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News Articles: vaccine mandates

Steve Bova (center) traveled from Maryland to Los Angeles with the "People's Convoy" to protest covid-19 restrictions. Despite using a phrase that originated with the abortion rights movement, he opposes abortion.

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  • Health

'My body, my choice': How vaccine foes co-opted the abortion rallying cry

Anti-vaccine advocates have repurposed a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the reproductive rights movement, which has been linked to the phrase for more than 50 years.

July 04, 2022
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  • Rachel Bluth
Steve Bova (center) traveled from Maryland to Los Angeles with the "People's Convoy" to protest covid-19 restrictions. Despite using a phrase that originated with the abortion rights movement, he opposes abortion.

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  • Health

'My body, my choice': How vaccine foes co-opted the abortion rallying cry

Anti-vaccine advocates have repurposed a catchy, succinct, and potent slogan. Its unlikely source: the reproductive rights movement, which has been linked to the phrase for more than 50 years.

July 04, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Bluth
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp laughs with state Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller and others as he signs education bills on Thursday, April 28, 2022 in Cumming, Ga. Kemp has been using a post-session bill signing tour to enhance his position in the May 24 Republican primary for governor against former U.S. Sen. David Perdue and others.

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  • News

New Georgia laws aim at schools; some laws already in effect

Most new laws traditionally take effect in Georgia on July 1. But this year, many of the most important measures became law as soon as Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed them. Top measures beginning Friday include a raft of conservative-inspired school legislation, and an increase in lawmaker pensions.

June 30, 2022
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  • Associated Press
The escalating protests against COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Canada block the roadway at the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ontario.

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  • World

A Canadian judge has frozen access to donations for the trucker convoy protest

After losing access to GoFundMe campaigns, those involved with "Freedom Convoy 2022" then moved to Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo.

February 11, 2022
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee speaks to reporters Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. He released a video on Wednesday inviting law enforcement officers from across the country to join the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

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  • National

Tennessee governor invites unvaccinated out-of-state cops to join its highway patrol

In a video, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee invited police officers from New York to Los Angeles to join the Tennessee Highway Patrol, saying that "we won't get between you and your doctor."

November 18, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
President Biden promotes his administration's vaccine or testing requirements for workers at the Clayco construction site in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7.

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  • Business

6th Circuit Court 'wins' lottery to hear lawsuits against Biden's vaccine rule

In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, ping pong balls with the names of a dozen federal appeals courts were placed into a wooden raffle drum on Tuesday before a winner was drawn.

November 16, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • Health

Kemp, Carr sue Biden White House over health care workers' vaccine mandate

Gov. Brian Kemp and Attorney General Chris Carr are seeking to prevent the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from enforcing the mandate on workers at Medicare and Medicaid-certified facilities. 

 

November 16, 2021
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  • Tim Darnell
Vaccine mandate protestors perform a haka last week in Wellington, New Zealand.

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  • Asia

New Zealand Maori tribe demands vaccine protesters stop performing haka dance

The Ngati Toa, a Maori tribe whose version of the intimidating display has been popularized by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, says it supports COVID-19 vaccinations.

November 15, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Gov. Brian Kemp

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  • News

A federal vaccine mandate is a recipe for disaster, Kemp says. Here’s what he and GOP leaders mean

Gov. Brian Kemp, along with leaders from six other states, is taking President Joe Biden to court over his sweeping federal vaccine mandate that Republicans call an “unlawful and unconstitutional overreach.”

November 03, 2021
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
New York Police Department officers in masks stand during a service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, last October.

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  • National

The largest municipal force in the U.S. has thousands on unpaid leave over vaccines

About 9,000 New York city employees are on unpaid leave for failing to heed Mayor Bill de Blasio's Oct. 20 vaccine mandate.

November 01, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
New York city municipal workers, including police officers and firefighters, rally on Monday against a vaccination mandate. City workers are required to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or risk losing their jobs.

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  • National

NYC firefighters protest at the mayor's home over vaccine mandate as deadline looms

Firefighters and other municipal workers are protesting New York City's vaccine mandate, which takes effect Monday. If they don't have at least one dose by Friday, they will be put on unpaid leave.

October 28, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
At a meeting in Concord, New Hampshire, on Oct. 13, 2021, audience members voice opposition to federal vaccine mandates. Some employers, from state governments to hospitals to private companies, have already begun enforcing their own vaccine mandates, leading to the resignation or firing of a small percentage of workers.

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  • Business

Thousands of workers are opting to get fired, rather than take the vaccine

Employers are firing workers for refusing to comply with vaccine mandates. They represent only a tiny fraction of overall employees, not even 1% in some workplaces. But it can add up to thousands.

October 25, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
A patient shows her COVID-19 vaccine card at the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles on July 26.

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  • Politics

Los Angeles will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor establishments

Mayor Eric Garcetti approved the sweeping ordinance on Wednesday, adding Los Angeles to a list of other major cities requiring patrons to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine.

October 07, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
A person receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Los Angeles in April.

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  • Religion

Judging 'sincerely held' religious belief is tricky for employers mandating vaccines

As religious exemptions are now being sought in droves, their use raises concerns that they pose a serious public health risk. But some say vaccine mandates are too much, too soon.

October 04, 2021
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  • Laurel Wamsley
The waiting area of a pop-up vaccination site at St. John The Divine Cathedral sits empty as the rush for vaccinations winds down on June 27, 2021 in New York City. The demand for vaccinations has declined just as the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus begins to take hold in the United States.

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  • Business

Getting A Religious Exemption To A Vaccine Mandate May Not Be Easy. Here's Why

With COVID-19 vaccine mandates taking effect around the country, requests for religious exemptions are on the rise. Under federal law, employers have a lot of discretion in granting the requests.

September 29, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu and
  • Shannon Bond
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