Meeting Public Comments

Grace Rogers

OPPOSE SF180! And when you reschedule meetings, you better carry over the previous comments. This is shady af knowing I submitted comments earlier today that are now gone because the meeting was rescheduled.

Kristen Hartsgrove Mooers

I cant understand why anyone wants this much governmental interference. Its a mistake. Let agencies decide whats best for themselves.

Mary Gillaspey

Please vote NO on SF 180! This bill threatens public health by banning employers from requiring critical safety measures during outbreaks. It would prevent healthcare facilities and employers from ensuring that workersespecially those interacting with vulnerable populationsstay home when ill or prove they arent contagious during outbreaks. This puts our most vulnerable at serious risk.

Carla Schumacher

We need common sense legislation. I do not think this bill meets the criteria of a good bill. Public health requires measures be taken to protect the population. I do not agree with this bill.

Rebekah Jacobs

Please vote OPPOSED to SF 180. The ongoing measles outbreak is a direct result of individuals choosing not to vaccinate their children, which is within their right. However, stating that businesses, or other entities, cannot require someone with measles to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) before entering infringes upon the rights of those businesses or entities to refuse service. My understanding is that my rights end where another persons begin. Every choice has consequences, including the possibility of denied access or PPE requirements. Balancing the rights of individuals is delicate, and this bill unfairly tilts the scale. I urge you to Vote No.

Pamela McDonald

I oppose SF180. Public safety my safety is my concern. We must acknowledge that we've learned over time that vaccines have been beneficial for public health. And, in order to work, they need to be used by everyone who is able. Implementing measures for public safety are what governance is all about.

Karl Schilling

As a person who had mumps, measles, whooping cough, and polio, and whose brother was brain damaged from measles, I have seen the advantages of vaccinations. Exceptions to vaccinations should be few, fact based, and with the safety of the general population given the greatest consideration. While my brother was denied hospitalization because my father couldn't prove he could pay (though he always paid his bills), denying services for any reason is a violation of the Hippocratic oath and a person should not be in the medical profession if not willing to treat everyone. When my brother was denied he had a fever of 108. My father was given medical advice however. He was told to use ice baths to try and lower the fever and to keep my mother away because she was pregnant with me and watching her son die could cause her to miscarry. My brother's brain damage left him with epilepsy and a tendency to outbursts of violence for little cause. I slept with a knife as a child. My brother was not allowed to attend school because his seizures scared the girls. He was committed to Woodward and later Cherokee. Advances in medication eventually allowed him to control his seizures and temper and he worked in a sawmill for 30 years and retired at a salary of $9.50. For almost 80 years the government has paid for his medications and other aspects of his disabilities. I say this to suggest that refusing medical care for any reason is bad policy. It is harmful to the person and leads to greater expense in the long run. Let's not do this bill. Keep us safe from disease. Thank you.

Kayla Cleland

Do you all want Iowans to die or something? Vote NO on this bill if you care about the health and wellbeing of all Iowans.

Jean Kaul-Brown

SAY NO to this bill. This bill threatens public health by banning employers from requiring critical safety measures during outbreaks. It would prevent healthcare facilities and employers from ensuring that workersespecially those interacting with vulnerable populationsstay home when ill or prove they arent contagious during outbreaks. This puts our most vulnerable at serious risk.The most vulnerable deserve safety, too.

Amber Gustafson [Amber Gustafson]

You all have gone completely banana pants. Medical facilities should be places where people go for treatment and healing. Not places where they go to be exposed to infectious diseases.No one has to be coerced into taking a vaccine against their will. But those who are not willing to be vaccinated need to find employment in careers that do not require it. Can you imagine exposing a child with cancer to a respiratory virus that leads to their death? Or giving a laboring mom Hepatitis? What's next? Allowing surgeons to skip washing their hands as a matter of conscience? Please do not allow health care providers to spread the filth and contamination of disease in medical settings. Keep our hospitals and clinics hygienic and clean.