Port Angeles, WA
Sept. 3, 2021 – The Clallam County Courthouse was the backdrop as hundreds of citizens gathered Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, to protest the recent order by the Clallam County Health Officer, Dr. Allison Berry, for “vaccine passports” in order to enter restaurants and bars in Clallam and Jefferson counties. The order was issued on Sept. 2nd, one day earlier, and word spread quickly in less than one day to bring a big crowd to protest the dictate against the freedom of the individual to make their own health choices.
Approximately 400 people gathered for several hours in front of the Lincoln Street entrance and the 4th street entrance of the courthouse, including those who crowded the inside foyer, hoping to get into the meeting announced by the the Emergency Management team to testify against the mandate.
The meeting was slated for 10 AM Friday morning but announced later that they it would be a virtual only meeting; therefore, no one would be allowed to attend an inside meeting. Dr. Allison Berry on the Emergency Management team for Clallam and Jefferson Counties, made several announcements this past week, which brought concerns from the citizenry.
The press release issued by Dr. Berry stated that “all patrons entering an indoor restaurant or bar in Jefferson and Clallam Counties must provide proof they are fully vaccinated against COVID–19, beginning Saturday, September 4…”
“Acceptable forms of proof of vaccination include a completed CDC vaccination card, a State Department of Health Certificate of COVID-19 Vaccination, a printed copy of a State Department of Health vaccine record, a photograph of any of those documents, or an app-based vaccine passport.”
According to the order, “a person is fully vaccinated when they have received all the required doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 and 14 days have passed since the final dose. For the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, two doses are required. Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine requires only one.”
“Employees of bars and restaurants who mask continuously while in the building do not need to provide proof of vaccination. Additionally, children younger than 12, who are ineligible for vaccination, may enter without showing proof.”
Young people, many of them bringing their children, and older folks, as well, came with a message. “Leave us alone”, “remember the Constitution”, “no mandatory vaccinations for me and my family”, “we want our freedom”, and “coercion is not consent”, among many others. In attendance were health care workers, restaurant workers and families, as well as citizens very concerned about the division that is being caused, the “assault on our Constitutional individual rights”, the “violation of the 4th and 14th amendments”, the assault on the State Constitution’s protection of individual rights, including Article 1, Section 7 (No person shall be disturbed in his private affairs, or his home invaded, without authority of law).
Several people spoke to the crowd. The Pledge of Allegiance, various songs, and blowing of the Shofer, graced the crowd at different times. Although the rally was scheduled at 9 for an hour or more, a large crowd continued rallying on the courthouse steps well into the afternoon. Rose Marschall, one of the rally organizers, which included Clallam and Jefferson Counties submitted a petition to Dr. Berry. In addition to the assertion of violations of the U.S. Constitution (1st, 4th and 14th amendments), she urged Dr. Berry not to go forward with the mandate in consideration of violations of the Nuremburg Code.
In part, the petition reads, referring to the Nuremburg Code: “1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved, as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision. …”
What is happening in Clallam and Jefferson counties is also taking place in some other parts of the country. In Ohio, for instance, there is a lawsuit in the works to defend Constitutional rights. See https://www.ohiostandsup.org/videos
A rally is also planned in Jefferson County on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. at the intersection near Safeway.
Recent Comments