France is one of the few countries left where unvaccinated health care workers remain suspended from their jobs. A parliamentary group last week tried to pass a bill to reintegrate them into the workforce. But President Emmanual Macron’s coalition in Parliament prevented a vote on the bill, causing a heated debate.
Kyrie Irving says he turned down a $100 million contract, in favor of staying unvaccinated. Phil Mickelson has asked to be withdrawn as a plaintiff in an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour.
Former President Donald Trump said on Aug. 7 that if he returns to the White House in 2025 he’ll rehire the service members who lost their jobs by refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine. “I think it’s a disgrace what happened to them,” Trump said, answering a reporter’s question. Trump was responding to questions from […]
In France, at least 15,000 health care workers who chose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine have been dismissed. As hospitals face staff shortages, the government promised they will be reinstated. But as weeks pass by, workers are still wait for this to happen. Meanwhile, they have not received any pay for months.
A federal district court in Ohio has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from enforcing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on thousands of U.S. Air Force service members who remain unvaccinated after having opposed the shot on religious grounds but have had their religious exemption applications denied. U.S. District Court Judge Matthew McFarland, who was appointed by […]
A national legal rights organization has filed the first of what it says will be dozens of lawsuits against U.S. health care facilities that are denying patients organ transplants for not being vaccinated against COVID-19. In the first complaint—which was filed against the University of Michigan’s transplant center—the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) argues the hospitals […]
Over 60,000 unvaccinated members of the National Guard and the Army Reserve could lose their jobs over the vaccine mandate. The U.S. Army is cutting off their pay and benefits, and barring them from their military duties.
Unvaccinated Delta Air Lines employees don’t have to pay more for their health insurance anymore. CEO Edward Bastian announced the company has dropped its $200 monthly surcharge for workers who refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
A judge has shielded two military officers from termination. This means that for now, they’re able to work without being vaccinated. Both accuse the Pentagon of unjustly denying their religious exemptions to the vaccine policy.
The U.S. Army announced on Feb. 2 that it will immediately start discharging, or “separating,” soldiers who have refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Under a directive (pdf) issued by the Army, the order applies to regular soldiers, active-duty Army reservists, and Army cadets unless they have an exemption or a pending exemption. “Army readiness […]
A number of European countries are easing their pandemic restrictions—including vaccine passport programs. People in Barcelona no longer have to show proof of vaccination to enter most public venues—and Austria ends its lockdown for the unvaccinated.
In England, the prime minister just stated that the COVID pandemic is becoming endemic—and therefore, he announced that England will be lifting all vaccine passport schemes, all mask mandates, as well as its work-from-home restrictions. Essentially, they will begin treating COVID-19 like the flu. On the flip side, however, here in America it is a different […]
Basketball Star Kyrie Irving is urged by fans in New York to finally get vaccinated because an important teammate Kevin Durant just got injured. Irving is not allowed to train or play in the Brooklyn Nets’ home stadium because of New York City’s vaccine mandate for indoor settings.
The Austrian government has revised its plans for a strict vaccine mandate. It says the measure would now apply to everyone from the age of 18, instead of 14 as previously intended. Meanwhile, the French parliament has approved new plans for a Vaccine Pass barring unvaccinated people from entering hospitality and other public venues. Both […]
MILAN—Human rights group Amnesty International urged Italy to change tough anti-COVID-19 restrictions to avoid discrimination against unvaccinated people. In a recent decree, Mario Draghi’s government made vaccination mandatory for everyone over the age of 50 and for use of public transport and a range of other services, one of very few countries to take similar […]
Unvaccinated people are facing a variety of restrictions, not only in the U.S. but also across the globe. One expert says the tactics used by authorities to monitor unvaccinated people increasingly resemble the Chinese Communist Party’s social credit system— which tracks people and imposes penalties.
Australian immigration officials detained Novak Djokovic in Melbourne at 8 a.m. local time on Saturday morning when he met with them after his visa was cancelled for the second time since he arrived in the country on Jan. 6. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke used his discretionary ministerial power late Friday afternoon to cancel the tennis […]
For some people, the paycheck hinges on their proof of vaccination. Without that, they’ll lose their jobs. But it looks like this vaccinate-or-leave policy is now stretching its reach into charities. A family is accusing a Ronald McDonald House in Canada of planning to evict ill children—unless they’re vaccinated.
