an Rn. Bsn, 15 yrs. ICU, rest at the bedside and still practicing. I too understand science. I worked through covid. Most horrific experience in my career. I disagree with mrna therapy being used in vaccines. I think it us beyond time that we take a big pause and thoroughly look into all current vaccination programs. Thorough, since based, impartial research studies need to be conducted and published fir public consumption. Education being taught to physicians also needs to be scrutinized. Is it truly education? Or has it become more like indoctrination? I am not "vaccinated" against covid. I worked at the bedside taking care of covud patients. I am here, healthy and alive, still practicing at 60 when, according to the media, I should've succumbed quickly to the covid. Many people have had serious, longlasting side effects after receiving these "vaccines" and many have died. Many of my coworkers who did take it, said after they took their first booster, they were done because it made them "feel so horrible". Many YOUNG people have died, developed serious cardiac conditions, neurological conditions, and new cancers are through the roof since the advent of these "covid shots". I want everyone to be healthy and we all deserve to know what we are being told to put in our bodies and why. I would also like to extend this to our pets and our livestock, as mrna therapy us being pushed to vaccinate our animals as well. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Andrea Hemesath [Regional Health Services of Howard County ]

No! This is terrible legislation. We need vaccines to protect our communities from disease. Passing this would be ignoring decades of scientific evidence that vaccines are safe and effective. Vote no!

03-03-2025

Dana Thomas

I strongly oppose SF 360. Vaccinations save lives and prevent illness. Do not try to push conspiracy theories onto Iowans. We believe in science. If you choose not to vaccinate, that is your choice. Do not push this bill through so you take away my rights, my choice to vaccinate against illness/disease.

03-03-2025

Katherine Washut

I strongly oppose SF 360. mRNA vaccinations have been proven safe (they are approved by the FDA) and have saved millions of lives. mRNA also shows promise in the fight against cancer. People are not forced to get these vaccines if they don't want to, so there is absolutely no need to take the right to these lifesaving vaccines away from people who want and/or need them. More people in Iowa will die if this bill passes.

03-03-2025

Michelle Dang

Dear Members of the Iowa Senate,As a dedicated RN committed to the health and wellbeing of our communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines.I invite the committee members to step up to the whiteboard and describe the central dogma of biology in its modern understanding of the directionality of genetic information to protein expression, as well as the immune responses we are utilizing to cause the resistance to disease. Of course, you wont do that because its easier to parrot fallacious talking points that are so far from reality that I wouldnt dare use the word source. Moreover, the prospect of such punitive legislation creates an environment of apprehension and discouragement among future healthcare professionals, making it increasingly difficult to envision a fulfilling practice in the state of Iowa. Let me make it simple for you to understand. If you dont let me take care of my future patients the best way I know how, I wont practice in this state.This entire bill is an insult to the healthcare community working to address one of the worst influenza seasons in recent years. Get real,Michelle Dang

03-03-2025

Camryn McPherson

I oppose this bill because these vaccines keep us safe in school, work, and life. Just like someone has the right not to choose the vaccine, someone should also have the right to chose the vaccine. We have seen what happened in Texas with measles, our teachers are already struggling here with limited resources, why add the potential problem of children being out sick because of it? Iowa is focusing on the wrong issues at the moment. Why not address the education system and how our education system is now one of the worse in the country when it was one of the best? Why not focus on the fact that we have the fastest growing rate of cancer diagnoses in the country? There are much more pressing matters that would actually help Iowans. This is just to please a certain administration. If this governor and many of the folks in the house and senate were actually prolife, they would support vaccines. Again, someone should get the right to choose if they want a vaccine, just like someone should choose if they dont want a vaccine. This would be lifethreatening to those with autoimmune and chronic diseases. Do better, Iowa!

03-03-2025

Lynne Johnson

I strongly oppose IA 360.I ask you not to underestimate the proud, well informed, and hard working people of Iowa. Iowans want leaders who respectand stand up for the rights of people in their state as well as for all Americans. With all due respect, I ask you to show thepeople of Iowa that you are those leaders. Voting yes for IA 360 will deny the people of Iowa the fundamental human right to access scientifically tested and validated medical treatment which can save the lives of countless Iowans, including those of their own family members.

03-03-2025

Toby Olsen

I strongly oppose SF 360 as it takes away the right for a person in Iowa to make a medical decsion close to their home. This bill will make Iowans less safe and medically at risk while stripping them of their right to choose the best course of medical care for them. This bill is not about healthcare, but rather taking it away from citizens and penalizing healthcare professionals. It is not based in science or reality.

03-03-2025

Stephanie Lientz

I oppose this bill. This is not a legislative issue and should not be implemented. Legislators are not scientists, medical researchers or medical professionals. Iowans have a fundamental right to make their own medical decisions.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Howell

I do not support this bill in any way. This is completely inappropriate, vaccine access should not be limited. As a Healthcare practitioner and as a human who values my own health and wellbeing, limiting vaccine access is a horrible thing to do that risks the lives of Iowans. Please do not pass this bill.

03-03-2025

Scott E Johnson

WORLDCHANGING MRNA VACCINES FROM PENN MEDICINEHow Do mRNA Vaccines Work?The Future of mRNA Vaccines for Every Imaginable Infectious Disease.mRNA Vaccines for Infectious DiseasesBefore COVID19 erupted, a Penndeveloped mRNA influenza (flu) vaccine was already in clinical trials. This existing work directly contributed to the speed at which drug makers could produce the mRNA COVID19 vaccines. Our researchers are at the forefront of mRNA vaccines for numerous infectious disease vaccines, including the following.Avian Bird FluAll Coronaviruses, such as SARS and MERS C. difficileGenital Herpes (HSV2)Hepatitis CHIVInfluenzaLeptospirosisMalariaNorovirusTuberculosismRNA Vaccines for Cancer that activate the immune system to attack cancer cells. mRNA Treatment for Food and Environmental Allergiesstop the body's production of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies that can cause severe attacks in people with:peanut allergies. dust mite allergies.mRNA and Genetic Diseasesdeliver replacement genes or repair defective genes to treat diseases such as:Cystic FibrosisSickle Cell Anemia mRNA for Heart Attack and StrokemRNA technology to modify liver genes, permanently reducing cholesterol levels and protecting against heart attack and stroke.mRNA for Heart FailureHeart failure happens when the heart muscle weakens or stiffens. Fibrosis is one condition that causes heart muscle to stiffen. mRNA molecules instruct T cells to blast the fibrous tissue and restore heart function. Holds promise to treat fibrosis in the kidneys, lungs, liver and joints.mRNA Therapies for Neurodevelopmental Disorders like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) frontotemporal dementiaMeet the Nobel Prize Laureates Behind mRNA ScienceKatalin Karik, PhD, and Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, invented the messenger mRNA technology that serves as the foundation of the PfizerBioNTech and Moderna vaccines. The scientists received the world's most prestigious awards for their discovery science efforts, including the Nobel Prize in Medicine, LaskerDeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, the Breakthrough Prize and the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.The text above was pulled from this PennMedicine.orghttps://www.pennmedicine.org/mrna#::text=While%20the%20mRNA%20vaccines%20for,to%20treat%20diseases%20such%20as:

03-03-2025

Penne Yazel

I cannot emphasize enough how strongly I oppose SF360.Senators,I am writing today to ask you to say NO to SF 360. Today, there is no requirement for anyone to get an MRNA vaccine, so it seems that SF 360 truly doesnt have a problem solve. The answer is to not legislate medical choices for Iowans and let people decide if they want an MRNA vaccine or not.A simple internet search will provide an overwhelming number of reputable sources (Johns Hopkins University Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Yale Medicine, etc.) with articles proving the safety and efficacy of MRNA vaccines. As with any medication, vaccine, medical treatment or procedure, there is always a risk of side effects and unfavorable outcomes, which must be weighed benefits against risk between the individual and their medical provider.In addition to MRNA vaccines for COVID 19, MRNA vaccines are being studied to use in preventing other diseases, such as the very deadly pancreatic cancer. According to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, early phase studies are showing promise in the fight against pancreatic cancer (https://www.mskcc.org/news/canmrnavaccinesfightpancreaticcancermskclinicalresearchersaretryingfindout). What happened to having a choice? Government should NOT have a say in science or the ability to choose a vaccination. This is not just Covid, but other vaccines. Say NO to SF 360!

03-03-2025

Robyn Harvey-Smith

I oppose Bill SF 360. I believe everyone has the right to make their own medical decisions. Body Autonomy is a fundamental right. I oppose the elected officials of the State of Iowa's attempt to restrict my right to access scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness and fatal diseases. This body of elected persons do not possess the medical credentials to make such a law. Let me remind you that you serve all the people of this state. I pray that you adhere to our State's Motto that proudly is displayed on our states flag "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain." Stop taking Iowans health care backwards. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

03-03-2025

Penny Pepper

I strongly oppose SF 360. If the FDA finds a vaccine safe and effective, the State of Iowa needs to stay out of it. Theyre scientists and health professionals, legislators are not. mRNA vaccines include COVID vaccines. Are you seriously trying to prevent Iowans from protecting themselves from COVID? Other mRNA vaccines in development are for Zika, CMV, HIV, better flu vaccines, RSV, and several cancers. Republicans often call themselves prolife. Standing in the way of vaccines that prevent death (including in utero) is wildly hypocritical.

03-03-2025

Andrew Thompson

This bill is not based on science, nor is it based on the conservative value of allowing citizens to make their own choices. I strongly stand against this bill as it will absolutely harm Iowans. Please do not forward this bill out of committee.

03-03-2025

Danetta Dobre

I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill takes away the rights of Iowans by criminalizing healthcare providers for administering safe, tested, lifesaving vaccines. Every legislator that votes to pass this bill is spitting in the face of Iowans personal liberties. The state has no business limiting our choice when there is an abundance of evidence of its benefits. Any legislator considering voting for the bill should seriously pick up the phone and ask their family doctor what they think of this bill and why. Please vote NO on SF 360.

03-03-2025

Julie Sands

I adamantly do not support SF 360it is a violation of liberty and freedom! It attacks my personal responsibility as a mother to support my family and it is sadly an example of government takeover of health care in Iowa. My daughter has cancer and mRNA technology has already protected her life with the COVID vaccine and will likely do so as she fights cancer throughout her life. Besides thwarting personal liberties and family values, this bill is not advantageous to the private sector. Please do not pass SF 360 beyond this subcommittee!

03-03-2025

Brittany Gerst

I appose bill SF360. This is leading us down a dark path with people's health. Without the vaccines that I have received growing up, I'm not sure if I would be here today, and that goes for everyone, not just certain political parties. Do not allow this bill to go through. We all deserve options for our personal health care.

03-03-2025

Lori Hall

I oppose SF 360. To eliminate the administration of genebased vaccines and to punish those who provide such healthcare is absurd. At a time when Iowa has attained the notoriety of becoming the state with the second highest cancer rates in the nation, we should be vigorously pursuing all avenues of cancer research, including genebased vaccines. Please leave healthcare and medical research to the specialists and scientists who have dedicated their lives to treating and studying the human body and diseases.

03-03-2025

Deborah Barrett

WHY??!! Why would you take away my right and the right of my children, my grandchildren, and my neighbors to receive a lifesaving vaccine? The vaccine is not mandatory. The vaccine has saved, countless lives. I know somebody who is living in New York during the height of the Covid pandemic. A woman, much younger than me who had got Covid. I heard her struggling to breathe. This is a deadly disease. Do not take away my right to have this vaccine.

03-03-2025

S E

I oppose this bill. It is not based on science or facts and takes away my right to choose for myself and my child. If we really want to protect girls & women and advocate that parents know for their children, stop introducing and passing shit bills that do nothing but take away our rights for our own bodies or parenting. Apparently IA republicans want to be the next Texas with eradicated disease outbreaks because some dumbasses think they know more than scientists. This state is appalling and shame on every single one of your republicans.

03-03-2025

Gail Magnuson

This nonsensical attempt to deny the personal control and choice of our own health care is nothing short of criminal. People denied lifesaving cancer treatments and vaccines will die because of this and their blood will be on your hands. The citizens of this state will not accept this and will NOT forget who all of you are.

03-03-2025

Julie Glade

I cannot believe that in 2025 that this bill is even being considered. Whether or not to take the jab should be up to individuals and their physicians. But to ban mRNA vaccines would take away a vital tool to limit disease outbreaks in nursing homes and group homes across the state. This is a huge overreach by Iowa republican legislators and is not based on science, it's just another culture war issue that illustrates how far back Iowan republicans want to take us. I'm asking you to stop SF360. Don't take away the right Iowans deserve to decide for themselves if they want to be vaccinated, to protect themselves and the vulnerable.

03-03-2025

Lisa Martincik

What in the world is the justification for SF 360? I can think of none and strongly oppose this bill. SF 360 disregards current science and current research, including promising applications for mRNA vaccinations against pancreatic cancer. Largescale studies reveal the small risks of mRNA vaccines to be far outweighed by the proven beneficial effects. This bill would lie a death sentence in so many ways for so many Iowans, with zero salutary effects. Remember that health management, like all of life including when to cross the street, is risk management. This dangerous and nonsensical bill risks the lives of all Iowans.

03-03-2025

Laura Coon

I support bill SF 360. I believe in science and I believe all vaccines need to have good studies behind them before they are brought out to the public. So much has been brought to light of the covid vaccine. They first said it would prevent you from getting covid. I know so many that got vaccinated and have gotten covid many times. I know people who didnt get vaccinated that has never gotten it or if they have not very sick. And no vaccine should be mandated as everyone should have the right to choose. Please support this bill until better studies are shown.

03-03-2025

Rachel Dudley

PLEASE reject this ridiculous bill!!!Iowans will needlessly die if this bill is adopted. Whoever brought this bill up for consideration should resign because of their lack of intelligence, or be voted out as soon as possible!

03-03-2025

McKennah Litterer Litterer

I strongly oppose this bill. I believe that people should have the freedom to choose what medical vaccines and treatments they receive. This is does nothing to help Iowans move forward, and only pulls us backwards. I trust in science and I trust medical professionals to help people make those choices for themselves!

03-03-2025

Travis Vanderkamp

This bill has no place in any common sense or science based discussion. Vaccines are hugely important to maintaining an effective health system. To generically ignore science advances would be a huge mistake. I am actually extremely disappointed that this would even come up. RNA vaccines will play an important roles in medical advancement and ensuring a healthy and safe environment at home, work, or school. Keeping health options available to all is very important.

03-03-2025

Allissa Buelow

The right to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental freedom. I care what medical experts believe is safe, with their extensive credentials and education on the subject. Political opinions are not relevant. Do not ban mRNA vaccines.

03-03-2025

Cecilia Norris MD

I cannot believe this bill made it to committee. Please, for the sake of the lives of Iowans, stop this deadly bill here so the Legislature stops wasting time and resources. I am a primary care physician who has worked to improve the lives of Iowans for over 20 years. Vaccines are lifesaving technology and all of them were developed or refined using DNA or RNA "technology." Because this phrase is so vague it could preclude the use of any vaccine. I have seen the dramatic decrease in cervical cancer, meningitis and even Covid because of the use of vaccines. MRNA vaccines hold promise for treating cancer and helping with the next pandemic. This legislation goes well beyond stopping vaccine mandates. By making it a misdemeanor with a fine to provide the best Healthcare, it means that I can no longer fulfill the oath I took (which I take seriously) to do no harm and promote health.I never required my patients to get the Covid vaccine, but because I believe in INFORMED shared decisionmaking, I presented thrm with an option based on the current knowledge and their individual health conditions to determine what they were most comfortable with.I am a good doctor, who loves her work. I am not ready to retire, so if I am no longer, in good conscience, able to practice sciencebacked medicine,I will be finding a new state whose Legislature respects knowledge, compassion, and dedication to improving health.

03-03-2025

Paul Weihe

Please do not deny Iowans the ability to obtain lifesaving vaccines. The mRNA technology is welltested, safe, and effective. Vaccines have saved millions of lives. This Bill will only hurt people, make criminals of our dedicated medical professionals, and Make Iowa look like a State that rejects science and endangers the health of citizens.

03-03-2025

Cathy Linker

The ignorance of this bill is unbelievable. RNA vaccines have the potential of curing cancer, eliminate dementia and prevent disease such as Huntingtons andMuscular Dystrophy. If you don't want a vaccine .. fine. But don't take away our freedom to choose the prevention.

03-03-2025

Cassie Thompson

mRNA vaccines have saved millions upon millions of lives. They've shown tremendous progress against the fight in cancerLanguage used in this bill suggests those whove written it do not understand the basic science and are not using decisions based soundly in science. Not only is it putting the health of millions of Iowans at risk, particularly those who are 65+, but it will further drive out medical providers from the state.Banning preventative medicine, while we are staring down the barrel of another tremendous health crisis in bird flu, is an object abandonment of responsible governance.If individuals do not want to take a vaccine, that is their choice. Do not punish individuals who are following high quality scientific recommendations to protect their health.

03-03-2025

Kim Kietzman

Unless this was introduced by an epidemiology expert with documentation of peer reviewed studies explaining why this is for public benefit, it's based in ignorance instead of what's best for Iowans. mRna is showing promise in cancer treatment. With our shameful rate of cancer that alone should render this as a nonstarter. Vote no.

03-03-2025

Lorinda Lamb

03-03-2025

Monica Wescott

As a Nurse practitioner who cares for the individual, I wholeheartedly oppose the government's influence on an individual decision to maintain their health and wellness in a method that they see fit. If a person wants to be vaccinated against a deadly virus, they should have every right to do so. The persons administering these vaccinations are support staff who are following the orders given by healthcare providers based on the patients' individual and educated choice.

03-03-2025

Beth McNutt

Im am writing with concerns for SF 360 , as a cancer patient there are gene based vaccines that are crucial to keeping ALL people healthy but especially those at serious risk, young child, elderly and those who are seriously illPlease leave these decisions to those who are qualified, these should remain between a patient and their healthcare provider

03-03-2025

Carol Hemphill

I strongly oppose SF 360. Please stop interfering with decisions that should be made between patients and their medical team. Let's respect the field of science and medicine. Do not limit access to vaccines that save lives, eradicate disease or greatly reduce the severity of the disease. There is always a risk/benefit to all medical intervention and the benefits of vaccines have greatly outweighed the risk for most individuals. For those who are immune compromised or do not believe in vaccines, do not need to take them and have that choice. Do not take that choice away from me and my doctors.

03-03-2025

Tommie Mann

Please do not vote for this bill which will take away rights of Iowans and deny decisions between doctors and their patients. Why would these politicians write a bill to hurt Iowans, make us lose more medical providers and not use the scientific information available from the past and stop future research. Unbelievable self centered! The deaths will be their responsibility!

03-03-2025

Kris Howes-Vonstein

I strongly oppose Iowa SF 360. Banning these vaccines would not only hinder our ability to respond to future pandemics but also deny individuals the opportunity to protect themselves and their families from potentially lifethreatening diseases. I value evidencebased science when making my decisions for healthcare. I urge lawmakers to prioritize science and public health over disinformation.

03-03-2025

Josiah Stone

I oppose SF 360 because it denies people the right to choose the healthcare option that they feel is right for themselves. Vaccine development has been critical to combating illnesses and people deserve the right to make that choice for their own treatment and prevention. Please do not pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Caroline Deo

As an individual who is concerned with the wellbeing of our community, I am deeply troubled by the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines. The healthcare professionals and experts who work tirelessly to protect public health deserve our support, and its important that any legislation reflects the current scientific understanding of vaccines and their role in preventing disease.I encourage the committee members to engage with the relevant scientific information about how mRNA vaccines function, and the vital role they play in helping to mitigate disease. Its essential that our decisions on this matter be rooted in fact and evidence. Moreover, the potential for such legislation to create fear and uncertainty among healthcare professionals could lead to longterm consequences, making it harder for Iowa to retain and attract talent in the medical field. Its critical that we foster an environment that supports and encourages medical professionals, especially as they work to manage one of the toughest flu seasons in recent years. I urge you to reconsider this bill, as it has the potential to harm our healthcare system and the future of medical care in Iowa.Get real, Caroline Deo

03-03-2025

Shelley Hendrikson

Iowans deserve the rights to life saving vaccines and cancer treatments! My mother died from Covid before a vaccine was available. She may be here today if she would have been able to get the vaccine! The current measles outbreak should be a wake up call that this is a ludicrous bill. How many people will die without these vaccines or is that the point???

03-03-2025

Yana Glezina

SF 360 is a reckless and scientifically baseless bill. This legislation is not only antiscience, but it actively endangers public health, undermines medical progress, and signals to the world that Iowa prioritizes fearmongering over facts.Genebased vaccines, including mRNA technology, have saved millions of lives globally and represent one of the greatest medical advancements of our time. SF 360 ignores overwhelming scientific evidence, disregards the expertise of medical professionals, and plays into conspiracy theories that have no place in responsible policymaking. If passed, this bill would put Iowa at the forefront of backward, dangerous, and ignorant legislationa reputation no state should want.This bill is an embarrassment and a direct threat to the health and safety of Iowans. I strongly urge you to reject SF 360 and stand with science, reason, and the wellbeing of your constituents.

03-03-2025

Brian Rosenthal

You should vote no on this. Since when is it smart to replace science with conspiracy theories that have no basis in reality? Doctors and their patients should have the right to make their own healthcare decisions without interference from the state or federal government. I have a child going to the University of Iowa next fall and I want her to go to a free state, not a state with more insane laws and restrictions.

03-03-2025

Christopher A Risting

I oppose this bill. mRNA vaccines have been proven to be safe. They can not cause infections to spread like some more traditional vaccine methods. It's bad enough that insurance companies get to decide what is best for me medically, I don't need the state government to also tell me how to act. This will just push more people out of Iowa and show how much of a backward thinking state we actually are.

03-03-2025

Sophia Nall

SF 360 is unbelievably unsafe. There are children dying of measles in Texas due to widespread vaccine skepticism, and bills like this will put deaths on the conscience of every legislator who signs. Our most vulnerable populations can not afford this terribly misguided and draconian overreach into the private lives of Iowa citizens. I dont believe that any of my representatives are doctors, and therefore should not be giving medical advice. This bill is draconian and completely overreaches what the government should be responsible for. I cant believe that our elected officials are willing to put so many lives of their youngest, oldest, and most vulnerable constituents at risk, but unfortunately at this point I am not surprised. Shame.

03-03-2025

Katherine White

I oppose this legislation as a physician and primary care provider. Vaccinations are factually one of the great public health innovations of the last 200 years. The government should not be making decisions for my patients to eliminate a new technology that could make vaccines more available and affordable. To make it criminal to give FDA approved vaccinations is government overreach to the extreme.

03-03-2025

Julia Bash [Iowa senior cytizen]

I strongly oppose SF360. This Bill, denies Iowans the ability to receive mRNA vaccines that save lives. All Iowan's should be able to make their own choices on vaccinations. If you dont want to take the vaccine, then dont take it. Please dont put other peoples lives at risk because you dont want it for yourself. Millions of peoples family members died from Covid19, including many Iowans. For all the at risk and elderly Iowans, I beg you to please reconsider and vote no on this bill.

03-03-2025

Dave Thompson [Residents of Iowa]

This is beyond absurd. What next, ban and fines for stitches, bandages, brushing your teeth? Get back to work and stop wasting time, effort and money on agendas that don't serve a purpose other than infuriate the people you serve.

03-03-2025

Riley Dean [Carver College of Medicine]

As a dedicated medical student committed to the health and wellbeing of our communities across Iowa, I am deeply concerned about the proposed bill that seeks to impose penalties for the use of mRNA vaccines. I vehemently oppose this bill and as a student at Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City I can assure you that bills like this that impose on a physician's ability to help their patients make the best decisions for them are part of what drives my classmates and I out of Iowa. As much as some of us want to stay near our families and help our communities, we also do not want to practice in a state that dictates how we treat our patients. If this bill passes and bills like this become more common, we will not choose to practice in this state. Criminalizing certain care sets a precedent that will create an environment of apprehension and uncertainty in the medical field which will have dire consequences for Iowa's healthcare in general. Not to mention, part of the curriculum to become a doctor is learning how to adequately assess research and think critically about the effects and side effects of every treatment for our patients. As physicians and students we are uniquely able to assess vaccine efficacy and safety, and should have the right to provide such information to our patients and provide the treatments necessary for safety of our patients and public health at large. We are qualified to make these decisions, the members of the Iowa senate are not.

03-03-2025

Richard Fierro

Amy Sundernann The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID. Without the vaccine, it could have been tens of thousands more. Please dont take Iowans health care backwards.

03-03-2025

Sue Martin

How dare you take lifesaving vaccines away from Iowans! Genebased vaccines are safe and have saved lives. Why are you trying to take us back to the Middle Ages? If you don't want a vaccine that could prevent a serious illness and save your life, go right ahead and decline the opportunity, but why do you think you should be able to mandate what other people do to protect their health and wellbeing? Shame on you for your illinformed overreach! Iowa used to be a progressive state governed by intelligent and educated people. We're going backwards under your leadership!

03-03-2025

Kate Holt

I do not support SF 360. Whether I get this form of vaccine ,or any other form, is between my doctor and I. I understand the science of vaccines and appreciate them. They are an important part of my healthcare. They have kept me healthy for 73 years.

03-03-2025

Nick Pierson

Con. I am against this bill. Iowa has the second highest cancer rate in the country. These therapies have contributed to a new drug that can prevent certain types of pancreatic cancer. Beyond the tremendous benefit demonstrated during the acute stages of the COVID19 pandemic, they will deliver in the future as well.

03-03-2025

Darlene Schweitzer

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to choose. I respect that there are other people who do not want vaccinations. I believe medical decisions should be between the doctor and the patient. Do not pass SF360.

03-03-2025

Brittany Hallmark-Haack

This bill will stop Iowans from getting the health care they need and stop them from making choices for themselves. This will also drive doctors out of the state if they are at risk of fines for completing their jobs.

03-03-2025

Amy Libman [Self]

Although Im from Minnesota, I have a vested interest in what is done in Iowa as well for several reasons. One is that I have a great nephew that died before the age of three from influenza he himself had the vaccine but was around others that perhaps werent vaccinated and he caught it and died within 24 hours. This created tremendous heartbreak for our family and always will. I also believe that Iowa in Minnesota or to each other and theres a lot of backandforth between our two states and what happens in Iowa or what happens in Minnesota greatly impacts the other state. Most of all I believe in freedom of choice nobody is forced to take the vaccine And many many many lives were saved with this vaccine. I dont understand this war on science right now, Im sure that people against this vaccine. Probably have had many other vaccines or when they are sick turned to science in the medical field. This vaccine is no different. Its been tested. Its safe. Its saved lives. I have no idea where negative feedback is coming from concerning these types of vaccines. Its basically our only Covid vaccine right now and Covid is still a killer in the United States. Also its so important to promote flu vaccines as flu. This year is very bad and has already taken 87 childrens lives in this country. Please vote on the side of freedom freedom to choose your medical care thank you.

03-03-2025

Kelli Cartee

I am absolutely appalled by our current legislature. Do any of you actually know how vaccines are studied and tested rigorously before becoming available to the public? Does any one of our legislatures know how detrimental this will be for people who have complex medical issues that benefit from getting vaccinated against certain communicable diseases? Can any of the Iowa Committee members who passed this bill, tell us how adaptive immunity works? Why is this even being discussed when a child from Texas just died from the measles?? A CHILD DIED FROM A PREVENTABLE DISEASE THAT LIKELY WOULD NOT HAVE DIED IF THEY HAD BEEN VACCINATED. How dare you try to take away our rights to help us protect ourselves and our loved ones. You all should be given fines for even attempting to pass legislation that would directly harm human beings.You all should be ashamed of yourselves.. what kind of 'Idiocracy' level nonsense is this?

03-03-2025

Nathan Conlon

To the Iowa Republicans advancing SF 360: Criminalizing the administration of genebased vaccines like those for COVID19, HPV, and Hepatitis B is not just misguidedit is the antithesis of freedom. Using government power to police personal healthcare decisions, override medical expertise, and intimidate medical professionals into avoiding lifesaving treatments is a dangerous overreach. Your party claims to champion limited government and individual liberty, yet this bill does the opposite. It substitutes scientific consensus with ideological dogma, undermines Iowans right to make informed choices about their own health, and erodes trust in doctors and researchers who dedicate their lives to saving others. If parents cannot rely on vaccines to protect their children from preventable diseases, what *true* freedom do they have? Legislating your personal beliefs into lawespecially when they contradict decades of medical evidencesets a chilling precedent. It deters healthcare providers from offering critical care, risks resurgence of deadly diseases, and prioritizes political posturing over public health. Freedom means trusting individuals and families to consult experts and act in their own best interestnot criminalizing science you refuse to understand. Reconsider this bill. Stand *with* Iowans freedoms, not against them.

03-03-2025

Steven King

I strongly oppose the bill sf 360. In fact it is ridiculous this is even being discussed. The idea that legislation imposing restrictions on gene based vaccines that are approved by the FDA as well as proven safe and effective by science should not be limited in any way to prevent and cure disease.

03-03-2025

Susan Olesen

If there are people in this state who want to endanger their lives and the lives of their children and their grandparents, they are welcome to do that. I prefer. to take care of my family by getting vaccines so that when I am around other people, there is less likelihood they will get a terrible disease and die. I cant believe theres even a committee meeting about this. It is dumb to even have to discuss this. Speaks to how far of the legislature has fallen.

03-03-2025

Therese Halbur

I strongly oppose SF 360.I am a retired pediatrician and my husband is an academic veterinarian. Together we have read thousands of scientific articles on mRNA vaccines and unrelated gene based therapies. The future of medicine rests with targeted gene therapies for a multitude of cancers and genetic disorders that children are born with and so many other diseases Muscular dystrophys, SMA, and many others. Just this week an scientific article in NATURE shows prolonged lifespan in pancreatic cancer using mRNA technology. If you have to do something: pass rules that DONT REQUIRE people to get a treatment or new vaccine that they dont want;but please dont restrict medical advancements that you really dont understand.Therese Halbur MD

03-03-2025

Jan Madson

As a registered nurse with a Masters of Science in Nursing, I am horrified by this bill. The committee obviously does not understand the huge benefits of the gene platforms for quickly developing specific vaccines. Also, this bill would be a massive government overreach. This would be taking away our health freedoms and lives.

03-03-2025

Nathan Dickman [Informed Iowan]

With all due respect, reject bill SF 360. All reliable research on mRNA vaccines for cancer research and treatment of airborne viruses. The information is available publicly, and constantly updated by more and more research. Being afraid of something new is not sufficient grounds for making mRNA production, research, and use criminal with penalties. Iowans deserve safe public spaces, and mRNA vaccines contribute to that. Legislators are responsible to protect the public. Just one week ago, this same body of legislators claimed to believe in credible science when it comes to rescinding the rights of trans people. Proposing and seriously discussing this bill demonstrates to everyone that GOP legislators do not believe in science, but only that pseudoscience that promotes the interests of only a few people over the many whom rely on public spaces and services.

03-03-2025

Julia Sonntag

I STRONGLY opposed this bill. I'm saddened that this is even something that's being discussed in 2025. Scientists and experts have stated, time and time again that vaccines help prevent infection by preparing the body to fight infections and diseases. All vaccines introduce into the body a HARMLESS piece of a particular bacteria or virus, triggering an immune response. Most vaccines contain a weakened or dead bacteria or virus. Since you don't seem to understand how these vaccines work, messenger RNA is a type of RNA that is necessary for protein production. Once cells finish making a protein, they quickly break down the mRNA. mRNA from vaccines does not enter the nucleus and does not alter DNA. It is HARMLESS. Additionally, I agree with others that you are stripping people of the option of choice the ability to chose to make a medical decision that could protect them and their community.

03-03-2025

Matthew Martin

I strongly oppose SF 360. I do not understand the purpose of banning a proven medical technology, let alone one that is completely elective. What effects is this bill supposed to be protecting citizens from? I am up to date on all of my vaccinations, including those using mRNA technology. I was not forced to take these vaccines, I did so weighing the risks of side effects vs. the risks of being unprotected and catching a harmful and potentially lethal disease. I accepted risk of side effects if it meant reducing my chances of transmitting these dangerous diseases to others. I abhor legislators denying existing science and preventing citizens from protecting themselves and those they love. While I myself no longer live in Iowa, I speak up in the hopes of protecting the friends and family that still do.

03-03-2025

Carrie Waterbury

I oppose SF360 in the strongest possible terms. MRNA vaccines are cuttingedge, lifesaving healthcare. Iowa cannot become an antiscience state. We cannot be ruled by legislators and laws that ban anything they don't understand. Gene therapies are, for example, the future of cancer care. Researchers are on the verge of developing a gene therapy for pancreatic cancer a disease that, up until now, has been a death sentence for most patients. Iowans will die if this bill becomes law.

03-03-2025

Emily Reiter

Please do not pass SF 360. This blatantly ignores a persons right to chose to get a vaccine. It should 100% be up to an individual and this is clearly an infringement of those rights. Anyone who believes in freedom should respect those rights and that choice and say no to this bill.

03-03-2025

Heather Carr

I oppose SF 360. This bill will put Iowa lives in danger, and is taking away our freedom to make health choices for our own bodies. We should be able to follow the evidencebased advice of our physicians. Legislators are not healthcare professionals! This bill was clearly created using dangerous disinformation. My father is battling cancer, and came down with COVID a few years ago. It led to pneumonia, because he has a compromised immune system. He was hospitalized, but survived. His doctor told him that had he not received a COVID vaccine, he likely would not have lived. Genebased therapies also have promising possibilities for treatment of cancer. I just lost my 25yearold nephew to cancer 2 days ago. The thought of someone wanting to slow down research for cancer cures makes me want to scream right now. Please do not move this bill forward!!

03-03-2025

Amber Beerends

Whats the motivation here? I dont under why the state legislature is deciding they are medical experts and should be overruling the FDA and other medical governing bodies? Let those governing bodies decide about safety and each individual decide any ethical questions for themselves.

03-03-2025

Jennifer DeWitt

I oppose this bill because what is best for my health is decided between myself and my doctor. No one should be punished for making educated choices for themselves. I am beginning to think that the Iowa legistlators do not care if we live or die and want to be in control of all our freedoms.

03-03-2025

Georgai Bennett

Do not take away the treatment of individuals obtaining vaccines, access to trial medications or injections, and rights to medical treatments. Decisions between individuals and their board certified doctors should NOT be controlled by elected officials without medical degrees.

03-03-2025

Mary Starry

Strongly opposed!! As a healthcare provider, I can tell you that whoever sponsored this bill is totally uneducated about genetics and vaccines. Without the COVID vaccine, the number of deaths in Iowa would have been so much higher!! Almost all new vaccines against Ebola or bird flu will be developed and produced with genetics knowledge! New cancer treatments are based on genetics and use immunology and vaccination concepts to attack cancer cells! The only purpose of this bill is to prevent modern healthcare and healthy lives to all Iowans!!

03-03-2025

Lesli Nesmith [--None--]

I strongly oppose SF360. Individuals living in Iowa should have the freedom to utilize whatever medical treatments and technologies they choose to. This bill is backwards thinking and has the potential to motivate many citizens, physicians and researchers to leave the state, furthering Iowa's brain drain.

03-03-2025

Maurine Neiman

My fully vaccinated nearly 3year old son JJ died in 2020 of influenza, a partially vaccine preventable disease that he was nevertheless especially vulnerable to. Influenza vaccines are imperfect, but they're the best we can do to protect ourselves and our communities from this dangerous disease. JJ would probably be here today if the vaccine was more effective, which requires new technologies. For this reason, the new availability of mRNAbased vaccines for influenza is a huge step forward. These vaccines are currently in clinical trials, and I was one of the first to sign up for the trial. I signed up because vaccines including mRNA vaccines are safe and effective, and because I want to do everything I can to help keep people I love and my community safe. Erecting barriers like this bill that prevent development and application of safe and effective vaccines will directly result in otherwise preventable and needless deaths, including loss of healthy children.

03-03-2025

Deborah Leiter

Im strongly against this bill. People have not been significantly harmed by these vaccineson the contrary, they are safe and many people will die, be hospitalized, and sustain long COVID without access to them. If you want your hospital system to collapse because it is overrun with hospitalizations and those who voted for you to die or be on long term disability, vote for this bill. But please, for the love of all that is holy and just, do not vote for this bill. These vaccines have been shown to be safe and this bill is awful to suggest thats not the case. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Angela Hoth

I am opposed to this bill for a number of reasons, most importantly that it could jeopordize lives, health, and wellbeing to citizens of the state of Iowa. Genebased vaccines are innovative therapies that not only serve to prevent infectious diseases, but are also used to target cancer. With Iowa leading the nation in cancer rates/diagnoses, excluding any form of therapy, especially genebased vaccines, removes a potentially effective treatment option that is reckless and irresponsible. Removing such a treatment option also forces people to go outofstate for healthcare.Let the citizens of Iowa decide for themselves whether they wish to receive genebased vaccines.

03-03-2025

Kyle McElroy

I oppose this bill on the grounds of individual liberty, the threat it poses to Iowans' ability to react and adapt to new health emergencies, the harm it will do to Iowans seeking new and lifesaving therapies, and that it makes my state look stupid.

03-03-2025

Marcia Powell

I oppose this bill as someone who is both first in science and who has had to deal with issues that required medical advancement. MRNA vaccines are becoming available for cancer and other diseases. For the life of me, I cannot understand why anyone would bring this bill up. If you don't like an mRNA vaccine, then don't take it. Simple solution.

03-03-2025

Diane Stewart

I strongly oppose SF 360 on scientific, medical and moral grounds. This bill is an attempt to impose misguided personal beliefs on the general public. Vaccine science and other DNA and RNA therapies and research are based on verifiable evidence. SF 360 is detrimental to public health and harmful to individual freedoms guaranteed in the US Constitution

03-03-2025

Patricia Davison

Banning any kind of vaccine or medicine that uses similar technologies is an extremely harmful idea.I am a cancer survivor. I got vaccinated for Covid because I wanted to protect myself and my fellow patients while I was in treatment. We suffer enough already, and the vaccine saved many lives. I was able to return to my job and resume a normal life because I was able to prevent Covid effects and I was able to complete my cancer treatments on schedule. Thanks to the vaccine I got. I want everyone to have the freedom to choose what is best for them and their family and the community. The government should never step in and make medical decisions for us.Secondly, the potential for some of these technologies to be used in cancer treatments is revolutionary. In a state where cancer rates are going up so much, how much suffering will be caused by refusing to allow all potential treatment options? How could you limit the options for people to have access to?Do you want to be known as the legislators who banned a treatment that could save lives? Do you want to be known as legislators who let people suffer and die? Cancer is horrific and painful. Let yourselves be known as someone who encouraged the innovation to reduce the suffering and saved lives of cancer patients. What do you want your legacy to be?

03-03-2025

Eryn Shriver

It is stunning to me that I even have to type this. I am vehemently against criminalizing administration of mRNA vaccines. This is an absurd bill meant to hurt low income Iowans that cant travel out of state for health care. I trust my doctor to know the efficacy and dangers of vaccines, not the state legislature. Do not pass this bill.

03-03-2025

Janelle Larson

I am writing to express my strong opposition to SF 360. This bill is not based on sound science or public health considerations but instead caters to the interests of a vocal minority, prioritizing politics over the wellbeing of Iowans. Genebased vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, have been rigorously tested, deemed safe by the FDA, and widely supported by the vast majority of medical professionals. These vaccines have played a critical role in saving lives and preventing severe illness. The overwhelming scientific consensus affirms their effectiveness, making any legislative effort to restrict or stigmatize them not only unnecessary but harmful. Furthermore, I take issue with the government making medical choices that should be left to individuals and families. Bills like SF 360 set a dangerous precedent where political ideology overrides personal and public health decisions. Iowans deserve the freedom to make informed healthcare choices based on facts, not fearmongering. This bill does not serve the best interests of our state; it is a politically motivated overreach that disregards scientific evidence and individual rights. I urge you to oppose SF 360 and instead focus on policies that support evidencebased healthcare and public wellbeing.

03-03-2025

Patricia Davison

03-03-2025

Lois E Roth [602 E Washington St]

As a nurse and as a member of Henry County Board of Public Health, I strongly advocate immunization vaccines. I've seen what other ingredients good immunization rates do to communities, family, and myself. If you want an Iowa on the future, do not pass this. You were elected to help Iowa and its citizens, not harmThank you

03-03-2025

Lois E Roth [602 E Washington St]

03-03-2025

Samantha McClelland [Iowa Resident]

I oppose this bill as it takes away my rights to receive safe and effective vaccines that help save lives, especially members in my family who are more vulnerable. If you dont agree with vaccines, thats on you and a personal choice, stop trying to ruin everyone elses lives. Vaccines save lives, science is on the right side of history. Do not continue to push your Project 2025 nonsense on Iowans. Science matters. Healthcare matters. Punishing healthcare providers is never the answer.

03-03-2025

Lisa Norris-Lynner

Please do not advance this bill. The science on genebased vaccines, as most physicians would tell you, is clear: they are safe and effective. The State of Iowa has no business interfering in the healthcare choices of of citizens. Every patient should have the right to make an informed choice in whether or not to be given a vaccine, unless that choice impinges on the health of others. There are vaccine mandates in schools for a reason: unvaccinated infected children put everyone's life at risk, as we are now seeing with the measles epidemic in Texas. I assume this bill is based on the purely political opposition to the COVID vaccines. But genebased vaccines are not just jused in fighting COVID. I urge you not to risk the health of Iowans by denying them the freedom of making their own private healthcare choices in consulation with a health care provider.

03-03-2025

Roberta Cortez

I completely agree with the comment shared by others "The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID. Without the vaccine, it could have been tens of thousands more. Please dont take Iowans health care backwards."

03-03-2025

Katie Reuter [Henry County Public Health]

As a nurse practitioner and public health administrator, I am strongly opposed to this bill. mRNA vaccines have been instrumental in saving lives. At a time when vaccination rates are down across the board, we are seeing resurgence in diseases that are preventable and carry long term, adverse health effects. Governor Reynolds has introduced legislation to increase residency slots in Iowa to ensure we have high quality health care providers in our rural communities. How are we to recruit physicians to work in Iowa when we disregard their medical training and expertise by limiting their ability to follow ACIP and CDC guidelines? Why are you taking away our right to make informed decisions about our health? I'm disappointed and shocked that this bill has even been introduced.

03-03-2025

Debi Obrien

Vote no on this How much damage would their continue to be if we had not been able to access Covid 19 vaccine?? I dont have one of those big brains but even I can understand we need as many vaccines as possible for any disease outbreak Vote no because many Iowans want to live longer lives not shorter ones

03-03-2025

Kevin Chandler

I strongly oppose SF 360, which seeks to ban genebased vaccines. This bill not only restricts access to safe, effective medical advancements but also limits personal freedom of choice in healthcare decisions. Government overreach in matters of personal health sets a troubling precedent, and individuals should have the right to make informed decisions about their own medical care. I urge you to reject this bill and uphold both public health and personal liberty.

03-03-2025

Ashley Merkley

Vote No on SF 360. Vaccines save lives. I know firsthand from my own experience how harmful Covid can be, as Ive had lingering symptoms following Covid infections. These vaccines are backed by science and you are not doctors, therefore should not be getting involved in ANY form of healthcare and medical decisions. Let people and their doctors choose whats best for them. Stop regressing and trying to take us so far backwards. Im immunocompromised and it disgusts me that you want to provide penalties for the administration of these lifesaving vaccines. This is not some abstract concept. I personally know of people who have died of Covid stop messing around with our healthcare!!!!!! Bodily autonomy matters and that includes the ability to get these genebased lifesaving vaccines if we choose to. You are making it so that myself and many other people do not feel safe in this state that we have loved for years. Its disgusting, stop taking us backwards and STAY OUT OF HEALTHCARE. The only people who should be involved in MY healthcare decisions are myself and my medical providers. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Margaret Hahn

Please vote NO on SF 360. Medical decisions should be based on evidenced based research and then discussions between healthcare providers and patients. Nonmedical personnel with political driven agendas should not interfere with public health practices or with disease prevention and treatment options.

03-03-2025

Sienna Fadale

I am whole heartedly against this bill. Is this another false claim of protection for women and girls when it will actually do the exact opposite? If this bill is passed, our state will have gone too far in taking away Iowans right to protect their own health. Banning certain types of vaccines is incredibly dangerous and helps absolutely no one. Vaccines can prevent cancer! Iowa already has high rates of cancer. They want to see us die! But not before they collect our tax money.

03-03-2025

Maureen Griffin [Maureen Griffin]

I strongly oppose this bill as it takes yet another right away from me as I make choices about my body and me healthcare decisions I seek. Scientists, researchers, and countless survivors of COVID would stand in line to share personal stories of the success of such vaccines. This decision does not belong in government it belongs with a patient and their healthcare professional.

03-03-2025

Brenda Oehler

As a MSN educated nurse, and breast cancer survivor, I oppose this bill. I shoukd have the right to choose with education provided by my healthcare provider what is beneficial for treatment or prevention. This is not up to legislatures that do not have all the knowledge or information.

03-03-2025

Kelly Bailey

I strongly oppose SF 360. CDC reported safety data from more than 298 million doses of mRNA COVID19 vaccine administered in the first 6 months of the US vaccination program showed that most reported adverse events (98.7%) were mild and short in duration. This bill needlessly puts thousands of people at risk should another pandemic strike. It is a gross overstep and needs to be shut down.

03-03-2025

Jenny Brodell

I strongly oppose this bill. How can our government restrict established, researched medical interventions? It is up to an individual to determine if they receive a vaccine or not. This bill poses an immediate threat to the public, specifically to highrisk populations. It poses a risk for the development of any future mRNA vaccines to combat diseases.

03-03-2025

Mark Turnage

I have a right to request a vaccine to protect myself from disease. Others have a right to take ivermectin and refuse a vaccine.One option has decades of scientific research that proves it saves lives. The other is a horse drug not fit for human consumption. Our current governor recommended the horse drug to save lives. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID thanks to vaccine denial and the spread of dangerously false health information perpetuated by the Iowa GOP and Kim Reynolds. One of those Iowans was my mother, who advocated for masking and social distancing, but passed from complications between COVID and leukemia. She fought for her life for 40 days in the hospital, and every day I wonder if she would still be around if Iowa acted sooner on protecting its citizens. Vote No on SB360. You protect no Iowan with this bill. You endanger our lives.

03-03-2025

Sara Larsen

I strongly oppose banning mRNA vaccines in the state of Iowa. This is government overreach and limiting rights. Legislators should not be banning medical treatments that have been approved after rigorous scientific testing. Citizens should have the right to choose. Science is not the enemy, and those who understand that deserve the right to choose which vaccines they have access to.

03-03-2025

Rebekah Jacobs

Please vote OPPOSED to SF360. Taking Tylenol has risks, it is not illegal. Knee surgery has risks, it is not illegal. So why then would you want to criminalize a doctor who's patient wants the COVID vaccine? This bill takes away rights from Iowans.

03-03-2025

Katelyn Larkin

As a member of the scientific community and as a citizen of Iowa, I opposed sf 360. The strong consensus of the scientific community and medical community is that mRNA vaccines are safe and save lives. Just because you dont understand the science, does not mean that it is something to be scared of. By banning mRNA vaccines you will unnecessarily putting peoples lives at risk, especially the states most vulnerable (young, old, sick). Please allow Iowans to make the choice for their own health and stop putting people at risk.

03-03-2025

Amanda Redhead

I am a public health nurse in Polk county and also someone with multiple chronic illnesses and a mother. We know that these vaccines have been proven safe. We have the data to show this. It is imperative to continue to offer these vaccines to continue to keep our population safe, healthy and living.

03-03-2025

Jessica Wheeler

We must vote no on SF360. Not only is this bill an egregious trespass by the government on Iowans' medical rights and choice, it is shortsighted affecting modern breakthroughs treating other serious conditions like cancer given Iowa's stats on cancer, that seems particularly illconsidered. Montana voted down a similar bill not that long ago; let us look to the reasons and precedent they modeled for us.

03-03-2025

Tracy Van Kooten

I honestly cant believe this bill is being introduced. These vaccines have been approved by the FDA and have proven to be effective for years. It is unconstitutional to deny the citizens of this state these lifesaving vaccines. If people dont want them, they dont have to get them. If people do want them, they should be allowed to get them. What happened to personal choice and freedom? Iowa is going to see a mass exodus of residents, especially the educated, if boneheaded laws like this get passed.

03-03-2025

Maryann Rasmussen

I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill takes away my right to choose a form of vaccination which research shows is safe and effective. I do not want to have to drive to Minnesota or Illinois to get the covid vaccine of my choice because some ill informed people in the state legislature, playing to their MAGA base, block my access to it!

03-03-2025

edwina mclees

This is absurd. Stay the heck out of my healthcare choices. Do you have nothing else to do? Who decided to introduce this totally unnecessary Bill and waste everyone's time? I have a right to choose to receive a vaccination. In my state, not having to drive out of state. Where I receive my healthcare. Others have a right to not be vaccinated. SIMPLE. it does not need some legislative bureaucrats with an 'agenda' fixing it. STOP IT. Do better. Work on something that will actually improve Iowans lives. Like lowering property taxes just an idea to start with.

03-03-2025

Chantal Rozmus

What is the point of me going to medical school and being over $300k in debt if I'm not even allowed, as a physician, to discuss medical decisions with my patients? No medical decision is without risks; my role as a physician is to make sure my patients understand those risks, along with potential benefits, so THEY can make a choice. The government has no place in these decisions, just like it has no place in decisions about a woman's right to choose to terminate a pregnancy or someone's choice to pursue gender affirming care. Nobody wants to stay in Iowa to practice medicine we have shortages EVERYWHERE including mental health and primary care. The compensation isn't competitive, and now it seems like the state is interested in making it so that the training that medical professionals go through is a moot point because they aren't able to use it anyway. If you want medical providers to stay, let them do the jobs that they sacrificed so much for. Please oppose this bill so that we don't add it to a list of reasons of why Iowa is somewhere you shouldn't live, work, or become educated.

03-03-2025

Hal Stadtwald

I am in strong opposition of this bill. mRNA vaccines have been proven to be effective, lifesaving treatments. Banning these vaccines would take away my freedom to make decisions about my health and would be extremely detrimental to the public health of Iowans.

03-03-2025

Brianne Ball

I am appalled at the complete lack of basis for this bill, and cannot state how vehemently I oppose this proposal. My decisions for my own health care should not be dictated by someone else's fear of science or medicine, and I cannot fathom the negative impact to the state of Iowa's population and any semblance of public health if the state government determines they have the right to deprive access to basic lifesaving therapies and vaccinations which are safely and effectively administered by trained health care professionals. Criminalizing healthcare is appalling and must stop, not least because it has already been driving healthcare providers OUT of this state. There are no medical or scientific justifications for the claims of this bill.

03-03-2025

Lois E Roth [602 E Washington St]

As a nurse and as a member of Henry County Board of Public Health, I strongly advocate immunization vaccines. I've seen what compromised immunization rates do to communities, family, and myself. If you want an Iowa on the future, do not pass this.You were elected to help Iowa and its citizens, not harmThank you

03-03-2025

Kimberlee Sears

I strongly oppose SF 360. We each have the right to make our own health decisions and select vaccines we wish to have. Additionally, new research indicates hopeful treatment for cancer with mRNA. Please vote NO. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Anne Zepeski

As a pharmacist, clinical researcher, and parent, I strongly oppose this bill. Passage of this bill would be detrimental to the public's health and further set the state backwards in measures to protect the health of Iowans.

03-03-2025

Darci Petersen

I am against SF 360. First, this bill would impact my freedom to choose my healthcare choices and to make medical decisions. Getting a vaccine should be the individual's choice. Not a choice made by the government. This should be clear since many tout the idea in this state of being able to make our won personal choices. Second, MRNA has been in development well before Covid and is not an untested theory. Third, the MRNA vaccines for Covid saved lives. As with any medicine or treatment there may be adverse effects, and it is up to individuals to make that informed choice for themselves. Last, MRNA vaccines are being developed in trials and studies to combat cancers. One of those is for pancreatic cancer and initial reports are that it is showing some signs of success in treating that cancer. As someone who has had a family member suffer from and die from pancreatic cancer, we need all the tools we can to fight that and other cancers. The ability to extend their lives more than the typical months many get with that cancer is worth advancing this treatment. If you prohibit gene therapies, you will be prohibiting individuals from receiving life=saving care. I don't think with our cancer rates in our state you would want to prevent potentially lifesaving treatments. Thank you for your consideration.

03-03-2025

Emily Neal [Science Teacher and City Council Member]

What business does the Iowa Legislature have in denying Iowans the right to make their own health care decisions and to reject the efficacy of vaccines. Vaccines save lives. COVID vaccinated individuals are less likely to be hospitalized and face serious complications from the virus. You are not doctors, you are not scientists. You have no business politicizing scientific research that has proven health outcomes. If we start banning vaccines, denying lifesaving treatments, what doctors will want to practice in our state? We already have a shortage of medical professionals. If you are going to start tying their hands at the arsenal of drugs, vaccines, procedures, etc that they can have at their disposal, more will leave and there will be no one to replace them. But, beyond that mRNA technology is used in treating everything from cancer to some of our most crippling autoimmune diseases. Instead of trying to subvert science and medicine, why are you not doing everything possible to investigate Iowa's cancer rates (the only state where they are rising)? Why are you not supporting medical science instead of banning it?You should be ashamed of this bill and the conspiracy it was developed with.

03-03-2025

Emily Ball

Please do not take our freedom of choice regarding vaccines, specific mRNA vaccines away from us. The decision to receive vaccines should be left between a patient and their medical provider after thoughtful discussion regarding the risks and benefits

03-03-2025

Chris Knudson

Dear members of the subcommittee,I'm writing to you regarding SF 360, which would outlaw any use of genebased vaccines in our state. People should be able to choose whether to vaccinate themselves/their children or not and choose what vaccines are right for them, provided they are considered safe to the public after scientific peer review. These vaccines are safe and should be allowed for those who choose to use them. Please do not allow this bill to move forward. Thank you.Chris KnudsonWaverly

03-03-2025

Connie Wilson

I strongly oppose this bill. These vaccines have been proven safe and use the body's own immune system to create resistance to particular diseases. As an American, the freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. If people can choose not to get a vaccine, get sick and spread it to others, then why can I not maintain the freedom to get an available vaccine that I choose to prevent my getting a disease? I oppose the State of Iowa's attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness.

03-02-2025

Jennifer Leonhard

I support this bill. I support the right of others to choose to get vaccines but the mRNA vaccines shed onto the unactivated people and cause severe health effects to those who have not consented to the vaccine. The FDA has documented this. We must have more information into this topic before we can go forward with this new technology. Even the inventor of mRNA says it is dangerous to be used in this manner.https://www.fda.gov/regulatoryinformation/searchfdaguidancedocuments/designandanalysissheddingstudiesvirusorbacteriabasedgenetherapyandoncolyticproducts?fbclid=IwY2xjawIxVVNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHT2RGbgnTLV1YwdnsCS4WzWc5PbQeH9DkQoxDTJZMknMZjd035Vvi7zQaemmXkDbDmaLWz52PGN4LLZg

03-02-2025

Carolyn Morrison

I support this bill SF360 for the reasons that more testing must be done to insure the safety of the public and that more discussion is needed to inform the public and the legislators of the risks inherent to untested and unsafe vaccines.

03-02-2025

Taylor Porter

I fully support this bill. The data is horrifying as to the damages most likely being caused by this MRNA technology in the form of an injection. A responsible government/healthcare system should be doing thorough safety testing and trials. It should be removed from the childhood vaccination program. This is an obvious safety decision. Lives have already been ruined and taken by vaccines.

03-02-2025

Marianne Ksiazak

I oppose this bill as it prohibits personal choice about vaccines. Let Iowans make the decision with their doctor instead of eliminating our rights. I trust doctors and science over politicians for my personal health choices. Vote NO.

03-02-2025

Tracy Weber

I oppose this bill because it denies me of my ability to choose to receive vaccines and other potentially life saving medical treatments. Others have the right to choose not to accept; I should have the choice to accept them.

03-02-2025

William Hamilton

I urge you to support bill SF 360!!! It is known that mRNA is not safe! I am including a study as an example. Furthermore, these technologies serve as biocyber interfaces used in Biodigital Convergence agendas more on this can be found at www.biodigcon.com. ALL mRNA/LNP injections cause immunemediated heart and circulatory damage, according to this new study published in January 2025.'Nanocarrier imaging at singlecell resolution across entire mouse bodies with deep learning'https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587024025281?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0Jj97oSmtyOz7AwXPCxIFjXRB8gXLKdoGWr5G8NG6hmwCtWLddVDWRSkaem4G72nR8RvA7rMOVr3Uk4A

03-02-2025

Joanna Lawson

Please oppose SF 360. Not only does this bill take away my right to choose, but it also ignores thr science, which shows overwhelmingly that these immunizations are safe, but also that they are very effective in stopping people from getting serious and dangerous cases of Covid and other diseases.I have a niece who chose not to be vaccinated, and has gone from a healthy 40 something woman into a wheelchair with desperately bad long covid.

03-02-2025

Teresa Wellman

I vehemently oppose this bill. Vaccine research has saved millions of lives around the world and most lately with the mRNA based covid vaccines. Recent studies are indicating promising results for an mRNAbased vaccine to help with pancreatic cancer. Again, more lives can be saved. This is still a free country, sort of, and people can choose to get a vaccine or not. This legislative body does not have the medical and scientific knowledge to make this decision. There is nothing in this bill to make any Iowan safer or more secure. Quit trying to be a nanny state!

03-02-2025

April Thompson

I oppose SF 360. While people should have the right to refuse vaccination, my right to receive one should not be taken away. This is a choice that should be able to be made by MYSELF and MY MEDICAL PROVIDER not government! I request you (government) stay out of my medical care and let the Profesional medical providers help their patients make the decision that are best specifically for them!

03-02-2025

Claudia Becker

I strongly oppose SF 360, as it would strip Iowans of their right to make decisions regarding their own medical care. Genebased vaccines have been extensively researched and have been proven safe and effective in preventing and reducing the severity of illness and infection. This bill would not only take away the freedom of choice, but would also lead to disastrous outcomes for public health and safety.

03-02-2025

Megan Schroder

As a scientist, I strongly oppose SF 360. Medical decisions should not be made by politicians. It is my right to choose what vaccines I want to receive and my doctor's job to help guide that decision. There is no place for politicians, especially those with no medical degrees, to decide what medical treatments and services I receive. Vaccines save lives, period. The research shows that vaccines, including mRNA ones, are safe and effective. In fact, mRNA vaccines are showing great promise in cancer research so this bill would deprive cancer patients of potentially lifesaving treatment. If this passes, this will be the breaking point for my family leaving this state. If I lose the right to make medical decisions that protect myself and my family, it is no longer a safe place to live.

03-02-2025

Stacy Volmer

I am writing to express my strong opposition to Senate File 360. This legislation poses a significant threat to public health, scientific progress, and personal freedom. I urge you to reject this bill for the following reasons. Genebased vaccines, including mRNA technology, have played a critical role in controlling the COVID19 pandemic and saving millions of lives worldwide. These vaccines are rigorously tested for safety and efficacy through comprehensive clinical trials and ongoing monitoring. Prohibiting their use would deny Iowans access to lifesaving medical advancements and leave our communities vulnerable to infectious diseases. Furthermore, mRNA technology holds promise for addressing future health challenges, including cancer treatments and other infectious diseases.Iowa has a proud tradition of fostering scientific research and technological progress. Banning genebased vaccines would stifle innovation and discourage researchers and healthcare professionals from working in our state. Such a measure sends a chilling message that Iowa is unwilling to embrace cuttingedge medical science, undermining our position as a leader in healthcare and biotechnology. This bill would strip patients and healthcare providers of the ability to make informed decisions about their own health. Patients should have the right to access FDAapproved vaccines that can protect them from preventable diseases. Additionally, healthcare professionals should be trusted to deliver evidencebased care without fear of criminal penalties or professional sanctions. Senate File 360 represents a dangerous precedent of government overreach into personal and medical autonomy.Genebased vaccines undergo extensive regulatory oversight by agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These vaccines are subject to continuous evaluation to ensure their safety and effectiveness. By proposing a statelevel ban, Senate File 360 disregards the expertise of leading scientific and medical authorities who have validated the use of these vaccines through rigorous standards. Passing this bill could have severe economic repercussions for Iowa. Many businesses, including major pharmaceutical companies and research institutions, invest in and rely on genebased technologies. Restricting these innovations may drive businesses and skilled professionals out of the state, resulting in lost revenue and job opportunities.Senate File 360 is a misguided and harmful proposal that jeopardizes public health, scientific advancement, and personal freedom. I urge you to vote against this bill and instead focus on supporting evidencebased policies that protect the wellbeing of Iowans and promote medical innovation.

03-02-2025

Anita Christensen

03-02-2025

Shana Loftus

They only way mrna vaccines should be banned is when someone with actual medical knowledge says so. Politicians have no business telling me what I can and can't do. Politicians do not have any medical training and have no business getting involved.

03-02-2025

Joe Smith

This bill is insane! These vaccines are safe and necessary for public health. If you pass this, I and many many others will leave Iowa. Please, the dark ages are over, there is no need to revisit it. Listen to Science, not to idiots!

03-02-2025

Megan McVancel

I strongly opposed this bill. This makes it illegal to give vaccines from mRNA. Yes this includes the COVID vaccine, but also mRNA vaccines are the future of vaccines. You have the ability to say no, this bill takes away mine and everyone else's ability to say yes. It is also contributing to antivaccine attitudes that have lead to measles outbreaks. Medical decisions should be left to medical professionals and their patients. Scientists should be left to the efficacy and safety of vaccines. Not politicians. Please vote no on this bill from moving forward.

03-02-2025

Emily Donovan

03-02-2025

Janice Ledger

During the Covid pandemic, many Republicans and Iowa Governor Reynolds opposed Covid vaccine requirements for people working in health care facilities, hospitals, and nursing homes because they cried "my body, my choice" even though they risked spreading a deadly virus to vulnerable people. Those same Republicans are now trying to prevent OTHERS, who believe in the value of vaccines, from receiving them in the state of Iowa. It's ridiculous, and patently dangerous, to prohibit those who wish to be vaccinated from doing so in the state in which they live. My body, my choice, right?Knock off the government overreach and micromanaging and stick to legislation instead of medicine. I oppose this bill.

03-02-2025

Michael Delp

Basing legislation on conspiracy theories and antivaccine propaganda will ultimately end up killing people. These types of vaccines have rhe potential to cure cancer one day. You might as well send the state to the dark ages with a ban.

03-02-2025

Adrienne Moran Lauter

I strongly oppose this bill. There is much scientific evidence to support the safety of mRNA based vaccines. If you have an advanced knowledge of biology, it is clear that this should be the future of vaccines as it is a much safer way to prompt an immune response to viruses.This is certainly not a legislative issue and shouldnt be implemented to override scientific and medical professionals.

03-02-2025

Kathy Graeve

I am opposed to SF360. Genebased vaccines are safe and save lives. People have the right to choose or decline receiving these vaccines as was witnessed during the Covid pandemic. Iowans have a fundamental right to make their own medical decisions. Science must take precedence over opinion.

03-02-2025

Shellie Snoddy

This is a dangerous bill, I worked in a hospital during the pandemic and my office was on the way to the morgue. Fine if you don't want to get a vaccine but allow the choice for others. It's starting to feel like our government doesn't care if we live or die

03-02-2025

Lillian Ellison

I strongly opposed this bill. It limits my rights and is not scientically backed. These vaccines are safe and effective for those who meet the criteria. Attached is a file debunking mRNA myths from the American Journal of Medicine for you to consider. If you do not understand the studies or data, please consult experts.

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03-02-2025

Allison McIntyre

I strongly opposed SF 360. As a teacher, my family is exposed to lots of different illnesses on a daily basis. I choose to vaccinate myself and my children to prevent or lessen the effects of illnesses. Taking this choice away is exactly what many said were happening with covid vaccine requirements. It should be up to the individual. Let us make our own choices!

03-02-2025

Maria Hoey

I cant believe in the year 2025 I am writing a response to an absurd bill that would ban a type of vaccine that could save thousands of lives.Do not pass this bill! Do not get rid of lifesaving science!Iowa, you are becoming a joke. A joke where you let your constituents die, but give more and more power to the corporations who poison us.

03-02-2025

Wendy Robinson

I am vehemently opposed to this bill. I have the right to choose my vaccinations as does my family. The government does not have the right to limit my access. People can choose to not get vaccinated so there is no need for this. It infringes on my freedom.

03-02-2025

Nathan Williams

As a Christian, I am religiously obligated to love my neighbor. That includes doing what I can to avoid communicating preventable diseases to them. If someone cannot be vaccinated, or chooses not to, my vaccine helps to protect my neighbor. This prohibition on safe, effective vaccine technology would restrict the least controversial and most universal tenet of most Iowans religion. mRNA vaccines saved thousands of lives in Iowa and millions of lives worldwide during the Covid pandemic. This vaccine platform allows vaccines for new viruses to be rapidly developed and deployed. This bill is lunacy.

03-02-2025

Melinda Bryan

I strongly oppose SF360. The government of Iowa needs to leave a medical relationship between a doctor and patient. The legislation of medical choice is out of control. We still are the state that prized liberties and maintained rights and this bill does not do either of these things.

03-02-2025

Katherine Bowler

I strongly oppose this bill as this violates the right to ones body. mRNA vaccines are safe and many people have gotten several of the Covid vaccines over the past several years to return us to a state of normalcy after the pandemic. To make it illegal to administer these shots puts Iowans who choose to vaccine themselves at risk. It goes against having the right to your body and your healthcare which should not be up for debate.

03-02-2025

Andrew Bowler

This is brainless. mRNA vaccines have been administered for YEARS now. I have received multiple injections to fight COVID19 and science has proven it is effective. I strongly condemn this bill. The antivaxx crowd opposed vaccine mandates, and I opposed my government telling me what I can and can't vaccinate myself with.

03-02-2025

Andrew Stern

As an Iowan citizen whose health depends on an immunosuppressant medication: I am disgusted that this bill would criminalize my ability to receive vaccinations against common diseases that pose a very real threat to my life and wellbeing. It is not "prolife" to deny someone lifesaving medical care. It is not "proliberty" to criminalize a private citizen's ability to seek their own medical treatment. A selfprofessed Christian conservative such as Doug Campbell should be ashamed to promote such a bill as this.

03-02-2025

Paul Mortensen

I support the right to partake in the modern day scientific miracle that is vaccines, including mRNA vaccines. The principles behind mRNA vaccines are simple and safe, hence why they have been FDA approved. Please, atleast allow people to make the choice for themselves as to wether they take vaccines. Vaccines save countless lives.

03-02-2025

Jessica Saunders

I strongly oppose S.F. 360, which would ban genebased vaccines and take away personal choice and access to lifesaving medical care. This bill disregards scientific evidence, criminalizes healthcare providers, and limits our rights to make informed medical decisions. Genebased vaccines are safe, effective, and vital for public health. Decisions about healthcare should be made by individuals and their doctorsnot politicians. Please vote against this harmful legislation.

03-02-2025

Melissa Gyure

I am against a bill that would prohibit my healthcare providers from being able to provide vaccines to me. The government should NOT control medicine. Doctors and other healthcare professionals should be able to determine what is best for their patient. I have been fully vaccinated my entire 50+ years and have received five COVID vaccines of the type you are trying to prohibit. I have remained a healthy person because of the vaccines. My children are all vaccinated because that is what our doctor and our family decided was best. Vaccines save lives. Dont be the people who take that away from everyone!

03-02-2025

Mia Milosevich

We do not need this banned. People are capable of making the best medical decisions for themselves and with their doctor. The government of Iowa is NOT a doctor. Do not have the right to govern our bodies and health. If the government wants to, they chose the wrong career.

03-02-2025

Gregory Pray

I oppose this bill. I reserve my right to choose from vaccines deemed safe by experts in the field of immunology Those experts in immunology, their families, and their children have all been vaccinated, as they know that is the best way to keep their families safe. The best research available deems mRNA vaccines safe, and effective in reducing the spread, and severity of viruses targeted by those mRNA vaccines. Claims to the contrary are dubious at best, and flat out dangerous at worst.

03-02-2025

Craig Hemsath

I am appalled at this proposal. You want to take away my right to protect my family in ways I feel are best. We can choose to not get this vaccine, but to strip away our ability to chooo. Give me a break.and FYI,there is a promising pancreatic cancer using this same technology.

03-02-2025

Brooke Santillan

I urge you to reject this bill. MRNA vaccines have shown promise in treating cancers. Cancer patients deserve the opportunity to take advantage of any and all treatment options to give them a chance at prolonging their lives. In a state with the secondhighest cancer rate in the US, I would expect our lawmakers to make decisions that help reduce cancer rates and promote treatment options. This bill does the opposite. Youre welcome to have your own personal views on any medical treatment, but your personal views shouldnt dictate whether or not other Iowans can access potentially life saving treatment.

03-02-2025

Shona Roeder

If the FDA finds a vaccine safe and effective, the State of Iowa needs to stay out of it. Theyre scientists and health professionals, legislators are not. mRNA vaccines include COVID vaccines. Are you seriously trying to prevent Iowans from protecting themselves from COVID? Other mRNA vaccines in development are for Zika, CMV, HIV, better flu vaccines, RSV, and several cancers. Republicans often call themselves prolife. Standing in the way of vaccines that prevent death (including in utero) is wildly hypocritical.

03-02-2025

Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers

Please dont take away our right to vaccinate ourselves against disease. Please dont take away healthcare providers right to administer vaccines. MRNa vaccines are being developed that have the potential to stop pancreatic cancer. Fear of this kind of vaccine is based in misinformation and disinformation.

03-02-2025

Ann Appleseth

I vehemently oppose SF 360. If we are the state that claims freedom to flourish that should include the making our own health decisions for ourselves and our children. In addition, as the state with the fastest growing rate of cancer disease and the number one rate of new cancer cases, along with a variety of other devastating diseases such as Parkinsons, Alzheimers, diabetes and more, why would we want to limit any type of medical research or solutions that might help Iowans?

03-02-2025

Cathy Cooney

Please vote NO on this legislation. I firmly believe in the lifesaving capabilities of vaccines and can attest to experiencing COVID both before getting one (the most miserable Ive ever been) and after (sick but manageable). At the very least, it should be a persons choice whether or not they want to receive a vaccine rather than having their government arbitrarily deny them care, medicine, and that choice.

03-02-2025

Gene Arch

By what possible justification is this bill being introduced? Why are you trying to prevent life saving medicine from being used? This is mass murder.No person who supports this bill can ever go on to claim they are pro life. This is anti science, anti life.

03-02-2025

Kennith Culp

This bill is completely absurd, it undermines evidencebased health initiatives, weakens scientific institutions and endangers public health protections. It literally based on psudomedicine that mRNA will change the genome of humans and/or damage the genome of future generations. The source of this information is the leadership in the president's mockery of science. The use of mRNA vaccines are the quickest form of vaccine development in case of a viral epidemic. On the surface, this bill looks as if it was formed as a result of RFK Jr's appointment in president Trump's cabinet. This response is also a kneejerk reaction of other antivaccine members in the Iowa Senate. I am a retired epidemiologist, a licensed provider in the state, and an advocate for personal choice in vaccine use. All mRNA vaccines are approved by the FDA before deployment to the public. As written, the bill endangers Iowans and seeks to regulate the practice of providers without seeking guidance from the licensing boards. This mockery of not including the boards of Nursing, Pharmacy, and Medicine in the evolution of this bill. Who would enforce any fine assessed by the state? This bill surprises me. Campbell (a pharmacy school graduate) drafted this bill. Did the sponsor review the American Public Health Association's statement on Feb 25, 2025 about the attack on our nation's health agencies including the HHS, CDC, FDA, and NIH? Did the author's consult with the state epidemiologist? Was the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa influential in the wording?

03-02-2025

Andrew Adams

Kindly keep Government out of choice of the individual and their doctors regarding the seeking of treatment and care.Small government means not creating rules and regulations just like this.More people wouldve died without the COVID vaccine which is based on this same research. Many more cancers and other diseases are within striking distance of full prevention with this kind of research. This is not a worthwhile bill to pursue and will continue to erode the health and wellbeing of the people of this state.Do not pursue this bill, kill it now before you kill our population with this kind of law.

03-02-2025

Andrea Adams

I strongly oppose this bill. Why is the "small government", "freedom", "prolife" party trying to interfere with my access to healthcare? It's already hard to get good healthcare in this state and this will make it worse. If you don't care about maiming or killing your constituents, you should at least care what it will do to the economy.

03-02-2025

Corey Simpson

DO NOT PASS A RESTRICTION ON MRNA VACCINES. Im not one to go protest or be politically active but I can guarantee this will move myself and thousands of others to oust by vote, every one of you that vote for the denial of medical sciences from your positions. There is a line and this is it. Have a good day.

03-02-2025

Tim Gossett

I strongly oppose this bill, which is based in fear rather than science, disinformation instead of reality, and state overreach instead of medical freedom. mRNA vaccines have been shown to be effective and safe in numerous studies, including ones focused on children. While COVID vaccines are likely the bestknown highly successful example of these vaccines, they are in use for or being considered for serious diseases like hepatitis C, HIV, malaria, and many others. They're used in studies for treating cancer (including a friend, who is doing incredibly well because of them), food and environmental allergies, genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis, and even for pets. In short, Iowa should not be a "petri dish" where we test what happens when Iowans cannot get the best and latest care options. Let's trust our doctors to make the best healthcare decisions for us, not politicians.

03-02-2025

Catherine Sampson

I oppose SF 360 because I deserve to have say in my personal preventative care. There have been over 120 clinical trials to date showing promise for mRNA therapies for treating cancer, including especially invasive forms of cancer like pancreatic. It baffles me why, when Iowas cancer rates are making national news, we would CRIMINALIZE promising health treatments to help Iowans survive cancer. As a woman whos mother and grandmother each had breast AND ovarian cancers, and at least 3 close relatives including a parent had melanoma, this is important to me, and it should be important to lawmakers who care about the health of those they represent.

03-02-2025

James Kay

This bill will cause irreparable damage to the citizens of Iowa. Vaccines are not dangerous. Mr. Campbell should be ashamed of himself for this proposition. He will have the blood of Iowans on his hands. Please do not send Iowa 70 years into the past. This is not what your constituents want people will die, pharmacists, doctors, and nurses will leave the state. There are repercussions that the author has clearly not thought about in his attempt to ban vaccines he doesn't understand. Shameful.

03-02-2025

Andrew Thomas

I oppose this bill. Decisions on vaccine safety belong with public health experts, not legislators. In addition to vaccination against COVID, vaccines are being developed with this technology for treatment of cancer, including cancers that are traditionally considered untreatable. Cutting off treatment and prevention options hurts Iowans.

03-02-2025

Tiffany Hoffman

Oppose, oppose, oppose.Can we leave science to the scientists? No vaccine is mandatory. Are there consequences in places like nursing and military if you choose to not vaccinate? Yes. But you are not held down and jabbed against your will. And thats what we all want, right? Free will?You do not get to mandate if I choose or do not choose a vaccine for myself or my childrens. Use what is left of your sanity and oppose this bill.

03-02-2025

Annamarie Knief

I do not support passing this bill. Just as Iowans have a right to refuse vaccination, they have the right to receive it, and there should not be barriers to getting vaccinations, which have proven over and over again to maintain public health. Do not advance this bill. It will limit our freedom and our right to healthcare.

03-02-2025

Thomas Knief

Please, as a resident of the state of Iowa, I do not support this legislation to ban genebased vaccines. Do not pass this legislation. RNAbased vaccines are well known in the field of medical science to be safe and effective, and they provide a critical tool to protect the public against diseases that cannot be targeted with other conventional vaccine technologies. Not only should these vaccines be regarded as a benefit to Iowas public health, but the act of rendering them unwelcome in the state should clearly be understood as a backward move against science and technology. Iowa has a chance, by voting down this legislation, to show the brightness of the minds of its representatives to the country and the world. To do the opposite will only sour this states image further. I grew up in an Iowa that I was proud of: proud of its strong education system, its culture, its strong economy, its kind and thoughtful people. I do not hold that pride anymore, and it is for the reasons that have lead to this legislation alongside many other decisions that push our state further into ignominy. Do not make us known as enemies of science. Do not drive more of our future innovators, scientists, and doctors away.

03-02-2025

Jessica Lieb

Banning a beneficial medical treatment OPPOSITE of protecting Iowans. There is no compelling evidence that these vaccines are harmful, and even if there was, allow Iowans the freedom to DECIDE what treatment is right for them! Why are you stripping away freedoms instead of increasing them? These vaccines are proving effective against cancer. We can all agree that getting rid of cancer is a GOOD thing that we should be researching, right? Unless, of course, you're only here to represent the ones who profit off of illness and death. I tried to attach a pdf, but I got an error. Here's the link: https://www.cancer.gov/newsevents/cancercurrentsblog/2024/glioblastomamrnavaccinelayerednanoparticle

03-03-2025

Shawntay Murray

Iowans deserve the right to to access scientifically proven safe vaccines to protect themselves from viruses, which these are proven safe. I expect the freedom to choose to not be infringed upon. Because after all choosing to take a vaccine and being harmed would only impact me. Choosing not to take vaccines would impact herd immunity and the rest of my community would be at risk for illness and possibly death.

03-03-2025

Sarah Wirth

This is not a legislative issue and should not be implemented. Legislators are not scientists, medical researchers or medical professionals. Iowans have a fundamental right to make their own medical decisions. Gene based vaccines have been proven to be safe, and are often lifesaving, including some treatments for cancer and rare diseases.

03-03-2025

Jonathan Heifner [St. Paul’s UMC]

Please vote no on SF 360. In a state that has the record we have on cancer cases, this bill would only put us farther behind in an alreadylosing battle. We need you to help Iowans, and this piece of legislation isnt doing it.

03-03-2025

Oliver Bardwell [Iowans 4 Freedom]

I strongly support SF360 and urge the subcommittee to advance this bill.The rapid rollout of genebased vaccines, including mRNA technology, was done under emergency conditions with limited longterm safety data. As time has passed, concerns about adverse effects, lack of liability for pharmaceutical companies, and coercive mandates have only grown. This bill is about protecting Iowans right to informed medical choice and ensuring that experimental medical interventions are not imposed on the public without full transparency.Medical freedom is a fundamental right, and SF360 is a necessary safeguard against rushed or inadequately studied medical products. Iowa has the opportunity to take a bold stand for health freedom, bodily autonomy, and true informed consent. I urge lawmakers to prioritize the wellbeing of Iowans over corporate interests and support this critical legislation.

03-03-2025

Mary Ohl

The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness and cancers. As someone whos father and several of his siblings lost battles with pancreatic cancer the vaccine that may benefit my relatives and I should be available for us to choose if we wish to.

03-03-2025

Katie Peterson

I oppose this bill. Please actually do your research before wasting everyone's time and money proposing dangerous bills rooted in junk science. Iowans are perfectly capable of deciding for themselves whether in mRNA vaccine is best for them and don't need the government deciding for them.

03-03-2025

Robin Poole [Henry County Public Health]

I strongly OPPOSE SF360. I have been a Public Health Nurse for 27 years. Vaccines, including mRNA are safe and effective and have saved countless lives. People who spread and support misinformation is what is unsafe. Politicians should not be practicing medicine. This is clearly government overreach. Please vote NO!

03-03-2025

Tracy Wazac

Oppose.We have some of the finest medical personnel and researchers at the University of Iowa. Ignoring their hard work and the lives theyve saved (mine included) is a slap in the face to our state. Please consult the scientists before passing this bill. Iowa already has a shortage of medical personnel and politicians over riding science will chase more away. With an aging population, this would be detrimental.

03-03-2025

Sue Malloy

Destroying immunizations that have already been deemed safe is like refusing food because you dont like the flavor when you are starving! Genetic based immunization & medications are safe! To vote for this is dangerous & foolish! Let those who know science do their job! Let them make the science based decisions. Politicians do not have enough understanding to make health care decisions such as this! Vote NO! Sue Malloy, BSN, MSN, ARNP, FNPC

03-03-2025

Di Brockway

Please do NOT legislate against potentiallylife saving vaccines. Let individuals and their doctors decide on besttreatments. If my family member or I have a medical condition or serious illness, I want ALL treatment or preventative options available and to be able to work with my healthcare provider to utilize expertise and research to determine which option provides the least risk and best likely outcome given our specific situation. The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowa's attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID. Without the vaccine, it could have been tens of thousands more. Please don't take Iowans healthcare backwards.

03-03-2025

Nat Hall

Register my opposition to this bill. Common sense will tell you why. Then ask yourselves AGAIN this week: "what are we doing to IMPROVE the lives of Iowans?" It seems you all are actively trying to pass laws that make our state fail in all areas. Vote no on this bill.

03-03-2025

Dee Vandeventer

I oppose legislation that limits genebased vaccines. I am diabetic and over age 65. This bill would endanger my health and wellbeing. If people dont want a vaccine they have the right to refuse. Do not eliminate my right to choose receiving FDAapproved vaccines.

03-03-2025

Jennifer Edinger

Please do not pass SF360. I prefer to make my own medical decisions in consultation with my medical provider. It's not hurting anybody else if I choose to get a vaccination, in fact might even be a benefit to others. This seems to be government overreach, interfering with individual freedoms and choice. Please do not pass SF360. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Shelley Klaas

SF 360 will take away every Iowans right to make the medical decisions best for them. It will negatively impact those who are immunocompromised and those who seek promising treatments for cancer. It is a bill that is in direct contradiction to best practices proven by researchbased science. Please make the right decision and vote against this bill for the sake of all Iowans. Thank you.

03-03-2025

Mike Schoger

I am in agreement of SF 360 for the purposes of putting a pause on untested or undertested biological products being administered to Iowans. The typical time frame to release a vaccine product to the public is generally 7 years of research and study. It has been 4 years since the introduction of mRNA products to the general public with very little study. I work as a health care professional in central Iowa and have seen severe side effects related to these experimental therapies. The current mRNA vaccines related to covid do nothing to stop the individual from being infected, nor does it stop the spread of the virus. That statement alone is enough to end this product since it does not perform as advertised. If it does not stop the spread, nor infection it is not effective. Because it is not effective in performing its sole purpose, it is only a increased risk for the recipient. There is no benefit, only risk. I have seen first hand, many individuals who have received the mRNA injection end up getting Covid infection weeks or months later and it is severe. Looking at Medicare based claims, there is significant cardiac, coagulation, and neurological diagnoses being added to Medicare claims since the 2021 rollout of these experimental injections. Please pass SF 360 for the benefit of all Iowans. These poorly regulated, high risk, zero benefit injections need to be recalled like any other product that puts the public at risk.

03-03-2025

Julia Sollien

I oppose SF360. Vaccines are critical for mitigating, or preventing, serious illnesses and deaths. I have an autoimmune disease which makes me susceptible to more serious instances of viruses and rely on vaccines to prevent them. It is unconscionable that the legislature would consider a bill whose effects could only cause harm to the majority of Iowans who choose vaccines as part of their healthcare plan.

03-03-2025

Jake Gontero

I strongly oppose this bill. There is much evidence that these vaccines (at least the covid ones) prevent severe disease requiring hospitalization and death. Every medication carries some type of side effects with it. Please let us weigh the benefits and risks of using these types of vaccines ourselves and with our health care professionals.

03-03-2025

Sarah Schroeder

So you're looking to jeopardize the health of literally this entire state because of unscientific ideas and bitterness about the Covid vaccine? Stop. Just stop. Stop wasting our money on pandering to those who believe every single wild conspiracy theory they're told on podcasts, YouTube and extremist news channels.

03-03-2025

David Sollien

I am shocked that this bill ever made it to the floor. MRNA vaccines have saved countless lives and are a miracle of modern medicine yet the sponsors of this bill would ban its use. There are no conclusive studies showing that thesevaccines are a significant risk to the general population. If you are really concerned about the health of Iowa citizens, then allow them to sue pesticide manufacturers.

03-03-2025

Teesha Hayes O’Rear

I strongly oppose this bill. As a person who is expecting I need some of these vaccines to keep myself and my children healthy, please keep your archaic mindset out of science and let the science speak for itself. Vote No on this bill.

03-03-2025

William Neiman

Hello, I am a retired public attorney from the Minneapolis area. For the past 30 years, I have worked with hospitals, particularly in the area of psychotic disorders.These disorders can often times but not always be improved with medications. Many of these medications have very serious side effects.Once the mentally ill person is competent to make choices, he or she is fully informed of the risk and benefits of antipsychotic medication. Then this person has the freedom to choose.It astonishes me that this bill would remove the freedom of choice for medical treatment with the potential for far greater benefit, and the potential for much less risk than antipsychotic medication. Truly, it shocks the conscience.Thank you.

03-03-2025

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03-03-2025

Jill Thompson

I strongly oppose SF 360. I made the choice to vaccinate my children and keep myself up to date on immunizations. We should have the choice to vaccinated or to not. I will always chose to vaccinate. Seeing what polio did to my dad and some of his friends scares me. My dad talked about the boy next to him in Des Moines hospital when he was young. My dad made it and other young boy did not. Don't take the right to prevent being sick away from me or my future grandchildren. LET US MAKE OUR OWN CHOICES.

03-03-2025

Scott Neiman

The new MAGA NANNY STATE. Us Minnesotans always enjoy some good natured ribbing to our neighbors to the south, but your legislation outlawing the use of MNRa vaccines has taken things to a new level. Have you lost your collective minds? You want to ban vaccines that have and will save peoples lives. Im speechless..

03-03-2025

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03-03-2025

Liz O'Hara

I strongly oppose this bill. When I was a child my 17yearold sister contracted polio. She spent time in an iron lung, nearly died, and spent the rest of her life as a quadriplegic. The Salk vaccine had just been approved and our entire family was immediately vaccinated, ensuring none of us contracted the disease. SF 360 is blatantly harmful to the public.

03-03-2025

William Atkins

I strongly oppose this bill. These types of vaccines have saved millions of lives around the world. Dont take away my right to get them if and when needed. The decision to get one is a discussion between me and my doctor, not to be interfered with based on others personal beliefs. After seeing what is happening with those in TX who have not had a measles vaccine, its apparent you have the choice not to get a vaccinedo not take away my right to get one. In this common sense environment how about you legislate that anyone who chooses not to get a vaccine which will proactively protect them from a disease takes a backseat or is denied getting any healthcare because of their poor choice?

03-03-2025

Jaron Balvanz

I oppose SF 360 as it is willfully ignorant of proven information and dangerous to the public at large. It also goes against the very nature of this country to make broad draconian mandates when it comes to things like health and what people do with their own bodies, it should be up to people and their own understanding that drives what they use for their medical care.

03-03-2025

Rebecca Spiess

I oppose this bill as it revokes right to access medical treatment. mRNA vaccinations are already regulated by the FDA and determined to be safe. Iowans who choose to utilize mRNA vaccinations for their health and for preventive purposes should be allowed access. Healthcare providers should not be sanctioned for medical decisions made by and with their patients. "Our liberties we prize, and our rights we will maintain."

03-03-2025

Alexana Niayeshpour

This bill would take away access to medical care, and prevention of disease for Iowans. This bill is not supported by science, and is actively threatening healthcare workers. As a parent, it also makes me worried about the ability for my children to be protected from preventable diseases. I dont want to go backwards in medicine, and fear for my childrens safety living in the state of Iowa. Please consider the peoples voices and stop this bill from moving forward.

03-03-2025

Thomas Warning

Are you people really that stupid? We already lack the major support of the CDC. Now you plan to take away a genetic basis for studying viral and bacterial DNA so medicine can save humans. Do you any of you unibrow idiots do any serious research when it comes to science? You people are a shame to all the people that came before you. And you are following that stupid cow Kim Reynolds down a road you people will regret.

03-03-2025

Joanna Waggoner-Norquest

Vote against this bill. This is completely unnecessary endangerment of anyone who lives in the state. The government should not be legislating whether and what types of vaccines are available in this state. This is gross misconduct.

03-03-2025

Salwa Hamade

I oppose this bill because it is fundamentally against science and molecular biology. I learned the central dogma of molecular biology as a middleschooler and continue to learn about it through my college courses, one being molecular biology this semester. This is against "vaccine choice" and demonizes medical research. This will be detrimental for cancer research where mRNA has been researched since the 1970's. Cancer vaccine trials, specifically the recent one for pancreatic cancer has shown positive results and introducing this bill will negate all the research and money poured into this. Taking away peoples right to choose, and introducing a misdemeanor for healthcare professionals is against anything that America and Iowa says it stands for. This will demonize healthcare workers and scientists all due to misinformation and people who don't care to understand the scientific process. Learning doesn't stop when you graduate, it is up to YOU to continue to learn from credible resources. This will HARM MANY.

03-03-2025

Toni Allen

Genebased vaccines have been administered widely with tremendous efficacy and very small numbers of negative outcomes. This bill is illconceived and has the potential to do great harm if passed. I am 70 years old and have gratefully kept to the recommended schedule of covid and other vaccines for individuals my age with very positive results.Please don't make it so I have to move away from the state I love to be safe.

03-03-2025

Loretta Fingert

I am imploring the Iowa legislature to support all vaccine research and timely distribution of vaccines to the people of Iowa. We all know people who did not survive Covid, because vaccines were not initially available. We all know people who did not survived the flu when vaccines were not available. My father graduated from the University of Iowa Medical School in 1936. He remembered practicing medicine in Des Moines when there were no antibiotics and polio was killing young and old. Thankfully, antibiotics and the polio vaccine saved many. I remember when Jonas Salk introduced the first polio vaccine, NO ONE OBJECTED. Children lined up at school to get the polio vaccine. It was a time in America when everyone believed in science and trusted the expertise of physicians and scientists.The current measles epidemic is what can happen when government does not support vaccines and encourage citizens to protect themselves and their families. PLEASE DO NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF COMPETENT SCIENTISTS AND PHYSICIANS WHO HOPE TO DEVELOP VACCINES THAT WILL PROTECT US ALL. MANY LIVES WILL BE SAVED IF YOU SUPPORT VACCINE RESEARCH. Loretta Fingert

03-03-2025

Nancy Haren

I am a retired public health nurse from Grundy County. During my 28 years I gave hundreds of vaccines to both children and and adults. I trusted the science and welcomed new vaccines to protect people from emerging communicable disease. mRNA canniness and therapies have been in development for many years and are on the cutting edge of disease treatment. I am opposed to SF360 as it will deny me the right to decide for myself if I want to protect myself and my family. Passing this bill will be a giant step in the wrong direction. My brother died of COVID19 2 months before the vaccine became available. How sad. Please leave this decision up to me and my provider. Vote no on SF360.

03-03-2025

Ashley Siefkas

As a healthcare professional, I strongly OPPOSE SF360! Every Iowan should only have their right to choose. It saves lives of many, and provides protection to those that have no immune protection. Allowing this bill to move on is complete ignorance. Please do your research or do not touch health care matters. This is a ridiculous bill to even be submitted. All you are doing is hurting the general public.

03-03-2025

Anna Burnham

I am opposed to SF 360. It is my right to choose. People who wish not to be vaccinated have that right, as I have the right to choose to take a vaccine. It is a fundamental right to make one's own medical decisions. Many lives have been saved from these proven safe vaccines. Restricting anyone's right to choose a scientifically proven vaccine is wrong. I have received all my COVID vaccines, of which 3 were mRNA vaccines, and have had no reactions. By passing this bill, you will be putting the population at risk of serious and this fatal disease.

03-03-2025

Christian Kinnaman

I'm against this. I don't understand the trend of banning life saving science backed medicine. This sickens me to my core that the country I served is turning on its people and taking away their right to live a healthy disease free life.

03-03-2025

Loretta Fingert

03-03-2025

Serese Marotta

As a mother who lost a child to a vaccinepreventable disease, I oppose any bill that would prevent people from having access to lifesaving vaccines. Vaccines, including genebased vaccines and others, are thoroughly tested for safety and efficacy in various stages of clinical trials before they are authorized for use in the general public and/or specific populations. The United States has a robust safety monitoring system for vaccines. The safety and efficacy of vaccines are based on science. Removing the right to allow people to choose to get vaccinated is not justified and could have serious negative consequences for public health.

03-03-2025

Loretta Fingert

03-03-2025

Jennifer Wiegmann

mRNAbased therapy is expected to be used for a variety of diseases that are refractory to current treatments, such as infectious diseases, metabolic genetic diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular diseasesVaccines are still optional. Taking away that option is risking lives.

03-03-2025

Matthew Poss

This is quite literally the most ridiculous proposed bill I've ever heard of. Banning vaccines is bottomofthebarrel stupid. Do we want to have more measles outbreaks like Texas? Do we want our cancer rates to skyrocket? I certainly don't. Do not pass this bill.

03-03-2025

Thomas Weber

What is wrong with a gene based vaccine? Why would you take away the freedom of someone who WANTS to be vaccinated with gene based vaccines simply because someone who does NOT want to be vaccinated with gene based vaccines says so? Why does the state of Iowa favor one opinion over the other to the point of levying a fine for such action? How is this constitutional for Iowa government to tell me which vaccines I have to use?

03-03-2025

Katherine Daganaar

I don't see how a group of people, with no medical training, thinks it should even be an idea to restrict vaccines. How repulsive and shameful. You are not protecting Iowans. How is this "prolife" when you want to deny us lifesaving medication? This is despicable.

03-03-2025

Tigon Woline

It is ridiculous to me that politicians without medical training should be proposing and implementing laws that regulate which vaccinations medical professionals can administer. As a parent, and patient, I want to have the best scientifically researched options available to prevent any diseases possible. Removing genebased vaccines from the options will restrict our ability to prevent deadly diseases in Iowa. Do not continue to advance this proposal. Vote no.

03-03-2025

Dev Neiman

Please stop this government overreach. Vaccine usage is a personal choice. Having lost a family friend to COVID before vaccines were available, Im grateful that technology is trying to keep up with viruses. We have to stay ahead in this fight. He may still be alive if the vaccine had been available sooner. Please dont limit the states ability to research and develop treatment and prevention for those that need it.

03-03-2025

Katie Reasner

I strongly oppose this bill. Medical decisions should NOT be made by politicians. It is my right to choose what vaccines I want to receive and my physician's job to help guide that decision. Period. This is a dangerous bill.

03-03-2025

Linda Cutler Widmer [Personal]

I do NOT support SF 360. I support the right of people to request a waver from vaccine requirements. I likewise support might right to have access to any vaccine that has been found effective. If SF 360 passes, my right has been denied. By making the providing and giving this vaccine that is preventative and lightens responses to a communicable disease a misdemeanor is no the equivalent to a parking ticket or a speeding ticket. My denial of access to a "genebased" vaccine puts me and my loved ones (grandchildren) in danger of serious illness and possible death. Trusting science is what made America great when we irradiated polio and measles and whooping cough. By refusing to get these vaccinations, it has caused the diseases to return. Please do not pass this legislation on for a vote. Kill it in committee.Older and wiser.

03-03-2025

Audrey McKenna

My name is Audrey. My husband and I have five sons. My husband is a family physician and during his Residency Covid hit. We lived in Arizona in a small city with very high COVID 19 rates. He was pulled into the hospital during his residency and every day declared people dead who should not have died, from COVID 19. Vaccines and mRNA vaccines helped and continue to help save lives and we were among the first to be able to access them as first responder and family.Please do not vote to ban mRNA vaccines in Iowa. Iowans deserve the right to choose to vaccinate and to choose evidencebased health measures likes vaccines.Thank you for all you do support and help Iowans live their best lives

03-03-2025

Lucinda Smart

Reject this atrociously misinformed, idiotic, harmful, and horribly written bill. mRNA vaccines should be allowed to be administered by authorized health professionals to individuals who want and need them to protect their own personal health. The government should not be stepping in and removing this as an option for the entire state of Iowa.

03-03-2025

Doug Harrold [Retired]

Limiting the benefits of science and medical research is folly that can cause death. I want everyone to have all advances available for their choice. You will not be protecting my friends and family with this proposed legislation.

03-03-2025

Melinda Wieland

I support this bill! More testing with verifiable results are needed. There is a reason that Pfizer wanted to withhold their data for 86 years. They knew there were problems with the MRNA shots. Mortality rates are way up among the MRNA vaccinated.

03-03-2025

Kirsten Brooks

This is a horrendous idea. With measles making a return for the first time in over a generation, now is NOT the moment to be limiting vaccinations. Now is the time to be funding further research into eliminating diseases such as cancer that still plague us, not permitting those we have already all but eradicated to return.As an Iowa voter and an educator, I urge you to oppose this bill!!

03-03-2025

Karen Thompson

As a scientist, I strongly oppose SF 360. Vaccines, including the newer mRNA vaccines, save lives. SF 360 disregards the expertise of scientists and medical professionals and undermines Iowans' personal autonomy. mRNA vaccines have undergone rigorous testing and have been shown to be safe and effective. Medical decisions should be determined by medical practitioners and their patients, including the decision to administer mRNA vaccines. Patients in Iowa should have the right to access any and all vaccines approved by the FDA.

03-03-2025

Andrew Kirpalani

I oppose SF360. Other commenters have clearly articulated the health and safety risks and represented by this bill. I'll add an additional economic perspective. I founded and grew a software company here in Iowa from 2015 through 2023. Hiring and incentivizing a young, educated, and indemand workforce was already challenging. While Iowa might have a low cost of living, we don't have mountains, oceans, or giant cities. We cannot continue to add antiscience, antiwoman, antiprogress legislation if we want to have any hope of attracting or retaining educated professionals.Social Policy IS Business Policy and bills like this are driving businesses out of our state.

03-03-2025

Adrianne Andrews

The introduction of this bill is a clear example of 'antivaccination' campaigns that are geared towards fear mongering in the name of one's personal and political agenda rather than the public health of constituents. As you know, mRNA vaccines function beyond COVID and offer life saving options for cancer patients in some cases. The evolution of science should not be impacted by your personal agenda, wrapped in blatant disregard for others. Campbell, You should be ashamed of yourself. Get it together and don't be ridiculous.

03-03-2025

Mary Neiman

Im curious, does the Iowa Legislature really think that the Iowan residents are so stupid that they cant make an informed decision on their own? As of this past Sunday, RFK jr. backs the measles vaccine, because of the outbreak in Texas and the Southwest. Im really sorry Iowans, I know a lot of Iowans and they definitely arent stupid! Hopefully your legislators will figure this out and vote no on SF 360.

03-03-2025

Nick Gefaller [Select...]

I am against this bill. There are an awful lot of bills coming through the legislature this year that undermine people's ability to make decisions for themselves or attack the progress that western civilization has made over the past several hundred years and this one manages to do both. I fail to see how these vaccines demand this type of response and would ask that proponents of this provide reputable studies to show how they are a menace to public health that must be prohibited.

03-03-2025

Judy Hauswald

As a retired RN, I strongly oppose SF360. Vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, have been scientifically proven to be safe and prevent serious illness. We must follow researchbased science when making healthcare decisions. This bill would take away my right to make my own health care decisions and that is wrong. Those who oppose vaccines can refuse a vaccine, if they so desire. But I want to be able to choose my own safe and science based healthcare.

03-03-2025

Rachael Stegall

This product exceeds the FDA's threshold for a class 1 recall by a margin of 375,240%. More than 3400 peer reviewed manuscripts in the medical literature have recognized fatal and nonfatal covid19 vaccine injuries around the world.19,028 Americans deaths have been reported to VAERSThe cutter polio vaccine was pulled after 10 deaths, the swine flu vaccine was pulled after 53.

03-03-2025

Erica Meyer

I strongly oppose SF 360. These vaccines are important to Iowans who wish to protect themselves from the COVID 19 pandemic and future pandemics. In addition, they are showing promise to treat some of the most deadly cancers which afflict Iowans at a higher rate than other states.

03-03-2025

Vicki Crannell

DO NOT LET SF360 PASS!! THe government should not be taking away medical rights of their constituents! There is much debate about vaccines, but each person should have the ability to make their own healthcare decisions! By passing this law, YOU WOULD COMPLETELY TAKING THAT ABILITY AWAY!! That must NOT happen!!! VOTE NO!!!

03-03-2025

Sharlene Bohr

Vote no. Science has moved ahead in vaccine creation and will continue to do so. Stopping Iowans from obtaining current and future genebased vaccines directly impacts health and health outcomes. To do so is a horrific overstep. Im sure youre thinking that genebased anything is against Gods will. Another overreach as not all folks believe in your god. Why are you taking dominion over them??Do not do this.

03-03-2025

Grace Herzberg

I am an Iowa native whose entire family and many friends live in Iowa and I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill is woefully vague when defining what a genebased vaccine is. As it stands this could affect more than just SARSCoV2 mRNA boosters and vaccines. Regardless, it is nearsighted to ban administration of mRNA technology. This is a public health nightmare. Already this year Iowa has struggled with Flu A/B, norovirus, RSV, and covid. This bill will remove the choice for Iowans to protect themselves by getting a yearly covid booster; this will also prevent Iowans from accessing emerging technologies that could be on the horizon, such as a pancreatic cancer vaccine. Something I think applies here is the concept that when public health is working as needed that the public can start to think they dont need these protective measures. This is one such case. The covid vaccine was a breakthrough that curbed the pandemic and continues to prevent people from severe disease. Ceasing administration of the mRNA covid booster would put Iowans at risk for long lasting disease affects, hospitalization, and even death. This is an unnecessary risk.

03-03-2025

cynthia doyle

I strongly oppose this bill! Any credible, validated, peer reviewed, scientific evidence will show this is harmful legislation. Please consult with the world renowned scientists at the University of Iowa or other reputable scientists anywhere.Vaccines are proven life savers. You have the right to refuse vaccines, but you SHOULD NOT have the right to impose your uninformed opinions on me or my family.Thanks to vaccines, my child and grandchildren were spared unnecessary suffering from measles, mumps, whooping cough and chicken pox.Thanks to vaccines I was spared from contracting polio and Covid19.Thanks to vaccines, healthcare professionals were able to more safely care for their critically ill patients hospitalized with Covid19 and as a result saved thousands of lives.Thanks to the Covid vaccine my elderly mother did not die in her nursing home from Covid19.I strongly urge you to withdraw your harmful legislation and put the health and safety of Iowans above your uninformed, fringe beliefs.

03-03-2025

Leah Howard

This bill does nothing to make Iowans healthy and will only make Iowans sicker! Why shouldnt Iowans have access to the same medicines and vaccines as any other state? This, along with ALL the rest of the Iowa GoPs platform will only drive people away from Iowa!Imagine a law like this coming from the same state as the World Class UIHC! I shake my head at ignorance at its finest!Vote NO!

03-03-2025

Mary Sullivan

I oppose SF 360. Vaccines, including mRNA vaccines, have been proven safe and effective. Not only are they effective with preventing covid, they are also used to prevent influenza bird flu, hepatitis C, HIV, cancer, heart attacks and strokes to name a few of the many diseases we all face. Each person should be able to choose any and all vaccines that are available. This choice should be between the individual and their healthcare privider. This is a government overreach. I am outraged this is even being discussed. Because of misinformation, religious ideals and fear mongering, thousands of Iowans died of covid, and that's when we did have the vaccine available to us! If this is passed, all Iowans will be at risk of serious illness and more deaths will occur under your watch. If this passes, God only knows what you'll ban next!

03-03-2025

Lucy Howes-Vosntein

As a constitute whose voice is suppose to be considered by my appointed officialsalthough my appointed officials seem to have decided to ignore this right of the peoples voices to be heard that our government was founded on for their own greed and misguided sense of power that they crave.I am voicing my strong apposition to SF 360.Legislation has no place stripping away medical choices from its citizens. Just because you got a C in high school biology and dont understand the complexities of biological medical practices doesnt mean you should dismantle these practices!If you cant trust medical professionals that have dedicated their lives to improving the health and wellbeing of society I recommend going to therapy because that is a major cognitive distortion you need to work through before ruining the lives of Iowans.

03-03-2025

Josh Messerly

I urge the legislature to reject this bill. My mother has lung cancer and has had a large part of her lung removed. Vaccines against respiratory diseases are incredibly important to her continued survival.I'm fully in support of not forcing people to take a vaccine. But banning others from getting a vaccine they need is exactly as bad as a vaccine mandate. I'm very surprised this legislature would expand nanny state intrusion into my family's freedom. Please do not take the heartless step of pulling a kind old lady's key to survival. Don't take her away from her family by banning this vaccine.

03-03-2025

Francesca To

mRNA technology has been deemed a safe and effective way to administer vaccines. mRNA vaccines teach the human body to recognize specific viruses and develop an immune response. They allow vaccines to be made quickly when there is a surge of need (such as an epidemic/pandemic). mRNA vaccines do not have the ability to alter a person's DNA. mRNA has been under research for decades now and has been shown to have a favorable safety profile for this use. Recent studies have also shown mRNA to be a promising treatment for other diseases such as pancreatic cancer. Banning mRNA vaccine and technology use would mean depriving the public of an effective option for the prevention of serious diseases and for the potential cure of a condition like pancreatic cancer, that has no know treatment to date.

03-03-2025

Arlen Breiholz

I can see absolutely no rational basis for this bill. If there were evidence that vaccines developed in this way were dangerous to the public health to the point where a ban were justified, that danger should be addressed at the federal level by the FDA and the Congress. It boggles the mind that the legislature would do anything to prevent a responsible adult from availing him or herself of a preventative vaccination approved by appropriate, qualified authorities and recommend by their primary care physician. I personally have had every recommended dose of every recommended vaccine for a person of 71 years with nothing but good results, and I would drive to a neighboring state should the Iowa legislature pass a law to prevent me from receiving a recommended vaccination.

03-03-2025

Kristin Teig Torres [The Beyond Pink TEAM]

mRNA vaccines keep people alive! Many are used in cancer treatment and research is currently underway to use to prevent Breast Cancer. To stop the already FDA approved vaccines that save lives would be devastating and Do not harm Iowans in this manner. As Iowans we should be allowed the right to choose to take the vaccine. Do not deny Iowans the right to these vaccines / you will have a public health crisis on your hands.

03-03-2025

Darcy Lipsius

I am writing to strongly urge you to stop the passage of this bill. It is extremely important to have mRNA based vaccines available to everyone but especially to many people with preexisting conditions. We need to get regular Covid shots, and other lifesaving vaccines. Research using these therapies is important in cancer as well as in demyelinating diseases such as MS (my personal situation). Please don't let Iowa sink into a place where no one wants to live, to move to or to stay.

03-03-2025

Hannah Day

I have two points Id like to make in opposition to this bill. 1. Genebased vaccines were a critical part of lowering the death toll of the COVID19 pandemic. More vaccines are in production that could also save lives2. This is the United States. I should have the freedom to get a vaccine if I want to receive a vaccine the same as people can choose to not recycling vaccine.

03-03-2025

Mary Mockaitis

This legislation is absurd. There is absolutely no reason to ban. MRNA vaccines, please vote to not allow this to proceed. These type vaccines are safe and effective and banning them is a disservice to our our state, and please do not allow this to happen. i am a pharmacist and am offended by this bill.

03-03-2025

Mary Mockaitis

03-03-2025

Julie Reed Reed

This bill spreads dangerous misinformation and falsely accuses medical professionals of committing a crime. This is a completely overreaching bill. This would be a complete disaster and a waste of taxpayer time and money for reinforcing it. Please throw this bill out .

03-03-2025

Will Mittelsteadt [Lutheran Crime Syndicate]

It is such a hypocrisy that on STEM day at the Capitol such an unscientific bill would even be considered. mRNA and associated vaccines and boosters have now been administered billions of times globally, proven safe and effective, and many scientists have stated this will be the method for developing many more vaccines in the future. I am appalled that such an idea can even be debated.

03-03-2025

Andrew Tisinger

I do not support this bill. The preponderance of evidence suggests that mRNA technology is safe, effective and promising for a whole host of future uses such as curing many types of cancers. Limiting the healthcare options available to Iowans will create a huge financial burden for some, and a death sentence for others.

03-03-2025

Richard Berry

What is wrong with you folks,deciding to eliminate tried and provened medications?Science is our best protection.Not some wacko idea of not using proven medications.Time for our governor to resign and anyone else that supports these crazy ideas.

03-03-2025

Amanda Barr [UNI]

This bill is utter and complete nonsense. Iowa is home to one of the top veterinary medicine programs and one of the top medical schools, both of which do advanced research. Genebased vaccines are part of this research, the future of medicine and wellness. These are therapies that have already saved millions of lives, not only through the creation of vaccines against the COVID19 virus, which has currently killed 5,067 Iowans, but are also in trial for use against West Nile, HIV, CMV, RSV, and cancer. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Iowans. This could be literally lifechanging for Iowans, and the ignorance and misinformation about these vaccines is the consequence of capitalistic greed and fearmongering by those who profit off the panic they create. Don't make Iowa sicker.

03-03-2025

Gretchen Tripolino

This is ridiculous! No one should be unable to access accepted methods to stay healthy and alive! If someone doesnt want to take advantage of modern medical and scientific advances, OK. But to not allow medical personal to administer triedand true preventive medicine to those who understand it and are motivated to take advantage of life saving measures could take us back to the days of pandemic death and epidemic spread of preventable diseases. This should never happen! Mind your own **** business and let the TRUE experts do what they do best: save lives!

03-03-2025

Lisa Rhatigan

I am appalled that the Iowa legislature is even considering banning mRNA vaccines in our state. If this were to pass, it would severely Infringe on the personal rights of Iowa citizens to protect themselves from infectious disease. Please do not take Iowa back to the dark ages with this bill.

03-03-2025

william steinhauer

I am strongly opposed to restricting any type of vaccine that has been proven to be safe and effective by the medical community and regulating bodies.I am also strongly opposed to efforts by right wing cult members to undo years of medical research. The present administration and the local legislatures that drink the KoolAid will NEVER get my vote. Do not pass this bill!

03-03-2025

Skye Doerscher

I am stunned the my state legislature would consider this bill. VACCINES SAVE LIVES. That is proven through countless studies. This is proven through history! Vaccines prevent illness! Vaccines prevent death! Research shows that vaccines, including mRNA ones, are safe and effective. Genebased vaccines like mRNA vaccines even show great promise in cancer research. I insist to have the right to get a vaccine that could save my life or treat my cancer! This bill is just preposterous!

03-03-2025

Amanda Bohnert

I find this bill is a gross overstep of the government. Like any medical decision, a qualified doctor should be able to go over medical risks with their patient who can then make an informed decision. The argument that these vaccines have side effects as being the reason to ban them is ridiculous. All procedures and medications have risks associated with them. Unless the committee is made of medical personnel who are all experts in this area, its a gross overreach. I would love to see the data that shows these vaccines are more dangerous than guns or cigarettes neither of which the government is currently attempting to ban because those are choices we get to make as American citizens for better or worse. For a party that seems to continually say they want to have zero interference in my life, Im sure seeing tons of legislation that take away my choices. Also how is this going to be tracked to know it was violated? Its a HIPPA violation to disclose my medical information. The actual task of tracking this information seems to also be a very large challenge.

03-03-2025

Janet Hoech

As a lifelong Iowan I am appalled that the Iowa legislature would even consider such a bill. It is unthinkable that they would consider endangering the health and lives of Iowans by preventing doctors from administering the COVID vaccine and other similar vaccines. Iowans may choose not to receive vaccines if that is their preference. Please do not prevent those of us who want them from receiving them.

03-03-2025

Karen Pierson

I am very opposed to this legislation. I have kidney disease, immunosuppressive disease, and asthma. By not having the Covid vaccine and other vaccines and life saving treatment, the prognosis for my life is not very good. I am a single mother and my daughter would be all alone .what you are proposing is dangerous and without merit. If this passes , I will consider moving out of this MAGA RIDDEN STATE! I will personally sue h to e state if this goes through and will be sure to include thousands of members in my lawsuit.

03-02-2025

Lauren Holst

Passage of SF 360 into law is manslaughter of Iowans on a massive scale. With the average age of FARMERS in Iowa being 57.6 years old, this bill also offers an efficient way to have hundreds of thousands of agricultural acres enter the real estate market in short order. This bill's author (Doug Campbell) and Republican elected officials have mountains of data available to them through the Iowa HHS on the devastation to rural Iowans during the COVID19 surge before mRNA vaccines became available. Cancer must be killing us too slowly for Governor Reynold's and the Republicans' liking.

03-02-2025

Aaron Van Gorp

This proposed legislation is rediculous and downright wrong. The use of these types of medicine is known to be safe and effective. I prize my liberty to use medicine safely developed by the scientific cuoomunity, and defend my and my family's right to choose for ourselves (with the help and advice of trusted physicians) which medicines are used to help prevent disease. I also defend others the right to choose not to use such medicines. To legislate this type of choice is unAmerican and I oppose this proposed bill.Aaron Van Gorp

03-02-2025

Nicholas Howell

What clinical data can you provide that this decision is backed by any actual or factual data vs your uneducated decision to push through the agenda of our politicians that carry no weight behind the clinical significance. I want everyone of you to ask yourself if you have received a vaccine. If so you have answered your own question as to why this is a poor decision.

03-02-2025

Nanci Cadwell

I strongly oppose bill SF 360. Iowans have the right to make their own health decisions. We do not need government interference in our personal medical choices. I believe in science and the medical profession to help me choose and make the right decision regarding vaccines.

03-02-2025

Julian Heitz, MD

As a retired Physician and a former graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine (1884) I am appalled that this bill would even be considered. The Covid vaccine has saved thousands of lives and helped accelerate our recovery from the pandemic. These types of vaccines are another tool in our arsenal for treating diseases. Limiting them or worse banning them would be a great disservice to all Iowans.

03-02-2025

Julianne Zahner

I am writing to urge you to abandon this bill that prevents the use of mRNA vaccines. Those vaccines saved many lives during the pandemic; I know some people dont want to believe that, but its true. I have a chronic health condition, and I am so thankful for vaccines that offer me some protection. These vaccines are safe and effective. If you dont understand the science, find someone who can explain it to you without bias. Medical research has found treatments and cures for many things, and vaccines are part of that fight to keep people healthy. In addition, I should be able to make the choice whether I want a vaccine. I dont believe the legislature should be making that decision for me. Please consider the harm that could come from such a law and kill this bill. Thank you for your consideration.

03-02-2025

Logan Farrar

Making a vaccine illegal is one of the most backwards things you could for an advanced society like ours. History will remember your names, just like we remember the names of the others that sent their countries spiraling downwards in the past. Im embarrassed to be an Iowan these days.

03-02-2025

Chris Anderson

mRNA technology is decades old. mRNA technology is a tool I want to continue to use to be healthy. No mechanism for harm to others when I am given an mRNA vaccination has been demonstrated, verified, or replicated. This bill if moved to the senate floor and passed would take away my free choice to pursue good health through criminalization of the use of bona fide medical technology. Medical industry in Iowa will be harmed if this moves forward from committee to the senate, potentially reducing investment in the state. I do not support moving this bill out of committee to consideration by the full senate.

03-02-2025

Thomas Dohman

This is complete insanity.I thought republicans were freedom of choice. This isnt just allowing people not to take vaccines, this is not allowing me to protect my family with life saving vaccines. This will LITERALLY kill people.PLEASE do not pass this bill. I know that the only thing that seems to matter is hurting liberals, but this is going to kill kids and elderly because someone doesnt understand science.

03-02-2025

Megan Darbyshire

You can do or not do whatever you want but please stop taking proven, medically safe choices away from your fellow citizens. You are doing a harm to your citizens if you support bans which as these. Thank you for your time.

03-02-2025

Daniel Haws

I urge members of the subcommittee, Doug Campbell, Molly Donahue, and Dennis Guth, to reconsider the implications of this bill. Republican values have always believed in small government; excessive governmental oversight in the daily lives of Iowans is a topic that many individuals believe is a problem in previous administrations, but now we are allowing governmental restrictions on actions of choice for an individual through governmental acts. This bill is literally backwards for what Iowa Republicans have been preaching for years; the cry against the enforcement of COVID19 vaccinations was pressed vigorously by Republican backing stating that it should be a personal decision regarding the use of the vaccination, but SF360 states individuals no longer get to choose if they receive this vaccination or not. SF 360 is making a blanket statement that any kind of mRNA vaccine is made illegal in what way is this a personal freedom of health? In what way is this keeping governmental control out of my home and livelihood? Iowa has one of the highest cancer occurrences in the country! One of the most detrimental cancers that affect Iowans and Americans alike is pancreatic cancer a vaccine currently under study could revolutionize prophylactic care for pancreatic cancer, something that I think we should be welcoming to this state. You are allowed to have an opinion on the matter: don't take the vaccine if you don't want it. But this also means don't take away my right to get a vaccine if I want it how can we live in a state that believes in small government when you are telling me I can't even decide how I choose to protect it against disease or infection?mRNA vaccines are not inherently dangerous or evil; please do not take away a tool in medicine that could benefit thousands of Iowans who want it.

03-02-2025

Sara Even

I am opposed to this antiscience bill. Health decisions should be left to the patient and provider, not the science denying state of Iowa legislators. Without access to modern and safe vaccines (all which must be FDA approved), people will die. What happened to freedom to flourish?

03-02-2025

Lesley Stucker

I strongly oppose SF360! MRNA based vaccines and therapies have a long history of research and have proven effective in preventing and/or decreasing severity of diseases including Covid. I have an autoimmune disease so am at risk for severe diseases. My physician and I have determined that getting ALL recommended vaccines is my best defense. Politicians have NO RIGHT to legislate the availability of medical care. I This bill needs to be thrown out immediately.

03-02-2025

Alexandra Gray

I OPPOSE this bill. To remove Iowans free will to proper decisions about health is frightening, we are still recovering from the pandemic, it is quite possible for it toHappen again do not send people to be ill because of misinformation

03-02-2025

Angela Bellegante

Please DO NOT make the COVID or ANY vaccines illegal! It should be the choice of the people!! The Science behind the vaccines and their success is very evident. Innocent people and especially children will die senselessly. Qu

03-02-2025

Samantha Takes

The idea of making the covid vaccine or other important vaccines illegal is abhorrent. Vaccines are important to the safety of society, and choosing to make this illegal is an unethical, ignorant, and lethal. This bill should not be passed.

03-02-2025

Beverly Schmitt

Thanks for the opportunity to comment on this proposed bill. I am a retired veterinarian with specialized expertise in veterinary vaccine usage in animals and public health considerations related to diseases of veterinary concern. This bill, if voted into law, would eliminate an entire class of vaccines that have and can be used to save human lives. This bill focuses on technology that has been proven to have saved lives during the Covid outbreak and could (and most likely will) be used in the next new epidemic which could be H5N1 influenza or Ebola or some other unknown virus residing in wild animal populations. On a personal level, I feel my life will be put in danger if this law is passed. I am in my 60's and I routinely get all of the recommended vaccinations including the Covid mRNA vaccines. Why is my life worth less than that of an Iowan who does not trust the Covid vaccine(s)? That individual can choose to not get vaccinated, yet you want to take away the ability for me and thousands of Iowans to get the protection they need as this virus continues to mutate. In addition, this bill is an affront to medical professionals in the state of Iowa and should not be passed out of this subcommittee.

03-02-2025

Steven Schroder

03-02-2025

Thomas Savage

I strongly oppose this bill. It should be an educated choice between doctor and patient/minors guardian. Also with the broadness of this bill it would also restrict gene therapy due to how they are delivered. Please do not pass this bill.

03-02-2025

Gary Walters

I strongly OPPOSE SF360. The choice of using vaccines should be left up to individuals and their medical providers. Vaccines, including the mRNA vaccines, have been proven safe and effective by researchers and scientists.

03-02-2025

Bibiana Ruiz

The only way to improve this bill is to retract it from even being proposed. Republicans love talking about freedom, yet they take the free will of their people away any chance they get. COVID vaccines and genebased vaccines save lives. Let people choose what they want! And honestly, whoever introduced this needs to step down from office. Youre a clown.

03-02-2025

David Carlile

What is wrong with you people?! Aren't you supposed to be pro life? mRNA vaccine trials are showing great promise in preventing pancreatic cancer! We have an entire system in place to test medications such as this and prove their effectiveness and safety. You should be relying on knowledgeable people who've spent their lives and careers studying and learning about how the body works. Stop this bill in its tracks or you'll be responsible for killing people.

03-02-2025

Zoey Thiel

I am completely against this bill. mRNA vaccines have been being studied for decades. They are currently working on mRNA vaccines to prevent pancreatic cancer. The vaccines are being studied world wide including in India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and Cuba. You will be putting the state of Iowa at risk by banning mRNA vaccines.

03-02-2025

Eric Saylor

I vehemently oppose SF 360. Vaccines rank among the greatest boons to humanity of the modern age, having saved millions of people from chronic disease and death. The scientific illiteracy promoted by the far right about mRNA vaccinesand specifically, the COVID19 vaccineis false, dangerous, and motivated entirely by ideology. Any mRNA vaccine would have to be tested and receive FDA approval before being used; there is no such thing as vaccine "shedding" that "infects" unvaccinated people; and the stunning success of the COVID19 vaccine is leading to new breakthroughs using the same technology for vaccines that appear to help prevent cancer. If a person wants to be reckless about their own health, that's one thing, but if that person insists that I have to be equally reckless about mine, then we have a major problem with personal autonomy. This is a terrible bill with terrible outcomes that will cause more doctors to either leave or avoid this state, and will cause unneeded and entirely avoidable deaths among the population. It benefits no one and makes life worsewhy would anyone support that?

03-02-2025

Courtney K

What in the world would something this asinine accomplish? What positive result can possibly come from this? Are we really trying to kill our own? Is this what is the desired outcome? Truly, I don't know how this is even remotely legal. You have no right legislating anything regarding medical choice, let alone banning vaccines! If you don't want to be vaccinated, fine. But limiting everyone else's choice is the most unAmerican thing you could do.

03-02-2025

Brad Yeager

This bill is dangerous and laughably ignorant. It could easily be mistaken for satire until you realize Republican Senator Doug Campbell, representing Cerro Gordo County, officially submitted the bill for consideration. It's embarrassing but sadly comes as no surprise. But hey, look at the bright side, we'll always have hopes and prayers. /s

03-02-2025

Linda Keairns

Researchers are currently testing an MRNA vaccine that prevents over 75% of pancreatic cancers. Knowing someone who might be alive today had this been available 10 years ago compels me to share my extreme dismay to see this proposed legislation. Tragically, I also lost my mom to Covid as she refused the vaccination. I very strongly object to SF360. Iowans should have the right to choose life saving vaccinations. Stop legislating healthcare! If you dont want it, you dont have to get it! Do not advance or support SF360.

03-02-2025

Kate Swanson

If certain members of our society want the right to not partake in vaccines while invoking their personal liberties, then I should be allowed to use those same liberties to get a vaccine to protect myself from diseases. How many of us, regardless of political affiliation, have lost people close to us to illnesses such as cancer? When the new mRNA pancreatic cancer vaccine becomes available, I want to have the right to get it because this is supposed to be a free country. If people have the god given right to poison their bodies with vapes and vodka, why cant I have the right to protect my body with a vaccine if I so choose? Why ban something that is proven to be effective and helpful to society just because some dont want to get them, but not ban something that has been proven to be bad without a shadow of a doubt, like tobacco products? Vaccines go through years and several rounds of testing before getting approved for use on humans to make sure they are safe in the long term. I trust the scientists making vaccines and I feel it is my choice to decide what preventative healthcare is right for me. mRNA vaccines have never once been proven to be ineffective or harmful, but if you choose not to believe that, then dont get those vaccines, thats your choice, but dont take away my right to make that choice. This should not be a partisan issue. This is America and I believe in freedom, and this bill infringes on my freedom and will negatively affect my health.

03-02-2025

Alicia Herzog

Please do not pass bill SF 360. Vaccines save lives and keep our population healthy. Anyone who doesnt believe in vaccines or want to get them for their own personal reasons can choose not to get them, but those who want them should be able to safely and legally get them from an appropriate provider. This bill is dangers and will cause a huge health crisis for our state.

03-02-2025

Amy Kimball

I am a pediatrician practicing at a Rural Health Clinic and Critical Access Hospital. I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill proposes legislating medical care and takes away health care choices. The Governor is actively trying to recruit more physicians and medical professionals to train and practice in Iowa. This bill will directly undermine those efforts by criminalizing health care providers for practicing evidence based medicine.

03-02-2025

Mara Van Ee

I strongly oppose SF360. mRNA technology has been used for life saving treatments long before Covid came along. It is extremely short sited to put limitations on medical advancements and care in our state. This not only affects individual's health, but research and education in our state. Those who do not wish to receive mRNA vaccinations are not being forced to take them, but please do not take away the right for those who want it. Please allow Iowans to make these medical decisions for themselves. Please vote no to this bill.

03-02-2025

Mandi King

Bills ought not to be made and passed based on beliefs but rather facts. It is the job of our legislators to space their responsible sense of self from their personal beliefs to choose in the way of facts and sovereignty, and to do so in solidarity with others who share this best interest. This means those in favor of such a bill, which isnt based on facts (its not even a genetherapy, but those arent to be feared, either) arent required to take such vaccines, but they ought not to take this opportunity away from others. Iowans ought to be able to receive the protective healthcare they choose for themselves. To take this opportunity away from them is unethical. I urge legislators to do what is responsibleto vote no on this bill so Iowans can have access to the healthcare they choose for themselves.

03-02-2025

Joseph Nolte

As someone who frequently travels internationally for work, it is not uncommon that I must have vaccinations to enter other countries. If you take away my ability to get them here, you've made the choice for me that I will have to spend extra time and expense to travel somewhere else to get them. Why would you do that? If you don't want to require people to get vaccinated, fine (although that's bad science and bad faith in God). But don't take my choice to protect my healthand my ability to workaway from me.

03-02-2025

Jill Neas

I am opposed to SF 360. This is another overreach of personal choice. Just because some want to not have access to vaccines doesnt mean that right should be taken away from all. By outlawing these medical treatments this bill will make healthcare decisions for people rather than leaving these decisions to personal choice and for people to make with the support of their medical providers.

03-02-2025

Erin Lockard

I do not support SF 360. Banning mRNA vaccines will be disastrous for all of Iowa. As a Healthcare provider, the idea of removing the rights of Iowans to choose to receive a well proven vaccine to prevent disease is frankly the stupidest idea I have ever heard out of a legislature that has already proved themselves to be the worst in the history of this state. DO BETTER!

03-02-2025

Chelsey Peck

I am commenting to express my strong opposition to Senate File 360 (SF360). Iowans should have free access to receive vaccines and medication of their own free choice. This bill is not in the interest of the people of Iowa.

03-02-2025

John VanDyk

Strongly oppose this antifreedom bill. What is the public health justification for this bill? There is none in the bill. Legislators should absolutely not be attempting to take away individual choice of directing an individual's own medical care. You may choose not to take a lifesaving mRNA vaccine. Do not take away others' choice to do so.

03-02-2025

Heather Phillips

As a physician, I strongly oppose this bill. mRNA and other genebased vaccines are safe and effective, and hold promise for many conditions beyond COVID and other infectious diseases. Citations listed by others suggesting that these vaccines are not safe are misleading when interpreted out of context for example, one suggesting heart problems is based on studies in mice, which are very different from humans. We have ample evidence that these vaccines are safe, and definitely far safer than the many negative effects of COVID infection, which are wellknown.

03-02-2025

Brooke Radi

mRNA vaccines save lives. I dont know why were choosing to ignore science in favor of death and limited quality of life. God invented science, gave the doctors and researchers brains and gave them the ability to help all his children live a more abundant life. God and science dont have to live in opposition to one another. And if you feel threatened by scientific advances, your god is too small. This is absolutely asinine. If you dont understand science, thats okay. But dont take away someone elses right to make an informed decision for their health.

03-02-2025

Jarod Johnson

You have to be kidding me. MRNA vaccines are lifesaving medical tools. You are trying to kill people off for what gain? Fining doctors for lifesaving practices is condoning potential genocide to people. This is absolutely disgusting and you should be ashamed of yourselves for even letting someone propose this. I guess it's possible to put your morals aside for the right amount of money, you are disgusting individuals for attempting this.

03-02-2025

Melinda Headlee

I hold a chemistry degree and work at a university in central Iowa. The introduction of this bill demonstrates a misunderstanding of mRNA vaccine technology and engages in fear mongering. Please do not take away an option for treatment and vaccination in this state. Citizens should certainly be able to have informed consent and make their own decision whether they receive an mRNA vaccine, but we should not blanket ban the administration of all mRNA vaccines in this state. If individual, specific vaccines by specific companies for specific illnesses are found by rigorous studies to cause harm, those specific vaccines can be restricted and regulated by the proper government entities. But we should NOT ban the technology as a whole. As such, I oppose this bill.

03-02-2025

Derek Oppenheimer

Banning removes choice. People should be in charge of their own health care. Just as people shouldn't be required to take the covid vaccine it should not be illegal to take potentially life saving drugs. These are things better left to the citizens of this country and flys in the face of a supposed free society. I thought this administration was going to protect our liberty not strip us of it.

03-02-2025

Mitch Storr

This is an egregious overreach of governmental powers. mRNA vaccines have been proven safe by scientific experts the world over. If someone doesnt want to take a vaccine, let them reach that conclusion on their own, dont legislate it. Allow the people that want to listen to our educated medical professionals to learn and reach their own conclusions. My children deserve to be protected using our scientific prowess

03-02-2025

Jean Hagen

SF 360 which would make it a crime for a doctor to administer lifesaving mRNA vaccines, such as Covid vaccines, will result in illness and death for Iowans, which these vaccines would prevent. Legislators with no medical training have no business practicing medicine without a license. This bill is outrageous and will cause immeasurable harm if passed. Fewer physicians will decide to practice medicine in Iowa and fewer educated people will choose to live here, thus accelerating the brain drain from our State.

03-02-2025

Stuart Dycus

Banning a vaccine technique that saved lives and is likely to save more in a political witchhunt is so misguided and wrongheaded that I can scarcely believe it's really being considered. The sponsors of this bill are akin to cavemen trying to stamp out the knowledge of fire due to reckless fear. Over a million of our countrymen and women were killed by a virus whose spread was stemmed by these vaccines. Will we really choose letting people die, over lifesaving medical knowledge, because someone's sacred cow was upset? I can only hope that wiser heads prevail, and this bill dies in subcommittee

03-02-2025

Michael Irwin

The ban of mRNA vaccines would be terrible for medical advancements across many illnesses, including cancer. Having lost both parents too early to cancer, I only wish that researchers and doctors had the full array of science at their disposal for treatments. By banning mRNA vaccines, Iowa would take a massive step backward and harm a lot of patients. There is a massive difference between the choice patients have in their care and a state government that removes tools for the fight that will benefit those in need. Know the difference.

03-02-2025

Julia B

Please do not pass this bill. You must protect personal freedom to make medical decisions. Freedom is a value that people have regardless of their political affiliation. It will be a travesty if Iowans have to leave the state to get medical care. Do not force people to do that. Stop this legislation.

03-02-2025

Erin Clark

Iowa leads the nation in newly diagnosed cancer cases. MRNA vaccines against a myriad of cancers are showing the most promise of any new treatment modality. Just this week Memorial Sloan Kettering published earlyphase data on a mRNA pancreatic cancer vaccine a cancer with one of the highest mortality rates. To ban all mRNA vaccines based on pseudoscience and hyperbole is shortsighted and asinine.

03-02-2025

Jennifer Janes

I am strongly opposed to SF 360. I have an autoimmune disorder and the life saving medication I must take to keep it under control also lowers my immune systems ability to combat other illnesses. Vaccines are a critical part of my care which help my weakened immune system fight other illnesses. PLEASE allow me and others like me to make decisions with the guidance of my physicians as to what vaccines are the best options for me.

03-02-2025

Rebecca Koresh

Please vote no to this bill. As a physician there are more applications to gene based vaccines than the COVID vaccine which has become highly politicised. Families should have the ability to choose which treatments or therapies are best for them. Outlawing this technology will eliminate some breakthrough cancer research in a time when cancer is booming in Iowa.

03-02-2025

Sarah Van Hauen, DO

As a physician who has spent my career taking care of Iowans, I strongly oppose this bill. There is currently very promising research being done for treating things like pancreatic cancer with mRNA technology and this bill would eliminate that lifesaving option to Iowans. We have a huge shortage of physicians in this state and continuing to bring forth legislation like this is going to make that shortage much worse! Please stay OUT of our exam rooms and let us work with patients so they can make educated decisions for themselves!

03-02-2025

Demonica Thomas

This bill is absolutely atrocious! Vaccines actively save lives. Iowa used to be a top ranking state in regards to education but without vaccines our children won't be able to even go to school from constantly being sick. Iowa also has incredibly high cancer rates, cancer patients and young children depend on heard immunity from those around them receiving needed vaccinations. The fact that this bill has even been suggested is appalling

03-02-2025

Lin VandeBerg

I oppose this bill. This would take away my personal freedom to seek healthcare that is wellproven in combatting the spread of diseases like Covid. The Covid vaccine is one which has saved countless lives, helped to limit the spread of the disease, helped to avoid huge medical costs as it helped to limit the illness so vaccinated people were much less likely to require hospitalization, intensive care, mechanical ventilation and other expensive, advanced medical interventions. There are emerging cancer treatments using this technology, and with Iowa having such a high cancer rate, it may well be a treatment I would want to explore someday and I believe I have the right to the most effective treatments possible.

03-02-2025

Elizabeth Johnson

SF 360 undermines decades of evidencebased research proving RNA vaccines are both safe and effective. Banning these vaccines limits the choices of both patients and healthcare providers, constraining access to proven, lifesaving treatments. This restriction not only disregards scientific progress but also risks causing harm by reducing our ability to protect public health.

03-02-2025

Amy Howell

Good evening, this highly irresponsible bill should require you to provide clinical documentation on how this is harmful for the citizens of Iowa. This documentation should not come from the opinions of non medically educated persons who are looking to impress our current regime in the White House. Please provide to Iowans this clinical research. Making decisions regarding my healthcare is a decision for me to make. (Just like you took away my rights as a female)

03-02-2025

Ashley Wise

I strongly OPPOSE Senate File 360. Vaccines, including the mRNA vaccines, have been proven safe and effective by researchers, scientists, and public health professionals. This legislation poses a significant threat to public health, scientific progress, and personal freedoms in our state. I urge you to REJECT this bill. Not only have mRNA vaccines been proven to be safe for viruses, there is research surrounding the efficacy of mRNA vaccines as treatment for cancer (for example: pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, glioblastomas, melanoma, and nonsmall cell lung cancer all in various stages of clinical research). Prohibiting their use would deny Iowans access to lifesaving medical advancements and leave our communities vulnerable to infectious diseases and cancers. Iowa has the fastestgrowing rate of new cancers and the secondhighest rate of new cancers in the country why potentially limit the treatment that could be provided to the patients in our state? SF 360 disregards the expertise of leading scientists and medical professionals who have validated the use of these vaccines through RIGOROUS standards. Additionally, Iowa has a SEVERE physician shortage The Association of American Medical Colleges data reported Iowa ranking 44th in the nation for its patienttophysician ratio with 233 doctors per 100,000 patients. Banning gene based vaccines and placing criminal penalties for administration would stifle not only innovation & research in our state but also strongly discourage healthcare professionals from working in our state. Again, a state that already has a severe physician shortage. SF 360 represents a dangerous precedent of government overreach into personal and medical autonomy. Passing this bill will have severe repercussions for the state of Iowa, not only for the health of our residents, but also economic repercussions (driving businesses and skilled professionals out of the state). I strongly urge you to vote NO to this bill.

03-02-2025

Katherine Beydler

Leave it up to Iowans and their medical professionals what vaccines are appropriate. This is a ridiculous overstep of the legislature, taking away choice to get a vaccine are you all suddenly physicians or expert scientists? Have you asked the experts in your state about this? This law will hamper efforts to recruit more doctors to rural areas!

03-02-2025

Josh Torche

I fully and wholly oppose SF360 as it would eliminate my, and thousands of others, option and right to choose. Vaccines, medicine, and medical care should be a choice. Removing the right and ability of anyone to that choice violates our intrinsic rights as human beings.

03-02-2025

Mitzi Schnackel

I strongly oppose SF 360. I have my bachelors in Genetics from Iowa State University and have worked in biotech for over 20 years. There are three reasons for my opposition:1.) mRNA vaccines and any traditional vaccines are safe, effective, and should be left to patients and their medical professionals to decide how, when and with what to vaccinate.2.) New mRNA therapies for cancer are currently in development, this legislation would prevent these promising cancer preventatives. This seems like a poor decision when Iowa was recently noted as having the highest cancer rates in the nation. 3.) We have biotech companies in Iowa that support the production of mRNA vaccines and the research for mRNA cancer preventatives. This bill would have negative impacts on these Iowa companies. Please, vote No on SF 360. Allow Iowans to make their own decisions for the medical treatments they see fit to utilize.

03-02-2025

Dr. Lisa Shepherd

I am a practicing family medicine physician who has direct knowledge of mRNA technology and the risks and benefits of vaccines from multiple modes of development. mRNA not only provides a rapid vector for vaccine development for viruses, it is also being used to develop key vaccines for the treatment of cancers such as pancreatic cancer. Vaccine vetting should lie in expert hands from a collaboration of multiple scientific backgrounds and should include backing of respected resources such as the FDA, the CDC, and the academies representing the disciplines of pediatrics, obstetrics, family medicine and internal medicine. The State or even the Federal government should play no role in limiting access to the development of or access to any medical treatment or research thereof.

03-02-2025

Josh Waller

This is a ridiculous bill that will kill people. If a person chooses to not take a vaccine, that's their choice. Stop denying people healthcare choices just because it isn't the choice you would make for your own self. This legislation is disgusting and disgraceful.

03-02-2025

Tammy Wells [Waterford Family Medicine ]

As an Iowabased family physician for over 30 years, I strongly oppose this bill. Conspiracy theories, political dogma and social media popularity should never outweigh scientific research and health care needs. Countless health care worker lives were saved by the Covid vaccine. The future of mRNA in the treatment of cancer is promising. As a member of a family with a high incidence of pancreatic cancer, I cant imagine that option being eliminated based on political beliefs. As a successful and respected primary care physician, I will no longer practice in a state that doesnt allow my patients to have access to what may save their lives. Tammy Jo Wells, MD

03-02-2025

Michelle Johnson

I oppose this bill strongly. It is not up to our state legislatures to ban medicine or medical treatments of any kind..This is an extreme overreach of the current state government to propose such a bill. The Iowa legislature are politicians not doctors and do not represent constituents in any sort of medical capacity. That is the role of the federal government more specially the CDC and FDA. We will hold you accountable for legislative decisions that result in needless deaths of Iowa citizens.

03-02-2025

Ryan Kramer

Please do not advance this bill any further. Arent the republicans supposed to be the party of SMALL government? Nobody is forcing you to get a vaccine, so why do you feel the need to ban those of us who trust doctors and medicine from getting a vaccine? Are you not listening to whats happening in Texas with the measles? Wake up Iowa Republicans!!

03-02-2025

Jamie Baker

Please do not support this. Just because something is available does not mean you have to participate but this would take our choice away. This is so extremely dangerous and is absolutely not in the best interest of anyone. Listen to us, listen to the citizens. We do not want this! A line needs to be drawn, our freedoms are being taken away every day and it needs to stop. Please.

03-02-2025

Jamie Baker

03-02-2025

Jessica Wise

I oppose this bill in taking away my right to my own healthcare decisions. I trust science and the recommendations of the medical professionals that take into account my own history. Please allow this to continue being a personal decision rather than one that the government makes on behalf of the people.

03-02-2025

Brannen Clark

MRNA vaccines are a powerful new tool that allows us to tackle emergent threats. Why are you proposing to ban an entire lifesaving technology? For what purpose?! Why is this not a choice left to families? This would without a doubt kill Iowans who would otherwise have lived. It's shameful that this is even being brought forward. VOTE NO!

03-02-2025

Jessica Waller

My objection to SF 360 is twofold. One banning these vaccines is a violation of my right to choose what medical treatments should be applied to myself and my children. Two these vaccines are overwhelmingly safe and affective and attempts to ban them show how stupid and reckless these politicians are. Please do not put the rights and lives of Iowans on the chopping block.

03-02-2025

John Bieber

As an Iowan working in healthcare, I deeply disagree with this bill. MRNA vaccines are clinically proven to be effective at preventing the diseases they are designed to target, with similar risks inherent to other vaccines and medications. This bill would require Iowans to travel out of state for existing and potential new live saving vaccines of this kind. I struggle to see how this bill is worth any significant consideration. People are currently able to choose not to receive vaccines of this kind so this bill does not benefit them in any way. I strongly suggest voting no on the passage of this bill. Thank you.

03-02-2025

Emma Schwertley

Vaccines go through a rigorous testing process before going out to the public. Even when discovered quickly MRNA vaccines are safe. Despite the narrative many in government are trying to force, they absolutely do more good than harm. Firstly, there is no evidence that vaccines of any sort cause autism, nor do they have any non disclosed side effects. Regardless, any real side effects are minimal and nothing compared to the illnesses they are preventing or their long term effects. Keeping your communities safe and alive should be your goal rather than fear mongering and risking their safety over false claims. Even if you do believe (incorrectly) that vaccines cause autism, you should unpack why you think a child with autism is worse than a dead child. Let doctors do what they do best, also known as their jobs, and stick to yours. Many Iowans like myself have autoimmune diseases, and vaccines are what prevents us from facing life threatening illnesses and complications. If you do this you are actively choosing to make Iowans sick. Which is insane considering we are already number 2 in cancer rates in the US. Focus on funding medical research instead of policing healthcare professionals if you care about medical safety and public health. History and your constituents will remember what you chose to focus on, do not fail us.

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03-02-2025

Kelsey Legore

I strongly oppose this bill. Overwhelming scientific evidence supports the continued development and administration of mRNA vaccines. Please believe the science, from peerreviewed, replicable studies, instead of the media circus created solely for political gain.

03-02-2025

Michelle Berkley Berkley

Ive discussed the idea of this with my doctor. She is appalled at the idea of banning vaccines that have been proven safe and effective. Thats who I want to take medical advice from. A trained, experienced medical professional. Not politicians.

03-02-2025

Whitney Riggs

I OPPOSE SF360! This is a blatant example of government overreach. Every individual has the fundamental right to make their own health decision. I vehemently oppose this bill. Myself, and anyone who chooses, should have the unrestricted right to access them without interference from lawmakers. It is unjust and wrong for the government to limit access to lifesaving treatments for those who want them.

03-03-2025

Mark Pelleymounter

It is no more correct to not allow these vaccines as it is to make people take them! Two wrongs don't make a right in ANY book. Think if you're doing this because of the previous administration stand on complete vaccination or the true health of your constituents. Third graders would think if Johnny did that I can do this!. I want to believe I voted for more educated decision makers than of third grade level mentality.

03-03-2025

Salome Phillmann

I am against any penalty or forbiddance of genebased vaccines, such as the COVID19 vaccine that has been thoroughly researched and tested. Are the writers of this bill medical professionals/scientists?If they do not have the medical research to prove that the genebased vaccines are dangerous or ineffective, this bill should be OFF the table. I personally am thankful to live in a country where we have access to vaccines and healthcare. If there are people who do not want the COVID vaccine, they should abstain. All others should be able to make their own choice regarding their health, with the help of their provider.Please vote no on this bill.

03-03-2025

Michelle Nanji

03-03-2025

Carrie Gosnell

REJECT THIS BILLIn order for all Iowans to be able to live up to their full potential, we need to support each individual by offering the very best in ongoing scientific research. We cannot risk falling behind the rest of the country and world by not allowing Iowa patients access to the medical resources each individual needs. Genebased vaccines are not just limited to COVID19, which was controversial to some, but it extends into all kinds of cancer research. I want every therapy available to me when I am making choices about my own health, and you should want this for all Iowans. It would be a much more legitimate argument to ban any sort of mandate to receive/administer genebased vaccines, but to restrict them completely is a violation of my human rights. I don't want the legislature to tell me what therapy my doctor can prescribe. Please reject this bill immediately.

03-03-2025

Andrew Harrington

I strongly oppose this bill. The choice to use or not use these vaccines or any other medical treatment should rest solely between the patient and their medical provider. Lets rely on science and fact based medical evidence to make our decisions. When will government overreach into peoples personal medical decisions end?

03-03-2025

Brianna Hoffmann

I STRONGLY OPPOSE this bill. First, I want to start off by saying that all of these "specialists" whether they're for or against should be required to publicly disclose the research and published papers they utilize to form their arguments. Without that accountability, they are allowed misrepresent that information to fit their narrative and manipulate/lie to citizens. Iowans have the right to be informed.Speaking of those "experts" supporting this bill: Ben Tapper is a chiropractor, not a medical professional, and his recommendations should not be treated as such Peter McCullough's board certifications (Cardiology and Internal Medicine) were revoked by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 2022I would imagine most Iowans, including the legislators supporting this bill, would never actively seek care from/be wary of medical advice of any physician deemed unfit to practice medicine under normal circumstances. So why are state legislators allowing the medical advice from disgraced doctors/conartists to inform healthcare policies in the state? Speakers in favor of this bill willfully misrepresented research, lied by omission of data that contradicts their claims, and in at least one case utilized data from a study that was retracted last year because the claims made by the authors were not supported by their own data/analysis. Scientific consensus supports the safety and efficacy of mRNA/the COVID vaccine and supporters of this bill are dishonest grifters that profit off of sick, disabled, and chronicallyill citizens.Aside from the complete disregard of facts, this bill has the potential for unintentional, longlasting consequences. Multiple lifesaving medical interventions using the technologies outlined in this law (i.e. "genebased vaccines") are currently being developed for the treatment and prevention of a variety of medical conditions, including: cancer mRNA/DNA vaccines and immunotherapies targeting multiple types of cancer are being developed. Several are **currently** undergoing clinical trials to treat or even prevent for breast, prostate, and pancreatic cancers just to name a few infectious researchers have/are working to develop vaccines against avian influenza, hepatitis C, HIV, C. diff (especially relevant to hospitals & medical centers), etc. noncommunicable diseases heart failure, neurodegenerative disease, etc.I'm concerned that the language used in this law could limit Iowans' access to interventions that save and/or improve the quality of life. I'd also ask you to consider the fact that criminalizing vaccine administration for healthcare providers will very likely drive these professionals out of Iowa (because who would want to work in a place where doing your job could result in criminal charges?), when we are already experiencing the effects of a reduced healthcare workforce. These are both possible consequences of this incredibly shortsighted bill.Ultimately, I believe an Iowan's medical decisions are theirs to make, and that includes the decision to receive or decline the COVID vaccine. The complete ban of "genebased" vaccines is a massive government overstep that infringes upon the rights of individuals.

03-03-2025

Nina Borelli

OPPOSE SF360!mRNA vaccines are extremely safe! More than eight billion doses of COVID19 vaccines have been administered globally. There have been 55 cases of death after COVID19 vaccination reported and a causal relationship has been excluded in 17 cases leaving only 38 deaths, out of 8 billion, caused by the vaccine. Reported by National Institute of Health (NIH)https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8875435/

03-03-2025

Jennifer Bauer

When I saw news about this bill, I thought it cant possibly be real. But it is. Our division has gone too far. The fad of not believing science has gone too far. The belief Republicans apparently have that they know better has gone too far. America, home of the free. Republicans want smaller government. This is not the act of smaller government and this is not allowing me the freedom of choice over my body, once again. Im disturbed, Im enraged, Im starting to feel hopeless. This action is not what Iowans want. This is only to pander to one person and it needs to stop.

03-03-2025

Abbey Pitzenberger

I strongly oppose SF 360. I have been a clinical pharmacist for almost 19 years at the very same hospital Doug Campbell previously worked at. Our paths did not cross at work because he was gone a few years before I started working there. I am extremely disappointed Doug did not include his scientific data within the details of this dangerous bill. I know Doug attended pharmacy school 25 years before I did, so he may not have taken any courses on drug literature and information which could be the reason he doesnt use actual peerreviewed journal articles to guide his vaccine agenda. If he did take such courses during pharmacy school, Im disappointed he isnt using the knowledge he paid for. Medical professionals spend many, many hours learning how to objectively review medical literature and clinical trial design. We are the experts at determining if a clinical trial and its publication is biased, flawed, strong, valid, etc. and use our analysis to recommend or not recommend a drug, vaccine or medical device. I, along with the majority of the medical community, wholeheartedly recommend the COVID vaccine. I look forward to future mRNA vaccine developments. Trained medical professionals in this country take an oath to do no harm. This bill is the exact opposite of that oath.

03-03-2025

Lara Bunn

Are you freaking kidding me?! These vaccines SAVE LIVES! If all you science deniers dont want the vaccine, by all means go ahead take your damn chances and compete for the Darwin Awards. Dont drag the rest of us down with your utter stupidly!

03-03-2025

Grant Jensen

Do not proceed with this bill. We will be shooting ourselves in the foot when the next pandemic comes around. The only reason why COVIDs impact was reduced was because of mRNA vaccines. The science behind them is rock solid and they are the future of disease prevention. As a state with a huge medical community and an increasingly older population, we cannot afford to ban this lifesaving treatment.Bottom line: this bill is antiscience and incredibly shortsighted. Do not advance it.

03-03-2025

Nancy AntonJensen

Please, listen to the solid science of mRNA and other vaccines. Vote no to SF 360. Don't damage our ability to keep people health with vaccines to fight new and emerging diseases. We saw too many people die without a vaccine during Covid. We don't want to be completely unprepared for another pandemic.Thanks for your consideration.

03-03-2025

Jay Huff

I strongly oppose this bill as a lifelong resident of Iowa. Our healthcare system has fallen further and further behind others in this country, and it is frankly ridiculous that you would like to further that divide. All this bill will do is continue to drive educated and capable persons away from our state. Physicians are already choosing to move out of state to further their practices. Great healthcare is essential to a great state and country.

03-03-2025

Kelly Shea

I am speaking out against this bills passage. Not only will it deny people the right to make their own choices about COVID vaccination, it unnecessarily punishes medical professionals for supporting those decisions. This bill also may have the disastrous effect of cutting off access to drugs that treat certain bleeding disorders and cancers. What on earth could possibly be driving this bill? It is certainly not science.

03-03-2025

Holly Wilkinson

The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. More than 10,000 Iowans died of COVID, and it could have been many more if not for the vaccine. My hope is that you actually consider the science. As a state we have access to world class care providers and researchers at the UIHC.

03-03-2025

Erin Reiff

Vaccination availability is important for our state. It's absolutely ridiculous to take away our options to be vaccinated. I've had covid both pre and post vaccination and it was much less severe after vaccination. It should not even be a consideration to take this choice away or to deny future possible needs for this technology. What is happening to our dtate?

03-03-2025

Erin Reiff

I stongly OPPOSE SF 360! Vaccination availability is important for our state. It's absolutely ridiculous to take away our options to be vaccinated. I've had covid both pre and post vaccination and it was much less severe after vaccination. It should not even be a consideration to take this choice away or to deny future possible needs for this technology. What is happening to our state?

03-03-2025

Brice AntonJensen

It would be a shame to penalize medical workers who take an oath to "Do no harm" for administering a vaccine regardless of what type it is. It will also be a shame if this is passed into law to see Iowans die unnecessarily of COVID19 since the vaccines for COVID19 are all genebased vaccines.

03-03-2025

Karen Bailey

Why is this even being considered? Does this mean that my soon to be grandchild will not be able to receive necessary vaccines to protect them from disease? I pray that it wont be gay or transgender. WTF is happening to our once lovely state?

03-03-2025

LINDA SCHNEIDER

OPPOSEDI had the start of a stroke 4 years ago and am a diabetic. I need to keep up my vaccines, due to my health history.My COVID vaccines need to be the original Pfizer shot, due to my stroke risk. They were developed with the mRNA technology. That technology has been around for decades (safely) and the reason the COVID vaccines were able to be developed so quickly under Trump. The other vaccines I need are in the process of trials currently, using the mRNA technology.Please don't take these away from me and people like me.

03-04-2025

Mary Mockaitis

This bill must be stopped. you are going to push healthcare workers out of the state, and we are already desperately low on healthcare workers. Science has proven that these are safe and effective vaccines. This technology is not new. This is absolutely unbelievable overreach

03-04-2025

Moria Brown [retired]

This is utter insanity. Please do NOT support this bill. By doing this you are responsible for the future deaths of unknown numbers of people. Why not advance medical research and cures? Why make it a crime? This makes no sense at all.

03-02-2025

Michael Meacham

mRNA treatments are the backbone of new preventive medicine. Do not ban this technology from Iowa. It's highly important to keeping us all safe from disease. The COVID vaccination series is an mRNA vaccine. Step up and do the right thing.

03-02-2025

Tiffany Landrum

As a citizen of Iowa, I am aware I am more at risk of cancer. With this in mind, if that were to happen to me or someone I love, I want every option available. If we ban mRNA vaccines, this is not giving citizens a chance at life. Either to decrease chances of cancer or a lifetime of side effects of chemo or radiation.

03-02-2025

Lindsey Smith

Vaccines save people. They are vital to a healthy population, we saw that with our recent global pandemic. They sometimes need refining to make them the most successful, but it is for the betterment of society that we have this option for the people that want them. Sure, id there are people that don't want them, they should have the CHOICE not to get a vaccine. But to deny the people the OPTION of a vaccine is dangerous. Dangerous for the general population, dangerous for children, for the elderly and for those with Autoimmune diseases. Deny people the option to get life saving vaccines is just a threat to the public. A spit in their face to those most vulnerable. If you don't want a vaccine, don't get one. That's YOUR choice. You don't get to dictate how other people choose to handle their own health.

03-02-2025

Jasmine McAleavey

I oppose this bill. My body, my choice. This is government overreach. Politicians practicing medicine without a license in Iowa, again. Healthcare decisions are between a licensed medical professional and their patient.

03-02-2025

Amber Mahrt

I believe in science. mRNA technology has proven to be successful. As a citizen, I have the right to access scientifically supported healthcare. The legislature has no right to ban healthcare. It should be the educated choice of a patient, not yours, not the GOP.Dr Amber Mahrt DNP, MSNED, RN

03-02-2025

Cathy Kearney

I vehemently oppose SF360. Healthcare decisions should be left to individuals and our doctors. Also, it seems that you are trying to kill off the aging citizens of Iowa sooner rather than later, since older folks are the ones most helped by the MRNA COVID vaccines. I tried to get a NovaVax COVID vaccine the last time around, but could not find a provider that had them available. Are you going to fix that?

03-02-2025

Conrad Wiser [Retired Army Veteran]

If you want to remove my right to preventive health care then I demand to see detailed meta analysis which conclude that this vaccine is more harmful than the disease itself. I have received the vaccine on multiple occasions, and although there are side effects, it was nowhere near the effects of when I suffered from COVID19.

03-02-2025

Jill Michel

Say no to SF360. This bill not only goes against science and reliable vaccines that are currently available, but would make for an even less healthy Iowa in the future. So many breakthroughs in cancer research are using mRNA vaccines. Choosing to move forward with this is choosing to harm Iowans.

03-02-2025

Hayley Jackson

Please do not support this bill. mRNA vaccines are the basis of current vaccine research, including vaccines for COVID19. They are subject to review and regulatory agencies including FDA to ensure safety and efficacy. Genebased medicine also is being demonstrated effective against types of cancerm. This will have serious consequences for the health of Iowans if passed.

03-02-2025

Kathryn Hainline

I am urging you to reject this bill. I have a child who has been hospitalized multiple times due to respiratory viruses. The Covid vaccine is critical to keeping her healthy and well. If you pass this bill you will be compromising her health and the health of many other Iowans.

03-02-2025

Nevi Zerkle

This bill is not only ridiculous, but a dangerous abdication of science based Healthcare which will result in the needlessly and preventable loss of life of many but especially the immunocompromised. In a state with demonstrably rising cancer rates, it would be impossible to read this bill as anything other than a death warrant for the people you claim to represent.

03-02-2025

Anjeanette Perkins

This proposed bill would take away my freedom to make my own healthcare decisions. It would be the government dictating my choices. It would further disincentivize physicians and other healthcare providers from working in Iowa. We will experience pandemics again sooner or later. Restricting medical options will harm Iowans your neighbors and your family. Please spend your time addressing our 2nd high cancer rate in the country instead of trying to take away my freedom. Only six states have rising cancer rates; we are one of them, and our rate is rising the fastest. Taking away health care options does not support the wellbeing of our state.https://shri.publichealth.uiowa.edu/wpcontent/uploads/2024/07/IowaCancerRegistryWhyDoesIowaHavethe2ndHighestandFastestRisingCancerRateintheUS.pdf

03-02-2025

Danelle Hudspeth

I strongly disagree with this bill. Please look at our current lack of healthcare provider and how this bill will encourage healthcare provider to practice out of the state if at all possible. To be charged with a crime for administering cdc recommended vaccines is just wrong. I am a pharmacist and there is already a pharmacist shortage and now we will encourage new practitioners to practice in other states. I strongly urge you to not sign this bill into law.

03-02-2025

James Harrington

The Covid vaccine and other mRNA vaccines has saved many lives and has reduced the severity of illnesses. Science has proven these to be safe and effective. Any efforts to outlaw or deny these is against Iowans wellbeing, humanity and to safeguard gods children.

03-02-2025

Jeremiah Fields

I don't have many nice words for this bill. You've done some appalling things lately, but this is perhaps the dumbest, most shortsighted antiintellectual collection of words I've seen in my 40+ years. We're making such advancements with MRNA vaccines. Did you know a vaccine for pancreatic cancer is in its trial phases and looks very promising? Maybe you did know because the only remotely reasonable explanation for this bill is that cancer is too profitable for your lobbyists, so you're doing them a solid. Thankfully, I have the means to go to other states for a vaccine and will gladly carpool with others.If you don't want a vaccine, don't get it. Just because you don't understand something doesn't make it bad, but you can just not get it if you don't want it.

03-02-2025

Nancy Henderson

I oppose this bill and you should, too. This is nonsense. Vaccines save lives. The COViD vaccine saved lives and continues to do so. Listen to the many people who have already written in opposition to this bill their arguments are solid.

03-02-2025

Roger Henderson

I am strongly against the passage of this bill. We must respect and support our science and medical community who protect us with their research and training. Iowans must be allowed to receive mRNA vaccines in consultation with these experts.

03-02-2025

Serenity Rayman

I oppose this bill because this bill puts our elderly and our youth at risk, banning vaccines that are meant to help prevent a virus or illness that can potentially kill someone is the opposite of what the intentions were when the vaccinations were created. Not too long ago Iowa was pushing everyone to get the vaccines they are now trying to ban, how does that make sense? How does anyone benefit from not being able to have the right to get vaccinations against viruses?

03-02-2025

Megan Weinberger

I strongly oppose this bill. Everyone has the right to bodily autonomy, including having access to all vaccines that the FDA shows to be safe and that the CDC recommends for any disease. Taking away options for health and preventable illnesses is cruel and has no place in the government.

03-02-2025

Sarah Renze

As a physician who has spent my entire career in Iowa, I am strongly opposed to SF 360. mRNA vaccines have been rigorously tested and have proven to be safe and effective. They also hold promise for prevention of other diseases. Iowa already faces a shortage of physicians, and this bill will only worsen that by continuing to limit individual choice and criminalizing evidencebased medicine.

03-02-2025

Sara VanZee

As a citizen in the state of Iowa I have our legislation is listening to our voices. I am a mother of six and there are a few vaccines I have not gotten for different reasons but I was able to work with my healthcare provider who knows the science and understands the needs of my child. I am asking the state not to support banning mRNA that can help in so many areas of serving us medically.

03-02-2025

Bethany Beavers

Why would the government think they should have a say in what medications or vaccines an individual and their doctor feel are medically necessary? We all have medical degrees and have performed doubleblind scientific studies yourselves? No, you haven't. Stay out of our doctors offices!

03-02-2025

Amanda Caraballo

I strongly oppose SF 360. This legislation infringes on my right of bodily autonomy. If an individual does not want a genebased or mRNA vaccine that is between them and their doctor. There is no reason that my right to good, quality healthcare should be jeopardized. The FDA assured the safety of the mRNA COVID Vaccines and the CDC recommended them. According to this NIH article (1), globally, the COVID Vaccine saved an estimated 14.4 million lives in just the first year it was available. Additionally, legislation like this will only contribute to Iowa's physician shortage and health care deserts. The IPR article below explains the physician shortage in Iowa. We are among the worst (44th) for physicians per capita (2). Governor Reynolds outlined a plan to address that shortage. Instead of increasing funds available to create more residency positions across the state, this Republicanmajority legislation is writing bills that will chase doctors out of this state. They do not want to be threatened with a $500 bill/criminal charge for practicing medicine to the best of their ability and when they are just doing right by their patients.Once again, I strongly urge all subcommittee members to vote NO on SF 360.1. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9537923/2. https://www.iowapublicradio.org/iprnews/20241205/iowastroublingphysicianshortageisexpectedtogetworsedoctorsareadvocatingforsolutions

03-02-2025

Lynn Graves

I oppose SF 360. This should be my choice on vaccinations. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved gene therapy products for several conditions, including cancer, spinal muscular atrophy, hemophilia and sickle cell disease. Leave the decision to those that have medical challenges as to whether they want the vaccine.

03-02-2025

Cindy Lewis

This is a very dangerous suggestion. I cannot believe you would quite literally endanger your population like this. I am an immunocompromised person and my elderly mother is too. If not for genebased vaccines, she would be dead right now and I likely would be too. I will have to move out this state if a ban like this were passed. I truly do not think that you realize the scope of harm this ban would cause not just current but future Iowans.

03-02-2025

Cindy Capellen

Have you completely list your collective m8nfd!? What gives you the idea we want you managing ANY aspect of our Healthcare? You want to risk your life, be my guest, but don't you dare to fuck with mine. I'll trust my Healthcare provider over a bunch of ignorant lunatics sitting in a dark room.

03-02-2025

Emily Harsch

I strongly oppose SF 360. This bill is government overreach into medical choices and is based on opinion, not science. Do not base policy on grifts from those who seek to line their pockets by causing harm and fear in Iowans.

03-02-2025

Jill Jamieson

I oppose SF 360 because it would take away my right to making decisions regarding my health. I respect the choice of others regarding their healthcare. I dont believe the government has the right to make decisions about my personal health matters. This is a decision between myself and my personal physician. Please if you believe in Medical freedom, Dont pass SF360.

03-02-2025

Bridgett Robinson

There's no reason that the government should tell people who willingly want to get vaccines that they can't. It's a clear over reach of each individuals right to choose. This should not even be considered for being passed as law.

03-02-2025

Leah Sweeney

I vehemently oppose this bill. Myself and anyone who desires gene based vaccines should have that right without any government interference. I am immuno compromised and should have the choice to decide what medical choices best suite me and I should have access to them if desired.

03-02-2025

Chris Collins

Im reaching out because I am really worried about Senate File 360 and what it could mean for the health and safety of our communities. This bill would ban genebased vaccines like mRNA vaccines that have been proven to save lives. I understand that vaccines can be a sensitive topic, but at the end of the day, we all want the same thing. We want to keep our loved ones safe and healthy.These vaccines have helped protect people from serious illness and death, and banning them would take away an important tool that doctors use to fight disease. What happens the next time there is a major outbreak? Without access to these vaccines, people in Iowa could be at greater risk, and our hospitals could once again be overwhelmed. That is not a situation any of us want.I also worry about what this means for our healthcare workers. Doctors and nurses should be able to use the best tools available to help their patients. If we start banning proven medical treatments, what is next? Iowa already struggles to keep enough healthcare workers, and a law like this could push even more of them away.But more than anything, this bill is not just about science. It is about real people. Kids, parents, grandparents, and people with weak immune systems rely on vaccines to stay healthy. They do not get to choose whether they are at high risk, but we do get to choose whether we make it harder for them to stay safe.Iowa has always been a place where people look out for each other and make decisions based on common sense. Senate File 360 does not do that. It takes away options, hurts public health, and makes it harder for doctors to do their jobs. I am asking you to please oppose this bill and focus on policies that actually help Iowans stay safe and healthy.

03-02-2025

Rebecca Renze

I oppose SF360. My daughter was born 11 weeks prematurely. She spent 2 months in the NICU before she could be released from the hospital. The next two years were spent fighting off every single virus that she'd be exposed to at daycare or home. She was hospitalized several times in those two years, with the longest stay being 12 days. She was about 5 minutes away from being lifeflighted to Iowa City during her second hospitalization. One of the things that truly has kept her alive and healthier than she would be is being vaccinated. Our entire family gets vaccinated for her sake. While we benefit from it, keeping the worst strains out of our household and is a necessity to keep her safe and healthy. Taking away lifesaving vaccines is a direct threat to her health and safety. For some, it may be a death sentence. Without the choice of having my children be vaccinated, the state would be stripping away my basic rights as a parent to provide the medical care necessary to keep my child safe and out of the hospital or worse, prevent her death. We've been close to it once before, and I never want to experience that as a parent again for as long as I live. Without vaccines, even voluntary ones, she would miss weeks and months of school. Antivaxxers have the right to not vaccinate their children. I should have the right to vaccinate mine, with whatever voluntary vaccination that I choose as a parent.

03-02-2025

Lindsay Maher

I applaud Senator Campbell for bringing this bill forward and having a conversation around these new gene based technologies. At a minimum Iowa should be requiring all gene based products to undergo the FDA testing guidance regarding gene based vaccine therapies ability to shed or transmit to the general public. This step was skipped during the EUA process and full FDA approval process. We should be analyzing whether these products are safe for nonconsenting members of the public given the body of evidence coming out surrounding these products ability to harm both the patients themselves and others. Before we further allow more therapies capable of genetically changing people on the market we must ensure the general public is not at risk. While I dont love the enforcement provisions of this legislation I do support Iowa having a conversation around these products. Support and amend the bill.

03-02-2025

Patrick Carroll

The government should not be inserting itself in my own health care decisions. If O want a vaccine, I should be able to get one, just as those who might not want one should have the freedom to not get one. I might not like what other people do with their own health decisions, but that's exactly the pointthey aren't my decisions. I oppose this bill vehemently, because the government should not have any say in whether or not I would like to have a vaccine. I thought we are supposed to have the freedom to flourish? How does taking away a Healthcare option give us any freedom? I am becoming increasingly ashamed by the bills that are coming up from our legislative bodyThis does accomplish anything beyond the government attempting to be involved in decisions that are best left up to us as individualswith no input from our government.

03-02-2025

Nikki Ehn

Strongly oppose this bill. As a family physician in rural Iowa, I am thankful for the advances in medicine and science that allow us to live healthier lives. Vaccines work and should be available to all Iowans. mRNA vaccines are safe and effective. As we face physician shortages and healthcare deserts around the state, we should be encouraging scientific advances, not restricting them.

03-02-2025

Jill Powers

Iowa Senate File 360 (SF360), introduced on February 27, 2025, proposes to prohibit the administration of genebased vaccines, including those developed using messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology. This legislative move has raised concerns within the medical community, particularly regarding its potential impact on physician retention and recruitment in Iowa.Iowa is currently facing a physician shortage, with projections indicating a deficit of approximately 1,600 physicians by 2030. Healthcare leaders have emphasized the importance of recruitment and retention strategies to address this issue. Efforts such as increasing funding for residency positions and loan repayment programs are underway to attract and retain medical professionals. However, the proposed ban on mRNA vaccines could undermine these initiatives. Physicians often prefer to practice in environments that support evidencebased medicine and allow them to utilize the full spectrum of approved medical interventions. Restricting access to mRNA vaccines, which have been widely used and validated, may deter physicians from practicing in Iowa and prompt current practitioners to relocate to states with more supportive medical policies.Discussions within professional groups, such as the Iowa Medical Society, have highlighted concerns that such legislative measures could exacerbate the existing physician shortage by making Iowa a less attractive place to practice. Personally, among my Iowa physician colleagues I know no one who would support this. Were any Iowa physicians consulted (that practice evidenced based medicine) for this bill? Some have even commented this may be the last straw causing them to leave the state. In summary, while SF360 aims to regulate vaccine administration, it may have unintended consequences on Iowas healthcare system by hindering physician recruitment and retention efforts. This could further strain the states ability to provide adequate medical care to its residents.

03-02-2025

Patrick Carroll

03-02-2025

Jessica Mayer

I strongly oppose SF 360. All Iowans have the right to choose what their medical care looks like. Passing this bill would violate the right to choose for all Iowans. It is your choice to not receive vaccinations, and it is MY choice to receive them. MRNA vaccines are safe and effective. A family friend refused to receive the covid 19 vaccine because of fear mongering. She contracted covid 19 and passed away. She would likely have survived with the vaccine. Please consider that there are real lives on the line, this should not solely be a political statement.

03-02-2025

Crystal Harrell

I am against bill SF 360, because vaccines save lives. We should have the freedom to choose, with peerreviewed evidence, which vaccines are worth any potential risks. Government officials should be neither using misinformation, conspiracy theories, and scare tactics to deny medical care to their constituents nor threatening trained professionals from providing that care.

03-02-2025

Kacie Schumann [Concerned citizen]

My name is Kacie Schumann. I have lived in Iowa all my life, and am currently residing in Ames. Please do not pass this bill. mRNA vaccines are making huge progress and there are some currently undergoing trials showing effectiveness in preventing serious diseases like pancreatic cancer and HIV. I would love to see a world where we can prevent pancreatic cancer. This bill would only set scientists back farther and make years of research a complete waste. Let individuals decide if they want to get vaccines or not.

03-02-2025

Blakely Mortvedt

I strongly oppose this bill. Whoever wrote this bill and supports it clearly doesnt have a scientific background. Vaccines involving gene therapy have been studied for decades and are now likely to be successful in treating cancer. There is no actual scientific reason to block this type of vaccine in our state. This is yet another bill that revolves around fearmongering and wont actually help a single person. DO BETTER!!

03-02-2025

Nathaniel Easley

I strongly oppose this Bill. Gov over reach, clearly backed by opinion not scientific facts. Skewed numbers and an ideology that is comical at best. These vaccines have saved far more lives than they have taken. Mandatory no, the option to have and make a choice is a god given right. Not the right you get a say in. Period.

03-02-2025

Becky Lievens

Please do not legislate what vaccines are administered. If the vaccine has been approved, then the decision is between the health provider and patient. Do not legislate medical decisions. If it is a vaccine in a study, then let the study protocol decide.

03-02-2025

Rachel Overton

I oppose SF 360. As a family physician, I have seen the mRNA vaccines save lives. Healthcare decisions should be made between patients and their doctor, they should not be legislated. These vaccines are safe, necessary and lifesaving.

03-02-2025

Jessica Block

Please SUPPORT SF360. It is wise to have an honest conversation on gene based therapies and if they are truly safe and ready for the market. While I fully support the individual right to choose what medical decisions they make, the COVID 19 products are physically impacting unvaccinated individuals who did not consent to the product. Full informed consent is not being provided prior to the administration of these products and that is absolutely crucial for the health and safety of Iowans.

03-02-2025

KATHLEEN WINTER [- Select -]

Ok, this is absolutely insane. What is wrong with you people. For the party of small government and freedom you sure seem to care about whether or not I am trans, have an abortion or get the covid vaccine. Mind your own damn business and worry more about the skyrocketing cancer rates and disgusting water quality.

03-02-2025

Erin Davison Rosacker

Why are you so intent on taking away medically proven options for all Iowans? Please stop imposing your personal agenda on everyone else. Let Iowans make their own informed decisions. Don't take away our freedom of choice in personal health care.Just stop. PLEASE.

03-02-2025

Laura Voshell

I strongly oppose this legislation. Taking away choice of medical care is diabolical. There are vaccines that prevent cancer, there are vaccines that are in research right now to try and treat certain types of cancer. In a state that is only 1 of 2 in the nation with a rising cancer rate this would only cause more harm. This legislation would take away peoples choices of how to protect themselves. There are multiple current outbreaks of diseases that are completely preventable via vaccines. This legislation helps NO ONE and potentially hurts EVERYONE.

03-02-2025

Michael De Sotel-Chesmore

I oppose bill SF 360 as it denies people their right to medical preventions and proactivity for a wide variety of citizens. This bill is unAmerican and infringes on peoples' rights. Because of these vaccinations, we were able to push through a pandemic that began exactly five years this month. Without vaccinations, our economy would collapse like it did in 2020, there would be mass deaths that could have be prevented, and it would prove that legislation does not care about the rights or safety of men, women, children, and others of all ages, tongues, and races.

03-02-2025

Virginia Utsinger

Please do not let this bill leave committee. Iowans deserve the right to choose what medical vaccines that would like with the guidance of their doctor. Please do not push every educated Iowan out of the state. Thanks

03-02-2025

Kathryn Handfelt

I am writing to express my EXTREME disappointment in this bill. It is asinine to prevent vaccines that have been proven to save lives from getting to the public. I don't know what the end goal with this bill is, however, it is not to protect Iowans or allow for bodily choice.

03-02-2025

Monica Dirkx

Please do not advance this bill! I want my doctor and I to make my healthcare decisions. I want protection from Covid and all the mutations. The mRNA injections have proven to be safe and effective. Do not criminalize this protection!

03-02-2025

Michele Weisinger

03-02-2025

Rebecca Miller

Senator Campbell, Have you lost your mind? Do you understand that mRNA vaccines are a promising new treatment for pancreatic cancer? If you dont want to get an mRNA vaccine because science is too scary for you, then dont. But to punish the entire state because of your own stupidity is outrageous. We have real problems in Iowa. It is beyond time that you start focusing on what you were elected to do.

03-02-2025

Kaitlin Wilcox

SF 360 is a reckless, antiscience bill that would ban safe, FDAapproved mRNA vaccinesputting Iowans at risk and making our state a national embarrassment.mRNA vaccines have saved millions of lives and are backed by decades of research. Banning them ignores science, medicine, and public health while harming Iowas reputation and economy.This isnt leadershipits political fearmongering at the expense of real peoples health. Stop playing politics with medicine and kill SF 360 now.

03-02-2025

Sara Hofer

As a person that is immunosuppressed, I cannot believe this is even being floated as a possibility. Are you kidding me?!?! Get out of my healthcare! These are lifesaving. How completely twisted has our legislative branch become?

03-02-2025

Andrea Gustafson

Vaccines should continue to be a choice in our state. Preventing vaccinations will create a huge public health crisis and reintroduce diseases into the population that have been eradicated for decades. We are already seeing it in Texas. Please allow those of us that believe in the importance of vaccines to be able to get them.

03-02-2025

Christa Braga

I vehemently oppose SF 360. Decisions regarding healthcare should be left to the individual and their personal healthcare team, not lawmakers. Healthcare professionals spend many years getting actual medical degrees, whereas lawmakers have no business making decisions based on bodily autonomy. What happed to the motto of the state of Iowa? Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain does not seem to mean much lately, and I am incredibly disappointed in the state I grew up in.

03-02-2025

Jamie Rabe

I oppose this legislation as it removes my right to choose healthcare for my family. I feel the unintended consequences of this action would be huge. We already lead the nation with cancer diagnoses. This could impact the treatments people are able to receive. I understand if you want to remove a mandate to receive a vaccine, but to ban them for everyone is very shortsighted. Please consider limiting your reach on this unless you are in the medical field.

03-02-2025

Edward Kelley

Passing this bill will be another nail in Iowas coffin. When did our Republican Party stop being about personal choice and become a nanny state. Besides the great health advancements mRNA vaccines are bringing the public they still remain a choice. We dont need anyone in government telling use what we can or cant do for our families health and safety. STAY OUT OF MY FAMILIES HEALTH DECISIONS.

03-02-2025

Eric Boisen

I am OPPOSED to this piece of legislation. It is completely at odds with the science of how safe vaccines are. This will do nothing but scare off people from visiting or living in Iowa. Science saves lives, saves lives of Iowans

03-02-2025

Kirsten Corrigan

As the mother of a special needs child and as the daughter of an elder both of whom live in facility settings, I vehemently oppose this bill. I have firsthand seen the spread of COVID through both facilities. Additionally, my son, my father, and I have all been permanently compromised by long haul COVID. While I agree that vaccination is a choice, taking that choice away by making mRNA vaccine administration illegal is even worse in my opinion than forcing vaccination on those who dont want it. MRNA vaccines have been proven to be safe, and I will always follow the rigors of the scientific method, clinical trials, research, and peer review over dissenting opinions with little backing. Follow the science and not your political extremist views. We are facing dangerous times with the dismantling of science and health care, and I dread what this means for the future health and wellness of our state and nation. Vote no!

03-02-2025

Patricia Yavitz

This bill is ridiculous, what happened to choice? If someone chooses to get a vaccine the provider administering it should not be penalized, just like if you dont want to get a vaccine then dont. Stope weaponizing this already divisive issue and spend more time lowering taxes and actually helping people

03-02-2025

Chris Gleason

Seriously?! Can you people get any dumber? Do you realize there are new gene based vaccines being invented to cure cancer? Besides diseases like SARS Covid. Sweet baby Jesus, educate yourselves with real knowledge instead of conspiracy theories.

03-02-2025

Bridget Nixon

This bill would remove the freedom to choose to receive approved vaccines. It could also restrict availability for future treatments. Some of the treatments that have mRNA treatment in development include bird flu, C. diff (a dangerous, drug resistant bacteria), genital herpes, malaria, norovirus, and tuberculosis. There is also research that suggests that mRNA based therapies could treat food allergies, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and various early stage cancers including pancreatic cancer (source: Penn Medicine). Please don't let a temporary culture war around COVID impact future therapies for many diseases.

03-02-2025

Dustin Heino

I'm a staunch conservative, but I will never stand in the way of progress in science. mRNA vaccines have proven their value, and making their administration a criminal or administratively penalized act is a backwards act that shouldn't be entertained.

03-02-2025

Katie Schoolen

I strongly oppose SF 360. Why in the world would we ban vaccines that have been proven to be useful. While I may be able to understand legislation that bans mandating Covid vaccines, banning an individuals ability to choose to receive a vaccination is ludicrous. Please stop the governmental overreach.

03-02-2025

Tim Beauchamp

This Bill should NOT make it out of committee. Please do not pass this bill. Legislators should NOT take away healthcare options for Iowans. THese radical Republican lawmakers that are introducing this nonsense are likely COVID deniers and are the type of people who reject science. Did you know that mRNA vaccines are the future? Our very first cure for cancer will likely be an mRNA vaccine. You lawmakers who are introducing this bill SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES!

03-02-2025

Timothy Hagist

It's one thing to oppose mandating vaccines, but it's downright criminal to deny us access to them, despite them being proven to work time and time again and completely amoral to criminalize the distribution of them.It has become blatantly obvious that people in this legislature have tossed all of their morals aside years ago. Who the hell does banning the access to proveneffective vaccines benefit? Is it so pharmaceutical companies can make more money off of us when we get sick?Shame on every single one of you who supports this and may you or anyone near and dear to you never become stricken with any horrible (and preventable) disease.

03-02-2025

Dr. Shawn Stone [Buena Vista University]

these vaccines are safe and effective. I am an immune compromised individual and this bill would make it difficult for me and my healthcare. I would have to leave the state to one that respects science. Please stop doing things like this for political purposes. It just has to stop. Science is here to help us.

03-02-2025

Shari Newland

I oppose this bill. Only my doctor and I should get to make my medical decisions, not the government. I am a parent and science professional and understand vaccines and the tremendous benefits they have. Do not take away potentially life saving vaccines. Think about all the money lost when work has to be missed for illness, or the hours of learning kids miss due to illness. If vaccine can prevent some of that, let the people and their doctors choose that. This is not within the governments rights to take away.

03-02-2025

Kelli Harris

I strongly oppose SF 360. It is a dangerous and antiscience bill that would strip Iowans of access to cuttingedge medical advancements. mRNA technology was essential in the fight against COVID19 and is now showing incredible promise in cancer treatment, offering new hope for patients facing cancer diagnoses. Iowa already has high cancer rates, yet this bill would prevent Iowans from accessing safe, wellresearched vaccines that could be lifesaving. Rather than prioritizing public health, SF 360 is a blatant attempt to pander to the Republican base by exploiting misinformation and lingering political tensions around COVID19. Lawmakers should focus on expanding healthcare, not restricting it based on political rifts.

03-02-2025

Sally Potter

I oppose advancement OPPOSE. The freedom to make our own medical decisions is a fundamental right. I oppose the State of Iowas attempt to restrict my access to scientifically proven vaccines that are medically shown to prevent illness. Please do not attempt to legislate my healthcare

03-02-2025

Penny Bassman

I STRONGLY oppose this bill. I dont care if people who dont follow science dont want these vaccines but I DO want to be able to access them. I have had all of my Covid vaccines with zero side effects. This bill would strip away my rights. Why is this bill necessary?

03-02-2025

Diane Jones

What happened to the party of small government, dismantling the nanny state, and parental choice? None of you are infectious disease or immunology experts, why do you try to act like one?You have no business considering a bill like this. Vote NO.

03-02-2025

Rebecca Nelson

I strongly oppose this bill SF 360. This bill is government over reach. I believe in science and the research that has been done before these vaccines are even FDA approved to be given. They are tested and safe. All drugs have side effects, watch any TV ad and half of the commercial is listing off the multiple side effects of the drug. You can choose to take a drug/vaccine or not. I trust my physicians expertise & knowledge. I dont need government telling me how to care for myself. This bill will hurt more Iowans if passed. Please vote No.

03-02-2025

Lora Koch

OPPOSE! It is my right as an individual and a parent to make educated decisions about what vaccinations I will take or that will be given to my children. Yes, vaccines can carry some risks but the benefits far outweigh those risks. I beg that you leave these decisions to the qualified medical professionals rather than elected officials who have no formal training or indepth understanding of vaccines. Please listen to the people you represent and OPPOSE this legislation!

03-02-2025

Teri Bedard

I oppose SF 360. This bill does not benefit or protect anyone. It puts lives at risk and in a state with an increase in cancer diagnoses it also removes options for care and puts others at risk for severe illness and/or death. It is inconceivable how anyone in the state government believes this is in the best interest of Iowa residents.

03-02-2025

Alicia Martin

I oppose SF 360. The state of Iowa has the second highest rate of cancer in the US, and this legislation could increase our ranking to first.SF360 takes away Iowans' rights to determine their health decisions with their doctor, and instead it has Big Government controlling Iowans bodies.Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We Will Maintain is our states motto for a reason! SF 360 is unIowan and unAmerican.

03-02-2025

Melissa Gevaert

I strongly oppose this bill and ask you to stop it from advancing. These vaccines have decades of science behind them, showing that they are critical to keeping communities safe. By banning them, you would remove life saving care from Iowans and put already atrisk Iowans in more danger.

03-02-2025

Joseph Miller

I vehemently oppose this illconceived bill. Any responsible civilian is already aware of the rapid pace of scientific and particularly medical advancement, and MRNA vaccines are a very beneficial byproduct of the decoding of the gene sequence.At least, that's the argument I should be making to compassionate people who want to make decisions that are in the best interest of their constituents. But that's not who made this bill, is it? No, I don't think it is. This bill was made by bad faith actors who want to legislate through cruelty and spitefulness. That's who really would make a bill such as this. And hear me well, the time is quickly approaching where the decisions you make through this thin veneer of concern trolling you will be made to answer for this in very very short order.

03-02-2025

Ella Miller

I oppose SF 360 as a citizen of Iowa and as a senior in college who has had the opportunity to take a college level biology course. Messenger ribonucleic acid (MRNA) or the "genes" this bill is referring to is simply used to help the body identify the genetic code of virus being vaccinated against. The MRNA is not alive, active, or able infect or harm the body. Its sole purpose is to help the body recognize the virus so that if the real, live form of the virus can come along, the immune system can respond accordingly and fight the virus before the person infected gets too sick. MRNA vaccines are safe and functional and have been proven to be effective at reducing the spread of disease. Passing this bill is detrimental to public health.

03-02-2025

Nichole Wiser

This is overreach. Not having an educated understanding of credible science, is not enough to make laws to force individuals to lose healthcare because of the ignorance of others. This bill will hinder future treatments for disease, cancer and inoculations. This in turn will create a problem with stopping massive pandemics that will absolutely KILL people, en masse. Covid 19 is still rapidly evolving and killing immunocompromised individuals. We literally have a measles outbreak in the US (a disease which could be eradicated by 90% vaccinated population), polio, meningitis, and other preventable diseases reoccurring in our nation. I understand that people should have a right to choose what medical care they receive, and removing this inalienable right is hindering our health, our neighbors health, and rights to bodily autonomy for all.

03-02-2025

Liz L

Support this bill. Iowa legislators have the ability to protect Iowans who are being harmed without the option for just compensation by passing this bill. True informed consent has been absent from every step of the COVID vaccine role out and Iowans have lost their lives and livelihoods from it. Until all the data is fully disclosed there cannot be true informed consent to these mRNA shots. The FDA has failed at the federal level to pull these off the market after the number of injuries and deaths have long passed by the FDAs threshold for a class 1 recall. While on a federal level no one is willing to step in and do the right thing by pumping the brakes or doing more research on the excessive deaths, shedding, or DNA contamination again well beyond FDAs threshold for acceptable, our legislators have an opportunity to protect Iowans from these products by blocking their use until they are truly proven safe.

03-02-2025

Laura Clausen

What happened to trusting Iowans to do the right thing? We should be able to have a CHOICE! I am the child of a nurse, the sister of a doctor I trust science and think taking any science off the table is dangerous and absolutely short sighted. Im disappointed in the things that are taking up the time in this legislative session.

03-02-2025

Cari Everhart

I strongly oppose this bill. First, mRNA vaccines have repeatedly been proven safe and effective and have potential to prevent cancer, including recent developments for pancreatic cancer as announced just this week. Second, these decisions should be made by patients and their healthcare providers, not government officials.

03-02-2025

Sam Bass

I am adamantly opposed to SF 360. Outlawing an overwhelmingly safe medical procedure will literally kill people, or at the very least diminish their quality of life by inhibiting their ability to take preventative measures to safeguard their health. This bill is an egregious governmental overreach and must not be allowed to continue.

03-02-2025

Stephanie Reddersen

First, no government should tell me what proven vaccines I can get or not get. That's my medical well being you are messing with. Second, this bill is written by someone who doesn't know or understand scienceAT ALL. If you pass this people with weaker immune systems are at a greater risk of getting COVID. MRNA based vaccines are also used to treat different cancer. These are just a few and what they do:mRNA4157: A personalized vaccine that targets specific mutations in a patient's tumor DNABNT122: A personalized vaccine that encodes up to 20 neoantigensTriMix: An immunostimulant vaccine that encodes CD70, CD40L, and TLR4mRNA252: A vaccine that encodes human OX40L, IL23, and IL36BNT111: A vaccine that encodes NYESO1, MAGEA3, tyrosinase, and TPTE.You really want to cancel all of those cancer treatments (which are technically vaccines)? That's not a good idea.

03-02-2025

Elizabeth Schwind

I mean what the heck is this? You are all about personal choice unless it's a choice you wouldn't make. I deserve the right to get scientifically backed vaccines to help prevent me from contracting terrible illnesses from my high school students, coworkers, and family members who refuse to stay home when they're sick. You already endanger the community by choosing not to get these vaccines yourselves but by forcing everyone to not be able to get them you are inviting disease and calamity into Iowa. Please vote no.

03-02-2025

Andrew Lovan

SF360 is a dangerous piece of legislation. mRNA vaccines offer many advantages compared to traditional vaccines and the fear mongering antiscience legislation would put Iowa at a huge disadvantage both medically and financially. Not only would Iowans not have the freedom of choice when it comes to their healthcare, but could affect the states largest employer the University of Iowa. If the University of Iowa cannot pioneer this technology then it will put them behind the curve.Please think of the health and economic impacts of this bill.

03-02-2025

Robb Pearson

I oppose proposed bill 360. Taking away tools to fight infectious disease, cancer, and illness is a huge step backwards. Iowa has fought hard for folks to have choice when it comes to vaccines. If you dont want to take a mRNA vaccines, then dont.This bill is short sighted, unnecessary, and political pandering not backed by any facts.

03-02-2025

Denise Judge

I have the right, as a free and tax paying American citizen, to put into my body any vaccine that I feel is beneficial for my health. Also as a responsible adult, it is up to me to do my own research on any and all vaccines to determine if they are safe for me as an individual. The government has no right to regulate that decision.

03-02-2025

Anna Patch

Is this some sort of scifi horror novel? Please do not pass this dangerous bill. Banning vaccines would have a devastating impact on our public health, especially on the most vulnerable among us. Our elders, cancer survivors, and others who are immune compromised do not deserve to face preventable illnesses and deaths from diseases that can be inoculated through proven science. I urge you to please vote no on SF360 to protect both our wellbeing and our freedoms.

03-02-2025

Taylor Elbert

If people dont want these vaccines then fine dont take them. But mind your own business and let me get any vaccine I want. Vote NO to this bill, its not based on science just stupid people trying to control everyone else.

03-02-2025

Claire Olsem

I strongly oppose SF 360 by banning these vaccines, you are taking away options for Iowans to protect their health. None of these vaccines are required, and all are safe. The legislators who brought forth this bill clearly do not understand science, or the fact that NO ONE is asking for this ban. mRNA doesnt change your DNA. thats not how it works. Please, just leave the science to the scientists. Let the people who dont want to get vaccines opt out, and let those of us who do want to be vaccinated choose to do so, in consultation WITH OUR MEDICAL PROVIDERS and let us continue to have access to the same vaccine options people in other states have access to. Stay in your lane, and leave decisions about medical treatment to medical professionals.

03-02-2025

Ashley Friday

As a healthcare provider I strongly OPPOSE bill SF360. The choice to receive a vaccine should be left to me and my physician, not my legislators. This is an overreach of government and violates bodily autonomy. The impact of this bill would be devastating.

03-02-2025

Jared Laures

I oppose this bill. What is the point in restrictions on lifesaving medical options? mRNA vaccines have immense potential with personalized medicine. Taking this technology off the table will move Iowa's Healthcare backwards and impede genomic medicine's advancement from labs to clinics. Why in the world would anyone want that?

03-02-2025

Amy Saylor

I strongly oppose this bill. It is clear over reach trying to force medical decisions on people. If you dont want a vaccine, dont get it. But dont restrict others from getting proven methods of taking care of our health. This bill is absolutely ridiculous from the party that was so for choice of whether or not to wear a mask during the pandemic.

03-02-2025

Pamela Mohr

I am asking you to vote NO to SF 360. Genebased vaccines are not mandated, but they should remain available to those who choose to obtain them. I honestly can't even believe this is an actual bill our state legislators are spending time and resources on. Vaccines are safe and effective and are lifesaving for many. Why would we take away the freedom from Iowans to choose to vaccinate themselves or their families? Please employ common sense.

03-02-2025

Emily Castelline

I urge members to vote against SF 360. Vaccinations that have been cleared by the FDA should be readily available and not illegal for the citizens of Iowa to access. This could truly be a matter of life or death for people. How could anyone in good conscience vote for this measure knowing they could be condemning others to poor health outcomes or even to death for a completely preventable reason?

03-02-2025

Jacob Meade

I strongly oppose this bill. During COVID, vaccines saved lives and helped prevent the spread of deadly disease. As an otherwise healthy young person immunocompromised due to chemotherapy during COVID, vaccines were a lifeline. Vaccines are the cornerstone of modern health and disease prevention. To criminalize their use is beyond asinine. Oppose this draconian bill.

03-02-2025

Cecilia Smith

Im am struggling to write this comment because its so unfathomable that rights regarding safe and effective vaccines could be taken away. Please do not let this out of subcommittee. The same people who want to keep guns in their homes to protect themselves should not be telling me I cant get a vaccine because I want to protect myself. I dont want to have a gun so I dont buy them. If you dont want a vaccine then dont get one. Its extremely simple.

03-02-2025

Danielle Gates

This bill would stop the freedom to make medical decisions regarding our own body. Ant medical decision is personal, and should be left up to the individual to decide if they want the treatment or not. You are taking away Iowans right to choose and forcing everyone to not be able to receive vaccines.

03-02-2025

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03-02-2025

Julie Mohr

Why is this even being debated? It should be a choicemy choice with my healthcare provider's guidance regarding what type of vaccine I get. It is not your choice. You do not pay my health premiums. Why are you debating taking away another free choice? There are more important things you should be focused on; like reducing property taxes or funding public schools, etc. Please oppose this bill.

03-02-2025

Tiffany Hupp

I strongly oppose SF 360. It is a dangerous and antiscience bill that would strip Iowans of access to cuttingedge medical advancements. mRNA technology was essential in the fight against COVID19 and is now showing incredible promise in cancer treatment, offering new hope for patients facing cancer diagnoses. Iowa already has high cancer rates, yet this bill would prevent Iowans from accessing safe, wellresearched vaccines that could be lifesaving. Rather than prioritizing public health, SF 360 is a blatant attempt to strip me of my right to make choices about my healthcare and the health of my family.

03-02-2025

Katherine Christensen

Access to Vaccines is essential to maintaining the health of those vulnerable in our society! My Grandfather passed away due to covid19, he was exposed while in a hospital. Now as the mother of a young child I want all Iowans to have access to vaccines to keep the most vulnerable in our society safe!!

03-02-2025

Joslyn Roberts

I strongly oppose this bill. It is absolutely ridiculous. I can't believe this was even introduced. After all we went through with COVID and isolation, it baffles me that legislation would try to ban the vaccine that ended it all. What is wrong with you??

03-02-2025

Michellr Deuso

Havent you taken away enough of our healthcare choices already? Now you want to dictate what vaccines and immunotherapy cancer treatments we can and cannot receive?! Especially when Iowa leads the country in new cancer rates?? Vote NO on this bill! Our individual healthcare choices are none of your business!

03-02-2025

Kara Connor

I oppose this bill. Supporters of this bill claim mRNA vaccines do not have enough research while spouting off opinions that do not have enough research to support. There are multiple Measles outbreaks with dead children, is banning vaccines really going to be a thing the Republican Party, the party against big Government, is going to now do? What happened to parent choice? What happened to the people claiming health related freedom when they didnt want to mask up? This is insane to consider.

03-02-2025

Colleen Brower

I'm am absolutely floored that this bill is even proposed. My brother died at 55 because he couldn't get access to icu in the hospital he needed to get to. The beds were taken up by NON VACCINATED patients. Why on God's green earth would you ignore science?

03-02-2025

Tedra Towne

I oppose this bill SF 360. These vaccines have helped keep countless people alive. I knew people who passed away without the Covid vaccine. Two before the vaccine was available and one who decided not to get it. That was their choice however Ill conceived. Dont take my choices away too.

03-02-2025

Katie Fink

This bill is such a bad idea. Good luck recruiting more doctors and pharmacists to Iowa with this nonsense. If you dont want a vaccine, dont get it, but dont punish medical providers for giving out vaccinations that are recommended by the medical community to people who want the vaccinations.

03-02-2025

Scott Schumacher

I strongly oppose this bill and ask the legislature to do the same. Whether you believe in the science behind these vaccinations is quite frankly irrelevant. No one is being forced to have a vaccine, but passing this bill would eliminate the right of those of us who do believe in them to make our own decisions. The Republican Party likes to claim that they are the party of freedom, so why promote a bill like this? In addition to the obvious infringement on personal freedom that the bill represents, it will compound Iowa's growing shortage of doctors that Kim Reynolds has already cited as being a primary concern what doctor would want to practice in a state that bans approved vaccines and puts them at risk of being fined for providing them?

03-02-2025

Tessa Cantonwine

This is outrageous and must be voted against. You are taking personal choice away from millions of Iowans. I do not want to be forced to travel to other states for "medical tourism" because I'm being denied my choices for medical care in my home state. Additionally, the COVID vaccine, the main one that comes to mind, is life saving. I've been obtaining this vaccine since it was first provided to the public and have never had issues. The very idea of this bill is disgusting and insulting.

03-02-2025

Fawnn Briggeman

Please do not ban vaccines. They are rooted in science and what I trust to keep my family healthy. You should not be able to decide for me or my family what vaccines I choose to get or not get. Dont want one, dont get one. But dont take away my right to get one. Youre telling me you want me to be able to choose what school to send my kids to but not vaccines they should be able to have. Make it make sense.

03-02-2025

Ethan Pfaltzgraff

I'm appalled that this legislation made it to the point of being typed on paper, let alone that it's considered to be enacted in the State of Iowa. Whatever an individual's opinions on any manner of vaccines are, it's baffling that lawmakers would consider removing preventative medical options that have been approved by the FDA from Iowa citizens. On top of that, it's frankly ghoulish that this legislation would have severe financial penalties for medical practitioners who are simply trying to keep their patients healthy. Pushing this proposed legislation to law will not do anything to better the lives of Iowan citizens, it will only contribute to the rapid brain drain that has been taking place in our state as doctors and nurses continue to flee to states that are not as openly hostile to their ability to practice medicine. This bill is virtue signaling at its most brazen continuing to let it move forward would indicate that the legislature is fine with entertaining unproven conspiracy theories, and it will prevent vulnerable Iowans from receiving potentially lifesaving preventative treatment.

03-02-2025

Amy Simpson [N/A]

I urge you to vote against the proposal for SF 360. These vaccines have been proven safe and effective and are necessary to protect our most vulnerable citizens. It is one thing to argue that vaccines not be mandated. However, penalizing the administration of an effective and potentially lifesaving vaccine borders on criminal negligence by your committee if this bill passes. Please consider the safety and welfare of your constituents above political talking points. As elected officials, it is your duty to consider the scientific evidence which backs the safety and efficacy of these vaccines and to vote no to the passage of SF 360. Thank you.

03-02-2025

Kimberly W

VOTE NO to this bill. Respectfully, what are we trying to accomplish with this bill? It makes zero sense. Nobody is being held down and forced to have these vaccines if you don't want it, don't get it. It's that simple. WHY would we prohibit people from making the decision to receive potentially lifesaving vaccinations if they want it? Who does this bill protect? Nobody! I had a family member DIE of COVID, leaving behind three children and his wife. He chose to be unvaccinated due to misinformation about the vaccine and COVID. After his funeral, his wife shared that one of the last texts he sent to a friend was urging him to get vaccinated because COVID was "No joke". Why would we take that choice away from Iowans? Everything has risks driving a car is a risk we take every day, but we don't "ban" driving cars. This bill is just plain irresponsible and will further casts doubt on ALL vaccines, which over time, will lead to outbreaks of onceeradicated diseases (see Texas). It's a slippery slope. These types of laws will lead to doctors leaving Iowa and access to healthcare will become even more difficult.While this is clearly targeted at the COVID19 vaccinations at the moment, there are many mRNA vaccines in the works to prevent certain types of cancers and remember, Iowa has the second fastest growing cases of cancer in the country. What are we doing? Iowa legislatures seem pretty hellbent on imposing a "our beliefs only" system on Iowans.

03-02-2025

Joseph Rounceville

This has to be one of the most brain dead Neanderthal minded bills ever drafted by a legislative body.Are you literally trying to KILL Iowans now? mRNA vaccines are a *mechanism* for managing diseases. Regardless of what you think about the Covid vaccines, you don't ban an entire technology class because you don't like how it was used during a pandemic when information was scant and quick decisions had to be made. This would be like banning the Internet in 1995 because you heard a rumor about someone misusing it somewhere.There is a new mRNA vaccine in trials that has shown promise in managing pancreatic cancer. We have almost no existing treatments of note for pancreatic cancer. May I remind you that Iowa is 2nd in the nation for cancer per capita!For God's sake, leave this stuff to the Food and Drug Administration! Stay away from my medical decisions Iowa Legislature!I swear to God this session of the legislature is being lead by utter morons and tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theorists. I CANNOT WAIT to vote you people out of office. I am going to contribute everything I can afford to help run ads against all of you Trump people. You are out of your ever loving minds.

03-02-2025

April O'Tool

I support this bill. The mRNA vaccines shed onto others causing severe health effects for those who did not consent to the vaccine. This is well documented by the FDA. As someone who is sensitive to this shedding, my health has personally been affected multiple times after being around individuals recently vaccinated with the mRNA vaccine. More research must be done before we can allow the mRNA technology to continue in vaccinations affecting those who are sensitive to shedding and those who chose not to take this shot.

03-02-2025

Jody Bisgrove

Why would you remove vaccines. I wouldn't be alive today without them. It's time for our legislature to stop inserting itself into my Healthcare decisions. Enough already. If I want to get a proven vaccine it's my right to get it. It's also anybody else's right not to get it. Keep you nose out.

03-02-2025

A Brett

Were allowing people the choice to smoke cigarettes (or inhale anything other than oxygen) which is known to cause cancer (and death), but were taking away the choice to have lifesaving vaccinations (scientifically proven). Allow the experts (microbiologists, pathologists, pharmacists, etc.) to do their jobs and listen to them when they tell you vaccines save lives. Babies, the elderly, and those immunocompromised will be killed without herd immunity (which goes away when people stop getting vaccines) because they cant get vaccinated. This is beyond individual beliefs, this is a public health matter for those at risk of getting preventable diseases.

03-02-2025

Julia Wittnebel

Vaccines are necessary life saving treatments. We no longer lose whole families to diphtheria, etc, thanks to vaccines. Let this bill die in committee. Iowa will be the laughing stock of the world and it will be a tragedy where people may die like that poor child in Texas in the measles outbreak.

03-02-2025

Rebecca Cantu

I strongly oppose this bill. MRNA vaccines are opening new doors to potential cures for some of our most deadly diseases. With Iowa's alarmingly high cancer rates, I hope you consider the consequences of impeding on the further development of these vaccines and the already declining health of the people of Iowa. If for no other reason, patients should have the right to choose what medical treatments they want to receive.

03-02-2025

Dustin Olsem

I oppose SF360. Please do the right thing and dont let it advance and waste legislative time and resources. Anyone who is for this bill does not understand the science and has been influenced by fearmongering, misinformation, and conspiracy propaganda. mRNA vaccines dont shed anyone saying that is just repeating disinformation propaganda, and doesnt understand the science. (Only vaccines that use live attenuated viruses can even potentially shed, which 1) mRNA vaccines are a completely different type of vaccine, 2) LAV vaccines are an older type of vaccine, and are generally very safe as well.) They also think that the Covid vaccines are the first mRNA vaccines, and they were rushed without proper testing. mRNA vaccine research has been going on for decades, and the first one to use the fatty envelope was actually for the Ebola virus. But since Ebola has never been a threat in the US, we didnt hear about those advancements. One thing that has been in development and testing for years is the potential to use mRNA to treat or prevent cancer. Given the fact that Iowans are at higher risk for developing cancer than residents of any other state, allowing this bill to proceed will cause harm to Iowans. Please just put an end to this bill which is unnecessary, rooted in fear, and has no reputable evidence to back it up. Dont make it any harder than that t already is for Iowans to get quality medical care, including preventative care like vaccines.

03-02-2025

Michael Cantonwine

mRNA vaccines can be used for many purposes, including the treatment of cancer. The purpose of this bill is not to prevent the administration of these vaccines, but rather to separate those with means from those without. Those with the financial means to avoid the enforcement of this law will do so by traveling for medical treatment to jurisdictions that still allow it. Those without financial means will be affected by this. Punishing the poor is the most Christian thing I can think of based upon how I raised, and for that I applaud the authors of this bill for choosing to behave like Jesus and strike down the least among us. I urge the authors to sponsor a bill making it illegal to not be a millionaire in the state of Iowa with the punishment being forced incarceration and servitude as indentured labor for a state approved publicprivate partnership. Turning Iowa into 1851 Alabama should be our highest priority in this trying and difficult time.

03-02-2025

Tucker Olson

I firmly oppose this bill. This legislation aims to replace the judgment of my healthcare providers and the medical community with that of Iowa legislators. It sidelines my own autonomy over my healthcare decisions and it amounts to inexcusable government overreach overreach. The Iowa Senate is not a medical review board.

03-02-2025

Sara Johnson

As a medical professional and mother, I strongly oppose SF 360. I believe in science and the efficacy and safety of these vaccines has been proven over and over. If you support medical freedom at all, you cannot support revoking the right for individuals who choose to be vaccinated. We will see sky rocketing numbers of disease and illness in our schools and already over filled hospitals. Children will die. People will die if these vaccines are banned.

03-02-2025

Molly Runquist

I oppose this bill. Please stop pushing uninformed, unpopular agendas to restrict our healthcare. As Iowans we should be able to make our healthcare decisions with our educated licensed physicians. They should not be made for us by politicians. The safety of mRNA has been proven and it promises opportunities for other vaccines as well as treatments for a variety of medical diseases including cancer.

03-02-2025

Nikki Aden

Iowans deserve the right to choose if we want to receive a genebased vaccine, like the COVID19 vaccine, or not. Passage of SF 360 would take away our right to make that choice for ourselves. Our government needs to be working to protect our rights, not chip away at them. There are already protections in place to ensure that all vaccines are tested and found safe before they can be administered. We should be leaving the determination about whether certain types of vaccines are safe or not up to the scientists and doctors. Not elected officials with no training! Also, gene based vaccines arent only for COVID. They are also being investigated to treat cancer, Ebola, proteinbased toxins (like ricin) and type 1 allergies. Passing this bill would prevent Iowans from being able to receive life saving treatments now, and in the future. I urge you to not pass this dangerous bill.

03-02-2025

Cindy Winn

I am writing to express my strong opposition to SF 360, which would impose restrictions on the administration of genebased vaccines. As a cancer survivor and the parent of an immunocompromised child, I know firsthand the critical role that vaccines play in protecting vulnerable individuals from lifethreatening illnesses.For those of us with weakened immune systems, vaccines are not just a choicethey are a necessity. They provide a critical layer of defense against diseases that could otherwise be fatal. Restricting access to or discouraging the use of these vaccines puts lives at risk, especially for individuals like my child, who rely on herd immunity and medical advancements to stay safe.Medical decisions should be guided by science and the expertise of healthcare professionals, not unnecessary government restrictions. I urge you to oppose SF 360 and prioritize public health by ensuring continued access to lifesaving vaccines for all Iowans.

03-02-2025

Marissa Kolander Kolander

This proposed bill is outrageously hypocritical and dangerous. Vaccines are the result of sound, established science and save lives. Those who choose to receive them have the right to do so without interference from any outside influence, as is the law.

03-02-2025

Stephanie Moton

I can only assume the authors of this bill are completely ignorant regarding the scientific facts around the vaccines they are attempting to outlaw, or are deliberately trying to usher in a new era of regression, sickness and general decline that causes everyone who has the means to do so to exit the state of Iowa within the next five years. The members of the subcommittee, regardless of their personal knowledge or discomfort around scientific topics, have the option of recognizing that this would be a bad thing for a state that is already on a downhill trajectory, and can choose not to pass this bill.

03-02-2025

Elizabeth Kenwood

It's amazing to see so many "Iowans" in support of informed consent and body autonomy.Support banning gene based vaccines. When other vaccines or medical treatments have been proven unsafe or ineffective they get pulled from the market. Even if some people would be happy to keep taking them they arent offered because they have been deamed unsafe/ineffective. The FDA has allowed the current COVID 19 products to remain on the market even after they have surpassed safety thresholds in number of injuries and deaths and the amount of DNA contamination. They've also bypassed safety studies on transmissibility and shedding as recommended by the FDAs own guidelines for these specific types of therapies in concern for the general public. Based on this Iowa legislators should ban these in the state.

03-02-2025

Catherine Spencer

It is my right as a citizen to receive medical treatment as I wish. If there are citizens who do not want to be vaccinated, that is their choice, but my healthcare provider should not be at risk for providing and administering a vaccine to me if I so choose. This is a deadly game that you are playing, and with elderly parents and immunocompromised friends it is not a risk that I appreciate in any form. Aside from the people who could die as a result from such a policy, this is the type of legislation that will drive residents from Iowa to other states. I strongly oppose consideration of this bill.

03-02-2025

Michelle Schacherer

Dear legislators,Please do not vote to ban these life saving medications. It goes beyond bychoice Covid vaccines but to a massive array of treatments for Iowa citizens. MRNA is in all of our cells. Please understand it is a natural part of understanding any medicine at all. Do not do this without understanding the science.

03-02-2025

Risa K

I'm opposed to this insane bill.Science is real. We need to trust Science.The fact that this treatment could be benefit those who are diagnosed with cancer which, is rising at EXTREMELY ALARMING RATES here in Iowa (even though a portion of our government would rather waste their time stripping people of their rights and health options than try and solve that).Anyone can refuse a vaccine should they choose to, but to restrict people who choose to take it, or to prevent those would could LIVE because of it, is absolutely disgusting.

03-02-2025

Ginger Duer

How do we live in a world where our elected officials are truly so stupid and willfully ignorant as to even entertain this? Do you want people to die? Because the only explanation here is that youre all clamoring for population reduction.I hope yall die first.

03-02-2025

Craig Otto

I strongly disagree with this. It once again is legislative overeach. I have received covid vaccines with no side effects. To date have not had a severe case of covid. The possible side effects were made public once FDA emergency approval was given. As with any medication there may be other side effects that come to light and need attention. If someone does not want a vaccine that is their choice. I still trust medical research and medical professionals for my health needs. Politicians have no business dictating what vaccines I receive. It is unfortunate this all became so political. Considering the lives saved by this vaccine I am truly saddened by this proposed legislation. What ever happened to caring and respecting individual decisions.

03-02-2025

Elizabeth Peralta

Since when does the state vote against the best interests of its constituents? Since K. Reynolds became Governor of the state of Iowa. This law is a perfect example of the republican conservative desire to keep government in every aspect of our lives. This is not freedom nor is it a sound practice. I am disappointed and appalled by the decisions made by the Iowa legislature and its cronies.Your future generations will have to hide in shame over the incompetence of your government.Sincerely,An Angry Iowan

03-02-2025

Renee Harper

I oppose this bill. Anyone with any sense, who doesnt want to cause unnecessary death or illness, would oppose this bill. It is incomprehensible, to SO MANY IOWANS, why this would even be considered. Why would any of you try to make our state such a terrible place to live? Seems like a poor economic plan, besides being immoral.

03-02-2025

Joan M Corbin

I strongly oppose SF 360. The safety of MrNA vaccines has been established through good science. Do not take away our rights to get vaccines as that is just wrong. COVID vaccines saved lives when the virus was virulent and killing people who were vulnerable. If you are the party of sanctity of life you need to care about all of life. We will soon have Avian Flu and will need a vaccine, assuming they are being developed. People with strong immune systems will be able to recover, but those with weak immune systems and elderly will struggle.

03-02-2025

Brooke Baessler

As a mother to a 9 month old I VERY strongly oppose this bill. As a person with common sense I VERY strongly oppose this bill. This is a blatant disregard for a persons right to choose and if this passes I will no longer feel safe in the state I was born and raised in.Shame on our legislators for even thinking this bill is acceptable.

03-02-2025

Brette Deaton

I strongly oppose this bill. The government overreach in this state has got to stop. Politicians do not have the education to be making medical decisions that have already been vetted by science. Stay out of our doctor's offices. You have no right to make these decisions for your constituents.

03-02-2025

R C

This bill should not leave subcomittee. It's unscientific and infringing on the rights of Iowans to decide for themselves and their families what medical care to pursue. Big government doesn't have a place in taking away our freedoms. If people don't want to get the vaccines themselves, they don't have to.

03-02-2025

Laurie B

This bill should not be passed. I trust my healthcare provider to inform me of any risks associated with vaccines and other healthcare options. This bill takes away my ability to choose what is right for me. This bill prevents my doctors from providing me with the best care possible. Fines and stripping licensure for providing basic healthcare will hurt Iowa and its citizens and possibly create a doctor shortage especially in smaller towns. Do not pass this overreaching bill.

03-02-2025

Chris Goodman

Dear Iowa Senators, I am shocked, yet again at the over stepping off government in the name of freedom. mRNA vaccines have been in development for DECADES! Immunologists have worked HARD to help provide us with effective ways to help countless lives. During COVID , President Trump signed an executive order for every scientist and immunologist to come up with a vaccine. As a result, countless lives or saved because of the advancement of mRNA vaccines. Imagine your studying for a test & you need to prepare for it with flashcards. You've prepared enough someone you see the right answer, you make the correct choice. That's mRNA. It's a flash card for our immune system! In simple terms, it shows our immune system to watch out for certain proteins. After it has delivered the message it dissolves and goes away. And now because of disinformation and fear, want to take that option away from Iowans! Are you absolutely insane!?! When did Republicans become big government?!So, you're going to tell us what vaccines we can and cannot do?I trust Immunologist who rely on research, evidence and facts. You are elected officials who serve parttime for All of the people of Iowa. I rely on research through PubMed and not what my neighbors best friends son went through with a vaccine.Science was on the verge of developing a vaccine for cancer! Pancreatic cancer trials were getting ready to start. My husband lost his dad to pancreatic cancer. My husband is a cancer survivor himself and I cannot believe you are stepping between a patient's rights and their healthcare provider. Being diagnosed with cancer is scary and pancreatic cancer can be a death sentence. Only recently has therapies changed, and this would have been a huge leap in cancer treatment. But instead of following the science, you are following fear and disinformation. I cannot believe freedoms are being removed in the name of "freedom". What a way to twist a word. Yes! I am bitter. Mainly because I've seen the division being sewn between families and neighbors with divisive politics. When in the hell did science become political? Science is a political and keep your hands off my choice of vaccines!https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2021/thelonghistoryofmrnavaccines

03-02-2025

Crystal Markfort

I strongly oppose SF 360. Please strongly consider not bringing this out of committee. These vaccines have been through heavy trials, are science backed and have saved so many lives and for those of us who have been in the hospitals during the time before it, we have seen what was without it. The science behind them isn't that new, just new for COVID, and it is life changing and life saving. Those who don't want them, don't have to get them. But that should remain their choice with them, their doctors and not at the legislative levels. You say that you are concerned with the exodus of health care professionals from Iowa and poor recruitment of professionals staying in Iowa. Bills like this will only continue to drive away doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals as well as you limit not only their practice, but you put them in danger as they can't protect themselves while at work, or their families by getting the vaccine if they would choose in state. If that is a goal of both the Governor and the legislator, I would definitely say that this bill will not support that goal. Please really discuss this with your centers of excellence that you have here in Iowa, in Ames, Des Moines, Iowa City. You have so many hospitals, universities, and research facilities that actually do gene research, work with medicine, science, vaccine studies, and trials. You have great resources at your finger tips. Speak with them. Learn the truth about what they are, how they have been developed, studied before being approved, how they work, what real concerns are and again, what studies show are the benefits.

03-02-2025

Chad Shonkwiler

PLEASE VOTE NO.If my family member or I have a medical condition or serious illness, I want ALL treatment or preventative options available and to be able to work with my healthcare provider to utilize expertise and research to determine which option provides the least risk and best likely outcome given our specific situation. Whether you want to do the same or not, please DO NOT infringe MY right to have access to ALL available treatment options. I beg of you, please.

03-02-2025

D. Warzak

I urge you to NOT allow this bill to move forward. As a biochemist, the field of mRNA technology is something I study extensively and the vaccines that will eventually come out of this will be even safer, more effective, littletono side effects, and efficient to make. I know there was hesitancy for COVID but it was and is studied heavily by the CDC/FDA and the reality is the mRNA vaccines are one of the most safe kinds despite the somewhat annoying side effects. I would be happy to speak on the safety and efficacy of the mRNA vaccines as it seems no biologist was consulted prior to this bill being written. I think Iowa Bio would also be happy to speak with you. This bill would also take away Iowans right to protect themselves from the bevy of infectious diseases we now have across the globe due to bills like this that increase vaccine hesitancy.

03-02-2025

Jonathon Struve

I oppose this bill for many reasons. First, it is not based in science, but on conspiracy theories. mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID pandemic, and they show promise for treating other diseases and even certain cancers. Like the transgender discussion, this bill seems crafted out of malice rather than knowledge. I have no confidence that it is crafted after consulting with medical experts because it wasn't. It was crafted in ignorance. The second, and perhaps more important reason I oppose this bill is because I am tired of this Republican regime attempting to control everyone's lives. I thought Republicans believed in freedom and small government, but in your power drunk behavior, you have decided that you get to control everyone. This is big government. I want my health care to be decided by a medical professional, not ideological partisan legislators.

03-02-2025

Angela Cordle

OPPOSEThis bill is dangerous. Banning approved vaccines will result in a resurgence in preventable disease and undermine public health, not to mention hamper future advancements in disease treatments like cancer. Iowans should have the option to choose the best medical disease prevention treatments available for themselves and their families. Let Iowans make their own medical decisions!

03-02-2025

Amy Moore

This is a NO. We do not want vaccines banned. Let the patient and their doctors decided if a vaccine should be given. With changes in medicine occurring, we dont want to punish the immunocompromised for a future advancement that can keep them (or others) healthy. You have the FREEDOM to not get vaccinated. Let those who want a vaccine to FLOURISH.

03-02-2025

Roslyn Gunnink

This bill is crazy. Banning cutting edge technology in the state makes no sense. Why do we want to turn back time and ignore all the leaps science has made. People should be given a choice. If they dont want to take a vaccine they dont have to but they should be available to those who believe in health and science.Maybe bills like this is why the state of Iowa is number two in new cancer cases.

03-02-2025

Necia Peters

03-02-2025

Brandon Griffis

mRNA vaccines are long established and safe. It would be absolute sciencephobic lunacy at this point to deny ourselves access to this lifesaving innovation.Please read a book, talk to actual experts, and put this bill in it's grave before you do something stupid like passing it and end up putting kids there.

03-02-2025

Kathy Lien

I oppose SF360because I reserve the right to make my own decisions regarding my healthcare. I respect antivaxers choice to abstain from vaccines of all kinds,,but want you to vote with the medical community as they are I. Opposition to this bill. Our legislature is driving g young people from our state with these hateful attacks on lgbtq people, our public schools,and women. These are not the issues you were elected to pursue.

03-02-2025

amber williams

These are not Iowa values! When did we start living in a deep Kabul state? Who is actually running this show? Since when have we become the type of place where we strip people of their civil rights and now we threaten to punish healthcare professionals for vaccinating individuals who want to be vaccinated? I don't care if you believe vaccines work or not, as a nurse who worked in the ER through covid and saw the sickness and death caused by the virus and know that there is an alternative to that I can't believe that you are even considering a bill that would prevent people from protecting themselves from such horrible viruses. It's as if you're hoping people die at this point. So much for Iowa nice. We are becoming the laughing stock of the nation at this point. This bill must be voted down!

03-03-2025

Darla Olson

I oppose this bill as a violation of our rights. As an individual, I have the right to choose whether I want to have a vaccine or not. This isnt the first infringement upon our rights. The state and the federal governments are overstepping the boundaries of our freedoms.

03-03-2025

Ann Sullivan-Larson

Hate of liberals has made some people so unhinged that they will even reject scientifically proven safe vaccines to prevent illness and death. At what point did politicians decide they know better than doctors? Whose idea was it to make administration of these lifesaving medicines a crime? Who is that ignorant? Reject this absolutely foolish and reckless bill, based on cynical, politicallyinspired disinformation. Listen to reason, not emotion. We deserve access to medicines that have passed the appropriate human trials for safety, and it is not the business of any nonmedical professional to disallow them.

03-03-2025

Brandon Stump

There are many great vaccines that this needlessly cuts off. Theres a vaccine that cuts down certain cancer by 70%. Eliminating promising science for political reasons is asinine. Please vote against outlawing mRNA therapies.

03-03-2025

Amanda Freese

I oppose SF 360. Every Iowan should get to choose how best to protect themselves from illness or secure the best treatments for an illness. Gene based vaccines are safe and extremely effective. Its time our legislators stopped playing with the lives of constituents.

03-03-2025

Amber Gale

I oppose this bill We deserve the right to choose for our own health and safety. Aside from the vaccines that are commonly known there are also newer treatments for cancer that use this technology. I do not need my state limiting my choices for medical treatment. The right to choose should remain with the individual and not be legislated by our state.

03-03-2025

Amy Shinn

mRNA technology has already been proven to activate the immune system to attack cancer cells. Just this week, we were informed Iowa has the 2nd highest incidence of cancer in the United States and the numbers are still growing. Nobody who cares about Iowa and its future would want to impose a law preventing a treatment for multiple types of cancers. This absurd bill also includes a imposing a fine on anyone who administers such a vaccine and directs they be reviewed by licensing boards for offering life saving care to patients. mRNA vaccines are not new. They have been in development since the 1960s. A bill to prevent the use of mRNA vaccines in the state of Iowa is not only reckless, but it could cause detrimental health effects to Iowans for generations to come. The Iowa Senate is not qualified to make health decisions for every citizen of Iowa. Iowans are intelligent people who should be allowed to be well informed about their options and make their own their health care decisions. mRNA vaccines have been proven to prevent COVID19 and Ebola Virus and help save lives during large outbreaks and pandemics.mRNA vaccines have been prepared with the ability to both prevent and treat Rabies. In the case of an outbreak, mRNA vaccines are more cost effective. These vaccines would require fewer total shots and could be created locally to address the situation quickly. Time would be of the essence considering Rabies is fatal within 6 to 11 days of symptom onset.Because mRNA vaccines are proven to be longer acting and more effective than traditional vaccines, clinical trials are underway to provide a universal flu vaccine that will eliminate the need to repeat the shot every year to address new mutations.mRNA vaccines are shown to modify genes in the liver which permanently lower cholesterol. This vaccine is expected to offer lifelong protection from heart attacks and strokes.Studies are presently underway to determine whether it is possible to repair defective and damaged genes using mRNA vaccines. This would include lifelong debilitating diseases such as Cystic Fibrosis.A method has already been discovered which reverses fibrosis to the heart resulting in heart failure. This same process could also be useful in treating fibrosis found in the liver, kidneys, and joints.Research is being conducted on how to stop the body's production of antibodies which lead to anaphylaxis in people with peanut allergies.A therapy to repair the genetic defect which causes Sickle Cell Anemia with a single injection is currently in development, and the same mRNA technology could be applied to many other congenital defects present at birth. In the future mRNA therapeutics may be able to reduce previously untreatable conditions like frontotemporal dementia and ALS.This bill designed to deprive Iowans of critical care when they need it most should never have been introduced. Attempting to quietly pass it into law should also not go unnoticed. Politicians who introduce frivolous bills and push their personal agendas at the expense of the people they represent should be recognized for those efforts and voted out.

03-03-2025

Heidi Reyes

I urge you to oppose SF360. Genebased vaccines have saved millions of lives. The COVID19 pandemic has proved the effectiveness and safety of genebased vaccines. The people of Iowa deserve the best healthcare. Genebased vaccines provide the best healthcare. Please oppose SF360.

03-03-2025

Evonne Swanson

03-03-2025

Kathy Beck

Please do not consider this bill. UIHC just released a report that they are currently working on a pancreatic cancer treatment involving MRNA. With cancer currently very high in this state the last thing we need is the registers messing in this. We can decide with our healthcare providers what vaccines we get. Stay out of it

03-03-2025

Becky Venneman

Do not restrict access to current and future vaccines that can be life saving for those in Iowa. Mrna vaccines have been proven safe and as an individual with a higher risk condition if would get covid the access to these vaccines of which I have had several are critical to my ability to still do daily tasks in public by lessening my risk for getting severe complications from covid by being vaccinated and boosted.There are also studies for use of Mrna vaccines being used for cancer in the future.Do not restrict access to Healthcare and let patients decide and evaluate risks for any treatments they pursue. Stop believing propaganda but rather get real scientific research to show the benefits of mrna vaccines now and in the future.

03-03-2025

Ross S

I am vehemently against this bill. Since when is it acceptable under any circumstance for our government to dictate our healthcare decisions. Why is it that our state government is now trying to decide what medication and treatments we can get? Our senators have a majority as republicans. What happened to the values of the GOP favoring small government? What happened to senators protecting citizens? Why are politicians making medical decisions for the entire state? What are your credentials? This will kill Iowans. This bill will mark your hands red, and you are responsible for the death of Iowans if this bill passes.

03-03-2025

Denise Miller

Vaccines save lives and our important to our public health and safety. We can see what is happening down in Texas with the unvaccinated. With another potential pandemic on the horizon, it is important that we are prepared and ready. There are risks with any type of medication no matter what it is. There are warning labels on every type of drug that people take. If you watch TV commercials you hear all of the side effects of everything. We must listen to medical professionals and doctors and science, not politicians trying to score points.

03-03-2025

Joyce Johansen

Please do not take the possibility of cancer vaccines away from us. Iowa is already a leading state for cancerI am one of the cases. Feel free to legislate that you cant be forced to take but for the love of God and Iowans dont write their death warrants.

03-03-2025

Michael Sinklier [The Iowa Clinic]

I am a board licensed practicing family physician in Ankeny, IA. I would strongly recommend you not pass this bill. mRNA technology is not harmful or bad. In fact, it will likely lead to an even greater number of vaccines in the future, some of which will have the ability to protect us from certain kinds of cancer. Im not sure why this technology became so vilified, but in truth, it is not dangerous to our health. I have received about 5 of the COVID mRNA vaccines since their release and am as healthy and strong as I have ever been. You dont have to take my word for it, there is data that shows extremely limited risk in mRNA vaccines. Lastly, I would caution the legislature from passing this legislation as I can guarantee you it will cause a number of physicians to leave the state. I would certainly be among those that do. The reason for that is simply that I could not continue to practice medicine in a state with such restrictive regulations on my medical autonomy and authority. Please leave the practice of medicine to the professionals. I do come into your chamber and micromanage you at your job. Please extend the medical professionals of this great state that same courtesy. Thank you.Michael Sinklier, DO

03-03-2025

Jackie Cordon

Youre targeting the elderly and those with low income. Let the FDA do its job. You pass this law and we will have to cross state lines to get our vaccines. Thats so hard for people in the middle of the state, especially the elderly. Remember how many died in nursing homes during the pandemic, until we started vaccinating? Why target senior citizens?

03-03-2025

McKennah Wiggins

I strongly oppose SF 360. As someone living with cystic fibrosis, a disease that makes me especially vulnerable to respiratory infections, I know firsthand how critical vaccines are in protecting people like me. This bill isnt about freedomits about making it harder for Iowans to access lifesaving medical advancements, and for people like me, thats not just political. Its life or death.Genebased vaccines, including mRNA technology, are medical breakthroughs that have protected millions from severe illness and death. If this bill passes, it will make Iowa a more dangerous place for immunocompromised people, children, and the elderlyour most vulnerable citizens. Why would our lawmakers want to roll back progress and put lives at risk?This is not about personal choice; its about public health and the right to survive. I urge the committee to reject SF 360 and stand with science, not fearmongering. Protect Iowans. Protect people like me.

03-03-2025

Cynthia Ballard

Are you kidding me??? If you don't want a vaccine, don't get one. But those of us, who believe in science and years of research, would like to be able to get vaccinated if we wish. How can this issue even be questioned in 2025? How can it ever be questioned? It's getting so doctors are going to be afraid to treat patients for anything, for fear of being sued or arrested. I can see why there is getting to be a shortage of physicians.Please do not sign this ridiculous bill. Allow those of us who want to be vaccinated, for whatever we feel we need, get vaccinated. Those who choose not to, it's their choice.It should always be our choice.

03-03-2025

Heather Kowalski

I strongly oppose this bill. Passing this would make it impossible to recruit and retain primary care physicians to our state. As a physician this would take away my ability to protect my patients and protect myself and my family.

03-03-2025

Katie Mitchell

I strongly opposed SF360. The government does not have a right to decide what is best for my health. The government does not get a voice in my doctor's office. When did the Republican party switch from "the party of small government" to "the party that controls all personal decisions?" Unacceptable.

03-03-2025

Stephanie Cecil

I oppose this bill. Please let Iowans to continue to be able to choose which vaccines they are able to receive. As an immuncompromised person, it is in my best interest to receive any available vaccine. Please let us CHOOSE.

03-03-2025

Jena Flak

I strongly oppose bill SF 360. Genebased vaccines have been shown to be safe and effective. They are not mandatory. They are a choice made between a patient and their health care provider based on risks vs benefits. I currently practice as a health care provider in family medicine and urgent care and have been able to be a part of these conversations and the risks associated with lack of vaccine availability. Taking away this right is going to negatively impact the most vulnerable in our state. Please do not sign this bill.

03-03-2025

Emily McCune

I oppose this bill, do not pass this. This would take away my and many other citizens of our state the right to our medical freedom. It should always be a choice, up to whoever receives it. mRNA vaccines and other gene based therapies do NOT pose a public health risk. It's a miracle that we've advanced this far in medicine. mRNA vaccines are SAFE and EFFECTIVE, and my right to choose to have them administered should not be infringed upon. Do not pass this bill.

03-03-2025

Jeanette Todd

I am a BSN prepared nurse, currently enrolled in an MSN program. MRNA vaccines have been studied for decades. The average person doesn't understand the scientific process that goes into developing a medication before it even is available for use. These vaccines are literally saving lives, are actually safer and more effective than many of the old vacine processes, and have way more implications for future benefits than can possibly be imagined. Nonscience experts should not be legislating scientific developments. Restricting science will put Iowa even further behind in terms of competitive edge. I implore you to keep science and mRNA vaccines available.

03-03-2025

Amani Talwar

Personal freedom is very important to Iowans. Every one of us should have the choice to decide whether or not we get any vaccine. Cancer rates in Iowa are already out of control. Vaccines show promise against pancreatic cancer. I lost my grandmother to cancer and I don't want it to happen to anyone else in my family. mRNA vaccines ensured that when my family got COVID, we recovered in a matter of days, while an unvaccinated woman I know died from COVID. Cancer rates increasing in Iowa, along with other sicknesses, is going to look very bad for the political leaders of the state.

03-03-2025

Jesse Richardson-Jones

Against SF360Its clear that whoever wrote this bill has a limited grasp on science, let alone reality. Whats nexttelling us we cant use Tylenol? Why would we allow a legislature to make these kinds of personal health decisions for us? Do not pass this embarrassment of a bill out of committee.

03-03-2025

Shirley Harris

I OPPOSE this bill. Please vote AGAINST the blanket prohibition of any vaccine that has been proven effective for millions of people. This bill targets and prevents the use of genebased vaccines as a whole, without distinction.Information taken from Cleveland Clinic, a renowned medical facility:An mRNA vaccine genebased is a preventive treatment that trains your body to fight infectious diseases. Only COVID19 vaccines currently use mRNA technology. They work by giving your body instructions to make a small part of the virus so your immune system can generate tools to fight an infection if it sees the virus again in the future.

03-03-2025

Kristyn Osborne

There is absolutely no situation in which any governmentstate or federal should be restricting the option of vaccines. The decision to get vaccinated is between an individual and their doctor. I wholeheartedly oppose this bill.

03-03-2025

Renee Pedersen

What gives you the right to determine what vaccine I can and cannot put in my body? Without the COVID vaccine and the yearly flu vaccine, my husband would be confined to our home October through March. You see when he developed COVID the first time, he developed blood clots in his lungs. He was advised by several lung and heart specialists to get these vaccinations yearly for his wellbeing. You offering this bill takes that right away from him and punishes the doctor administering it. Why? In his case, the doctors who watch over his health want him protected and you want to tell him NO. What training do you have in the research field or are you just following the latest talking point of the Republican Party? These vaccines have been 3 decades in the making. They are not a flybynight wreckless injection that has not been well researched and regulated. By taking these options away from the people of Iowa, you are putting us all at risk, especially the very young, the vulnerable and the elderly. Is that serving your constituents of the state? I think you know the answer to that. Do not even bring this bill to the table for a vote. By doing so, you are helping to continue to take Iowa back 50 years and destroy any advances in the medical field that have done nothing but save peoples lives.

03-03-2025

Anne Volker [self]

Iowa is number two in the nation for the incidence/prevalence of cancer and the only state with an increasing rate of cancer. Researchers (informed by actual science) are making breakthroughs in vaccines that may prevent the deadliest cancers. I'm wondering how you square this? How do you prohibit the administration of mRNA vaccines and support an administration that cuts funding of the NIH not to mention virtually ignoring Iowa's water quality, pesticide/herbicide run off and healthcare desserts ... Remind me again how you intend to attract physicians to practice in Iowa??? Remind me why anyone would want to live in Iowa with a legislature that thinks they know more then scientists and continue to take freedoms away from people. The very people who were outraged about having to wear a mask are now telling me I don't have a choice about what to do with my body/healthcare decisions??? That's rich!!!

03-03-2025

Amanda Fender

Please do not do this!! Banning vaccines with a likelihood of saving lives is irresponsible. You can't predict what next vaccine could cure cancer and by the time a bill like this is repealed, people will have died. Please just let us make our own Healthcare decisions. In the words of Kim Reynolds, "We trust Iowans to do the right thing"

03-03-2025

Catherine Stensland

Denying access to any vaccines is a dangerous precedent. Denying the science that created the vaccine is also dangerous. My siblings and I were given the polio vaccine and we never developed polio. Currently there is a needless measles outbreak that has already caused the death of one child. This bill will also cause harm. Please vote no.

03-03-2025

Lori Flanigan

This bill will harm Iowans. I am immunocompromised and have many Iowa relatives with health issues requiring updated vaccines to remain as healthy as possible. We believe in science and know vaccines save lives. If others choose not to vaccinate, we honor their beliefs but stay away from them because of their choice. Do not continue to harm Iowans who you were elected to serve.

03-03-2025

Kristen Westpheling

I oppose this bill as someone who is young, healthy, and a teacher because I have people that I care about, such as grandparents and students, that I want to be able to receive the medical care they need. Everyone should have the choice to get whatever vaccines they and their doctor's decide is necessary, not the government. Please do not let this bill move forward.

03-03-2025

Ashley Burns

This bill is restricting access to the choice of an individual to receive vaccinations to protect them against disease. Individuals should have the option without penalizing Healthcare professionals. As an Iowan and science professional, I value the protection these vaccines provide to me and my family. Why are we criminalizing disease prevention?

03-03-2025

Ashlee Reetz

Please vote against SF 360. I am a PA that worked in urgent care during covid and many influenza seasons. These are life saving vaccines. If you don't want to receive them, that is your choice. If you want to do something helpful, make sure no one loses their Medicaid and Medicare benefits. And stop listening to RFK. He clearly has mental issues and is not qualified to make medical decisions.

03-03-2025

Amanda Chrystal

The mRNA covid vaccine has been an effective treatment for long covid for me, and allows me to remain a productive member of society. Don't take away my ability to earn a living for my family. Don't take away my medical treatment.

03-03-2025

Jessica Konarske

I am a current Family Physician and urge this not go forward. Many others on here have well stated the freedoms to still get these vaccines should be allowed. No one is arguing a mandate of getting the mRNA vaccine. But this who want it should be allowed. It is life saving technology. Not only does it protect against covid, just look and listen to how much less we see our neighbors hospitalized or dying from covid now. It's used for gene therapy in life saving cancer treatment as well. This needs to continue to develop further, not be squashed for fear of what you don't understand. I don't understand how airplanes operate, as I have never piloted one, but I do not fear them just because we hear the uncommon stories of the unfortunate accidents that do occur. I trust the pilots have our best interest, and their own, as they too put themselves at the same risk we do, and want everyone to make it safely to their destination.

03-03-2025

Andrew Malm

My wife's grandmother had her life saved by mRNA gene therapy after she received her stage 3 cancer diagnosis. I appreciate people who would choose not to receive mRNA based vaccinations and treatments, but others should still have the choice to receive them if they wish.

03-03-2025

Kassie Werner

Im appalled that the state is even allowing this discussion.First and foremost, the use of mRNA, in drug development, has the potential to treat and prevent some of the most critical health challenges that our country faces. Some of the top diseases that can be targeted with mRNA vaccines include, but are not limited to: malaria, tuberculosis and cancer. It was recently released that Iowa has the second highest incidence rate of cancer IN THE COUNTRY. The University of Iowa has active clinical trials, for certain cancers, that are using mRNA vaccines to try and save lives. This bill would not only impact the lives of Iowans, but those of our fellow Americans, coming to our state, in hopes of a cure to save their lives. I recently asked Mr. Campbell why this bill had been brought forth, in order to be able to provide more in depth feedback as to why I am in opposition, but was only provided with an answer of he had essentially copied from a bill from Montana and it would be updated on 3/3.If Mr. Campbell cannot provide his constituents with a full explanation of what he is trying to achieve by bringing this bill to the table, he has absolutely no business defending his case against it when he isnt able to answer to the people of Iowa regarding his viewpoints.While I understand Mr. Campbell has a background in pharmacology, our country has scientific researchers who dedicate their lives and careers to cutting edge breakthroughs, whether at universities or places like NHH or the CDC.Their voices and opinions should be the ones driving us to our decisions rather than a man from North Iowa who appears to be entirely out of touch and has no relevant experience, as it pertains to the science behind mRNA, to make decisions that impact lives.If Mr. Campbell doesnt trust in mRNA, it should be his decision not to revive a vaccine that has been made that way but in no way, should he try to impose his beliefs onto others.The state of Iowa needs to be focused on things that can be done to improve the quality of life not just for Iowans, but for the country and world. If this bill is somehow passed, I fear for what is to come.

03-03-2025

Nadia Tornabane

I oppose SF 360. Taking away options for those in medical needs serves no one in the general public. There is no medical science backing this decisive legislation. It only serves a system that takes money from people and provides little to no care for them.

03-03-2025

Angie scott

MRNa vaccines have been around prior to COVID. They are proven to work and there are many being test for different type of cancer treatments. Besides being a cruel rule that will only result in people leaving the state, dying needlessly, and turning future businesses away. There is absolute no reason for the state of Iowa to ban anything that could save lives. But maybe thats your point

03-03-2025

Laura Hanson

I strongly oppose SF 360. Decisions about vaccines should be made between patients and their doctors, not the government. This is a huge overreach from the party of small government and will drive medical providers out of Iowa.

03-03-2025

Mark Wilcox

This proposed legislation is downright dangerous. The Iowa legislature needs to stop blindly following the leadership and return to common sense and science based reason. Gene based vaccines have saved the lives of millions of Iowans. Why does the legislature want to actively HARM those it was elected to protect?

03-03-2025

Olivia Farrell

I oppose SF 360 This not only takes away medical freedoms and choice from the people of Iowa, but it also perpetuates false claims that vaccines cause more harm than good. Please listen to your constituents and discontinue this attack on our medical advancements that will protect our children and ourselves.

03-03-2025

Jenni Winterhof

I am a nurse and am outraged that there is any legislation being considered to prosecute healthcare workers. The government has no right and no business telling me what I Cana or cannot do with my body but certainly not keep me from doing my job as a nurse! If someone chooses vaccinations, that is their choice. Administering shots is a part of my nursing role and always has been

03-03-2025

Rebecca Lundquist

I strongly oppose SF 360. As a physician, I know these vaccines are lifesaving. As a human who was working in the hospital with Covid patients and supervising residents in 2020, I remember clearly the fear that I would get sick or that a resident would get sick. We watched people die. I cried tears of joy the day I was told my residents could get the vaccine and as people who understood that these vaccines were safe and effective, they lined up and got it that day. Please choose science and please choose humanity. Thank you

03-03-2025

Terrance Seifert

It makes absolutely no sense to ban vaccines. Specifically MRNA types as this bill would seek to do. If measles/shingles and polio vaccines are okay because theyve gone through decades of research and have so much data on their efficacy, why would you not want that for MRNA type vaccines? Banning them is just creating policy based on Russian propaganda.

03-03-2025

Amy Seifert

I strongly oppose SF 360. Vaccines, including the mRNA vaccines, have been proven safe and effective by researchers and scientists and public health professionals. Decisionmaking should be left up to the individual with the advice of their medical care provider, and not criminalized by lawmakers. I have taken all COVID19 vaccine doses offered to my age and health demographic. My children have also been completely vaccinated. We have many citizens with immunedeficiency. who don't have a "normal" functioning immune system are unable to receive some vaccines or the vaccines don't work effectively to prevent illness, so they rely on herd immunity. They rely on those who CAN receive their vaccines to protect them from illnesses that are even more lifethreatening and lifealtering than to someone with a fullyfunctioning immune system. Please do not allow this bill to become a reality. We could easily face another pandemic

03-03-2025

Jonathan DiNitto

Strongly oppose. Vaccines have saved many lives. In particular the mRNA vaccines have allowed this nation to get the Covid pandemic under control. Vaccines are a choice if people dont want to take advantage of this technology and get sick that is their prerogative.

03-03-2025

Shauna Thomas

I strongly oppose this bill. No only are we exposing everyone to COVID without vaccines, but moving forward it would limit the availability of cancer treatments. One of the most promising cancer treatment right now used mRNA technology. With Iowa having the second highest cancer rates, wed we leaving them to go through harsher treatments, with lower odds.

03-03-2025

Tracie Kennedy

I strongly support SF360 and ask for you to vote yes today. I wish I could be at this subcommittee in person or speak virtually but it isn't possible today. This topic is very important to me as I have personally suffered the devastating consequences of these genebased vaccines but as a voice for all Iowans who deserve transparency, safety, and the fundamental right to medical choice.In February 2021, my brother David, a healthy 36yearold husband and father, passed away just hours after receiving an mRNA COVID19 vaccine. He wasnt forced against his will, but he was coercedled to believe he had no choice, that declining the shot would mean putting others at risk. He was never informed of the dangers, nor was he given the full scope of information necessary to make a truly informed decision. My family sought justice, paying $10,000 for a medical expert from Stanford to confirm that the vaccine caused his death. We submitted our case to the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) in 2022, and to this day, we have received no responseno acknowledgment that my brothers life was cut short by an unproven, experimental technology.SF360 is necessary because these genebased vaccines, including mRNA, modRNA, selfamplifying RNA, and DNAbased injections, have not undergone the rigorous longterm safety testing required to ensure they do not pose risks beyond the individuals who receive them. This includes a critical concern that has not been adequately studiedwhether these products have the potential to shed or be transmitted to others who have not consented to their use.The FDA has established clear guidelines for genebased therapies that explicitly recommend shedding studies to determine whether biologically active material from vaccinated individuals can be transmitted to those who have not received the injection. However, these studies were not conducted for the COVID19 mRNA vaccines. This omission is alarming, as the FDAs own guidance states that shedding studies are crucial due to the risks of unintended exposure to those who did not opt in.Further, recent findings raise new concerns about the integrity of these products. Independent lab analyses have detected bacterial plasmid DNA contamination in mRNA vaccines at levels thousands of times higher than what the FDA allows for gene therapies due to their potential for DNA integration into human cells. The presence of SV40 promoter/enhancer sequencesassociated with tumorigenic processesonly amplifies the concern that these contaminants could integrate into the genomes of those injected, with unknown longterm consequences.Additionally, the number of adverse events associated with these vaccines far exceeds acceptable thresholds. The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has recorded 19,028 reported deaths related to COVID19 vaccines. Historically, vaccines like the Cutter polio vaccine and the 1976 swine flu vaccine were pulled from the market after just 10 and 53 deaths, respectivelyyet these mRNA products remain available with little oversight.This is not a debate about whether vaccines have benefits. This is a question of safety, ethics, and responsibility. If these genebased therapies cannot meet the basic regulatory requirements set by the FDA for transmissibility studies, longterm safety, and contamination standards, then they should not be administered to the public. Iowans have the right to make medical decisions free from coercion and without the fear that someone elses medical choice could unknowingly affect them.I urge you to pass SF360 to ensure that no other family suffers the devastating loss that mine has endured and to uphold Iowas right to demand safety, transparency, and accountability in public health policy.Thank you.

03-03-2025

Stephanie Caffrey

This bill is a complete overreach of a person's choices to how to treat their bodies. Republicans claim to be the party of smaller government, but how is that so if you're taking away options for peoples' health? Banning mRNA vaccines in our state is ridiculous. As our state is the second in the nation with rising cancer cases, shouldn't we be looking at ways to expand healthcare in the state rather than limiting it? Everyone has the right to live, and taking away my family's options to get the COVID vaccine every year is infringing on those rights. The only logical thing to do is to kill this bill in subcommittee.

03-03-2025

Josh Whitver

When the bird flu is able to transmit human to human, the vaccine used will be an mRNA vaccine. I was listening to an epidemiologist talk about the affects bird flu could have on the general population. While covid killed an estimated 1% of people who contracted it, she estimated bird flu would kill 30%. Thirty. Percent. So, yeahlets not ban the technology that were very likely going to need very soon, hm?

03-03-2025

Amber Hansen

This is bill will end up limiting options doctors have to treat Iowans. Its stupid. If you dont want a vaccine dont get, but do not limit my options. For a party who is all about school choice, they sure want to take away all of my medical rights to choose. Law makers are not doctors. Vaccine choices should be made by Iowans and their doctors. This cannot and should not make it way out of the subcommittee.

03-03-2025

Sarah Harkness

I oppose SF 360 as it eliminates my right to choose my medical care and my familys and neighbors rights as well. If some use arguments that people should not be forced to take vaccines then that same logic should apply in reverse: we should not be forced to *not* take them as well. Further, many of the new vaccines being trialed for conditions as diverse as the stomach flu/norovirus (awful) to various forms of cancer (extremely awful) are mRNA vaccines. In a state where cancer rates are growing at an alarming rate, having access to these potentially life saving preventative measures would not only benefit myself and family, but the community and state as well. Rural healthcare is already strained. Why take away an option that would strain it further just because the vibes feel off?

03-03-2025

Margaret Luetkehans

Vaccines are important to health for all. I believe in the science and grew up with individuals that were negatively affected in their lives by have some of the mRNA diseases. Iowa schools have the ability to opt out of their own vaccines but that does not lessen their responsibility to the greater good of the health of all Americans. We do it for ourselves, for those fighting greater illnesses including adults and children with special needs. You must stop this inquiry right now! Where is your sense of responsibility to the greater good of Iowa? I am against any further movement of this! I have worked with my health provider for the best needs of my (now) adult children and they have vaccinated their children as well.

03-03-2025

Casey Fasselius

There is ZERO reason to provide penalties to providers who give vaccines that can prevent serious illness or death. This is jusT another step towards removing all bodily autonomy. Leave health care to the professionals and their patients!

03-03-2025

Austin Swenson

I STRONGLY appose this bill. It's dangerous and absurd. Maybe focus on actual public health dangers, like all the of cancercausing pesticides and runoff from farms that are going into our water supply? Vaccines are so important, and while I understand that they can't be forced onto people, please don't outright ban them.

03-03-2025

Cindy Smith

WHAT A HORRIBLE BILL! ANOTHER HORRIBLE BILL YOU ARE TRYING TO SHOVE DOWN THE THROATS OF IOWANS! This bill essentially makes it a crime for healthcare professionals to give vaccines (specifically mRNA based ones like covid and other new developing treatments) This will kill people. There is no reason the government should have any control over what vaccines people choose OR choose NOT to get.WE MUST GET ALL REPUBLICANS VOTED OUT! YOU ARE RUINING OUR STATE!

03-03-2025

Z P

Strongly opposed! This bill is big, BIG government. Please let medical experts practice medicine. Why are you trying to legislate personal choice and personal decisions? You have no business doing so make your own personal choices and stay away from others, do not strip us of options we want to have available.

03-04-2025

Noel Moriarty

This bill is deeply unserious. What purpose does this serve other than making Iowans sicker? How did this even make it of subcommittee? Who wrote this bill, the Smallpox virus? What's next, making it a crime to buy cough syrup? This is deeply shameful to even have gotten this far. Absolutely no on this bill.

03-04-2025

Thomas Wyckoff

Hello.MRNA vaccines and genebased therapies are life saving technologies that can and will save lives of Iowans from diseases, both current and emerging. There is no evidence back by research and study that shows they are harmful in anyway. It is akin to reading a recipe, where the MRNA is the recipe card, and the DNA reads it, commits it to memory, then disposes of the recipe. Much how like carbon copies work.To ban these would be an awful step backwards in advancing medicine in Iowa and set a precedent for the country. In a time with bird flu being a massive concern, is this really what we want? To ban preventative measures to protect people? As a nurse, it is an insult to me, my colleagues, and my profession to even be considering this nonsense bill.MRNA vaccines are safe and effective. To pass this would be placing countless lives at risk. Please stop the progress of this bill right away. It should not be passed. I object.

03-04-2025

Dani Dvorak

I dont ask that those who dont want to get a vaccine get vaccinated. I expect that no one tells me that I cant get a vaccine if I want one. Please dont take away more of our rights as an American citizen. Quit taking steps backward! I want to feel safe and Im confused why this is a priority.

03-04-2025

Regina Krueger

What in the hell are you people thinking?? I develop pneumonia at the drop of a hat. Do you know what Covid does to older people like me without the vaccine to buffer it. Do ANY of you have even a junior high level of understanding vaccines and how they work. What is wrong with you people. Freedom my ass!!

03-05-2025

Beth Beadle Legue

I do not support this bill. It seems needlessly invasive. Please spend more time finding funding a for and improving public schools. Signed,A mother with a law degree who is exiting the work force to homeschool her child after failure in the public schools.

03-05-2025

JASON Vogelgesang

I am against this bill. Please continue to give Iowans the freedom to choose a whether or not to receive these important vaccines. We still do not have a good handle on the longterm effects of COVID. COVID vaccines have been shown to reduce the effects of long COVID. Let's not take away this progress or the ramifications may be huge. Long COVID is already negatively impacting our workforce, our economy, and the lives of Iowans.

03-05-2025

Mitch Wiggins

This law should not go through. I thought Iowa was trying to promote medical persons coming to the state. If you're going to make it harder for them to practice why would they even bother coming. Additional this bill is a useless waste of time. Persons have the option to not have any vaccine or have the vaccine removing that option altogether should not be government's responsibility.

03-06-2025

Mary Estle-Smith

Please do NOT PASS this piece of legislative crap. Legislators have NO right to interfere in anyones health care decisions. mRNA vaccines have PROVEN EFFECTIVENESS in preventing dire consequences from COVID and we should all be able to make our own decisions about its administration.Just because the person introducing this bill is a pharmacist doesnt mean he knows whats best for EVERYONE or the his own biases are not driving this.

03-06-2025

Crystal Brugman

This is a ridiculously bad bill. It is blatantly pandering to the part of the Republican party that has lost its mind. What is mindblowing is the amount of mental gymnastics that the party of "personal choice" must do to so they can get behind this! What about my choice? Science is real. Facts are facts. Do not remove my ability to protect my children and family by passing this asinine bill.

03-07-2025

Breanna Herring

This bill is dangerous for Iowans. mRNA vaccine research has been in process for decades. In addition to the safe and effective mRNA vaccines that currently exist, trials show promising results for targeted cancer treatments. As our state deals with the second highest cancer rates in the US, removing access to future therapies is moronic and dangerous. Its embarrassing to be a healthcare provider in the state of Iowa right now please dont make it worse.

03-11-2025

Wayne Bethke

I think this bill should not pass. mRNA vaccines have been proven to be safe and are good at protecting against Covid. If some people dont like the covid vaccine then just dont get it. But please dont take a very beneficial vaccine away from us.