The proposed amendments require the reporting of detailed personal information constitute unwarranted government overreach in violation of the Virginia Constitution which guarantees the right to privacy

The proposed amendments could result in under-reporting of patients with influenza like symptoms who have received a flu shot and over-reporting of patients with influenza like symptoms who have no record of receiving a flu shot. The CDC has reported that influenza vaccines have been less that 20 percent effective

Is a transparent effort to elevate a common viral infection to the same far more serious infectious disease stats as the plaque, smallpox, rabies, TB and yellow fever (to make rich pharmaceutical firms even richer)