Oklahoma Senator Rob Standridge’s admendment to SB541 would require three very specific types of published, scientific proof of the effectiveness of specific masks before a mandate can be enacted or continued. And if three published, peer-reviewed sources are provided that show that masks can inflict harm upon the wearer, the mask mandate will be invalidated.
Full text:
SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-508.2 of Title 63, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. As used in this section:
1. “Relevant study” means:
a. b. c.
a randomized controlled study,
a peer reviewed study, or
a study performed by one or more researchers that has
not been discredited and is published in a print or
electronic research journal;
2. “Significant adverse effects” means recurring headaches,
negative impact on the cardiovascular system, negative impact on
the cardiopulmonary system including but not limited to any
reduction in blood oxygenation or respiratory volume, significant
nausea and vomiting or other side effects that a reasonable
physician would consider significant; and
3. “Substantial harm” means:
a.
b. c. d. e. f.
bacterial, viral or other infection, most commonly
from device contamination,
reduced cardiovascular function,
reduced cardiopulmonary function,
psychological harm,
negative impact on learning for students, or
other adverse effects that a reasonable physician
would conclude pose a risk of substantial harm.
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1 B. 1. A state entity, institution within The Oklahoma State
2 System of Higher Education, technology center school district or
3 political subdivision including, but not limited to, a school
4 district board of education may only implement a mandate to wear a
5 mask or any other medical device as provided in this subsection and
6 shall state any purpose or purposes for the mandate in the text of
7 the mandate.
8 2. The mandate must reference three (3) or more relevant
9 studies that show the mask or medical device has proven
10 effectiveness for the exact purpose or purposes stated in the
11 mandate. Studies that do not include all masks or medical devices
12 that could qualify as such under the mandate or do not address all
13 purposes stated in the mandate, and in the case of a mask the
14 potential for mitigation of transmission of bacterial or viral
15 infection, shall not qualify as one of the required three (3) or
16 more studies.
17 3. The mandate shall be invalidated if three (3) or more
18 relevant studies that show possible significant adverse effects as
19 a result of wearing a mask or medical device that would satisfy the
20 mandate and for any use that would satisfy the mandate are provided
21 to the state entity, institution within The Oklahoma State System
22 of Higher Education, technology center school district or political
23 subdivision implementing the mandate.
24 4. The mandate shall be invalidated if three (3) or more
25 relevant studies show that any mask or medical device that would be
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1 required under the mandate is found not to be effective for any of
2 the purposes stated in the mandate. If no specific purposes are
3 stated in the mandate, the mandate shall be invalidated.
4 5. The mandate shall be immediately invalidated if any mask or
5 medical device that would satisfy the mandate is shown by one or
6 more relevant studies to pose a risk of substantial harm, if used
7 in any manner that would satisfy the mandate, to the wearer of the
8 mask or medical device.
