“If/Where there is risk, there must be choice” (or “If/Where there is a risk, there must be a choice”) is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying is associated with the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and the debate about mandatory vaccinations (vaccinations that cause risk), but the saying began during the debate about California Senate Bill 277 (SB277) in 2015.
   
“Where there’s Risk there must be Choice” was posted on Twitter by ProParentRights on February 24, 2015. “If there is a risk, there must be a choice #SB277 Prohibit Mandatory Vaccinations In California” was posted on Twitter by Safika Erselcuk on March 2, 2015. “Where there is risk there MUST be #Choice #NoVAXMandates #OpposeSB277” was posted on Twitter by ProParentRights on March 15, 2015. “Where there is a risk, there must be a choice. #sb277 #opposesb277” was posted on Twitter by “54%” later on March 15, 2015. “if there is risk there must be choice” was posted on Twitter by Lisa G on April 7, 2015.
   
           
Wikipedia: California Senate Bill 277
California Senate Bill 277 (SB277) is a California law that removed personal belief as a reason for an exemption from the vaccination requirements for entry to private or public elementary or secondary schools in California, as well as day care centers. The final version of the bill was enacted by the California Legislature in 2015 (passing the State Assembly on a 46–31 vote and the California State Senate on a 24–14 vote) and was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown on June 30, 2015.
 
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ProParentRights
@ProParentRights
@ScottWilkCA Oppose SB277 It #UnAmerican to mandate vaccines deemed “Unavoidably Unsafe” by #SCOTUS Where there’s Risk there must be Choice.
12:55 AM · Feb 24, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
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libertydiva
@libertydiva76
@JerryBrownGov NO on SB277: A womans right to choose does NOT w/ pregnancy- MOM’s demand CHOICE for our kids. w/ RISK there MUST BE CHOICE
5:33 PM · Feb 24, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
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Safika Erselcuk
@DotFranny
If there is a risk, there must be a choice #SB277 Prohibit Mandatory Vaccinations In California - Sign the Petition http://gopetition.com/petitions/prohibit-mandatory-vaccinations-in-california.html
8:22 PM · Mar 2, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
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Safika Erselcuk
@DotFranny
Replying to @Scott_Wiener
@Scott_Wiener @DrPanMD as parent of child w/ #VaccineInjury & #Autism I have grave concerns over #SB277 if there’s risk there must be choice
10:34 AM · Mar 4, 2015·Twitter for iPad
 
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ProParentRights
@ProParentRights
Where there is risk there MUST be #Choice #NoVAXMandates #OpposeSB277 #CDCwhistleblower #publichealth #vaccinechoice
2:31 AM · Mar 15, 2015·Twitter Web Client
     
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54%
@Lisasgonnasnap
Where there is a risk, there must be a choice. #sb277 #opposesb277 #CDCwhistleblower #BlackLivesMatter
3:46 PM · Mar 15, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
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InformedChoiceWa
@InformedWa
When there is risk, there must be choice
@marcusriccelli @andybillig @jonrappoport @the_refusers @SawDave @Rep_Taylor @DickMuri @EScottWA
9:56 AM · Mar 17, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
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Julie Adams
@JulieGirl10865
@CASenateDems Where there is Risk there must be Choice No on SB 277 #SB277
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
If there is a
RISK
There must be a
CHOICE
NO on SB 277
www.sb277.org
10:59 AM · Mar 18, 2015·Twitter Web Client
     
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laurashuler
@vaxcanharm
Replying to @tallchicksb
@tallchicksb @tamarabarringer @JeffTarteNC If there is a risk, there must be a choice. Please reconsider this bill. Mandates not the answer.
8:10 PM · Mar 19, 2015·Twitter for iPad
   
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InformedChoiceWa
@InformedWa
@realDonaldTrump #72andShockTop @gr_hunt@VaccinesWHY@HealthRanger If there is a risk, there must be a CHOICE
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
If there is a
RISK
There must be a
CHOICE
10:33 AM · Mar 20, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
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Julie Adams
@JulieGirl10865
@CASenateDems Vote no on SB277, where there is risk there must be choice.
10:34 AM · Mar 25, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
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LovesDisciple
@nomedicmandates
@HollyJMitchell Where there is a risk there must be a choice NO ON SB #277
8:06 PM · Mar 25, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
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3 April 2015, The Santa Clarita Valley Signal (Santa Clarita, CA), “Letters to the Editor,” pg. A6, col. 5:
Vaccines carry risks of permanent injury, disability or death. Where there is a risk, there must be a choice.
(...)
Rachel Clark
Saugus
 
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6 April 2015, Marin (CA) Independent Journal, “Key week for bill on vaccines mandate” by Tracy Seipel, pg. 2A, col. 5:
But, he added, the association does not believe vaccines are 100% safe, so “If there is risk ,there must be choices.”
(Brian Stenzler, president of the California Chiropractic Association—ed.)
           
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Lisa G
@lisa_gslv
Replying to @VaxFactcheck
@VaxFactcheck @billmonning @dredhernandez @SenJanetNguyen Unavoidably unsafe means mandates are wrong if there is risk there must be choice
12:43 PM · Apr 7, 2015·Twitter Web Client
 
9 April 2015, San Francisco (CA) Examiner, “Impassioned pleas heard on vaccine bill” (AP), pg. 16AZ, col. 4:
“Because there is risk, there must be choice.”
(Spoken by Karen Kain, whose daughter died from a vaccine injury.—ed.)
       
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PR
@PR3STONSR
Where is the logic? If ur vaccined why u so afraid of the non vaccined? If there’s risk there must be choice. #WhereIsFreedom
#SB277
9:33 PM · Apr 14, 2015·Twitter for iPhone
     
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Nancy
@peatheski
Apr 22:  Rally at Sacramento Capitol Say NO to #SB277: #OpposeSB277 If there is risk, there MUST be choice #CDCwhistleblower
10:22 PM · Apr 21, 2015·Twitter Web Client
   
12 May 2015, Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), “Vaccine bills draw heated testimony” by Joe Lawlor, pg. 1A:
Pro- and anti-vaccination groups came out in force, wearing dueling stickers. Anti-vaccine advocates wore stickers saying, “Where there is risk, there must be a choice” while those favoring vaccines displayed stickers that said, “I support healthy kids, healthy families, healthy communities.”
 
22 May 2015, Bangor (ME) Daily News, “Bill to fight vaccine misinformation clears legislative health panel” by Mario Moretto, pg. ?:
Opposing the measure were Reps. Deborah Sanderson of Chelsea and Richard Malaby of Hancock, as well as Sen. Eric Brakey of Auburn, all Republicans. Sen. Earle McCormick, R-West Gardiner, was absent.

“A repeated refrain we heard in the public testimony on this that really resonated and stuck with me is when there’s risk, there must be choice,” Brakey said. “This bill begins to encroach on that choice, for parents to make a choice about what goes into their children’s bodies.”
     
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LucyBrenton
@LucyBrenton
Replying to @naylasjournal
My Body, My Choice. Where there is risk, there must be choice. No one size fits all Medicine. No #Measles #Vaccines for me - proven ineffective. Proven dangerous. Highly profitable 4 manufacturers - in the US they have zero product liability for vaccines.
learntherisk.org
Learn the Risk | Knowledge · Action · Health
Learn The Risk is a US-based non-profit organization and a powerful force for educating people WORLDWIDE on the dangers of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines and unnecessary medical treatm…
7:40 AM · Feb 9, 2019 from Fishers, IN·Twitter for iPhone
 
9 February 2019, The News (Abbotsford, BC), “Protesters hit streets of Washington, lawmakers weigh vaccine bill amid outbreak,” pg. ?:
Susie Corgan, with Informed Choice Washington, said after the hearing that parents who are worried about their children having adverse reactions to vaccines have a right to philosophical exemptions.
 
“Where there is risk, there must be choice, and there is risk with this vaccine as there is with any other medical procedure,” she said.
     
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I don’t buy this
@idontbuythis
The safest vaccine is the one never received.
Where there is risk, there must be choice.
7:42 PM · Mar 2, 2019·Twitter Web Client
 
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Beth
@Beth28011815
Replying to @politico
Where there is risk there must be choice #wedid vaccinate.  From a former Merck rep
learntherisk.org
Learn the Risk | Knowledge · Action · Health
Learn The Risk is a US-based non-profit organization and a powerful force for educating people WORLDWIDE on the dangers of pharmaceutical products, including vaccines and unnecessary medical treatm…
12:08 AM · Sep 19, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
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Jennie
@abc_and_me
Where there is risk, there must be choice!
At Toronto City Hall, please join us!
@CTVNews
(The saying is shown on a baby’s onesie.—ed.)
6:01 PM · Sep 23, 2019·Twitter for Android
 
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HealthIsWealth2
@Lex55747486
Hear this well - the science is not settled. Vaccines cause injury - where there is risk there must be choice. Don’t ignore the facts all around us.
@senatenj @PhilMurphyNJ @NJSenatePres @NJSenDems
brighteon.com
Before you vaccinate yourself or your children watch this
LeeAnn Anita speaks to a panel of legislators.
6:18 PM · Dec 31, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
 
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God’s Girl
@PrincipledGirl
Replying to @jamelholley
THANK YOU for standing up for freedom! Where there is risk, there must be choice! Let parents read the inserts & decide for themselves!
4:00 PM · Feb 24, 2020·Twitter for iPhone
 
Evie magazine
What You Don’t Know About Vaccines That Might Change Your Mind About The Covid Vaccine
BY LINDA CATALINA·Dec 10th 2020
(...)
I believe my immune system is good enough to fight the disease, and I don’t have trust in products that are free from liability. Lastly, as we saw in the Cutter Incident, a rushed vaccine such as the COVID-19 vaccine can have fatal consequences. So, to me, it’s simple — where there’s a risk, there must be a choice.
 
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Vegandi
@Vegandi1
RIP Brandy Vaughan
@learntherisk She was a tireless voice for informed consent and bodily autonomy and a bold truth teller. We will honor you by continuing to inform the world that “when there is risk, there must be choice!”
1:18 PM · Dec 12, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
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Jim
@ragabonz
If there is a risk there must be a choice.
There is no moral argument for forcing someone to do something with risk they do not wish to.
3:15 AM · Oct 22, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
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sanjna
@sanjna_sanjna
” where there is risk, there must be choice”
Myocarditis, pericarditis, fatal injuries, even death - side effects of the mRNA vaccines. And it’s being forced on ppl with mandates.  Without informed consent
#Covid_19 #VaccinationIsNotCompulsary
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Kyle’s experience
Useful links as discussed in this video,https://www.react19.org/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aebtcTi7EaAhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4eegkSVzV56kTrSp…
10:31 PM · Oct 22, 2021·Twitter for Android
   
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Jimmy
@JimmyCYQL
“Where there’s risk, there must be choice.”  Bravo!
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Craig Kelly MP
@CraigKellyMP
· Oct 22
FREEDOM • TRUTH • RESPECT
WHERE THERE’S RISK THERE MUST BE CHOICE
HOLD THE LINE PEOPLE
On being elected to Govt or securing the balance of power, I will as Leader of the United Australia Party ...
BAN [Syringe] Passports
END Mandates
END all travel restrictions
#DanNext
1:26 PM · Oct 22, 2021·Twitter Web App
 
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Winston2020
@Winston20203
Replying to @kmo1117 and @RepThomasMassie
Vaccine injury is real.  Where there is risk there must be choice.  Stop bullying people
11:49 PM · Oct 22, 2021·Twitter for Android
 
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Scarlett O’Hara
@HaraOScarlet
… “no segregation, no discrimination, if there is risk, there must be choice” I saw one man remove his mask, in embarrassment or solidarity, I don’t know. You could see them silently thinking, even if they were with friends. The speeches were powerful today too. I’ll put them up
12:32 PM · Oct 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone