What happened during COVID is a perfect illustration of the harms of sacrificing some for the many.

Leslie Minookin is founder and president of the Health Freedom Defense Fund.

She was instrumental in getting her state, Idaho, to pass the first legislation in the U.S.

banning medical mandates, including vaccines and masks.

One of my missions was to educate the public and raise awareness about the importance of medical freedom,

and then to codify that in law. And the Idaho Medical Freedom Act is the first step in that process.

In this episode, we dive into the volatile process of getting this bill signed into law

and why she believes Americans must be protected from being coerced into medical interventions,

even if they are potentially lifesaving. In the last 50 to 70 years, somehow public health

has started to intrude into private health. And I think that's a mistake.

This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellick.

Leslie Manukian, such a pleasure to have you back on American Thought Leaders.

So great to be with you, Young.

Legislation has been passed in Idaho, the Idaho Medical Freedom Act, first of its kind.

And so, and you played a big role in this.

Tell me what this is, first of all, and why it's unique and why it's important.

Yeah, so the Idaho Medical Freedom Act is the first legislation in the nation to ban almost all medical mandates.

So the only exclusions are for hospitals that take

CMS funds, centers for Medicaid and Medicare. But basically, what it means is that you as an

individual, someone who lives in Idaho, cannot be forced to take a test, to wear a mask, any kind of a device,

or submit to any kind of medical intervention like a shot, a drug, any kind of a device, or submit to any kind of medical intervention like a shot,

a drug, any kind of medical intervention or treatment that might affect your biological functioning

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