As tens of thousands of Australians from all walks of life gather at the nation’s capital from across the country to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Feb. 12, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has pointed the finger at the state governments that “unilaterally” imposed the mandates via public health orders. Marching through Canberra before gathering on…
Protesters Gather in Australia’s Capital Against COVID-19 Mandates, Prime Minister Issues Response
Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Block Vaccine Mandate for NYC Schoolteachers Without Religious Exemptions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday denied a request to block the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of the New York City Department of Education who were not given a religious exemption. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who handles cases from the region, denied the emergency injunction filed by a group of public school teachers, supervisors, and staff employed…
US Appeals Court Will Not Reinstate Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Federal Employees
A U.S. appeals court panel on Wednesday said it would not reinstate President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, declining to overrule a lower court ruling that put the order on hold. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals declined to stay the lower-court injunction against the mandate by a 2-1 vote and asked both parties to…
DC Police Union Fights Upcoming Vaccine Mandate
While Washington D.C. ticks down on forced Covid-19 vaccination for government employees, the police union has filed a lawsuit to stop the mandates. It is also asking a judge to issue a temporary restraining order to freeze the march toward a Feb. 15 deadline. According to documents, at least 528 members of the DC Police…
Freedom Convoy Protest Over Canada COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Forces Shutdown of Key US–Canada Bridge
Protests over Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates forced one of the busiest crossings between Canada and the United States which serves as a key point for moving goods between the two countries to shut down. The Canada Border Services Agency listed the Ambassador Bridge as “temporarily closed” as of Wednesday. Windsor Police said Tuesday that it has increased…
NYPD, FDNY, DSNY Members to Be Fired Unless They Comply With Vaccine Mandate
Unvaccinated NYPD, FDNY, and DSNY (New York Department of Sanitation) members will be terminated on Feb. 11, unless they comply with the city’s COVID-19 vaccine rules. Letters obtained by The Epoch Times, written by the Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) and the Uniformed Firefighters Association (UFA) to its respective members, indicate that the NYC Mayor has…
Austria’s Parliament Approves COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
Austria’s parliament has approved a COVID-19 vaccine mandate that will require adults aged 18 and over to be fully vaccinated against the CCP virus. The upper house of Austria’s parliament voted 47 to 12 late on Feb. 3, after a vote in the lower chamber on Jan. 20 to greenlight the requirement. The sweeping measure…
Unvaccinated Lawyers Locked Out Of Courts, Unable to Fight Mandates in Western Australia
The Western Australia (WA) government has banned unvaccinated lawyers and all other staff from attending courtrooms, prompting anger from some law experts who believe the directions fundamentally inhibit justice. Under the order of the WA chief health officer, from Feb. 5, all court and tribunal staff—including lawyers and jurors—will need to have received at least…
England Halts Vaccine Mandates for Health and Care Home Workers
England’s CCP virus vaccine mandates for health care and care home workers are set to be scraped, subject to consultation and parliamentary approval, the UK’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid said on Monday. The latest government U-turn came just three days before the deadline by which National Health Service (NHS) and other health care workers would…
Most Troops Seeking Religious Exemption to Vaccine Mandate Have ‘Sincere Belief,’ but Rejected Anyways
Most of the troops who have seen their applications for religious exemptions from the U.S. military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate denied were deemed by a chaplain to have a “sincere belief,” which may lead a federal judge to block the mandate for them. One hundred percent of the religious exemption requests that have been denied by…
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