A Calgary woman who was denied unemployment benefits after being fired for not having a COVID-19 shot has filed an application in Federal Court for judicial review. Rebecca Abdo is a married, devout Christian who applied for a religious exemption after her employer, Canadian Blood Services (CBS), implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy. Abdo, who…
Woman Fired for Refusing COVID Shots Challenges Denial of Unemployment Benefits in Federal Court
Marine Veteran Warns of Continued Concerns Despite Military COVID Mandate Repeal
Tommy Waller, an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps, ended his military career last year after being denied a religious accommodation to avoid the military-wide COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Though the vaccine mandate was recently repealed, Waller remains concerned that remaining unvaccinated troops could still be targeted. Waller, who served as the commander of a reserve…
An Unvaccinated Person’s Struggle to Survive
According to the Hong Kong Vaccination Dashboard dated Dec. 8, some 6,902,737 (94.5 percent) people aged three and older have had the first COVID-19 vaccine. Hong Kong people need a vaccine pass to provine their vaccination status before they can enter offices, restaurants, sports centers, universities, libraries, and public hospitals. However, there are still some people…
7 Hong Kong Doctors Arrested for Issuing COVID-19 Jab Exemption Certs, 20,000 Certs Become Invalid
Seven Hong Kong doctors are suspected of issuing false “jab-free certs,” the COVID-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates. Some patient organizations worry that the incident will have a chilling effect, making it more difficult for those who really meet the requirements to find a doctor to issue the certificate in the future. Alex C.Y. Lam, the…
Three Brothers Prepare to Exit Military as Religious Exemptions for COVID Shots Denied
The three Misiura brothers have a family history of military service. Their grandfather was a Navy machinist in the Korean War, their father was in the Air Force, and each of the brothers enlisted with pride to carry on the family legacy and support American liberty. But now they feel their liberty is being curtailed…
Pentagon Watchdog to Investigate Handling of COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption Requests
The Department of Defense’s inspector general is going to probe how the military has handled requests for exemptions from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The watchdog informed top military officials in a recent memorandum of the probe. “The objective of this audit is to determine whether the military departments are processing exemption requests…
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