Actor Loses Lawsuit After Being Fired On Set for Refusing COVID-19 Shot
Rockmond Dunbar, who appeared in the television hit series 9-1-1, lost a lawsuit in which he argued that he was unjustly fired from the show in 2022 for refusing to take a COVID-19 shot. An eight-member federal jury unanimously sided with 20th television, a Disney owned television studio.1 Dunbar, who played Michael Grant on the […]
Colorado Appellate Court Sides With Employers Mandating COVID-19 Shots
The 10th Circuit court in Denver, Colorado sided with employers in two lawsuits brought by workers who were fired for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 shot mandate by their employers. The Colorado based Appellate Court had consolidated the two cases challenging health care workplace COVID shot mandates and sided with the employers.1 In the […]
European Commission Probes Sanofi for Possible Antitrust Violations Related to Flu Shots
French pharmaceutical company Sanofi said that European Commission (EC) officials carried out unannounced inspections at its premises in France and Germany as part of an investigation into its conduct in the seasonal influenza vaccine market.1 It is not clear whether the investigation has any impact beyond Europe, but Sanofi produces influenza vaccines for the U.S. […]
CDC Sued for Untested Childhood Vaccine Schedule
Two former physicians have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for recommending the childhood vaccine schedule without proving safety. Currently, CDC officials recommend that children receive more than 70 doses of over a dozen vaccines.1 2 The plaintiffs in this historic lawsuit are Paul Thomas, MD, a former […]
Ninth Circuit Court Upholds COVID-19 Shot Mandate
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit rejected a challenge to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) COVID-19 shot mandate. The Los Angeles public school system is the largest in California and mandated the controversial shot for all employees in 2021.1 The mandate was issued after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control […]
West Virginia Governor Issues Executive Order to Grant Religious Vaccine Exemption, Backs Lawsuit
West Virginia is one of the five states that fails to provide a religious exemption to compliance with public health laws requiring multiple doses of vaccines for children to attend school. The other states without a religious vaccine exemption include California, New York, Maine and Connecticut.1 2 West Virginia is the only state that has […]