Following concerns over research to embed
vaccines in produce, the Tennessee Senate has passed a bill which would require any food containing vaccines or vaccine materials to be labeled as pharmaceutical drugs.
The bill, HB 1894, was passed by the Senate in a 23-6 vote on March 28 after the state House passed it 73-22 on March 4. It awaits the governor's signature.
The bill comes in response to a University of California-Riverside research project looking into whether
mRNA which targets pathogens could be implanted into edible plants, which would then be consumed. The research was funded by a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
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You would have to get a prescription for that to make sure that we know how much of the lettuce you have to eat based off of your body type so we don't under-vaccinate you, which leads to the possibility of the efficacy of the drug being compromised, or we overdose you based off how much lettuce is [eaten]," said Republican state Rep. Scott Cepicky during a House committee meeting in February,
WKRN-TV reports.
Comment: Notably, this has happened at least once before, such as during the protests of July 2023, which were basically over the same issue.
There was also a seemingly unrelated car ramming attack in January 2024, also in Tel Aviv, but this time 'Palestinians' were blamed.
And other protest reports from Israel from the last week or so:
- Chaos in the Knesset as protesters storm parliament over Israel's failure to bring back hostages
- Israel hostage families join biggest anti-government protests since war began
Woe be to a society that fosters monsters: