{"id":64032,"date":"2026-03-19T09:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64032"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T22:17:37","slug":"repeal-the-vaccine-shield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64032","title":{"rendered":"Repeal The Vaccine Shield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an American, please sign the petition to end the liability shield<\/p>\n<p>If you can only take one action this year, this should be your top choice.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Kirsch<br \/>\nMar 18<\/p>\n<p>Please sign now<\/p>\n<p>Sign here. <a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vacsafety.org\/petition-repeal-1986-law\/\">https:\/\/www.vacsafety.org\/petition-repeal-1986-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It takes less than a minute.<\/p>\n<p>For the past 40 years, the system has been rigged.<\/p>\n<p>They mandate the product\u2026 then give manufacturers zero liability when it harms you.<\/p>\n<p>Organizations like the AAP push aggressive schedules while the companies behind them face no consequences\u2014no matter what happens.<\/p>\n<p>No accountability<\/p>\n<p>No incentive to make safer products<\/p>\n<p>Just guaranteed customers and zero risk<\/p>\n<p>Why this moment matters<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve never had an opportunity like this in 40 years.<\/p>\n<p>Majority public support for liability<\/p>\n<p>Active legislation: S. 3853 (Rand Paul), H.R. 4668 (Gosar)<\/p>\n<p>New leadership at HHS willing to challenge the system<\/p>\n<p>This is real.<br \/>\nThe time is NOW<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re heading into midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians care about one thing: keeping their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>That makes this the moment they\u2019re most vulnerable to pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Miss this window, and it\u2019s gone.<br \/>\nWhat this does<\/p>\n<p>This petition sends a signal:<\/p>\n<p>Restore liability<\/p>\n<p>Restore accountability<\/p>\n<p>End mandates without recourse<\/p>\n<p>Every signature matters.<br \/>\nBottom line<\/p>\n<p>Sign it<br \/>\nShare it.<\/p>\n<p>Or sit it out and watch nothing change.<\/p>\n<p>Now is the time.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for taking action!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vacsafety.org\/petition-repeal-1986-law\/\">https:\/\/www.vacsafety.org\/petition-repeal-1986-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are an American, please sign the petition to end the liability shield If you can only take one action this year, this should be your top choice. Steve Kirsch Mar 18 Please sign now Sign here. https:\/\/www.vacsafety.org\/petition-repeal-1986-law\/ It takes less than a minute. For the past 40 years, the system has been rigged. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=64032\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Repeal The Vaccine Shield&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-vaccines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64032"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64033,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64032\/revisions\/64033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}