统计：约六成韩国人认为阶层固化翻身难
文 / 廖慧婷
11/17/2021
（早报讯）韩国统计厅周三（11月17日）发布的一份调查结果显示，19岁以上人口中有60.6%认为个人的社会地位、经济地位上升可能性不高，仅有25.2%认为这种可能性高。
韩联社报道，据该项调查，29.3%的受访者认为下一代的社会、经济地位上升可能性高，认为“不高”的比例占53.8%。
以上层自居的人员中有55.9%表示自己这一代社会阶层跨越的可能性高，认为自己属于下层的人员中该比例仅为14.9%。
认为自己属于上层的人员中有44.4%表示下一代跨越阶层的可能性不高，认为自己属于下层的人员中该比例达55.7%。
58.8%的受访者认为自己的社会及经济地位属于中层。按收入来看，月均家庭收入200万韩元（约2300新元）人员中过半人数认为其社会及经济地位属于中层以上。
月均家庭收入不及100万韩元人员中71.9%、不及200万韩元人员中55.9%认为自己属于下层。问及“与家庭月均最低生活费相比，实际收入是否宽裕”时，仅11.9%的户主回答“宽裕”，57.9%回答“不宽裕”。
“出现副作用仍被要求接种第二针”，韩43岁家长留下两个孩子去世
韩国中央日报
11/15/2021
韩国某40多岁家长在接种第二针新冠肺炎疫苗后死亡， 留下膝下两个孩子。其妻子通过青瓦台国民请愿网站对韩国防疫当局的做法进行了强烈批判。
11月8日青瓦台官网国民请愿板显示，一篇6日发布的标题为“43岁两个孩子的爸爸接种莫德纳第二针疫苗不到一天后死亡”的请愿贴截至当晚10点已得到7700多人支持。
“丈夫是建筑工，出入施工现场要求接种疫苗”
死者的妻子表示，“丈夫是建筑工，不打疫苗的话，出入施工现场会受到限制，只能接种疫苗。第一针接种20天后，丈夫胸部和耳朵曾出现严重的疼痛症状，并因此吃了药”。
她补充说，“丈夫对预约接种第二针的医院说明了自己出现过的症状和药物服用情况等，对方说可以接种”，“丈夫因为担心后遗症，原不想继续接种，但现在的情况是，即使存在副作用，也被告知可以接种第二针，没办法只能接种”。
她说，“丈夫平时睡得晚，打疫苗那天为了跟孩子们一起睡觉，很早就进了房间，还拍着背安抚了老大，”，“第二天早上8点左右，症状开始严重，后来痛苦不堪的丈夫被救护车送到医院，心跳却停止了”。
她接着说，“因为丈夫还年轻，为确认死因，我们被要求做尸检”，“家人本就是无辜死亡，还要验尸，一想到这，心都碎了”。
“老二说爸爸从天堂回来后要一起玩儿”
她说，“家里的大孩子晚上睡着了也会每隔半小时就醒来一次，确认我是不是还在旁边”，“老二总是问爸爸什么时候回来，昨晚还看着平时和爸爸一起玩的玩具对我说，等爸爸从天堂回来我们还要一起玩儿，要整理好放着，听得我心都碎了，抱着孩子哭了很长时间”。
特别是，发帖者还写到“政府说接种疫苗后出现异常症状应该接受诊疗，但真的出现症状到医院，却没有一个地方愿意给患者开具不适合继续接种疫苗的意见书”。
“没人愿意给我们出具不能继续接种的意见书”
与此同时，据仁川市发布的消息，死亡者A某(43岁)于9月19日在仁川市西区某医院接种第一针莫德纳疫苗，10月24日接种了第二针。A某接种后，从次日上午7点左右开始出现盗汗和胸痛症状，同日上午9点30分左右被接到119报案电话后紧急出动的急救队转移到附近医院，但当时已经死亡。
据了解，A某平时在吃高血压症相关药物，此外并未发现其他疾病。仁川市有关人士表示，“现在正对A某死亡和疫苗接种之间的因果关系进行调查，结束后将把资料交给疾病管理厅”。
출처 : 韩国最大的传媒机构《中央日报》中文网(http://chinese.joins.com)
韩高三生“接种辉瑞疫苗后器官坏死患血癌，最终放弃高考”
韩国中央日报
11/15/2021
韩国有人发帖称，自己读高中三年级的弟弟在接种完预防新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)的辉瑞疫苗后，被诊断为器官坏死和恶性淋巴瘤血液癌，目前已在接受抗癌治疗，并因此不得不放弃参加高考。
11月13日，青瓦台网站的国民请愿板出现含以上内容的请愿文章，请愿人写道“读高三的表弟响应与新冠共存的防疫政策，为能好好参加高考而接种了疫苗，但在接种辉瑞疫苗不久后，表弟就被诊断出器官坏死和恶性淋巴瘤血液癌，结果不仅无法参加高考，读不了大学，连入伍服役都不能，19岁的年龄就开始接受抗癌治疗”。
请愿人的表弟A某今年7月20日接种第一针辉瑞疫苗，大约2周后，A某在8月5日出现类似肠炎的严重腹痛和腰痛。请愿人写道，“当时去家附近的普通私人诊所接受了治疗”。
接下来，A某在8月10日接种第二针疫苗，之后又发生了腹痛症状，并经常因此提前从学校早退。A某又一次去普通私人诊所治疗时，诊所建议其“去更大的医院接受住院治疗”。请愿人写道，“但因为表弟前往就诊的大医院有太多新冠肺炎患者，再加上表弟已经高三，不想长时间住院，最终只选择在门诊开药治疗”。
就这样，A某不断去医院拿药治疗。根据请愿人的说法，A某反复出现类似肠炎或过敏性大肠综合征的腹痛和腹泻，病情不断在好转后出现反复。请愿人说，“为防万一，表弟在综合医院进行了血检、胃镜、腹部超声波等各种检查，之后9月9日又从学校早退进行血检，9月10日进行了超声波、胃镜检查”。
请愿人写到，听说检查结果显示“血液炎症指标高，可能因为接种了辉瑞疫苗”。但医生的意见是，“可以通过服用处方药调节炎症水平”，因此表弟只持续在门诊接受治疗。
9月20日，A某再次出现严重腹痛，并因此被送到急诊室。当天拍摄CT后，医生表示“存在肠套叠问题”。肠套叠指部分肠道像伸缩式望远镜缩起来时一样出现嵌套。这一疾病导致A某小肠和胰腺的部分器官坏死，最终只能对坏死器官进行部分切除。而且，在切除手术过程中，还发现异常组织，检查后确诊为恶性淋巴瘤血液癌。
A某在首尔的大学附属医院接受治疗后转入地方的大学附属医院，目前已经在釜山某大学附属医院完成第1次抗癌治疗，正在等待2次抗癌治疗。问题在于，A某血液癌的发展速度很快，做过器官切除手术的部位已经重新长出肿瘤。
请愿人写道，“看到平时关系亲近的表弟成为疫苗副作用和后遗症的受害者，这么小的年龄就要忍受抗癌治疗的痛苦，感到无比心痛”，“我能做的就只有像这样把辉瑞疫苗的副作用事例曝光出来，呼吁人们的关注，请大家赞同这份请愿”。
请愿人写道，“原本健康的亲人为避免被新冠肺炎感染而接种疫苗，却最终失去了健康”，“为防止感染在全世界蔓延的新冠肺炎病毒而鼓励人们接种疫苗，是否真的安全？疫苗是否真的进行过完善的风险把控和临床试验，这些应当调查清楚，并追究责任。希望政府能够查清楚疫苗和确诊的疾病之间究竟有没有因果关系，制定相应的补偿机制”。
这个骑山地自行车的太惨了，第二针疫苗下去基本是废了
11/14/2021
29岁的山地自行车冠军Kyle Warner在接种第二针辉瑞疫苗后出现严重不良反应，包括心包炎和关节炎，他的职业生涯告终。他亲自发布了视频表达了对接种的担忧和绝望，并在视频里说他认识的六个人在过去一个月里选择了自杀。
Warner在5月中旬接种了第一剂辉瑞疫苗，一个月后接种了第二剂。 在10月份接受Dr. John Campbell的采访时，华纳描述了他的经历以及当第二剂辉瑞疫苗注射到他体内时的感受：
“他们一注射，我的嘴里就有一种奇怪的金属盐水味。我问那个人，’这正常吗？‘他说从未听说。事实上，临床医生没有意识到口腔中的金属味可能是无意中血管内注射的迹象，这让我感到担忧，因为如果疫苗进入你的肌肉，然后它留在你的肌肉中，它会发生需要半小时才能被全身吸收，或者比这长得多。但是如果它进入血管，你会立即闻到金属味……对我来说，你能立即尝到这种味道意味着他们可能不经意间将它注入血管…… 基本上说明是你的心脏和关节发炎了，而不是你的手臂。”
接种第二剂两周后，Warner开始注意到他的心脏出现了一些奇怪的反应，他经历了一系列加速的心率。他声称自己打疫苗只是因为他想出国旅行。
他经常佩戴智能手表，可以跟踪他的心率并知道什么对他来说是正常的——但事实并非如此。坐着休息时，他的心率会飙升至90，甚至超过100。他决定戒掉所有兴奋剂，如咖啡因，以防万一，并因为感觉不舒服而请假两周。
休息后，他试图去兜风，他的心率飙升至160并保持升高。他感到虚弱和恶心，让他的朋友带他去急诊室。他告诉急诊室医生，他听说过心肌炎是 mRNA 注射的副作用，他认为他有这种反应。他们完全不理会他，告诉他他没有那种反应，而是焦虑症发作。
在被告知他的问题并没有优先考虑他之后，他在候诊室里坐了 3.5 个小时，最终注射了非甾体抗炎药Tordol来治疗反应性关节炎。他的心率降至 110，这让医生告诉他他的情况有所好转，但他的心率仍接近平均心率的两倍。
医生的解决方案是将他转介给精神科医生，因为医生认为他“精神病发作”。根据华纳的说法，由于他暗示他的反应来自于枪击，医疗保健从业者认为他在想象事物或“试图成为反疫苗者或阴谋论者”。四天后，他再次住进了医院。
从急诊室被送回家几天后，华纳的心脏再次出现问题——这一次，强烈的挤压感伴随着痉挛和灼烧感。他去了另一家医院，他们认真对待他的担忧，说这可能是心肌炎——一种心肌炎症——并将他转介给心脏病专家。
Oct 21, 2021
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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。
Powerful Testimony given by Lt. Col. Theresa Long, MD, MPH, FS regarding the vaccine mandates imposed on the U.S. Military by Joe Biden.
https://gloria.tv/post/fQEdeQKE7fXp21ctKzJExTn8R
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.
