By Tom Rosenthal
After bills introduced by two Idaho lawmakers that would deem administering messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines a criminal misdemeanor, infectious disease doctors acknowledged that more than science will be needed to counter the vaccine hostility that has erupted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Idaho Sen. Tammy Nichols and Rep. Judy Boyle, both Republicans, co-sponsored State House Bill (HB) 154, which prohibits all vaccines using mRNA technology for use in people or other mammals. The