Posted on 09/24/2021 10:30:12 AM PDT by MNJohnnie
A group of federal workers and contractors filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over COVID-19 vaccination mandates that were announced earlier this month by President Joe Biden.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Washington district court, is asking a court to declare unlawful Biden’s executive order and a Department of Defense memorandum in August mandating all military members get the vaccine.
Lawyers argue that members of the Christian faith are required “to refuse a medical intervention, including a vaccination, if his or her informed conscience comes to this sure judgment,” and it further stipulates that “naturally acquired immunity provides greater protection than vaccines.”
One of the plaintiffs, U.S. Foreign Service Officer Daniel Jackson has a faith that “also instructs him that vaccination is not morally obligatory in principle and therefore must be voluntary” and that there is “a general moral duty to refuse the use of medical products, including certain vaccines, that are produced using human cells lines derived from direct abortions.”
Another plaintiff was identified as Secret Service agent Lionel Klein. The lawsuit stipulates that because Klein had already contracted COVID-19 and survived, he has enough antibodies to ward against future infection and doesn’t need the vaccine.
“The human body knows how to develop immunity to new viruses. The adaptive immune system consists of an enormously diverse repertoire of B cells—precursors of antibody-secreting plasma cells—and T cells with a nearly unlimited capacity to recognize and ‘adapt’ to previously unseen pathogens,” the suit reads.
The lawsuit also lists federal contractor Zachary Amigone, who works for 3M, as a plaintiff and says he has “a personal and family history of severe vaccine reactions and has been determined to be medically exempt from vaccination by a licensed physician.”
Earlier this month, Biden announced that it will now be mandatory for all federal workers and contractors to get the shot. Before, federal workers and contractors could opt out of the vaccine by undergoing regular testing, wearing a mask, and practicing social distancing while in the workplace.
At the same time, the president unveiled a plan that would direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, to potentially fine private businesses with 100 employees or more to compel their workers to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. Several GOP-led states have threatened to file lawsuits over the mandate, while Arizona on Sept. 14 became the first to sue the administration over the plan.
COVID-19 is the illness caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus.
The case is Gregg Costin et al v Joseph R. Biden, 1:21-cv-2484, District Court for the District of Columbia
Jab em, Joe!
Jab em twice!
They totally overshot on this one.
There is no Democratic Party. It has become the Democratic Totalitarian Party. Total control for Democrats.
Best thing to do here would seem to be withholding Biden from making any more EOs. Period. That man is dangerous; has no idea what he’s doing in most cases. An even better alternative would be to just get a real president & send this guy to something he’s more suited for; if there is such a thing.
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Wonder why just NOT wanting the jab isn’t good enough? 💉😷😵🐴💩
BINGO! Now, isn’t that the right question!
Biden will win on this one. He owns the fed workers.
I am not so sure. NY state health care mandate got struck down on the religious freedom ground. This one may surprise people.
They voted for him. Embrace the suck Fedzilla......................
Screw the lawsuits.
Just REFUSE!
Where the line between reasonable and unreasonable is will be decided by courts I guess, but merely being employee by the fedgov doesn’t mean they own you.
How on earth do you know that these individuals voted for Biden
I have relatives and friends that all work for Uncle Sam in one department or another. They all vote DEMOCRAT to get their pay and bennies increased whenever possible. They do not care about non-government workers, only themselves, and getting their offspring government jobs.......................
How bout just don't show up for work. See how long it takes them to retract their "mandates"
If illegal aliens and congress don’t have to take it.....why should anyone?
I work for a private company that does contracts for the federal government so we’ve been told we’ll be held to the same standards as federal workers, no testing option, vax or get fired. My friends and family members who are fed workers are concerned for my situation even as they face the same choice. Every individual is different.
My younger brother and his wife both formerly worked for the Bureau of Prisons(Justice Dept). They both voted Republican.
I think it depends on what division of the Federal Government you worked for.
“Biden will win on this one. He owns the fed workers”
I wouldn’t be too sure about that.
Do you know how many black folks work for the fed gov?
Just at the facility I worked at for 31 years it was many.
Also the number of blacks that have gotten the covid jab in the U.S.is IIRC under 10%.
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