Thousands of federal workers have applied for religious exemptions instead of getting a COVID-19 vaccination.
Under President Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandate, unvaccinated workers without an exemption could end up losing their jobs, though it wouldn’t happen right away,They would receive counseling, be given five days to get a shot and might be suspended for two weeks. The process could take months and processing all the requests would be a burden for administrators.
Complicating matters further, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says that religious objections to vaccines don’t have to stem from an organized religion, reported. The objections can be beliefs that are new, uncommon or “seem illogical or unreasonable to others.”With a two-week waiting period between getting a final shot and achieving full vaccination status, workers would need to get a second dose of the two-dose Pfizer or Moderna vaccines or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine by Monday,PostThe ones remaining are often seeking the religious exemptions.
Brandon Judd, president of a union for Border Patrol agents, told the AP that 49% of agents say they’re fully vaccinated and about 7% reported not being vaccinated. “When it comes down to losing your livelihood or getting vaccinated, I think the vast majority are going to ultimately get vaccinated,” Judd said. “We are going to lose people. How many? I really couldn’t predict that.
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