Tag: vaccine mandate

National Guard Lost 7,500 Service Members in Past Year, Could Lose More Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Service Officials

The National Guard lost about 7,500 members over the past year, and membership could dwindle even more due to potential future discharges of up to 14,000 soldiers amid the U.S. military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to reports. The total annual loss of some 7,500 members is due to higher numbers of soldiers retiring or leaving…


National Guard Lost 7,500 Troops in Past Year, Could Lose More Amid COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate: Service Officials

The National Guard has lost about 7,500 members over the past year, and the ranks could dwindle even more because of potential future discharges of as many as 14,000 more troops amid the U.S. military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to reports. The troop loss is due to more soldiers retiring or leaving the National Guard…


PREMIERING NOW: Attorney Jeff Childers on How He Won Against Mask and Vaccine Mandates, and Inspired Other Lawyers to Do the Same

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “I told them what I was doing. And every single one of them said, Jeff, why are you throwing your career away over this?” When COVID-19 hit, Jeff Childers, a bankruptcy attorney in Gainesville, Florida, found himself stunned by the sudden imposition of…


Attorney Jeff Childers on How He Won Against Mask and Vaccine Mandates, and Inspired Other Lawyers to Do the Same

“I told them what I was doing. And every single one of them said, Jeff, why are you throwing your career away over this?” When COVID-19 hit, Jeff Childers, a bankruptcy attorney in Gainesville, Florida, found himself stunned by the sudden imposition of a mandatory mask mandate. He launched himself into constitutional law and got…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Attorney Jeff Childers on How He Won Against Mask and Vaccine Mandates, and Inspired Other Lawyers to Do the Same

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “I told them what I was doing. And every single one of them said, Jeff, why are you throwing your career away over this?” When COVID-19 hit, Jeff Childers, a bankruptcy attorney in Gainesville, Florida, found himself stunned by the sudden imposition of…


WestJet Employees File Lawsuit Against Employer and Ottawa Over Vaccine Mandate

A group of 176 current and former employees of air carrier WestJet filed a lawsuit on Oct. 5  against their employer and the federal government over the imposition of the vaccine mandate. “Collaborating with airlines and corporate stakeholders, the Canadian Government implemented punitive and divisive Covid-19 vaccination mandates, creating a two-tier society stoked only by fear,”…


Vaccine Mandates Caused Loss of Trust in Feds, Says Internal Polling

Internal polling conducted days before Ottawa announced it would suspend the vaccine mandates suggested they were unpopular and caused a loss of “trust” in the federal government. Vaccine mandates “represented overreach on the part of the federal government and unfairly infringed upon those who made the personal choice to not get vaccinated for Covid-19,” respondents…


Coast Guard Separating Service Members Who Refuse Vaccine Mandate Without Due Process: Attorney

Like other branches of the nation’s military, the U.S. Coast Guard is facing recruiting challenges. In spite of this, the branch is letting go of experienced service members without due process over the vaccine mandate, holding little regard for sincerely held religious beliefs, according to an attorney and a retired Coast Guard officer. The Coast…


Major Air Carriers Criticize Ottawa’s COVID Approach, Welcome Lifting of Restrictions

Major air carriers in Canada have issued statements criticizing how the federal government managed the pandemic in their sector after it announced measures would be lifted on Oct. 1, with Air Canada saying they weren’t based on science. “Air Canada welcomes the removal of these restrictions, acknowledging that air travel is safe and that the measures were not…


Army Doctor Says He’s Being ‘Persecuted’ for Giving Exemptions to COVID-19 Vaccine

A U.S. military doctor is alleging the Army has taken a series of retaliatory actions against him in response to the doctor granting medical waivers to the COVID-19 vaccine for some service members. Maj. Samuel Sigoloff,  former director of the Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, has been ordered to stop…