Category: vaccine mandates

Employers Beware: You May Be Liable for Vaccine Mandates

Commentary Pilots are protesting Southwest Airlines’ requirement that all employees must get COVID-19 vaccinations, and news reports speculated that mass cancelations of Southwest flights that began over the weekend were the result of pilots staging a “sickout.” But employee protests, sickouts, walk-outs, and terminations may not be the biggest threats employers face if they impose…


Vaccine Mandates Awaken Calls for Freedom

Commentary A specter is haunting America—the specter of freedom. How else to explain the weekly chants from hundreds of thousands of sports fans, packing into football stadiums and other large venues the way real American used to do in the days Before Fauci, chanting an obscene suggestion to the current resident of the White House….


Facts Matter (Oct. 11): Judge Sides With 16 Unvaccinated Students, Rules Against University Mandate

In Michigan, there were two cases regarding vaccine mandates that recently got decisions from the court—and the outcomes of these two cases were quite different from one another. In one of the cases at Michigan State University, the judge ruled that having natural immunity does not exempt an individual from being forced to get the…


EpochTV Review: A Lesson on States’ Rights

Commentary An alarming number of Americans, including many politicians with a “D” next to their names, don’t appear to understand the way our system of government works. They think the United States is a Democracy, not that it employs a democratic system of voting. They think the rights enshrined to us in the Constitution are…


EpochTV Review: Is COVID-Deaths Data Being Used for Profit?

Commentary “The Wide Angle” program on EpochTV examines the misuse of COVID data in the episode, “Is COVID-Death Data Being Used for Profit? Doctor Sues University Over Mandatory Vaccine Policy.” The host, Brendon Fallon, interviews Dr. Aaron Khariaty, who is a professor of psychiatry and human behavior at the University of California and the head…


Biden Urges More Employers to Issue Vaccine Mandates Ahead of OSHA Rule

President Joe Biden is asking private businesses to implement COVID-19 vaccine mandates ahead of the rollout of his federal rule requiring many to do so. The president traveled to Illinois on Thursday to tour a Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village and to give a speech. “I’m calling on more employers to act,” Biden…


Over 3,500 Alberta Health Care Professionals Call for Halt on Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers

A group of over 3,500 Alberta health-care professionals including around 70 physicians is calling on the province to stop mandatory vaccination for health-sector workers, saying the mandate violates their Charter rights. “We represent a wide range of vaccinated and unvaccinated health care professionals from multiple disciplines, who are deeply concerned about these mandatory vaccinations,” said…


Canada Makes Vaccines Mandatory for Public Servants, Air and Rail Workers, Travellers

OTTAWA—The core public service, air travel and rail employees and travellers must all be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of October, according to Canada’s new mandatory vaccine policy. The federal government announced Wednesday public servants must attest they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 29, or be put on unpaid administrative leave….


Americans Who Chose to Be Fired Rather Than Take CCP Virus Vaccine Share Their Stories

Craig Smith says he may soon be working his last shift aboard the West Vella, an ultra-deepwater drillship operating in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Smith is a drilling optimizer with about 15 years of experience working for Seadrill, a deep-water drilling contractor for the petroleum industry. Smith told The Epoch Times that Seadrill, like…


Kenney Facing Challenges as Pressure Mounts From Different Sides

News Analysis Troubles for Alberta Premier Jason Kenney don’t show signs of abating as he faces scrutiny from those who wanted stricter public health controls as he scaled back restrictions in the summer, and revolt from within his caucus for reintroducing new virus control measures. “From the standpoint of internal caucus support, the premier is…