From a Colorado City of ~100k sent to employees today. Just an FYI to get your takes on it and what options employees might have other than what they require.
''Given the above, effective November 9, 2021, I am requiring individuals to either be vaccinated, or be tested weekly."
"I also have to be clear that if an individual is not vaccinated and chooses to not test it will be considered as insubordination and handled accordingly."
That's a paddlin'! I mean, that's a firing. That's what the last sentence means.
It's like along with rational thought, all rules related to HIPPA have been thrown out the window as well.
TANGENT I'd be posting on the Reddit forum if I wasn't mega-banned and haven't put a ton of effort into VPN yet, but I wanted to say I do follow it and I am always impressed by the number of well read and historically educated folks that post there. Many very smart responses, amongst the turds. I'd name names but eh, another day.****
What's above?
"First, I wanted to thank everyone for their continued dedication to our community during these unprecedented times. The last 18 months (wow I can’t believe it has been this long) have challenged and changed our community and each one of us in ways that we never imagined when the pandemic all began.
With the recent increase in COVID cases in HOOTERVILLE, I have had many staff members ask me about vaccination requirements. The topic of required vaccination has been something that we have been evaluating and debating for some time. This has been one of the most challenging decisions that I have been faced with over my career. I wanted to take this opportunity to walk you through my thought process on this issue.
First, any decision that I make has to first take our community into account and then the organization as a whole. I realize that there are many different perspectives and thoughts in our organization about whether or not to receive the COVID vaccine. The one thing that I have clearly heard is that many individuals would like to choose whether or not they receive the vaccine. I have also heard very clearly that many people are concerned about their health and safety and want to clearly know that they are protected when they come to work. The community has also engaged with us and on many occasions they have echoed a similar perspective. As I have previously stated, our most important job is to be there to serve the community every day and when they need us the most, and the community should not have to wonder if they have been exposed to COVID from their public servants. We also owe this to our co-workers so that they can feel comfortable in their service to our residents.
Second, over the last few months we have had a few instances where individuals have tested positive and due to required quarantine and illness, we were in jeopardy of not being able to provide services to our residents. These situations have also impacted other individuals in our organization because they had to shift what they were working on to ensure that we could make the necessary changes to minimize the operational impacts. When a situation creates a potential negative impact to our community and co-workers, I have to develop processes and procedures to ensure that we minimize our operation exposure and do everything we can to ensure that does not occur again."
Dear Sir,
Isn't that the point of vaccines?
Signed,
Not a Retard