Posted on 09/02/2021 9:44:19 AM PDT by rebuildus
The People are fighting back against vaccine mandates!
In late July, Ascension Healthcare, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States mandated coronavirus vaccination for its employees, physicians, volunteers, and vendors. It cited a need for more action to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic and promised exemptions to the mandate for people with health issues or religious objections.
According to the Alabama-based NBC15 News, an email sent to Ascension employees said fewer than 50% of its employees in Florida and the Gulf Coast were vaccinated. Ascension is looking to increase that percentage considerably.
Yet many of Ascension’s employees and associates, as well as other concerned citizens, are opposed to Ascension’s COVID vaccine mandate.
A petition calling for Ascension to immediately retract its COVID-19 vaccine mandate received nearly one thousand signatures in less than 24 hours and has over ten thousand signatures now.
Hundreds of employees from Mobile’s Providence Hospital and Pensacola’s Sacred Heart say requiring the vaccine is immoral.
“This is a medical intervention that requires informed consent, and we can either accept that and when we deny it, we are discriminated against,” said an anonymous employee.
The group Ascension for Medical Freedom released a statement in response to Ascension’s mandate:
We are fighting for our freedom to either accept or deny medical intervention. Being employed with Ascension does not strip you of your constitutional rights; every person deserves bodily autonomy. There is more than one way to protect ourselves and our patients. Part of Informed Consent is knowing the alternative options, we are simply choosing a different path. Not only is this mandate unconstitutional, it directly violates the National Catholic Bioethics Center in which our CEO, Joe Impicciche, is a board member. How can an organization claim to be a “Catholic Health Ministry” while so blatantly participating in hypocrisy, manipulation, and coercion? This is wrong. We have repeatedly and unequivocally said “no”, and no means “no.”
Ascension nurses and others are rallying against the vaccine mandate in various places.
In Northwest Florida, ongoing protests are occurring near Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. Ascension Healthcare Workers Fighting For Medical Freedom is a group holding rallies every Friday from 5 to 7 pm in front of the hospital, as well as in front of other Ascension hospitals.
Members from Ascension for Medical Freedom and other community members also joined a “Just Say ‘No!’ Stop UnAmerican Medical Mandates” national rally this past Saturday sponsored by the Tea Party Patriots.
Upcoming Rally at the Florida State Capitol On Friday, September 24th, Ascension Healthcare Workers Fighting for Medical Freedom is leading a “State Capitol Freedom Rally” in Tallahassee from 3 pm to 6 pm ET / 2 pm to 5 pm CT. For more information, contact JaneAddams825@gmail.com.
I wholeheartedly salute those rallying for their health freedom nationwide, and encourage every American who still believes in freedom to join them!
I know that the cause is just, and I firmly believe that as time goes by, more and more Americans and people worldwide will come to see that not only do we all have the right to decide what we choose to put inside our bodies, but further, they will come to see that the vaccines do NOT prevent the transmission of COVID! Further, taking these vaccines makes one MORE LIKELY to have increased symptoms!
WATCH THIS TESTIMONY by Dr. Christina Parks in front of the Michigan House of Representatives, explaining this. It will open your eyes!
It’s time to stand for our freedom–no one will do it for us.
Patrick Rooney is the Founder of OldSchoolUs.com. He communicates clearly and fearlessly during perilous times about natural health, success, and freedom. To reach Patrick, email him at info@oldschoolus.com.
I sent an e-mail to Ascension Health Care when this policy came out. This was quite difficult to do because I was unable to fine any corporate-wide e-mail to their leadership, investor relations, or consumer marketing on their website. They don’t appear to be open to feedback about anything.
Companies going for “vaccine mandates” have declared war on their employees.
There is nothing to discuss with them—they are your enemy.
That means get a resume out there and start looking—now.
(Of course if you are old enough to retire and can make that work, then that is also a good alternative.)
From what I understand, Ascension does not care what we think.
From what I’ve experienced with them, you are absolutely right!
For the last ten years the flu shots are mandatory in my hospital. They don’t strap you down, if your two weeks overdue your name badge doesn’t work in the time clock. This is the life you chose, you weren’t drafted into medicine.
Enjoy your decision.
Some good news on this front: I just was told by someone I know that their religious objection to the jab was approved today by the employer, a large public institution.
I have no problem if the employer tells you up front (before they hire you) that mandatory vaccines are required for the job.
I have a big problem when they add a new requirement _after_ you joined the company.
That is called bait and switch, and it is raw evil.
Yes, no e-mail address and no contact form. I left a detailed message but never received a response. Ascension Healthcare clearly doesn't care about their customers enough to listen to them.
I have found in cases like this that hard copy letters via snail mail tend to get more attention.
That may have been true in 1996, but any large company today that doesn't have a comment form and doesn't list an e-mail address anywhere on their corporate website clearly isn't interested in listening to their customers.
“This is the life you chose”
What an idiotic comment. No one chooses to be mandatorily injected as a profession.
Actually I was having no luck with Spectrum internet and sent them a hard copy letter and got a phone call from a VP.
Letters are so uncommon these days they are actually a “breakthrough” device in many companies.
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