Over the past 10 years, I have worked as a board-certified Emergency Physician in Louisiana. Shortly after the Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccines received FDA approval my hospital mandated COVID-19 vaccines for all employees. Exemption requests were due by September 21, 2021. Below is my COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption form and the email for which I submitted […]
Religious exemptions
Judge Blocks Air Force From Punishing Officer Denied Religious Exemption to COVID Vaccine
A federal judge in Georgia temporarily prohibited the Air Force from punishing an officer who objected to receiving a COVID vaccine on religious grounds and was denied an exemption to the vaccination requirement. U.S. District Court Judge Tillman E. Self III on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction for the unnamed Air Force Reserve officer and […]
Air Force Grants Nine Religious Exemptions to COVID Vaccine Mandate, Thousands Pending
The Air Force on Tuesday said it has granted nine service members religious exemptions to its COVID vaccine mandate, but wouldn’t comment on whether the service members were already on terminal leave or on their way out of the ranks. Eight of the exemptions were granted after being requested, the Air Force said in its weekly COVID update. […]
The Government’s “Religious Exemption” Process for COVID Vaccines Is a Farce
On Jan. 10, the Liberty Counsel reported that out of the more than 21,000 requests submitted by members of the U.S. Armed Forces for a religious exemption from the COVID vaccine requirement, not a single one had been approved. A perfect goose egg. Apparently, active duty service members are no longer afforded the rights granted by the […]
Judge Blocks COVID Vaccine Mandate for Navy Seals Seeking Religious Exemption, Prohibits Disciplinary Action
In what was a huge win on Monday, a federal judge in Texas issued a temporary injunction blocking the Pentagon’s COVID vaccine mandate and preventing the Department of Defense from disciplining 35 Navy Seals and three reservists who refused to get the vaccine for religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, responding to a lawsuit […]