A view of part of the crowd protesting mandatory vaccinations and mask mandates at a rally at the StateCapitol grounds in Lansing, Mich., on Aug. 6, 2021. (Steven Kovac/Epoch Times)

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Hundreds Protest VaccinationMandates in Michigan

LANSING, Mich.—About 800 protesters gathered Friday afternoon on thegrounds outside the Michigan State Capitol to rally against governmentmandates for vaccinations and masks.

In a call for residents to push back against the government’s increasinglyintrusive health policies and protect Americans’ rights during thepandemic, Tammy Clark, executive director of the conservative group“Stand Up Michigan,” encouraged the audience to let their voices be heardthrough non-violent civil disobedience.

“If we don’t stop this now, we won’t get another chance,” Clark said. “Let’sshow the government that the employees of this country will not toleratethis tyranny. We have inalienable rights and we are not going to give themup. We must refuse to comply with the vaccine mandates and forced mask-wearing at all costs. If you lose your job, go out and get another job!”

Tammy Clark of “Stand Up Michigan” urges protesters to “Get radical!” with non-violent civil disobedience at ananti-government-mandate rally on the State Capitol grounds in Lansing, Mich., on Aug. 6, 2021. (StevenKovac/Epoch Times)

Among the many health care workers in the crowd were two cousins,Beatrice and Christina, both nurses who potentially face losing their jobs ifthey do not take the vaccine.

Beatrice, a nurse from Troy, Michigan, told The Epoch Times, “Beingforced to take the shot or lose your job is like me telling a patient, ‘Takeyour pills or I won’t feed you, bathe you, or care for you.’ Both instancesviolate the nurse’s code of ethics.”

Beatrice continued, “Christina and I grew up in communist Romania wheredoctors put things in your arm against your will. We know what this is. Welived under it. It’s communism.”

ICU nurse Christina added, “Imagine being banned from shopping forgroceries at a store. Americans haven’t lived through that kind of tyrannyyet. Many of our fellow health care workers feel as we do but are afraid tospeak up.”

Pastor Jason Georges, who spoke at the rally, used his remarks to outlinewhat he called the “immorality” of the government’s vaccinationmessaging.

“The Biden administration has been denying they are forcing you to getvaccinated but they have publicly stated that they intend to make your lifeso uncomfortable that you will have to take the vaccine,” he said.

“First, they take our rights. Then, they redefine our God-given inalienablerights as privileges. Then, they attempt to bribe us into compliance withpromises of restoring some of those ‘privileges.’”

Nuns at a protest rally on the grounds of the State Capitol in Lansing, Michigan on Aug. 6, 2021. (StevenKovac/Epoch Times)

Medical doctor David Vella warned the crowd against what he called a “newage of medical fascism.” He labeled mandated vaccinations as “a coercedgene treatment” that violates the Hippocratic Oath, the U.S. Constitution,and every international human rights declaration, including theNuremberg Code.

Vella said the American people are suffering from “a mass neurosis” of fear.

“Renounce fear. Shake off anxiety, follow the science. Stand up and fightfor medical freedom,” urged Vella. “There is no other America out therecoming to save us. We must save ourselves. If we do not use the power wehave, we will lose it.”

The vaccination mandate extends to health system employees even if theyare working remotely, one inpatient medical coder who wished to remainanonymous told The Epoch Times. “I am being forced to be vaccinated orlose my job. My last hope is a religious exemption.”

With the onset of the new school year, many of Michigan’s universities haveannounced that on-campus residents will have to be vaccinated, with someschools such as Michigan State University also requiring the wearing ofmasks in college buildings.

Many major health care providers throughout the state, including HenryFord Health Systems, Beaumont Health Systems, Spectrum Health, andthe VA Medical Center of Battle Creek, have already instituted orannounced plans for vaccination mandates.

Thus far, a number of Michigan’s big private sector employers, such asmajor automakers, have only introduced mask mandates.

According to the state of Michigan, CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virusinfections are currently averaging about 1,300 per day.

Since the virus arrived in Michigan in the spring of 2020, more than900,000 residents have been infected and recovered. To date, about20,000 in the state have died of the CCP virus or related causes—many innursing homes.

Michigan’s Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has repeatedly gone onrecord, even as recently as last week, saying that her administration is notconsidering introducing vaccine passports for residents, or vaccinationmandates for state employees.

In legislative efforts to protect against government overreach on individualliberties, several Republican-sponsored bills have been winding their waythrough the GOP-controlled state legislature to prohibit any state entityfrom funding, creating, producing, or distributing a vaccine passport, andforbidding any governmental entity from fining someone for not beingvaccinated.

Steven Kovac

Steven Kovac is an Epoch Times reporter who covers the state of Michigan.

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The problem isn’t “vaccination”, theproblem is “mandate”. The gov is outof control.Reply • Hide

John Palmer8/8/2021 at 6:28 PMJ − +2

Good for Michigan on this!!!!Reply • Hide

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Way to go Michigan! Protest inMadison , Wi Tuesday !!Reply • Hide

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Keep fighting America!

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Do you realize the CDC is NOTmandating vax for their employees?

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