钟南山：中国采动态清零精准防控 足可应对Omicron
世界新闻网
12/04/2021
中国工程院院士钟南山4日表示，有的国家采取封国的政策，「但Omicron并不可怕，中国还是采用动态清零的方法，而且要进行进一步精准地防控。」
香港经济日报报导，至于是否有必要因应Omicron变种病毒，而更换现有灭活疫苗时，钟南山出席「2021大湾区（深圳）疫苗峰会」时指出，现在不是一个紧急需要调整疫苗的时候，需要大概两至三周时间去观察Omicron病毒的发展趋势。
他认为，要更换疫苗毒株应该不会有问题，但代价很大，是否要换要看两方面因素，一个是Omicron病毒的传播情况，另一个是致病率，「假如它的致病率并不是说像我们所讲的那么可怕，在这样的情况下，新冠病毒慢慢就像会像流感一样。」
对于加强针接种，钟南山提到，第3针接种相同种类疫苗确能增强保护力，而打不同技术路线的疫苗效果可能效果更佳，但需要在真实世界进一步观察才能证明。
国药中国副总裁、首席科学家张云涛也指出，根据目前的推测，面对不同的变种病毒时，灭活疫苗的保护力下降幅度或许相对较小。
北京疾控吁民众不从境外高风险地区邮购商品
12/04/2021
北京市疾病预防控制中心副主任、全国冠病专家组成员庞星火今天说，坚持非必须不出境，非必要近期不出京。同时，非必需不要从境外高风险地区邮购商品，并谨慎邮购国内有本土疫情报告所在地区的商品。
根据北京青年报报道，庞星火在北京疫情防控工作新闻发布会上介绍当地最新疫情信息时作出以上提醒。他还说，密切关注近期国内发生疫情的地区疫情进展情况；不去中高风险地区和报告确诊病例的地区旅游、出差。
邮购商品方面，庞星火说，非必需不要从境外高风险地区邮购商品，谨慎邮购国内有本土疫情报告所在地区的商品。交通方面，机场、车站、道路卡口等交通枢纽，各宾馆、酒店、民宿等单位加强排查管控，按照相关规定严格落实测温验码，查验核酸证明等各项防控措施。
北京昨天新增一例本土冠病确诊病例，为哈尔滨市赴京人员。无新增疑似病例和无症状感染者；新增两例境外输入确诊病例和两例无症状感染者，无新增疑似病例。
本周三起 进北京须持48小时内核酸阴性证明
11/13/2021
自本周三（11月17日）零时起，人员进返京须持48小时内核酸检测阴性证明和“北京健康宝”绿码；同时，14天内有一例以上（含1例）本土冠病感染者所在县（市、区、旗）旅居史人员严格限制进返京。
据新华社报道，昨天举行的北京市冠病疫情防控工作新闻发布会上，通报了上述措施。
此外，其它措施也包括：14天内有陆路边境口岸所在县（市、区、旗）旅居史人员非必须不进返京。在京人员非必须不前往陆路边境口岸所在县（市、区、旗）；严格控制在北京举办全国性会议、培训等活动。确需举办的，坚持“谁举办、谁负责”“谁审批、谁负责”，主办单位要切实履行疫情防控主体责任，制定专门防疫方案，严防涉疫风险人员参加，举办期间实行闭环管理，人员不得外出。
据报道，以上这些措施，自本周三零时起实施，并将根据疫情形势变化，进行动态评估、适时调整。
中国正在努力扑灭过去五个月中第四次由德尔塔变异毒株引发的疫情。当地21个省份目前出现总计1000多例本地传播病例，是自疫情首次在武汉暴发以来传播最广泛的一次。
归国留学生抗疫之路: 确诊隔离70天 花费3万起
文章来源: 肿瘤情报局
11/07/2021
核心提示：
1.近来留学生们归国后最深的感触，就是难过防疫这关。若是被确诊，更是“雪上加霜”。一名在国外检测阴性、回国检测被确诊的女留学生，在自媒体上持续更新自己感染后被隔离70天的所有经历，这也是一份真实的中国救治新冠患者的原始记录。
2.在国外登机前检测没问题，下飞机后再测确诊的案例屡见不鲜。由于不同时段人体内病毒含量不一样，所以很可能是因为国内外检测水准不同，或者归国途中被感染。该女生建议：回国前多找几家机构做多次核酸；回国的朋友需要先行了解各地不同政策，尽量选上海等发达地区入境等等。
3.该女生确诊住院后，医生基本上不与患者直接接触，而是通过视频与她联系，询问体温、当日症状等。医生也为她开了中药，在隔离期一天需服用两次，她也将这些中药信息和价格发了出来。
4.在国内，确诊患者隔离治疗需70天，每天费用300~900元以上。国内感染者，医保可报销部分；国外感染回来者全部自费，总共约3万到5万元。
小目本辣妹（以下称辣妹），26岁，和男朋友在日本留学3年。看着疫情波涛汹涌，难以捱过，于是渐生归心。千方百计寻得一张高价机票，全副武装包裹到牙齿登上机舱，以为万事大吉，谁知一踏上国土，被查出阳性，其间先后治疗、隔离共70天，种种难熬，不堪言述。
当世界一片瘟情疫海时，中国似乎是疫情的净土，旅外人士受到惊吓纷纷回流。但当今时况，出国时难，回亦难。“小留学生”和“中留学生”是在外的主流人群，他们的安危牵动着人心，他们的选项也耐人寻味，他们的遭遇也让人感慨。
“回国过疫情关，难于上青天”是近来留学生们的一种感叹，而被确诊则是另一种可怕的经历。辣妹的遭遇，勾起了人们对这样一批学子的关注和怜惜。
她在自媒体上化名刊发了自己在回国后，确诊感染被隔离70天的遭遇，并记录了自己在上海确诊住院期间，如何接受治疗、自己症状的变化、所花费用、漫长的隔离治疗期间的焦虑与压力……她不但首次公开了医生在她住院治疗期间的中国版新冠治疗药物以及方案，同时还将自己的亲身经历写成日志公开，这几乎是网络上首个完整版的确诊患者在国内治疗的样本，同时也是一份真实的中国救治新冠患者的原始记录。
1 在国内确诊新冠是一种什么感觉？为何境外检测是阴性，回国反而变阳？
“其实最开始拿到阳性结果我是恨的，我搞不懂国外的指定检测机构，为啥给我测了3个阴，让我回国，结果一下飞机测出2个阳。”
“在国外我拿到的是阴性报告，那叫一个自信，聚会时还有3个朋友抢着要坐我旁边，好家伙，结果我中了，害得她们‘喜提密接’。”
新冠疫情、居留、观察等等，基本上可以说是人类有史以来从未经历过的，新冠病毒又是非常难测准的，于是种种匪夷所思的故事在辣妹身上开始上演。
“3个指标给我测错2个，我真的想反手一个举报，让大使馆暂时暂停他们的测试权。是检测标准不同还是设备不行？”
上飞机前核酸检测是绿色的，但是回来以后再检测就成阳性的这种事情似乎很普遍，**和小目本辣妹同一班飞机回国感染的，都是在官方指定的不同机构测出是阴性，方才信心满满地登机回国，结果一一中招。**
2 只有两种可能，一个是检测不准，还有就是途中被感染
这两种可能辣妹都在怀疑，她甚至怀疑被人恶意感染，即有意“下毒”，当然这个她没深说。
关于核酸检测回国这个话题，一直是热点。辣妹原来以为，那些境外登机检测前没事、回国后却测出阳性的人，都是偷奸耍滑者，为了回国才篡改报告。为此她曾经还大放厥词，直到自己经历了前后不一的检测报告后，心生愧疚，想向广大境外同胞澄清一下：这种回国前没事回国后被检测出的，可能不是什么谎报，根本就是国内外检测水平不一样，而且不同时段人体内病毒含量也不一样（造成的）。
阴性、阳性在国外跟国内可能不是一个概念，在那边稀松平常的事，回国可能就如临大敌。有一位留学生说，“姐妹我在国外6个月了还没回成国，甚至有点羡慕那些70天隔离的了，我6个月了，血清还是阳性，登不了机也不能回国，也没有采取什么措施。就希望守到一日花开时，能够转阴登机回国。”
还有曾经境外者说，“唉，香港回来隔离35天，解除隔离那一刻我也是崩溃地哭了，觉得自己太难了，能有什么办法呢？”
3 国内确诊患者隔离时间为何需要70天？每天费用300~900以上，全部自费，总共约3万到5万元
似乎谁也没有辣妹经历的苦，一共要隔离70天呀！
医院治疗14天+转阴后住院观察14天+酒店隔离14天+回当地集中隔离14天+居家隔离14天，一共70天。
当知道要隔离70天时辣妹直接晕菜。2个半月什么都不能干，人一生有多少70天？
有人安慰她，“70天还可以，没有感染的入境者也需要14+14+7，至少35天。”
中国现在实行铜墙铁壁式的防范，保障了国内感染率的奇低，但也难免给归国者带来了一些困扰和难堪。
归来者隔离至少21天至35天，这期间的核酸检测要求全部阴性才可“出离”，有很多人上飞机前阴性，回国下飞机以后也是阴性，信心满满去隔离，结果一周以后测出是阳性，立刻拉到医院去了，开始了70天或者50天左右的隔离治疗。（各地隔离政策不同，隔离总天数也会有变化。）
时间或许还能如流水般过去，但是对有些人来说必须的花费可能更刺目：70天每天费用300~900以上，全部自费。总共约3万到5万元。
辣妹在回国的过程中总是失算，打了两针国药疫苗，结果还是感染上了。在国外没买医保，因为想着阳性就不回国，没想到国外给测出阴性，回国后测出来阳性，一切只能自费。
这笔钱对大多数人来说都是不小的甚至倾其所有的花费。国外等待回国的网友惊呼，“治不起新冠”、“临到用时才觉少”、“那就好好待着，千万别到处厮混惹得病毒上身”。
各地防疫政策不一，但在这一点上是相同的，从国外感染回来者自费，国内感染者医保可报部分。
为此小目本辣妹给即将回国的朋友们几点“真诚的建议”：
1. 回国两三周之前，在不同机构至少做2次检测，拿到1个检测阴性不足为喜，这个病毒阴阳变换太莫测。
2. 如果航班可以选择，首先选低风险，最好回国到达之地是发达地区，首推上海。国内形势严峻，政策是随时调整。
“我从日本回国，到达国内某城检测出阳性后，得知要隔离70天，当时就懵了，拿上海的条款给对方看，上海确诊者是14天治疗加14天隔离，然后7天居家，我问当地政府是不是私自加码了。对方说现在叫做属地管理，你在哪就按哪里的要求，每个城市都不一样，并且所在地区随时可以根据当地情况增加隔离时间……
所以建议回国前问清楚每个地区最新政策。”
4 无症状患者，28天单独住在一个负压病房，捱熬时日
小目本辣妹从隔离酒店由120直接拉到隔离医院，一路只见“白衣生化战士”面无表情，公事公办，肃杀之情令她惊心。
被引到一个单间病房，所有随身物品经过严格检查，要留用的被严格消杀。
辣妹住的是负压病房，这是确诊患者的标配。这种病房与外界空气完全隔离，每天进出要穿防护服，进病房前要把防护服脱掉，进行消毒处理，严格级别如宇航员在太空中进出航天舱。
“你的思绪在乱飞，但你的肉体却一直捆绑在黑色皮椅上，感受不到一点自然风。”
从此以后几十天中，辣妹基本没有见过一个正常人脸，与她打交道的全是躲在几层有机材料后面的模糊人形，或是病房里的传音器传出的机器声。
惊悚混杂着好奇是前所未有的，辣妹记录了第1天的每一个细节：
她刚到还惊魂未定，就进来了几个护士，入院第一件事就是抽血。护士们来到她的房间，动脉、静脉一起抽取，需取8管。不知道是人瘦血细，还是紧张的原因，手臂抽不出来，护士说她脉搏跳得慢，取臂血有困难，改从大腿抽取。
一番努力之后，刚躺下，一位穿着防护服的男护士进来，告知各种须知，让她休息一下，一会儿要做CT。
做完CT之后回到病房，一会儿就是午餐时间。每餐都需预定，有各种档次。11:40左右，负压病房的小铁窗打开，订餐到了。这个小铁窗有一米之纵深，手臂伸直了恐怕都不能接触到对方的手。一方盒饭搁置在纵深之内。
辣妹订的这盒有肉有菜还有水果，她表现出饕餮状，正如她所说，“吃饭是一天最快乐的时候。”
第1天白天被各种琐事所占据，没有自我怜悯的时间，过得似乎很快，即使是躺在床上也没有特别的情绪。到了晚上，一切情绪都被放大，恐惧扑面而来，因为这个病毕竟不是流感，有些国家的死亡率很瘆人。还有悲伤，为自己孤独飘零海内外而伤感……这几种情绪就和病毒一样肆意地占据着身心，躺在床上哭泣起来。
第1天就这样过去。
也是有好消息的：病毒采集，阴性；CT报告，肺部无感染；相关症状，无。
第2天、第3天、第4天，还是这样重复着，不知道还有多少这样的每一日。
有人说隔离也不怕，只要有手机和电脑，也可以干自己的事，也可以跟外面联系，但这是没有身临其境的空想。
“在密闭环境里隔离真的蛮压抑的，我每天吃完就躺在铁床上，翻来覆去基本上啥也不想干。”
4 内心搏斗：多少人因这场疫情而改变了人生？单独的隔离环境，使我抑郁了
几天过后心情渐渐平静，日常各种检测治疗已经习以为常了，特别是肺部没有发现阴影，为无症状患者，心情终于放松下来。
接着辣妹进入了第二阶段的感受，前几天的放松心情没持续几天，马上被另一种心情覆盖，愧疚。
这分愧疚之心非常强烈，久久不能平复：
“我给大家带来了那么多的麻烦，大夏天的工作人员全身穿着防护服真的非常辛苦，你们跑前跑后对我们基本上事无巨细地照顾，我不知如何帮他们一点。”
“我对周围朋友们感到抱歉，我接触了那么多人，不知道有没有人被我传染了；我也为很多在国外的朋友感到伤心，他们想回国真的不容易，排队买高价机票、检测核酸、搞证明，有的朋友的孩子都会说话了，还没有见过一次，有的朋友父母去世也无法回国……
“想到自己无比可怜，我深知这样的政策是为了我们自己和大家好，但是我的崩溃、我无处排解的抑郁也是事实。我很努力想缓解心情，我一直以来小心谨慎，几乎足不出户自我封闭，竟然还是得了，所以我得知自己感染后真的很崩溃，谁都没有错，错的只是我自己。
“怎么说呢，我感觉人生无望，我已经很努力了，但抵不过天命。”
这段时间辣妹就在负疚的心情中度过。每个被隔离的人一般都经历过这种心绪翻腾的过程，强度大概因人而异，辣妹是因为有着独特和凄凉的童年经历和成年困境：“从小爹娘离婚，爹不疼娘不爱，谁也不要我，跟着爷爷奶奶长大，总算有收入，可以反哺的时候，爷爷去世了，癌。又因为叛逆期跟男朋友退学去国外重读大学，好不容易大学毕业在国外站稳脚跟，又因为疫情，主业“社畜”（日本网络流行语，被压榨的上班族）、副业博主共4万的月收入打了水漂，并且直接负债。6年的男朋友也分手了，以为可以走到最后，心好累啊，但不是因为我感染分手，总之年少情深，变称一地鸡毛。回国完全没有准备，无症状自信回国，结果库府都掏空……
“倒不是感染新冠这件事让我有多伤心，而是我真的觉得我就是努力也过不好这一生的真实例子，我的日子总是刚有起色就被打回原形，空欢喜一场罢了。”
“去年最严重的时候买不到票，外婆去世了，没赶上，因为确诊错过时间。我一个编制面试入职的工作也黄了，我爸又打电话来催我给钱，我在医院花销无度，情绪全方位透心凉，简直一万个想撕破脸皮，又怕他骚扰我奶奶，我奶奶知道我确诊哭了好几天了，唉，真是不幸！”
辣妹用过来人的凉薄感说，“我用自身案例跟大家讲述了什么叫做努力却徒劳的普通人。”
5 公开新冠确诊入院无症状患者的治疗药方
在确诊住院后，医生基本上不与患者接触。会通过视频与辣妹联系，要求其报告体温、当日症状等。可能因为她是无症状患者，自己基本上没有什么感觉。医生给她开了中药，要求她每天服用。医生认为中药可以为她创造一个良好的转阴环境，要求她在隔离期间一天服用2次。
辣妹将她住院后医生给她开的2天量的中药、以及每日住院自费价格在小红书上公开了，希望能给大家带来参考。
不过她也警示，和她体质相悖的朋友不要采纳。
她称自己的体质“湿气重，胃寒，气血不足，日常饮食偏辣，饮酒不抽烟，睡眠质量低，无过敏”。
这些药物是——白芷12克，黄芪10克，白术15克，辛夷时10克，荆芥10克，防风10克，甘草6克，大枣10克，白芍12克，桂枝12克，生姜10克。
算上这些中药的费用，隔离治疗期间，单日最高花费2721元，最低366元。
在住院期间，她共进行了3次CT检查。出院标准是，连续多次核酸检测阴性即可出院。
另外，辣妹还在记录中称，隔离期间一定要常喝莲花清瘟（许多地方认为不必要已经从药目中取消）加补充维C和蛋白质。
隔离期间，任何一次核酸测出阳性，之前隔离时间作废，重新开始计算，加N个各种14天的隔离。
“我认识一个国企大哥，中年，转阴后隔离第27天复阳。”
这位老兄在小红书上分享的自己被隔离43天后，复阳、再被隔离、2次治疗的过程，令人十分惊心。他从7月9日从莫斯科回国确诊后隔离治疗直到9月17日，全程70天。小红书上几乎有大量的各种回国确诊的患者自己写的各种治疗记录，仿佛新冠患者的一个电子病历本，非常详尽 。
辣妹还将自己隔离确诊期间的经历，整理了几个要点，想让其他人避免自己的“悲剧”。
1. 不知道自己是不是被人恶意感染的（给大家提个醒，防人之心不可无），还是国外的检测不行，或者自己在途中感染，还是在隔离酒店感染，总之，这是一个谜。
2. 隔离真的不是拆盲盒，建议做好挑选好酒店、回国隔离流程、确诊隔离流程等相关功课（前面已经说过，需要仔细比较各地的不同政策规定）。
3.买医保、新冠险很有必要。家里买个城镇医保或者支付宝里买新冠险，万一确诊或“密接”等，到医院隔离的话是可以报销一部分的。
4. 最后，如果你有其他需治疗的疾病或者怀孕，建议非紧急情况推迟回国，或者确保自己一定是阴性再回国。否则回国确诊后是没有其他医疗服务的，各种急救基本排在新冠之后。“我知道一个中年人貌似有什么比较严重的疾病，但是仍然是走完最基础的流程（28天在院），才同意家乡疾控接走治疗。”
辣妹一直认为她是没有混好的普通人，但正是这样的普通人组成了大部分人类。关注她，帮助他们，其实也是帮助人性。
Covid-19 Vaccine Injuries/Deaths
11/06/2021
Rumble — Roundtable discussion with vaccine injured and medical experts on federal vaccine mandates and the importance of health care freedom.
美国陆军飞行医官特蕾莎中校关于新冠疫苗的证词
By 萧笙客
11/06/2021
11月2日，飞行医官特蕾莎·朗中校在约翰逊参议员主持的关于新冠疫苗的圆桌会议上的作证。
美国德州胡德堡陆军基地负责四千名陆军飞行旅官兵身体健康和飞行安全的军医特蕾莎反对对官兵、特别是飞行员强制性注射疫苗，向法院提出的临时禁令书写的补充材料。
Sen. Johnson hosts panel highlighting people claiming to be harmed by COVID-19 vaccines
By WEAU 13 News
11/06/2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WEAU) – Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is giving a stage to people who claim they were harmed by COVID-19 vaccinations.
Tuesday, Johnson held a roundtable with several people who say they or a loved one experienced life-altering side-effects from various COVID vaccinations.
One panelist, who says she experienced adverse side effects from the vaccine, called for a federal safety net for others who are also injured.
Another woman at the meeting claimed that those who catch COVID receive medical help, while those who have adverse side effects to vaccines are ignored.
The panel included researches and doctors who generally agreed vaccines have a role in fighting the pandemic, but also cautioned against mandating them.
Johnson said the panel is not about creating fear or increasing vaccine hesitancy, but says federal health officials aren’t being honest when they say the vaccines are safe and effective, and shouldn’t be mandated.
“I had COVID,” Johnson said. “I’ve had my antibodies tested as my doctor told me. I’ve got a whopping level of antibodies.”
Johnson also spoke about his personal vaccination decision.
“Again, natural immunity should be strong, pretty long-lasting, which is the case of very, you know, many, many illnesses, many viruses,” Johnson said. “And so there’s no reason for me to get a vaccine.”
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention fact page maintains the vaccines are safe and effective. It also acknowledges the existence of some of the adverse effects discussed at Johnson’s roundtable, and says COVID vaccines are under the most intense safety monitoring in U.S. history.
Survey: Majority of Federal Employees Disagree With Biden’s Vaccine Mandate
Comments submitted as part of the survey show a diversity of thought on the requirement.
By COURTNEY BUBLÉ
he majority of federal employees recently surveyed (53%) strongly or somewhat disagreed with the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal employees, while 44% strongly or somewhat agreed with it.
The Government Business Council, the research arm of Government Executive, sent a survey between October 27 and November 2 to Government Executive and Defense One readers, which drew 3,186 respondents. The survey had a 95% confidence level and margin of error of +/- 3%; the vast majority of respondents currently work for a federal agency but the results did include some retirees and congressional and private sector workers. President Biden announced the mandate on September 9 and the deadline is November 22.
“I am not pro or anti-vaccine, I am pro-choice,” wrote one federal employee in the comments section. “It should be a choice not a mandate, last I knew this was a free country.” Anonymous comments submitted as part of the survey show the diversity of thought on the mandate as well as the nuance of arguments on both sides.
Thirty-percent of respondents said they thought the vaccine mandate will be slightly or moderately effective in protecting the federal workforce from the coronavirus; 42% thought it will be very or extremely effective and 29% thought it will not be effective.
“The vaccine mandate is most likely legal. It’s also probably effective,” said a respondent. “It, however, does not mean the federal [government] should have the power to force adults and the civilian workforce to get a shot that they don’t want.”
The mandate requires all federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by November 22, or claim a religious or medical exemption. Those who decline vaccination and whose agencies deny their exemption requests will face progressive discipline, up to removal from the federal service.
Another respondent said, “the mandate will not be effective if the many false religious exemptions are approved,” because “most are not sincerely held beliefs, but just people that don’t want to get their vaccine.”
A different person said, “A coworker’s choice not to be vaccinated increases my potential exposure to COVID, potentially increases my workload if I have to cover for them if they are out ill and increases the cost of [Federal Employees Health Benefits]/Medicare.”
The survey looked at the difference of views among those on full telework compared to those going into the office at least one day a week. The chart below shows approval and disapproval levels based on that status, with those going into the office at least once a week more likely to strongly disapprove of the mandate.
“If you can do your job, i.e. telework, without contacting others there is no reason to be vaccinated,” said one federal employee in the comments section. “It is the individual’s body and they should have the right to decide what is done to it without fearing economic ruin.”
Another said, “I worked and put the protocols in to keep everyone safe. I worked on the front lines for the last two years and now you want to fire me?”
One respondent who said they work for the Agriculture Department’s Farm Service Agency said they love their job and customers they serve, “but lately I do not feel the agency has my back or appreciates the work our agency does. After being on the front lines, figuring out telework, changing the way our agency goals are achieved I feel the employees deserve a little more than a ‘do it or get out policy.’ ”
As for the ability to enforce a vaccine mandate, 50% of respondents strongly or somewhat disagreed that the federal government has the authority to enforce the requirement, while 46% somewhat or strongly agreed. There were no major differences in responses from managers and non-managers to this question; however, there were some differences among those in different work environments, as shown below.
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel issued a legal opinion in July that says federal law doesn’t prohibit public and private entities from mandating coronavirus vaccines, even if those vaccines do not yet have full authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. Also, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a similar decision in May, which it updated in October.
As for regions, the area with the highest approval rating (54%) of the mandate was the D.C. metro area, which is where federal agency headquarters are concentrated. Respondents living in the Southwest had the highest disapproval rating.
“The D.C. power brokers are using us as pawns,” said a respondent.
While not a question in the survey, many raised concerns in the comments section about loss of employees due to the mandate.
“Is the federal government prepared to lose 20-30% of its workforce to retirements, resignations or terminations?” said one respondent.
“I will retire from federal service if I am threatened with discipline/firing,” said another. “ I am proud of my military service (Vietnam veteran) and federal service (FBI and [Internal Revenue Service]) and continually received ‘outstanding’ performance evals as GS-14. The federal mandate is morally wrong.”
Someone else said, “this is a train wreck, but may provide promotion opportunities for the younger workforce.”
However, there were also several comments encouraging vaccinations. “I sincerely appreciate efforts to get our team vaccinated,” said one person. “I am grateful for the mandate and wish it had come sooner.”
For comparison, a recent survey from Qualtrics, an experience management company, found that the majority of respondents (58%) supported vaccine mandates from either employers or the federal government.
“Employees in the [technology and information technology] industry are the most supportive of federal vaccine mandates compared to those who work in health care, retail and government,” said Qualtrics. “Roughly a quarter of government, health care, and private employees oppose mandates that would apply to them.”
Overall, 42% of respondents want their company leaders to enforce the mandate, while 39% do not, the Qualtrics survey found. That survey was done between October 12 and 15. There were 1,309 respondents who were chosen from a randomized panel and deemed eligible if they live in the United States, are an adult and are at least part-time employees.
Government Executive previously reported about reactions to the mandate from NASA, Federal Bureau of Prisons and other federal employees. While some agencies have shared their vaccination levels with reporters, lawmakers or the public, the levels are not known for all. Top House Republicans are seeking those numbers by November 10.
In one example, as of late October, several intelligence agencies had at least 20% of their workforce unvaccinated, with some as high as 40%, said Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, who is a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Associated Press reported on Friday. He cited information that the Biden administration gave to the committee, but hasn’t released publicly, and didn’t name the specific agencies since the full results were classified.
Biden admin considering vaccine mandate for businesses with fewer than 100 employees
OSHA rule for big businesses forces employees to be vaccinated or wear masks and get weekly COVID-19 tests
By Tyler Olson | FOX Business
11/05/2021
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) says it is “seeking comment” about whether businesses with fewer than 100 employees should be subject to the COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate it is implementing on big businesses.
OSHA’s requirement will force businesses with more than 100 employees to mandate vaccines or else their employees will need to wear masks and be tested for COVID-19 weekly. It will go into effect Jan. 4.
But according to a summary released by OSHA, it appears to be considering implementing the rule for small businesses as well.
“OSHA is confident that employers with 100 or more employees have the administrative capacity to implement the standard’s requirements promptly, but is less confident that smaller employers can do so without undue disruption,” the summary says. “OSHA needs additional time to assess the capacity of smaller employers, and is seeking comment to help the agency make that determination.”
The same language is included in the Federal Register page for the vaccine rule.
A Department of Labor spokesperson told FOX Business Friday that it is indeed considering whether to extend the vaccine or mask and testing mandate to businesses with fewer than 100 workers.
“OSHA chose a 100-employees threshold at this time because the agency is confident that employers with 100 or more employees have the administrative capacity to implement the standard’s requirements promptly,” the spokesperson said. “Because the emergency situation required OSHA to act quickly, the information immediately available to the agency did not allow it to confidently assess the impact on smaller firms.”
The spokesperson added: “OSHA will consider whether to extend the rule to smaller firms in the public rulemaking that begins with the publication of this emergency rule.”
Raytheon CEO warns company could lose ‘several thousand’ employees over vaccine mandate
By Mike Brest
10/27/2021
Raytheon Technologies’s top boss warned that the U.S. aerospace and defense company will lose thousands of employees who have thus far refused to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
“So, we’re going to be faced on Dec. 8 with a choice. We’re going to potentially lose several thousand people who refuse to be vaccinated,” Raytheon CEO Greg Hayes said in a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “Now, this is a tough thing, but we are preparing for it.”
Hayes also said that 83% of the company, which has a total workforce of roughly 125,000 U.S. employees, according to Reuters, is already vaccinated while another 6% are “in the process of being vaccinated.”
Additionally, there is another 3% of employees who are seeking either a religious or medical exemption, while another 3% have said they don’t intend to receive the vaccine, the CEO added, though he did not address the status of the employees who do not fall into those categories.
The company has already begun hiring people to fill the upcoming vacancies, Hayes said.
Raytheon had issued a companywide mandate requiring vaccination by Jan. 1, but that order was usurped when President Joe Biden declared that all federal contractors must receive the vaccine by Dec. 8.
Hayes’s comments came the same day Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville sent a letter to the White House claiming that Biden’s “federal contractor vaccine mandate will have negative effects on our national security” and called on the president “to remove — or, at a minimum, delay and clarify — vaccination requirements on private companies and academic research institutions that are actively supporting the Department of Defense.”
Similarly, nearly a dozen Republican lawmakers on the House Armed Services Committee petitioned the White House and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reverse the Pentagon’s vaccine mandate for contractors over fears that it could lead to supply chain issues.
Roughly 100 employees at United Launch Alliance, a Lockheed Martin and Boeing joint venture that contracts to both the Pentagon and NASA, walked off the job Monday over the federal government’s vaccine mandates and pledged to continue protesting in the days leading up to the deadline to be vaccinated.
Former WSU football coach Nick Rolovich to sue university over firing after refusing vaccine
According to a press release sent by his attorney, Rolovich is accusing WSU Athletic Director Pat Chun of “discriminatory and vindictive behavior.”
By KREM Staff
10/20/2021
PULLMAN, Wash. — Former Washington State University football coach Nick Rolovich was fired Tuesday, Oct. 19 after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and now he plans to sue the university.
According to his lawyer, Rolovich will be taking legal action against WSU and all parties responsible for his termination. The decision to terminate Rolovich came after his request for a religious exemption from the vaccine was denied by the WSU. According to his lawyer, WSU “indicated that even if the exemption had been granted, no accommodation would have been made.”
Rolovich is accusing WSU Athletic Director Pat Chun of “discriminatory and vindictive behavior,” according to the statement from his lawyer, Brian Fahling.
“Since at least early April, it became clear that Chun had already determined that Coach Rolovich would be fired,” Fahling says. “Chun’s animus towards Coach Rolovich’s sincerely held religious beliefs, and Chun’s dishonesty at the expense of Coach Rolovich during the past year is damning and will be thoroughly detailed in litigation.”
In the statement, Fahling says, “Chun’s discriminatory and vindictive behavior has caused immeasurable harm to Rolovich and his family. It is a tragic and damning commentary on our culture, and more specifically, on Chun, that Rolovich has been derided, demonized, and ultimately fired from his job, merely for being devout in his Catholic faith.”
Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, has encouraged people to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Here is the statement from Rolovich’s lawyer in full:
“The termination of Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich on Monday was unjust and unlawful.
It came after Coach Rolovich’s request for a religious exemption from the vaccine was denied by the University. The institution also indicated that even if the exemption had been granted, no accommodation would have been made. As a result, Coach Rolovich will be taking legal action against Washington State University, and all parties responsible for his illegal termination.
Immediately after terminating Coach Rolovich, WSU Athletic Director, Pat Chun, directed campus police to escort the coach to his car, he wasn’t allowed into his office, and he was not even allowed to speak to his team. Since at least early April, it became clear that Chun had already determined that Coach Rolovich would be fired. Chun’s animus towards Coach Rolovich’s sincerely held religious beliefs, and Chun’s dishonesty at the expense of Coach Rolovich during the past year is damning and will be thoroughly detailed in litigation.
Chun’s discriminatory and vindictive behavior has caused immeasurable harm to Coach Rolovich and his family. Furthermore, the University’s deceitfulness about being unable to accommodate Coach Rolovich even if his religious exemption request had been granted, is exemplified by Chun’s actions arranging a “secret” donor trip that he had Coach Rolovich attend at the height of the pandemic in July 2020.
During that excursion, Chun and other attendees contracted the disease, but Coach Rolovich did not. It is a tragic and damning commentary on our culture, and more specifically, on Chun, that Coach Rolovich has been derided, demonized, and ultimately fired from his job, merely for being devout in his Catholic faith.”
KREM has reached out to WSU for a statement but has not yet received a response.
320万年薪傲视全州公务员 华盛顿州立大学教练拒打疫苗遭开除
10/20/2021
华盛顿州立大学(Washington State University，WSU)足球队总教练罗洛维奇(Nick Rolovich)年薪320万元，在领取州政府薪水的公务员收入排行榜称霸。但因罗洛维奇拒绝遵守华州要求公务员必须接种新冠疫苗的规定，本周稍早已被开除。华盛顿邮报报导，罗洛维奇堪称到目前为止，最为引人注目的公职人员拒打疫苗而丢饭碗案例。
华盛顿州立大学18日宣布已经解聘罗洛维奇。华盛顿州立大学美洲狮队(Washington State Cougars)体育主任秦派特(Pat Chun，音译)指出，罗洛维奇拒绝配合疫苗接种规定，已经失去获得校方聘用的资格。
秦派特在声明中说，这起事件让学校足球队感到沮丧。
42岁的罗洛维奇出身于夏威夷大学(University of Hawaii)足球队，2019年曾获西部山区联盟(Mountain West Conference)最佳教练。罗洛维奇年薪320万元，是领取华州州政府薪水的公务员当中排行最高者。
罗洛维奇今年暑假已经表明坚决不打疫苗，太平洋十二校联盟(Pacific-12 Conference)在洛杉矶举办媒体宣传，由于规定全体出席者必须打疫苗，罗洛维奇便因此缺席。
秦派特指出，校方与罗洛维奇协商长达数月，但罗洛维奇态度坚定，「他有权做出选择，他的决定就是不配合规定」。
华盛顿州立大学校长薛尔兹(Kirk Schulz)则在声明中说，虽然少数人士拒打疫苗而引发轩然大波，但学校接近90%雇员及97%学生则都打了疫苗。
薛尔兹说：「人们可以做选择，而且有好几个月的时间可以决定。这并不是突然发生的。」
除了罗洛维奇之外，华盛顿州立大学美洲狮队另外四名助理教练罗戈(Ricky Logo)、理查森(John Richardson)、史特兹曼(Craig Stutzmann)、韦伯(Mark Weber)，同样因为拒打疫苗，一并遭到开除。
美国ESPN知名体育记者拒打疫苗被开除
本文源自: 金融界网
10/20/2021
迪士尼旗下娱乐与体育节目电视网（ESPN）的知名记者艾莉森-威廉姆斯（Allison Williams）周一表示，她因为拒绝接种新冠病毒疫苗而被解雇，下周将是她在这里工作的的最后日子。
这位明星记者最出名的是她对美国大学橄榄球和篮球比赛的报道，她在社交媒体上的一段视频中说，她要求豁免不接种疫苗的请求被拒绝了。
威廉姆斯从2011年3月开始为ESPN工作。上个月，她在推特上发表声明称，在咨询了医生后，她拒绝接种疫苗，因为她和她的丈夫正试图生第二个孩子，接种疫苗“不符合我的最佳利益”。
ESPN的母公司迪士尼是众多要求员工接种疫苗的企业之一。该公司在一份声明中说，不会对威廉姆斯的个案置评。迪士尼表示，公司正在按照其法律义务，处理员工提出的豁免要求。
ESPN’s Allison Williams explains why she’s giving up her job over a vaccine mandate
By ANDREA HSU
10/20/2021
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ESPN college basketball and football reporter Allison Williams has joined a small minority of workers who have quit or been fired from their jobs over a vaccine mandate.
“I have been denied my request for accommodation by ESPN and the Walt Disney Company, and effective next week, I will be separated from the company,” she said in a video posted to Instagram on Friday.
ESPN’s parent company, Disney, had announced a vaccine mandate over the summer with a deadline of this Friday, Oct. 22.
In early September, Williams shared on Twitter that she’d decided not to get a COVID-19 vaccine while she and her husband were trying to have a second child.
“Taking the vaccine at this time is not in my interest,” she wrote.
The CDC has urged people who are pregnant or might become pregnant to get vaccinated, saying there is currently no evidence showing COVID-19 vaccines cause fertility problems and no data pointing to an increased risk of miscarriage among people who received an mRNA vaccine during pregnancy.
In the Instagram video, Williams spoke of her medical apprehensions about receiving the vaccine and added, “I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this.”
“Ultimately, I cannot put a paycheck over principle, and I will not sacrifice something that I believe and hold so strongly to maintain a career,” she said in the video. “I’m going to pray things get better and that I can see you on the television set in some capacity in some stadium, covering some game soon.”
Williams, who had reported for ESPN since 2011, acknowledged she’s not the only one walking away from a career or a profession they love.
Hundreds of hospital workers have quit rather than get vaccinated, but they represent only a tiny fraction of employees overall. For example, Duke Health in North Carolina reported it had fired just 20 people out of a workforce of 23,000.
Meanwhile, United Airlines said it is terminating a couple of hundred of its 67,000 employees who did not comply with the airline’s vaccine mandate. Other employers that have imposed vaccine mandates are also reporting compliance rates topping 90%.
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Veteran police officer resigns over vaccine mandate in chronically understaffed department
The department has chronically been understaffed and more officers could resign over the mandate
By Emma Colton | Fox News
9/21/2021
A nearly 30-year police veteran in California resigned over San Jose’s vaccine mandate as the police force continues struggling with chronic understaffing.
“First of all, it’s my religious belief. I also believe I’ve been given a choice about what to do with my body,” Sgt. David Gutierrez said after he resigned from the San Jose Police Department this weekend, KPIX reported.
Gutierrez spent 23 years with the San Jose Police Department working as a homicide detective, internal affairs investigator and patrol supervisor, before retiring in 2019. He then returned to the force as a reserve officer.
Gutierrez worked his last shift at the department on Saturday, and said he sent a letter to the city manager on Monday denouncing the city’s vaccine mandate, which requires city employees to show proof of vaccination or get a medical exemption. Those who don’t comply face disciplinary action, such as termination.
“Disciplinary action is when you have done something wrong,” Gutierrez said, according to NBC Bay Area. “I have done nothing wrong – by making a choice not to be vaccinated why would you be disciplined?”
Gutierrez added that he is not anti-vaccine and would be open to the city testing him on a weekly basis instead of enforcing the vaccine or getting a medical exemption.
“I’m not anti-vaccine. I don’t tell people, ‘You shouldn’t get it.’ But when it comes to my body, it’s my choice about what I want to put in my body,” Gutierrez said.
He sent his resignation letter ahead of the city’s Sept. 30 deadline for employees to get the vaccine, and said more officers could also walk off the job amid the department already facing understaffing issues.
“We are already understaffed and can’t afford to lose more,” Gutierrez said.
“If they let go police officers who’ve been here five years, 10 years, 15 years, you can hire somebody else, but you’re not going to hire that experience though,” he added.
A recent audit examining the last 10 years of the police department found the force has heavily relied on overtime as it struggles with understaffing.
About 200 officers in the department have so far asked for exemptions, many of which are for religious purposes. But the Democratic mayor, Sam Liccardo, says the vaccine mandate is overall working and doesn’t anticipate an exodus from the force.
“This is certainly for the protection of the individual members of our city team. But it’s also, critically, for the safety of our entire community because we know, obviously, first responders are out there interacting [with the public] every day,” Liccardo said, according to KPIX.
Northern NY hospital to stop delivering babies after resignations over Covid-19 vaccine
BY Christine Vendel
9/12/2021
A hospital in New York plans to stop delivering babies later this month because too many maternity workers resigned rather than get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Lewis County Health System Chief Executive Officer Gerald R. Cayer announced at a news conference Friday afternoon that the maternity department would be closed on Sept. 25 until they can find enough vaccinated nurses to safely reopen it.
Cayer told reporters in Lowville, is the North Country of New York state, that seven of the 30 people who have resigned from the hospital worked in the maternity department, according to the news site NNY360.
Seven additional maternity workers have not said whether or not they will get their first vaccine shot by Sept. 27, which is the deadline set by the state for healthcare workers to get at least one shot, according to the news site.
The health system has a higher than average percentage of its staff vaccinated, Cayer told reporters, with 464 employees vaccinated out of 650, or 73 percent.
But there are still 165 employees who have not yet shared their decision with hospital management, WWNY television news reported.
Medical services in five other departments may have to be cut back as well if more staff members resign because they refuse to be vaccinated
“It just is a crazy time,” Mr. Cayer said, according to NNY360, “It’s not just LCHS-centric. Rural hospitals everywhere are really trying to figure out how we’re going to make it work.”
“If you don’t have staff, how do you deliver the service? That’s what I’m going to be talking about,” Cayer said.
The Health System is one of only two county-owned hospitals left in the state and is the largest employer in the county.
