It's not a choice when they threaten to take your livelihood away from you. I know it's a choice to you, since it doesn't impact you, but it's manipulation and coercion to people who don't agree with mandates. A 'choice' is when you can decide to get it or not without any repercussions. I am a government employee and luckily for me, my exemption was accepted.
It's STILL a choice. Go find some other work if you're unhappy with the working conditions. That's the REPUBLICAN line, isn't it? And, by the way, haven't I seen you rail against government on this site, and yet you have the hypocrisy to be in our employ?
Wrong, my working conditions are fine. I 100% work from home, so there's ZERO reason for me to have to get vaxxed to remain employed. Luckily, I'm not subject to their manipulation because as I said, my exemption was approved, so I remain unvaxxed and government employed.
Garland lied. SHOCKER! Think he'll get jail time, lol https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1460705961618726912 https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1460707366865833986
Oh, no, no. no. Working conditions include the rules under which you're employed. If you don't like them, leave. Nobody is holding a gun to your head. Exemption? How can you file for an "exemption" if you think the mandate is authoritarian in the first place? Isn't that playing by the government's rules? Isn't that a bit hypocritical? Save your dignity. Save your honor. Go work somewhere else, where they don't care if you're a potential super spreader. Good luck with it all. Sincerely.
I don't need your luck. I was extremely lucky on my own to get my exemption approved. From what I understand, its exceedingly rare. That said, I'm sure the administration will think of other ways to force people to get it, like restricting the ability to buy/sell. As mentioned, I work 100% from home, so no worries on me being a 'superspreader'. And considering you are just as much or not more of a super spreader than I am, its you that is the hypocrite, not me.
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