MN Bill Would Criminalize mRNA Vaccines, Label Them 'Weapons Of Mass Destruction' (not the Onion) [View all]

ST. PAUL, MN — A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill in the Minnesota House of Representatives that would classify mRNA vaccines and products as "weapons of mass destruction" and criminalize their manufacture, distribution, and possession.

"It's a shot across the bow of the biotechnology industry, which has taken advantage of its unique liability protections and the fear generated by emergency to fast-track novel gene-altering treatments which are not fully understood," Rep. Walter Hudson (Albertville), one of the bill's authors, told Patch.

"These treatments were coerced under threat of lost employment and social censure, rather than offered under the longstanding ethical norm of informed consent.". Hudson said the bill "would need significant amendment to become law" but described its "bold opening position" as an effort to "provoke productive conversation about these issues" and ultimately "arrive at a reasonable legislative response."

The bill, HF 4991, would prohibit the manufacturing, distribution, and possession of "any product that uses or contains messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) technology" in Minnesota.

In addition to Hudson, the bill was introduced by Republican Reps. Shane Mekeland (Clear Lake), Krista Knudsen (Lake Shore), Jeff Dotseth (Silver Township), Tom Murphy (Underwood), Pam Altendorf (Red Wing), Elliott Engen (White Bear Township), and Isaac Schultz (Elmdale Township).

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