Court Orders Store to Pay $110,000 to Employee Fired for Refusing COVID Shots
In 2021, an Arkansas-based furniture retailer Hank’s Fine Furniture, Inc. with 18 branch stores in four states, violated U.S. federal law by denying a religious exemption to Florida assistant store manager Kaitlyn M. O’Neal for her religious beliefs opposed to getting COVID-19 shots. O’Neal was terminated from her position because she refused to comply with the company’s COVID […]
Congress Orders Research to Assess COVID Shot Injuries Among U.S. Military Personnel
In the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2024, the U.S. Congress is requiring the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to study and report on poor health conditions that active duty members of the Armed Forces developed after administration of COVID-19 shots.1 The NDAA was passed in late 2023 and calls for “a […]
Australian Judge in COVID Shot Case Failed to Disclose Ties to Pfizer
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of Australia implemented very strict lockdown measures and public health policies, including mask and COVD shot mandates, curfews, school closures, and restriction of movement of people throughout the country.1 In 2021, the Western Australian Government’s Department of Health published the 2021 West Australian Vaccine Safety Surveillance (WAVSS) report that […]
Tennessee Employee Awarded Punitive Damages After Being Fired for COVID Shot Refusal
A jury awarded a settlement of $687,240 to a woman in Tennessee who was fired from her job at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Of the total amount, $500,000 was for punitive damages levied against BCBST.1 Tanja Benton, who worked as a biostatistical research […]
More Parents in U.K. Refuse Childhood Vaccinations
In late 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that there had been a decline in state required vaccines from 95 percent to 93 percent among kindergarteners during the 2020-2021 school year compared to the 2019-2020 school year.1 2 Now, public health officials in the United Kingdom also are reporting lower […]
Finland Offers Bird Flu Vaccine to Farm Workers
Public health officials in Finland are preparing to offer H5N1 influenza (also known as avian influenza or bird flu) vaccines to people at who they believe are at risk of exposure to an avian influenza strain spreading among farmed and wild animals. Finland is the first country to administer avian influenza vaccines to certain populations […]