The Ohio legislation revolves around vaccines that are *safe and effective* preventatives against COVID-19, which has now killed 705,000 Americans, more than any war or pandemic in U.S. history. Nearly 22,500 Ohioans have died of COVID-19 <https://coronavirus.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/covid-19/home>, approaching the estimated 23,000 Ohioans who died during World War II <https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/World_War_II#:~:text=Approximately%20839%2C000%20Ohioans%2C%20roughly%20twelve,action%20by%20the%20war's%20conclusion.> . https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/state/ohio-house-restarts-efforts-to-ban-vaccine-mandates-dem-calls-it-pandering
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