Before passing a two-billion dollar health and human services funding package Tuesday, the Minnesota House said “no” to a five-million-dollar compensation fund for those suffering adverse reactions to the COVID vaccine. The measure’s sponsor, Alexandria Republican Mary Franson says one of many text messages she received: “Injured triathlete is now in a wheelchair, her life forever affected…. These individuals need a voice at the table.”
Golden Valley Democrat Mike Freiberg says the COVID vaccine is safe. “Millions of people in the United States have received COVID-19 vaccines under the most intense safety monitoring in U-S history,” he says.