As we go to press, the word’s out that by Thursday, the millions of people who were lining up to get tested for COVID could be lining up to get vaccinated within days.
According to an article published by CNBC yesterday, “Yes, your boss can fire you if you refuse to get a COVID vaccine.”
They state that under the law, bosses can force employees to get vaccinated and, if they don’t, they can fire them.
They quoted Rogge Dunn, a Dallas labor and employment attorney, who said, “Under the law, an employer can force an employee to get vaccinated, and if they don’t take it, fire them.”
Dunn said one of his clients is a restaurateur who believes if a restaurant promotes that all of its employees got vaccinated, “it gives them a competitive advantage,” because they would “say to their customers, ‘Hey, our restaurant is safe. All of our employees have been vaccinated.’”
CNBC also quoted Dorit Reiss, a professor at the University of California Hastings College of Law, who said, “Requiring a vaccine is a health and safety work rule, and employers can do that.”
Dr. Hana El Sahly, who oversees a clinical trial for Moderna’s vaccine candidate, was quoted saying he believes hospitals could eventually make COVID inoculation a condition of employment, similar to how the annual influenza vaccine is required of all medical staff.
TREND FORECAST: There will be strong and growing resistance among a sizable segment of the population who will resist getting a COVID vaccination. As noted by one of our “Top 10 Trends for 2021: Anti-Vax Political Parties” will be a major platform in the formation of new political parties in nations across the globe.
