breaking news! after the RED STATES of Texas and Maryland say no jab no job, Ohio republican govenor says he will veto any anti-vaxx bills!

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Ohio's GOP Gov. Mike DeWine on Thursday came out against a controversial bill that would weaken the state’s vaccination laws, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

DeWine said he opposes House Bill 248, which would block employers from mandating vaccinations as a condition of employment and allow residents to skip any vaccination by making a written or verbal declaration.

It would also prohibit mask mandates for unvaccinated people and block health departments, schools or other government agencies from mandating participation in a vaccine registry.

"Before modern medicine, diseases such as mumps, polio, whooping cough were common and caused great, great, great suffering and death to thousands of people every single year," said DeWine during a news conference announcing the latest winners for the state’s Vax-a-Million lottery. 

The governor’s comments come after a legislative hearing on the bill went viral and drew widespread mockery after a witness pushed unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine.

A Cleveland-area physician and prominent anti-vaccine activist falsely told Ohio state lawmakers on Tuesday that the shot causes people to become "magnetized."