Immtrak2
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2022 6:53 am
Yesterday, i received a letter from the Texas Department of Health and Human Services that started with "our records show that your written consent for ImmTra2 participation was received." My Client ID for that system was provided. To the best of my recollection, I never provided such written consent. I called the listed phone number and the representative who answered provided several interesting pieces of information.
According to her, the consent form that I signed to receive my Covid vaccine in 2020 contained the language to enroll me in ImmTrack2. In fact, she said, ALL vaccines administered in the State of Texas will now require that the receiver sign to allow the data be sent to ImmTrak2. Get a flu shot? You are going to be part of the system. Edit to include the point that the representative said that one can opt out of ImmTrak2 but that the data is retained for 5 years or the end of the executive declared emergency, whichever is longer.
By chance, I had a visit with my regular doctor on Wednesday. That office gave me a form to sign allow them to send my pass immunization information to the State of Texas and that if I was uncomfortable with doing that, I could draw a line across the form and write "declined" along the line and that no action would be taken.
The pamphlet included with the letter was troubling to me. I know that the mandate for ImmTrac was originally any child under the age of 18. In the pamphlet, there were several statements with "without your parents consent" and "without your parents knowledge." It is my understanding that minors (children under 21 years of age) must have their parents' consent for immunizations. There was also a reference to IX clinics which would provide immunizations without parental consent. This appears to be done in defiance of Texas law.https://dshs.texas.gov/immunize/immtrac/default.shtm
With my tin foil hat firmly in place, the first blush of this looks like a State of Texas sponsored vaccine mandate tool that goes far beyond Covid I'm interested in insight from anyone who has better intelligence on this topic.
According to her, the consent form that I signed to receive my Covid vaccine in 2020 contained the language to enroll me in ImmTrack2. In fact, she said, ALL vaccines administered in the State of Texas will now require that the receiver sign to allow the data be sent to ImmTrak2. Get a flu shot? You are going to be part of the system. Edit to include the point that the representative said that one can opt out of ImmTrak2 but that the data is retained for 5 years or the end of the executive declared emergency, whichever is longer.
By chance, I had a visit with my regular doctor on Wednesday. That office gave me a form to sign allow them to send my pass immunization information to the State of Texas and that if I was uncomfortable with doing that, I could draw a line across the form and write "declined" along the line and that no action would be taken.
The pamphlet included with the letter was troubling to me. I know that the mandate for ImmTrac was originally any child under the age of 18. In the pamphlet, there were several statements with "without your parents consent" and "without your parents knowledge." It is my understanding that minors (children under 21 years of age) must have their parents' consent for immunizations. There was also a reference to IX clinics which would provide immunizations without parental consent. This appears to be done in defiance of Texas law.https://dshs.texas.gov/immunize/immtrac/default.shtm
With my tin foil hat firmly in place, the first blush of this looks like a State of Texas sponsored vaccine mandate tool that goes far beyond Covid I'm interested in insight from anyone who has better intelligence on this topic.