WINNING! West Virginia Will Now Provide Religious and Moral Exemptions for School Vaccine Mandates!

“West Virginia’s new governor, Governor Patrick Morrisey, signed an Executive Order on January 14, 2025, formally providing the right to religious exemptions from mandatory vaccines for school children in his state—a historic feat following two ICAN-funded litigations. West Virginia now joins the other 45 states that recognize Americans’ inherent religious freedom!” - ICAN press release.

One day after his inauguration, Governor Morrisey signed an Executive Order allowing students to request exemptions from vaccine requirements for state schools and childcare centers based on religious or moral beliefs.

The Executive Order outlines West Virginia's "Equal Protection for Religion Act," passed in 2023, which aligns with the First Amendment. It states that the state cannot interfere with a person's religious freedom. The new Executive Order builds on this Act, affirming that West Virginians can refuse vaccines for religious or moral reasons and sets up a way to request exemptions. This is similar to a recent court decision in Mississippi, where ICAN successfully restored religious exemptions. After restoring the religious exemption for students in Mississippi, ICAN’s lawyers, supported by ICAN, filed two lawsuits for West Virginia parents wanting religious exemptions for their children's vaccinations. Both cases are still ongoing but have already seen early victories.

ICAN has been consistently leading the way with impactful litigation efforts throughout the country on this important subject. Only four states left—New York, California, Connecticut, and Maine—to complete ICAN’s "Free the Five" effort to bring back religious exemptions in every U.S. state! Visit the ICAN website to explore and learn more about their ongoing legal endeavors and initiatives that are shaping the landscape of educational rights and parental freedoms. To support future legal work like this, click here to donate!

Beyond the Threshold of a Recall!

Last month, a significant study was published in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine called “Pharmaceutical product recall and educated hesitancy towards new drugs and novel vaccines.” This study is well-researched and reviewed by experts, with solid evidence for each claim supported by numerous footnotes that critique the COVID vaccine.

The data clearly indicates that the negative effects associated with the COVID-19 vaccine are significantly greater than those linked to other vaccines that have been in use previously. For instance, when examining historical cases, the 1967 RSV vaccine was withdrawn from the market following the occurrence of just 2 deaths, while the 1976 Swine Flu vaccine was recalled after a relatively small number of only 25 fatalities. This comparison raises important questions about the safety and monitoring of vaccine reactions in the context of public health initiatives.

The study critiques the entire pharmaceutical safety process but focuses on the COVID vaccines within the context of past pharmaceutical failures and medical scandals. It compares these vaccines to controversial drugs like Vioxx, Thalidomide, and DES, which were all marketed as "safe and effective" but later revealed serious long-term side effects, with recalls happening slowly. The authors then concentrate specifically on the COVID mRNA vaccines, referring to them as "gene technology," noting that they are the only drug in the paper that has not been recalled yet.

Rhodes P, Parry PI. Pharmaceutical product recall and educated hesitancy towards new drugs and novel vaccines. International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/09246479241292008

The study's authors also challenged the belief that COVID vaccines prevent severe illness, stating new data contradicts this claim. They referenced official data from New South Wales during the omicron wave that did not support the idea that vaccines stop serious illness or death and suggested the opposite may be true. They also addressed vaccine mandates and excess deaths, implying that these mandates might have harmed people not at risk of dying from COVID. The study offered strong backing for those who think the vaccines were largely ineffective.

The study authors disputed the belief that COVID vaccines protect against severe disease, calling it a “narrative challenged by more recent data.” They noted that official data from New South Wales during the omicron wave did not support claims that these vaccines prevent serious illness or death, and even indicated the contrary. They then addressed vaccine mandates and excess deaths using solid data.

Without explicitly stating it, the article strongly implied that the political jab mandates resulted in the tragic deaths of individuals who were at absolutely zero risk of dying from COVID. The study was filled with compelling ammunition for all of us who have steadfastly refused to give up on demonstrating that the vaccines represent a historic calamity far surpassing the disasters of the Titanic or the Hindenburg. Robust evidence indicates that the COVID mRNA vaccine has clearly surpassed the threshold point necessitating a recall.

Weighing the Risks: HPV VACCINE FACTS

California School Districts threaten to expel IEP students from school over vaccine policy.

PERK's mission has always been to protect the educational rights of kids, including our special needs community. When parents reached out to let us know that their kids with Individual Educational Programs (IEP) were being threatened with expulsion for non compliance with vaccine requirements for K-12, PERK acted.

If your school is threatening to kick your student out, please reach out to us.  https://www.perk-group.com/contact-us

We had our attorney send a letter to the schools in violation of the law and also provided a template letter that parents could use themselves. These letters make it clear that students with an IEP Do Not have to be vaccinated to attend school. 

PERK has provided these letters as a resource for our community. Please feel free to share these important resources. https://www.perk-group.com/exemption-letters-and-links