The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) controversial plan to enforce COVID-19 vaccinations for large businesses—recently enjoined by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals— was ostensibly designed to minimize “deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.” The ability of COVID-19 vaccines to protect life is at the heart of the OSHA mandate and the fierce debate over similar […]
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A Template for the “Request for a Religious Exemption to the COVID-19 Vaccination” DD Form 3177 for Military Personnel
Below is a guide with suggestions and sample answers to help you complete your COVID vaccine religious exemption request using the Department of Defense “DD 3177 Religious Exemption Form” — along with notes to help you avoid the obvious “pitfalls” weaved into this document to undermine your ability to obtain a religious exemption. Questions #1-7: […]
Courts Block COVID Vaccine Mandates for Healthcare Workers Nationwide and Federal Contractors in Three States as Deadline Nears
The Biden administration was blocked on Tuesday from enforcing two vaccine mandates requiring millions of U.S. workers to get vaccinated against COVID, which were set to begin next week. A federal judge in Louisana issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday halting President Biden’s national vaccine mandate for health care workers. U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty […]
Federal Judge Halts Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers in 10 States
Following a lawsuit filed by Eric Schmitt, Missouri’s Attorney General, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, issued a preliminary injunction, halting the Biden Administration from enforcing its COVID vaccine mandate on healthcare workers in Missouri and nine other states. “It is hereby ordered that Defendants are preliminarily enjoined from the implementation […]
Top Critical Care Doctor Takes on Hospital Over Ban of Life-Saving Medicines Used to Treat COVID
A top critical care physician who filed a lawsuit against Sentara Norfolk General Hospital over its ban on administering life-saving drugs to treat COVID patients has had his hospital privileges suspended. Dr. Paul Marik, chief of pulmonary and critical care medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School and director of the ICU at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, learned about […]