Federal Employees Fight COVID Vaccine Mandates in Court
With a looming deadline of Nov. 22, 2021, thousands of federal employees and contractors continue to push back against the Biden administration’s sweeping COVID vaccine mandates. According to The Washington Post, tens of thousands of federal employees remain unvaccinated pending word on whether religious or medical exemptions will be approved. Federal employees who fail to […]
Questions About Southwest Airlines’ Cancelled Flights Continue
Southwest Airline Pilots Association (SWAPA), a collective bargaining unit which represents more than 9,000 Southwest pilots, filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines on Aug. 30, 2021 asking the court for injunctive relief against the airlines continued violation of the parties’ Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and the Railway Labor Relations Act. A CBA is a contract […]
Are Hospitals Really Being Overwhelmed With Unvaccinated COVID Patients?
Opinion | In an article published in The Vaccine Reaction on Aug. 29, 2021 titled “Is it Really a Pandemic of the Unvaccinated?” I wrote about the claim by U.S. health officials that 97 percent of people in the United States who have been hospitalized with COVID-19 are unvaccinated,1 specifically noting that the director of […]
75 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Among U.S. Hospital Workers
An analysis conducted by WebMD and Medscape Medical News from data collected by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from 2,500 hospitals across the United States revealed that, as of late May 2021, one in four hospital workers caring for patients had not received a COVID-19 vaccination.1 Many Hospital Workers Are Refusing […]
Mandatory Vaccination Lawsuit by Houston Methodist Hospital Employees Dismissed
In a year in which medical workers have been praised using the popular phrase “health care heroes,” many of these workers find themselves being threatened with suspension or termination for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Following suspension of 178 employees, a federal court judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit in which 117 employees of Houston […]
No More Masking?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its COVID-19 guidance on wearing masks. On May 13, 2021, the CDC announced that “fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask or physically distance in any setting, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, […]