Posted on Nov 25, 2020
As COVID-19 Vaccine Nears, Employers Consider Making It Mandatory
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Just a few months into the coronavirus pandemic, Holly Smith had already made up her mind. She was not going to reopen her restaurant to diners until there was a vaccine. She just didn't think it was safe. When she shared the decision with her staff, they asked: Would the vaccine be mandatory?
Yes, she said. It would be.
"I'm not going to open until I can indeed be sure that everyone on my staff is vaccinated," says Smith, chef and owner of Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, Wash. "The immediate people on the team — you've got to take care of them. If you don't take care of them, they cannot help you take care of business."
With promising news from three COVID-19 vaccine trials showing 90% to 95% efficacy, employers are now weighing whether they should simply encourage their employees to get vaccinated or make it mandatory.
Yes, she said. It would be.
"I'm not going to open until I can indeed be sure that everyone on my staff is vaccinated," says Smith, chef and owner of Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, Wash. "The immediate people on the team — you've got to take care of them. If you don't take care of them, they cannot help you take care of business."
With promising news from three COVID-19 vaccine trials showing 90% to 95% efficacy, employers are now weighing whether they should simply encourage their employees to get vaccinated or make it mandatory.
As COVID-19 Vaccine Nears, Employers Consider Making It Mandatory
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They can do that. An at will hire must abide by any conditions of employment, unless they violate standing laws. If you refuse, then you are terminated and utilize the Courts for relief. They can afford lawyers, while most unemployed cannot.
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Plenty of jobs are opening up for the vaccinated. Imagine being a scientists and dedicating your life to a discipline such as virology, immunology, epidemiology, etc only to have some rubes on Facebook, Youtube, etc say they know better than you because they "did their research".
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22 years in uniform, so I am far from anti vax. But not this vaccine, not now, not ever. The wrong potion (mRNA skullduggery) for the wrong reasons (money and power). The people who are trying so hard to cram this down our throats should do LONG stretches in prison- or worse.
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